Post by wenxina on Dec 2, 2010 9:50:20 GMT -5
Hey all!
Rules are simple: Maximum of three (3) questions per member until I submit your questions to Jeanty. I will post a note to let you know when I send off questions to reopen the floor. As always, there is a possibility of a delay, so thanks for your patience. Keep it clean, keep it civil. Simple right? Entries are welcome until I post a closing post. Questions regarding Twilight NO LONGER HAVE TO SPOILER-TAGGED! (Thank goodness... it was a pain having to make sure that the appropriate questions/answers were spoiler-tagged).
This is for the penultimate issue of S8, and Georges told me to let you all know to go nuts. Within reason, of course. No questions that are meant to simply further your agenda (especially in shipping!). Everything else is fair game, but be respectful of each other AND the man who's gracious enough to take your questions.
Anyone who's reading this and not a member, I'm accepting questions at wenxina@slayalive.com. Feel free to send me your questions and I'll add them to the queue with credit to you.
Please note that Georges is often not really at liberty to divulge big spoilers, so don't waste those questions here... "No spoilers/comment" is a reasonable response to those.
Alright... GO!
Questions on deck:
1. ThatEvilLawFirm: Hello! What a shocking and amazing issue! So my question for you:
Will we see the major ramifications of the destruction of the seed this season?
2. ThatEvilLawFirm: We've been told that ALL demons are banished from Buffy's dimension and I know this won't be covered in the one issue remaining, but what does that mean for characters from Angel, such as Illyria, Cordelia (I guess she is still part demon even though she is a higher power?), Betta George, Lorne (not around, but still sort of in this universe), etc.?
3. ThatEvilLawFirm: In Fray we were told that the Watchers Council became a group of fanatics. With Giles' death, it seems like this is imminent, since the only watcher left now is Andrew (I think it's stated that he is a 'Watcher in training'). Is there any chance that next season we will start to see the story center around the Slayer's organization fall apart due to lack of a head watcher?
4. bamph: Hey Georges. What a powerful issue. I guess this ranks up there with "Becoming" and "The Gift" as heartbreaking finales. I'm sure you'll be flooded with questions on this one. Here are my first three.
Now that the issue is out, can you tell us about the challenges and emotions you had on the art in this issue especially on Giles death and the ending of this one?
5. bamph: Can you clarify now who was the betrayer and who was the prince or do we still need to wait for the final issue next month?
6. bamph: Buffy/Angel shippers have been scared in recent months due to the build up hype surrounding how bad things would get in #39. Buffy #40 I'm guessing, deal with the fallout of #39's event. I'm sure you can't say much. But after this issue and Season 8 in general, can the Buffy/Angel relationship come back from this like it has before with Angelus next issue and in Season 9 in your opinion?Or has Buffy/Angel really been torpedoed and there is no hope for a future for them after this? Anything you can say would be really great right.
7. sosa lola: What was the moment that made you really upset when you read the script? Obviously it's Giles' death, but if there's something else you can add, I'd be very interested. (I'm still crying over Giles' death by the way.)
8. Hellbound Hyperion: Vagina monster -- your idea or Joss's? (Yeah, I ask the tough questions, the hardball questions!)
9. Hellbound Hyperion: Now that we've seen #39, can you describe the general mood of #40? I get the feeling it'll be resolution (in terms of story) but not... peace, per se.
10. Hellbound Hyperion: Just kind of curious: did you re-draw the panel from #10 with Buffy on the floor ("Betrayal. The closest, the most unexpected...")? I don't have my TPB on me but the panel in #39 looked like an excellent reiteration of the panel from #10. (Great work all around this issue, by the way, and for the series in general! )
11. drywallman: Should Xander fans feel let down considering the indications that he would do something really important in this issue when, in reality all he does is stand around and watch others act? Does issue 40 do anything to make up for this? As it stands that whole bit with the General telling Xander about the Seed seems really pointless.
12. Dorotea: Hi Georges,
IOY to read this season to its bitter end - and so I do. You art is amazing - I keep repeating myself, but well, I hope this is OK with you. Chuckle.
Now to the questions.
What was the point of resurrecting and bringing Master back into the story ? He seemed pretty irrelevant, to be honest. Just give your personal reasoning please. Even Warren's brief comeback had made more sense to me - by the way hilarious scenes with him and Amy! Thank you for lightening the mood!
13. Dorotea: Spike chasing after that vagina monster, eh? Whose idea was that?
14. Dorotea: Twilight keeps complaining about 'you cannot abandon the universe you have created'. Can I ask you to comment on my feeling that this is Joss mocking himself and his Buffyverse fandom - that universe that he had created and that keeps chasing after him and begging not to abandon it, and that S8 is his way to get back at us ? Just kidding, but every joke has a grain of truth in it.
