Hi ho everyone. Since twitter is just 140 characters, it is clearly not enough for me to squee over the comics I get weekly (or at least whenever a new shipment has the comics that is in my list reserved at G&B Comics).
So this is my first episode of Reaction Shots! Yes, spoilers are included so don’t click if you don’t want to be spoilered. Oh and the illustration above is done by the lovely Mae of Space Kitties! This ain’t a “review” post but more of my own reactions of the comics.
This week’s issues include:
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer #30
- Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love #1 of 6
Buffy #30! Naturally, I got both covers (whenever possible unless one of them gets sold out). The variant cover by Adam Hughes (the one on the left there) is beautiful. Not saying that the Georges Jeanty one isn’t pretty but I like Adam Hughes’ art because his noses are sexy.
Yes.
Well, it’s more of the colouring, expression and style too but if you see how he draws noses, it’s pretty pretty!
We’re in the middle of the war for this one. Also, don’t you just love irony in the first page? Anywho, every time Twilight is mentioned, I keep thinking Edward Cullen which is so uuuugh. Nonetheless, we still don’t know who Twilight is! He seems to know all of them pretty well though. Too bad comics are read and not heard. Maybe we would have recognized who he was if we listened to his voice.
Blar, the scanner is bad here but I think someone really can make that outfit of Twilight’s. It’s not that terribly hard to do the mask anyway. GAH. What IF it was Edward Cullen underneath it? Okay, maybe not. I had a sudden theory on what if it was Spike but noooo, why would he do that? Besides, he’s kinda alive on the other comic universe with Angel.
Every thing’s a mess since it’s war and the Goddesses are stomping everything up. No one’s got their powers back which is SO freaking interesting because the baddies have everything.
Oz’s wife. Aaaah. I hope she makes it. She seems to be doing well but since this is BtVS, one can never know. Buffy and Dawn realizes the Goddesses are TOTALLY not on anyone’s side. They’re just… killing everyone! And Faith seems pissy at the newbies who keep asking if they’re gonna get their powers back.
And then MAJOR FREAKING “Woah, I didn’t see THAT!” moment when we realize Riley’s in the army but only as a spy for the Buffster and crew. There’s an awwwww Buffy/Riley moment (and a Buffy/Xander moment where Dawn looks rather jealously or “What are you doing?” at her) and he doesn’t seem to be in good shape. No Riley, nooo. Don’t die!
The ending of that issue made me say the same line as Buffy. WHAT THE HELL?! Oh man, she’s flying, the people are captured by the baddies and the Goddesses are looking at something in the distance? Thank goodness I know next issue is NOT a “season ender” or anything of that sort coming close. We know someone always dies or a major “AAARGH, ARRRGH” moment if it’s a season ender and it’s not yet for this Season 8. Also, we need more Faiiiith. I know this is BtVS but hey! GIMME SOME FAITH. She seems to be fine with Buffy but now that she’s probably captured with the newbies and the rest of the unpowered crew, surely there’ll be something going on with her to help them out too.
Plus, she’s a spitfire anyway. Even without powers, she can be quite scary anywho so hopefully she’ll take care of the “inside” in calming the slayers down or whatever by being typically her while Buffy figures out what the heck is happening.
OH YES. Saw the tiny preview picture of a Willow one-shot coming out on 23 December. I hope my shop saves a copy for me because LOOK AT THE COVER! IT IS JO CHEN’S ART! Also, I like the subject anywho. Snakey ladyyyyyyyy. It reminds me of a renaissance painting from the positioning of the characters and cloth too. From past issues and references in the main comic, I think that’s Hecate.
Onwards with Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love. CINDY IS BEING AWESOME. She’s a spy, jet setting around the world on missions and stuff. In this first issue, we get an intro about what she’s up to and everything. Starring the witch, Frau Totenkinder as her “Q” as she equips her with some enchanted items for her mission (but not without a price). Beast is apparently her boss and heh, the whole mission briefing thing is so like a typical spy movie including the whole pointing and saying sternly “I’m counting on you” bit.
Hello there puss-puss! Hahaha, Puss in Boots aka Marquis De Carabas, Jenny Wren the bird and Dickory the mouse are totally gonna appear when she needs them most via a charm bracelet thing she got spelled to summon them. The question is WHEN. And how the heck are they gonna help out, we don’t know. Well, we do since Cindy stated what skills they all have but more of, once they are summoned, how are they gonna go back? Hmmmm.
Meanwhile, this issue reads a whole lot like a spy movie. Blast some OST from Bond or something because with panels of maps and monologue boxes of what Cindy is thinking, this is groovalicious.
Considering this is just a 6 issue thing, I’m probably gonna try to collect them all.