15. kdeb: Hi Mr Jeanty
I think this issue contains some of your very best work. The panel of Angel killing Giles, which mirrors his murder of Jenny Calendar in season 2, is particularly impressive, and the blood red colouring really adds to the effect.
Here are my questions:
Scott Allie has just done an interview with Buffyfest, in which he says that Spike will return and have a scene in no 40. I know you can't spoiler, but will this be where the Spike/Buffy relationship finally gets the respect that Scott promised us it would get in the last Q&A he did on this board?
16. kdeb: When we see Spike pursuing the so-called vagina monster in no 39, is he pursuing it in our dimension or into the one where all the other monsters are going?
17. kdeb: In the web comic Always Darkest, in Buffy's nightmare, Angel and Spike joke with each other that she can't tell them apart. Many readers thought that this actually meant something, but it seems not. What, in your opinion, was the point of it?
18. cheryl: Hi Georges, wish I had something positive to say but at the moment I really really don't.
My first question is this...why in the world would Joss ever kill our beloved Giles? I mean, seriously? A universe without Giles is...broken.
19. cheryl: Will we have any reason whatsoever to cheer at the end of the next issue?
20. cheryl: What about that twist aka gotcha moment? Tell me that it wasn't the death of Giles because that was more like a sucker punch to the gut after having a bucket of ice water dumped on you.
21. leyki: Hi, Georges.
I would like your opinion about some things.
1)In previous Q&A, you kept referring to Angel, as "poor Angel".
Can you please tell me why do you think somebody who
-tried 3 times to cause an apocalypse and succeeded twice,
-totally forgot about his son,
-fooled everybody this season, Buffy, the scoobies, the army, Amy, Warren, human beings, in order to make his plan work,
-was willing to stay in a "paradise" with Buffy and leave billions of people in Earth to die,
-came back only because Buffy was leaving him there alone and went to fight only because Buffy told him to,
-believed in speaking dogs and birds instead of listening and trusting the people he claimed he "loved"
-and basically is responsible for the death of thousands, maybe even more, and now for killing Giles,
why such a character deserves your characterization of "poor"?
I would really like your opinion in that.
22. leyki: What did the twilight logo actually represented? It's been a while since we last heard-saw of it, was there a reason for it, or just for effect?
And who actually thought of its drawing? You? Joss? Allie? Who was the inspiration of it and what did it represent?
23. leyki: Same thing goes for Spike, was he back only for his fans?
The witches in New York could see the fight in Sunnydale and teleport anyone there, what was the reason for Spike to appear in the last issues? He didn't do something significant to the story, like the Master's appearance that Dorotea asked before me.
I just want to see your point of view, and thanks in advance.
24. woundeddwarf: Hi Georges. Are we going to get an explanation as to why both Angel and Spike arrived on the scene through portals?
25. woundeddwarf: Will we learn anything about the world being in ruins prior to Angel becoming Twilight? For instance, was it destroyed as part of the plan to convince Angel to become Twilight? And if so, who did the destroying since kitty Twilight wasn't born yet?
26. woundeddwarf: Is there going to be any kind of payoff to Twilight's words that it will end when Buffy turns the sword upon herself?
27. sosa lola: What was Angel going to do before Xander brushed him off? Was he going to explain or comfort Xander? What was the wording in the script Joss and Allie wrote? (This is a huge fan of Xander/Spike and Xander/Angel so I'm very interested when it comes to Xander and the main vampires.)
28. sosa lola: I really, really love the panels with Willow crying. You made me cry so hard: Buffy's reaction to Giles' death and Willow's reaction to losing magic hit me so hard, all thanks to your drawing. What was your favorite panel in this issue?
29. AndrewCrossett: I notice that in this issue, the battlefield death scenes... young girls getting ripped in half, burned alive, melted in agony... were a lot more graphic and disturbing than they were in earlier issues. Did Joss or Scott specifically ask you to do it that way, or were you trying to ramp up the horror factor of your own accord?
30. AndrewCrossett: We saw Leah getting rescued, but I have to ask... are my other two favorite Nu-Slayers, Satsu and Rowena, OK?
31. AndrewCrossett: I have some suspicions about that "vagina demon" that Spike is chasing. It didn't get pulled back into Hell with the other demons. We know that the female sex organs symbolize a passage from one world to another, and there is a certain snaky goddess who tends to have very sexual themes associated with passage into her world. So, is everyone maybe misunderstanding what that demon is and what it's trying to do?
32. AndrewCrossett: When last seen, the Twilight Lion was walking away into the landscape of Twilight. It's kind of frustrating to think this will be the second season in a row where the Big Bad just gets to walk away with no real consequences. Will we get any more closure on what happens with that Lion or the Twilight world?
33. AndrewCrossett: Considering the global catastrophes going on, with the environment going crazy and demons pouring in through multiple portals, how could things have been so calm in Venice where Amy and Warren were? This seems like something too big for even Buffyverse people to be clueless about.
34. AndrewCrossett: How badly physically injured was Willow by her fall?
35. bamph: In one of his interviews for the new issue, Scott Allie gave some info on next issue.
36. bamph: With Season 8 finishing up can you talk a bit about your collaboration with each of the writers you worked with during the course of the season? Any differences in how each worked with you?
37. bamph: As a fan now, what are you looking forward to in Season 9?
38. leyki: In a previous Q&A, I asked you about Dawn in #40 cover, and you said that she is there.
This is what we have seen,
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Can you tell us if this is what the cover will look like, and if yes, then where is Dawn?
If not, can we see your cover for #40?
39. zamolxis: Hi Georges and thanks for the warnings. Angel killing Giles the same way he killed Jenny Calender was shocking.
Can you tell us what would mean a world without magick for vampires, would they still turn to dust after being staked or be vulnerable to direct sun light?
40. zamolxis: In a previous Q&A you said you didn't knew about Spike's arc at the time you drew the dreamcubes sequence. Do you remember when you found out about Spike being in the story and your reaction to it? Before or in January 2010 after Joss Whedon's interviews - the so called Twilightgate (when the Twilight is Angel covers leaked)?
41. zamolxis: Are you familiar with the motion comics? If yes, what's your opinion on those especially considering that they cut out lines from the original story?
I don't know when you'll be able to answer to our questions so .. happy holidays!
42. bamph: Who's the one character from the T.V. show that you wish you got to draw in season 8 and didn't?It can be from Angel's show too.
43. bamph: I enjoyed your work on the Batman side of things such as The Return of Bruce Wayne issue and the Manhunter co-feature. Do you have any DC comic or Marvel comic work coming up during the Buffy break?
44. bamph: Do you have any new thoughts about the Jossless Buffy reboot film now that it looks like it's going forward at Warner Bros. with the producer of the Chris Nolan Batman films and has a screenwriter?
45. moscowwatcher: Hey, Georges,
Your art in this issue was great. I'm sure that some of the panels will be declared iconic in the future. And, as a Spike fan, I'd love to thank you for his last close-up - that of a ragged warrior who never gives up. Fantastic job!
Questions:
On the page where Buffy breaks the Seed, the bottom panel features many pictures of girls. The common opinion is that these girls are Slayers and they feel the same shock. But it's unclear if they feel the end of magic in general or the loss of their Slayer powers. Were you given any specific instructions regarding that panel?
46. moscowwatcher: It looks like Amy and Warren are dining at the Piazza San Marco in Venice - the place the most subjected to inundations. Was it a deliberate choice to demonstrate that the catastrophes, produced by space-frak and demon invasions were more or less local and the rest of the Earth isn't affected? Or it was a random location?
47. moscowwatcher: A question about #35: in one of the panels Buffy has three wristwatches on her hand. There was a theory that they symbolize three different timelines: Buffy, Fray and a new timeline that cristallyzes as season 8 reaches its end. It there any truth in our speculations or these three wristwatches don't symbolize anything?
48. drywallman: There is speculation circulating the boards that Willow may have been crippled by her fall from the sky in issue 39. I understand if you can't confirm or deny that but could you tell us if there is any validity to such speculation?
49. drywallman: Are we going to find out how Giles knew that destroying the Seed would stop Twilight, and why he chose not to act when they were first in the room with the Seed?
50. drywallman: Does Xander show up in issue 40?
51. kdeb: I guess no one knows much about season 9 as yet, but from what you do know, do you think Spike might have a better role in it than he's had this season?
52. leyki: So, basically, as I understand it, only three people knew that breaking the seed was an option: Willow, the general, and Xander.
There is talk going around the boards, especially after the pre-scripts that Mr Allie gave to Buffyfest, that the story was kind of changed at the last minute, making Giles go after the Seed instead of trying to kill Angel, maybe because that gave Giles a more epic death, since if Angel had killed him after he was being attacked, that would look like self-defense.
So, instead of making Xander break the Seed, or informing Buffy that she has a 3rd option, Giles tried to break it losing his life.
What do you have to say about this?
53. leyki: In the previous issue we saw Buffy losing her powers near the Seed, and in this issue Giles says that "their power fades near the Seed", meaning Buffy and Angel. How come then they both seem so super powerful while fighting each other near the Seed? They both have their super powers, although they are standing right next to the Seed.
54. leyki: At what point exactly, do you think that Angel was totally aware that he was going to leave Earth and every living thing on it to die? Was it when he first let Twilight affect him? After some time?
55. leyki: We saw that basically, every important man in Buffy's life abandoned her. Her father, Angel, Riley, Giles in season 6 when he needed him the most, and finally Spike.
Do you think that our girl was basically feeling lonely? Didn't have somebody in her life in Season 8?
Do you think that this was the reason that she tried a gay relationship? And do you think that her feelings for Xander came out of loneliness? After confiding in him and him turning her down, we don't see any more feelings from her, and love just don't go away like that. What's your opinion about it, or what have you heard from the writers?
56. leyki: Who do you think is the most developed character in the Buffyverse and why?
57. Dorotea: "I think it's a beautiful sunset."
Hello again, Georges,
Will we ever get a solid explanation of the meaning of Twilight's symbol and why 'Buffy was right' in her initial guess about it? Issue 40 perhaps? Or is it going to be left to our imagination - sort of like the 'prince' and the 'betrayal' ? If issue 39 was all about total devastation and destruction of all hope - how can Twilight still mean anything positive? Please give it your best guess.
58. Dorotea: Will we ever see or hear from Whistler again in S8? S9?
59. Dorotea: There seems to be a debate between those who believe that Giles intentionally sacrificed himself in order to jolt Buffy into action - either to (1) kill Angel or to (2) destroy the Seed. Do you think her not killing him was justified in the end? (It had cost the world its magic whilst if she killed Angel again the world would have been spared and the magic would have remained.)
60. beeemkcl: In the comic, was there supposed to be any ambiguity about whether Giles was going to try to destroy the Seed or was he thinking about attacking Angel as well?
61. beeemkcl: We assume the Sight and prophetic dreams come from the Powers That Be or others that exist in another plane or dimension. So, with the Seed broken, would Slayers no longer have prophetic dreams? In Fray , Harth Fray does but we assume the Seed is still broken. And what about those like Drusilla? Will she and oracles or whatever no longer have the sight?
62. beeemkcl: Did Buffy know that Spike's ship would save him or assume that once on the ground Spike would scurry back to safety?
63. zamolxis: Speaking of prophetic/Slayer dreams, in "The Long Way Home," Buffy dreamt of a dragon burning her, in the next arc she dreamt of the current green griffin and in "After These Messages..." she dreamt of a green dragon. What is the meaning of this changes in her nightmares?
64. zamolxis: Angel got his superpowers from Twilight. Why was Buffy "pushed" (chased) to get her superpowers if they came also from Twilight? Or do Buffy's powers have a different source, the dead Slayers as Willow thought or something completely different like the Seed - the glow in #34 was white - after the Seed is broken there's a white flash? (I thought that Buffy got her superpowers to fight against Angel, but instead she foolishly believed his sweet-talk and brought Twilight into existence. So instead of protecting the world she help destroying it)
65. zamolxis: Why did the demons attack Japan, France, random country castle, random sea when all they wanted was the Seed which was in Sunnydale?
66. Shane: Hi! The panels of Giles' death were done really well.
Question: I'm assuming a large part of Angel's Season Nine journey will be about his redemption and living with his failings. So based on that and on your own understanding of Angel, do you think a significant part of it will/should be specifically about Giles since he was such an important figure in many people's lives? Or will he treat the destruction he has caused as a whole alongside everything else he has done over the years?
67. Shane: Do you know if his actual story for Season Nine has been planned already? If so, are there going to be hints about it in issue #40?
68. veiriti: Hi Mr. Jeanty, you art was very dynamic in this issue. And I loved the close-ups pictures of your heroes.
I’m concerned for Willow. She lost her magic and that was the essence of her life, she is devastated… I’m really sorry for her. Would she forgive Buffy? Or maybe that self tragedy will turn her into Dark Willow’s future version? I hope it won’t happen; I don’t want to lose another beloved character…
69. veiriti: I really loved your Spike close up scene where he said “The Slayer. She did”. Why did Spike leave to chase the V-monster instead of helping Buffy or stick around to help the survivors?
70. veiriti: In his video interview Mr. Allie mentioned a scene with Spike and Buffy. I know that’s a spoiler, but I’m eager to know what the scene is about.
Thank you! And have a nice Christmas holiday!
Rules are simple: Maximum of three (3) questions per member until I submit your questions to Jeanty. I will post a note to let you know when I send off questions to reopen the floor. As always, there is a possibility of a delay, so thanks for your patience. Keep it clean, keep it civil. Simple right? Entries are welcome until I post a closing post. Questions regarding Twilight NO LONGER HAVE TO SPOILER-TAGGED! (Thank goodness... it was a pain having to make sure that the appropriate questions/answers were spoiler-tagged).
This is for the penultimate issue of S8, and Georges told me to let you all know to go nuts. Within reason, of course. No questions that are meant to simply further your agenda (especially in shipping!). Everything else is fair game, but be respectful of each other AND the man who's gracious enough to take your questions.
Anyone who's reading this and not a member, I'm accepting questions at wenxina@slayalive.com. Feel free to send me your questions and I'll add them to the queue with credit to you.
Please note that Georges is often not really at liberty to divulge big spoilers, so don't waste those questions here... "No spoilers/comment" is a reasonable response to those.
Alright... GO!
Questions on deck:
1. ThatEvilLawFirm: Hello! What a shocking and amazing issue! So my question for you:
Will we see the major ramifications of the destruction of the seed this season?
2. ThatEvilLawFirm: We've been told that ALL demons are banished from Buffy's dimension and I know this won't be covered in the one issue remaining, but what does that mean for characters from Angel, such as Illyria, Cordelia (I guess she is still part demon even though she is a higher power?), Betta George, Lorne (not around, but still sort of in this universe), etc.?
3. ThatEvilLawFirm: In Fray we were told that the Watchers Council became a group of fanatics. With Giles' death, it seems like this is imminent, since the only watcher left now is Andrew (I think it's stated that he is a 'Watcher in training'). Is there any chance that next season we will start to see the story center around the Slayer's organization fall apart due to lack of a head watcher?
4. bamph: Hey Georges. What a powerful issue. I guess this ranks up there with "Becoming" and "The Gift" as heartbreaking finales. I'm sure you'll be flooded with questions on this one. Here are my first three.
Now that the issue is out, can you tell us about the challenges and emotions you had on the art in this issue especially on Giles death and the ending of this one?
5. bamph: Can you clarify now who was the betrayer and who was the prince or do we still need to wait for the final issue next month?
6. bamph: Buffy/Angel shippers have been scared in recent months due to the build up hype surrounding how bad things would get in #39. Buffy #40 I'm guessing, deal with the fallout of #39's event. I'm sure you can't say much. But after this issue and Season 8 in general, can the Buffy/Angel relationship come back from this like it has before with Angelus next issue and in Season 9 in your opinion?Or has Buffy/Angel really been torpedoed and there is no hope for a future for them after this? Anything you can say would be really great right.
7. sosa lola: What was the moment that made you really upset when you read the script? Obviously it's Giles' death, but if there's something else you can add, I'd be very interested. (I'm still crying over Giles' death by the way.)
8. Hellbound Hyperion: Vagina monster -- your idea or Joss's? (Yeah, I ask the tough questions, the hardball questions!)
9. Hellbound Hyperion: Now that we've seen #39, can you describe the general mood of #40? I get the feeling it'll be resolution (in terms of story) but not... peace, per se.
10. Hellbound Hyperion: Just kind of curious: did you re-draw the panel from #10 with Buffy on the floor ("Betrayal. The closest, the most unexpected...")? I don't have my TPB on me but the panel in #39 looked like an excellent reiteration of the panel from #10. (Great work all around this issue, by the way, and for the series in general! )
11. drywallman: Should Xander fans feel let down considering the indications that he would do something really important in this issue when, in reality all he does is stand around and watch others act? Does issue 40 do anything to make up for this? As it stands that whole bit with the General telling Xander about the Seed seems really pointless.
12. Dorotea: Hi Georges,
IOY to read this season to its bitter end - and so I do. You art is amazing - I keep repeating myself, but well, I hope this is OK with you. Chuckle.
Now to the questions.
What was the point of resurrecting and bringing Master back into the story ? He seemed pretty irrelevant, to be honest. Just give your personal reasoning please. Even Warren's brief comeback had made more sense to me - by the way hilarious scenes with him and Amy! Thank you for lightening the mood!
13. Dorotea: Spike chasing after that vagina monster, eh? Whose idea was that?
14. Dorotea: Twilight keeps complaining about 'you cannot abandon the universe you have created'. Can I ask you to comment on my feeling that this is Joss mocking himself and his Buffyverse fandom - that universe that he had created and that keeps chasing after him and begging not to abandon it, and that S8 is his way to get back at us ? Just kidding, but every joke has a grain of truth in it.
15. kdeb: Hi Mr Jeanty
I think this issue contains some of your very best work. The panel of Angel killing Giles, which mirrors his murder of Jenny Calendar in season 2, is particularly impressive, and the blood red colouring really adds to the effect.
Here are my questions:
Scott Allie has just done an interview with Buffyfest, in which he says that Spike will return and have a scene in no 40. I know you can't spoiler, but will this be where the Spike/Buffy relationship finally gets the respect that Scott promised us it would get in the last Q&A he did on this board?
16. kdeb: When we see Spike pursuing the so-called vagina monster in no 39, is he pursuing it in our dimension or into the one where all the other monsters are going?
17. kdeb: In the web comic Always Darkest, in Buffy's nightmare, Angel and Spike joke with each other that she can't tell them apart. Many readers thought that this actually meant something, but it seems not. What, in your opinion, was the point of it?
18. cheryl: Hi Georges, wish I had something positive to say but at the moment I really really don't.
My first question is this...why in the world would Joss ever kill our beloved Giles? I mean, seriously? A universe without Giles is...broken.
19. cheryl: Will we have any reason whatsoever to cheer at the end of the next issue?
20. cheryl: What about that twist aka gotcha moment? Tell me that it wasn't the death of Giles because that was more like a sucker punch to the gut after having a bucket of ice water dumped on you.
21. leyki: Hi, Georges.
I would like your opinion about some things.
1)In previous Q&A, you kept referring to Angel, as "poor Angel".
Can you please tell me why do you think somebody who
-tried 3 times to cause an apocalypse and succeeded twice,
-totally forgot about his son,
-fooled everybody this season, Buffy, the scoobies, the army, Amy, Warren, human beings, in order to make his plan work,
-was willing to stay in a "paradise" with Buffy and leave billions of people in Earth to die,
-came back only because Buffy was leaving him there alone and went to fight only because Buffy told him to,
-believed in speaking dogs and birds instead of listening and trusting the people he claimed he "loved"
-and basically is responsible for the death of thousands, maybe even more, and now for killing Giles,
why such a character deserves your characterization of "poor"?
I would really like your opinion in that.
22. leyki: What did the twilight logo actually represented? It's been a while since we last heard-saw of it, was there a reason for it, or just for effect?
And who actually thought of its drawing? You? Joss? Allie? Who was the inspiration of it and what did it represent?
23. leyki: Same thing goes for Spike, was he back only for his fans?
The witches in New York could see the fight in Sunnydale and teleport anyone there, what was the reason for Spike to appear in the last issues? He didn't do something significant to the story, like the Master's appearance that Dorotea asked before me.
I just want to see your point of view, and thanks in advance.
24. woundeddwarf: Hi Georges. Are we going to get an explanation as to why both Angel and Spike arrived on the scene through portals?
25. woundeddwarf: Will we learn anything about the world being in ruins prior to Angel becoming Twilight? For instance, was it destroyed as part of the plan to convince Angel to become Twilight? And if so, who did the destroying since kitty Twilight wasn't born yet?
26. woundeddwarf: Is there going to be any kind of payoff to Twilight's words that it will end when Buffy turns the sword upon herself?
27. sosa lola: What was Angel going to do before Xander brushed him off? Was he going to explain or comfort Xander? What was the wording in the script Joss and Allie wrote? (This is a huge fan of Xander/Spike and Xander/Angel so I'm very interested when it comes to Xander and the main vampires.)
28. sosa lola: I really, really love the panels with Willow crying. You made me cry so hard: Buffy's reaction to Giles' death and Willow's reaction to losing magic hit me so hard, all thanks to your drawing. What was your favorite panel in this issue?
29. AndrewCrossett: I notice that in this issue, the battlefield death scenes... young girls getting ripped in half, burned alive, melted in agony... were a lot more graphic and disturbing than they were in earlier issues. Did Joss or Scott specifically ask you to do it that way, or were you trying to ramp up the horror factor of your own accord?
30. AndrewCrossett: We saw Leah getting rescued, but I have to ask... are my other two favorite Nu-Slayers, Satsu and Rowena, OK?
31. AndrewCrossett: I have some suspicions about that "vagina demon" that Spike is chasing. It didn't get pulled back into Hell with the other demons. We know that the female sex organs symbolize a passage from one world to another, and there is a certain snaky goddess who tends to have very sexual themes associated with passage into her world. So, is everyone maybe misunderstanding what that demon is and what it's trying to do?
32. AndrewCrossett: When last seen, the Twilight Lion was walking away into the landscape of Twilight. It's kind of frustrating to think this will be the second season in a row where the Big Bad just gets to walk away with no real consequences. Will we get any more closure on what happens with that Lion or the Twilight world?
33. AndrewCrossett: Considering the global catastrophes going on, with the environment going crazy and demons pouring in through multiple portals, how could things have been so calm in Venice where Amy and Warren were? This seems like something too big for even Buffyverse people to be clueless about.
34. AndrewCrossett: How badly physically injured was Willow by her fall?
35. bamph: In one of his interviews for the new issue, Scott Allie gave some info on next issue.
He said it's very Buffy focused. Buffy is in San Francisco and she checks in with several although not all the characters close to her. They couldn't fit everyone in. Scott confirmed that Spike gets a scene with Buffy and Dawn is in the issue. This seems to be the elephant in the room and may be to spoilerish but does Angel get a moment or any interaction with Buffy in this issue and does Willow?
36. bamph: With Season 8 finishing up can you talk a bit about your collaboration with each of the writers you worked with during the course of the season? Any differences in how each worked with you?
37. bamph: As a fan now, what are you looking forward to in Season 9?
38. leyki: In a previous Q&A, I asked you about Dawn in #40 cover, and you said that she is there.
This is what we have seen,
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Can you tell us if this is what the cover will look like, and if yes, then where is Dawn?
If not, can we see your cover for #40?
39. zamolxis: Hi Georges and thanks for the warnings. Angel killing Giles the same way he killed Jenny Calender was shocking.
Can you tell us what would mean a world without magick for vampires, would they still turn to dust after being staked or be vulnerable to direct sun light?
40. zamolxis: In a previous Q&A you said you didn't knew about Spike's arc at the time you drew the dreamcubes sequence. Do you remember when you found out about Spike being in the story and your reaction to it? Before or in January 2010 after Joss Whedon's interviews - the so called Twilightgate (when the Twilight is Angel covers leaked)?
41. zamolxis: Are you familiar with the motion comics? If yes, what's your opinion on those especially considering that they cut out lines from the original story?
I don't know when you'll be able to answer to our questions so .. happy holidays!
42. bamph: Who's the one character from the T.V. show that you wish you got to draw in season 8 and didn't?It can be from Angel's show too.
43. bamph: I enjoyed your work on the Batman side of things such as The Return of Bruce Wayne issue and the Manhunter co-feature. Do you have any DC comic or Marvel comic work coming up during the Buffy break?
44. bamph: Do you have any new thoughts about the Jossless Buffy reboot film now that it looks like it's going forward at Warner Bros. with the producer of the Chris Nolan Batman films and has a screenwriter?
45. moscowwatcher: Hey, Georges,
Your art in this issue was great. I'm sure that some of the panels will be declared iconic in the future. And, as a Spike fan, I'd love to thank you for his last close-up - that of a ragged warrior who never gives up. Fantastic job!
Questions:
On the page where Buffy breaks the Seed, the bottom panel features many pictures of girls. The common opinion is that these girls are Slayers and they feel the same shock. But it's unclear if they feel the end of magic in general or the loss of their Slayer powers. Were you given any specific instructions regarding that panel?
46. moscowwatcher: It looks like Amy and Warren are dining at the Piazza San Marco in Venice - the place the most subjected to inundations. Was it a deliberate choice to demonstrate that the catastrophes, produced by space-frak and demon invasions were more or less local and the rest of the Earth isn't affected? Or it was a random location?
47. moscowwatcher: A question about #35: in one of the panels Buffy has three wristwatches on her hand. There was a theory that they symbolize three different timelines: Buffy, Fray and a new timeline that cristallyzes as season 8 reaches its end. It there any truth in our speculations or these three wristwatches don't symbolize anything?
48. drywallman: There is speculation circulating the boards that Willow may have been crippled by her fall from the sky in issue 39. I understand if you can't confirm or deny that but could you tell us if there is any validity to such speculation?
49. drywallman: Are we going to find out how Giles knew that destroying the Seed would stop Twilight, and why he chose not to act when they were first in the room with the Seed?
50. drywallman: Does Xander show up in issue 40?
51. kdeb: I guess no one knows much about season 9 as yet, but from what you do know, do you think Spike might have a better role in it than he's had this season?
52. leyki: So, basically, as I understand it, only three people knew that breaking the seed was an option: Willow, the general, and Xander.
There is talk going around the boards, especially after the pre-scripts that Mr Allie gave to Buffyfest, that the story was kind of changed at the last minute, making Giles go after the Seed instead of trying to kill Angel, maybe because that gave Giles a more epic death, since if Angel had killed him after he was being attacked, that would look like self-defense.
So, instead of making Xander break the Seed, or informing Buffy that she has a 3rd option, Giles tried to break it losing his life.
What do you have to say about this?
53. leyki: In the previous issue we saw Buffy losing her powers near the Seed, and in this issue Giles says that "their power fades near the Seed", meaning Buffy and Angel. How come then they both seem so super powerful while fighting each other near the Seed? They both have their super powers, although they are standing right next to the Seed.
54. leyki: At what point exactly, do you think that Angel was totally aware that he was going to leave Earth and every living thing on it to die? Was it when he first let Twilight affect him? After some time?
55. leyki: We saw that basically, every important man in Buffy's life abandoned her. Her father, Angel, Riley, Giles in season 6 when he needed him the most, and finally Spike.
Do you think that our girl was basically feeling lonely? Didn't have somebody in her life in Season 8?
Do you think that this was the reason that she tried a gay relationship? And do you think that her feelings for Xander came out of loneliness? After confiding in him and him turning her down, we don't see any more feelings from her, and love just don't go away like that. What's your opinion about it, or what have you heard from the writers?
56. leyki: Who do you think is the most developed character in the Buffyverse and why?
57. Dorotea: "I think it's a beautiful sunset."
Hello again, Georges,
Will we ever get a solid explanation of the meaning of Twilight's symbol and why 'Buffy was right' in her initial guess about it? Issue 40 perhaps? Or is it going to be left to our imagination - sort of like the 'prince' and the 'betrayal' ? If issue 39 was all about total devastation and destruction of all hope - how can Twilight still mean anything positive? Please give it your best guess.
58. Dorotea: Will we ever see or hear from Whistler again in S8? S9?
59. Dorotea: There seems to be a debate between those who believe that Giles intentionally sacrificed himself in order to jolt Buffy into action - either to (1) kill Angel or to (2) destroy the Seed. Do you think her not killing him was justified in the end? (It had cost the world its magic whilst if she killed Angel again the world would have been spared and the magic would have remained.)
60. beeemkcl: In the comic, was there supposed to be any ambiguity about whether Giles was going to try to destroy the Seed or was he thinking about attacking Angel as well?
61. beeemkcl: We assume the Sight and prophetic dreams come from the Powers That Be or others that exist in another plane or dimension. So, with the Seed broken, would Slayers no longer have prophetic dreams? In Fray , Harth Fray does but we assume the Seed is still broken. And what about those like Drusilla? Will she and oracles or whatever no longer have the sight?
62. beeemkcl: Did Buffy know that Spike's ship would save him or assume that once on the ground Spike would scurry back to safety?
63. zamolxis: Speaking of prophetic/Slayer dreams, in "The Long Way Home," Buffy dreamt of a dragon burning her, in the next arc she dreamt of the current green griffin and in "After These Messages..." she dreamt of a green dragon. What is the meaning of this changes in her nightmares?
64. zamolxis: Angel got his superpowers from Twilight. Why was Buffy "pushed" (chased) to get her superpowers if they came also from Twilight? Or do Buffy's powers have a different source, the dead Slayers as Willow thought or something completely different like the Seed - the glow in #34 was white - after the Seed is broken there's a white flash? (I thought that Buffy got her superpowers to fight against Angel, but instead she foolishly believed his sweet-talk and brought Twilight into existence. So instead of protecting the world she help destroying it)
65. zamolxis: Why did the demons attack Japan, France, random country castle, random sea when all they wanted was the Seed which was in Sunnydale?
66. Shane: Hi! The panels of Giles' death were done really well.
Question: I'm assuming a large part of Angel's Season Nine journey will be about his redemption and living with his failings. So based on that and on your own understanding of Angel, do you think a significant part of it will/should be specifically about Giles since he was such an important figure in many people's lives? Or will he treat the destruction he has caused as a whole alongside everything else he has done over the years?
67. Shane: Do you know if his actual story for Season Nine has been planned already? If so, are there going to be hints about it in issue #40?
68. veiriti: Hi Mr. Jeanty, you art was very dynamic in this issue. And I loved the close-ups pictures of your heroes.
I’m concerned for Willow. She lost her magic and that was the essence of her life, she is devastated… I’m really sorry for her. Would she forgive Buffy? Or maybe that self tragedy will turn her into Dark Willow’s future version? I hope it won’t happen; I don’t want to lose another beloved character…
69. veiriti: I really loved your Spike close up scene where he said “The Slayer. She did”. Why did Spike leave to chase the V-monster instead of helping Buffy or stick around to help the survivors?
70. veiriti: In his video interview Mr. Allie mentioned a scene with Spike and Buffy. I know that’s a spoiler, but I’m eager to know what the scene is about.
Thank you! And have a nice Christmas holiday!