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Post by Brian Lynch on Aug 5, 2008 22:11:55 GMT -5
Because we have a printer that produces high quality work (I think you'll see it in the pages and the cover stock) and does it quickly, but at the same time we can't know EXACTLY when the comic will be done. Just that it will be done on time.
See? You asked, I answered!
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Post by gooberman on Aug 5, 2008 22:20:15 GMT -5
Can I ask what date #11 will be out then? ;-)
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Post by buffysmglover on Aug 6, 2008 5:18:24 GMT -5
So... Angel still isn't a vampire in Issue 10... What is with this cover?!
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Post by brandonr on Aug 6, 2008 8:11:35 GMT -5
Thanks for the answer, Brian. I'm assuming from your answer that some sort of deadline is set--like 12 MUST be printed and ready for shipment by September 12th (for instance), and from there a release date is set after you're sure everything is done by the printing deadline.
And hey, I'd definitely rather have high quality work and no predetermined release date than the opposite of that equation.
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Post by wenxina on Aug 6, 2008 9:36:43 GMT -5
So... Angel still isn't a vampire in Issue 10... What is with this cover?! Angel has a vampire glamor, doesn't he?
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Post by Whedon Fan on Aug 6, 2008 15:09:31 GMT -5
Yeah the glamour is to trick other demons/people of LA into thinking he is still a vampire so you're probably right in thinking that is why he is all vamp like in the cover. He is obviously going to go back to being a vampire at some point but how and when? My guess is that he will free everyone from Hell A and then the Senior Partners will put the vampire back in him meither just as a punishment or becasue he is now out of hell and whatever spell the used only lasted until he broke out.
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Post by Tyler Austin "tiewashere" on Aug 6, 2008 22:31:38 GMT -5
I can't wait to get my hands on this cover!
All the sites I have been on say this:
#11: August 27, 2008 #12: September 24, 2008 #13: October 29, 2008
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Post by Wyndam on Aug 7, 2008 11:44:58 GMT -5
I really hope the August 27 date changes. That's nearly a 2 month wait.
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Post by Tyler Austin "tiewashere" on Aug 7, 2008 15:36:43 GMT -5
I really hope the August 27 date changes. That's nearly a 2 month wait. I know, right? And I don't really like it being at the end of the month. They should have a fixed day (like Buffy has the first Wednesday of the month). I'm sorta mad at the whole Angel dates situations.
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Post by gooberman on Aug 10, 2008 22:11:48 GMT -5
Hooray! Looks like it'll be out this week. Just got the weekly email from my local comic store, AtF #11 is on the list.
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Post by lorneisaboltsfan on Aug 11, 2008 0:11:48 GMT -5
Hooray! Looks like it'll be out this week. Just got the weekly email from my local comic store, AtF #11 is on the list. You just made my evening. I really hope it's true.
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Post by patxshand on Aug 11, 2008 2:12:08 GMT -5
Oh, it's true. Brian Lynch and Chris Ryall also posted about it.
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Post by Joe on Aug 11, 2008 7:29:27 GMT -5
YAY! New Angel week!
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Post by Wyndam on Aug 11, 2008 10:59:35 GMT -5
Awesome news!
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Post by Wyndam on Aug 11, 2008 13:52:58 GMT -5
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Post by hitnrun017 on Aug 11, 2008 14:05:21 GMT -5
Thank the lord! This was a very hard wait, mostly because of that cliffhanger.
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Post by witcher on Aug 12, 2008 17:59:02 GMT -5
Thank the lord! This was a very hard wait, mostly because of that cliffhanger. I know, the suspense is killing me. I'm just hoping for a big exvamp-on-vamp fight, and some friends-to-a-former-friend-now-a-villain-talk
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Post by iloveromy on Aug 12, 2008 18:47:26 GMT -5
I have feeling it's curtains for Nina.
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Post by patxshand on Aug 13, 2008 0:02:31 GMT -5
I agree, Romy. I also think Gunn, when he discovers Angel is human, is going to have a better, fangier plan than outright killing him. Ahhhh can't wait to get it. Eleven hours until #11!
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Post by KingofCretins on Aug 13, 2008 10:30:14 GMT -5
Wow. Apart from Chapter 5, this is my favorite issue so far.
So many things I was expecting from the confrontation between Angel and Gunn, I missed some of the little details -- like the fact that Angel didn't even know going in that it *was* a confrontation. It's a small and in some ways irrelevant detail, but I like that Angel and everyone else instantly assumed Gunn was a rescue operation.
Further, Angel continues to impress me as a reenergized hero. Much of what I found heroic about Angel vanished in Season 5 and ultimately landed them all in Hell-A. Now, as a human, he's been getting it back and then some. I love that he doesn't even just want to arbitrarily kill Gunn. Hell, you can almost hear him thinking "we get out of here and Willow can curse him as long as we don't have to kill him." And most of all, I love how much braver Angel has to be to do what he does without the advantages of being a vampire. I also liked seeing reminders that Angel is actually pretty smart -- like how he decides to try to play Gunn. In the televised seasons, Angel's intellect became a little bit of a punchline at times -- he wasn't the smooth-operating liar and improv artist he was in, for example, 1.04 "I Fall To Pieces" or 2.04 "Untouched" in using fake personas. Here, we see that skill come back as he tries to con Gunn about the visions.
Angel's injuries, while pretty horrifying, are somewhat encouraging to me. I'm a staunch opponent of re-vamping Angel, and the mere fact that Gunn decides not to do it gives me hope that it won't happen -- something else will happen. Maybe Glowy-Just-Let-It-Go-Baby-Cordy with Healing Energy Action is lurking out of frame to heal human Angel. But to re-vamp him now is to either have the main villain just say "actually, on second thought I will turn you", or to have Spike do it. I already saw Josef re-vamp Mick on "Moonlight", so I'm in no hurry to see that story again.
Now to turn to Gunn -- simply awesome. This might seem like a bold statement, but in just a few appearances and this issue's long exposition, Brian Lynch has managed to make Gunn a more riveting and compelling villain than Joss himself was able to make Angelus. Yes, I know "plotted by Joss Whedon", that's not my point. I mean Gunn in "Angel: After the Fall" written by Lynch > Angelus in "Innocence", "Becoming, Part I", and "Becoming, Part II" written by Joss. That is just how impressed I am with how Gunn has developed. He has this sort of evil-but-tragic energy that I think we've only seen anything like with Darla in Season 2 of "Angel". But this is much grander in scale because while Darla was basically evil and loving it again, Gunn really does think he can be the hero. He kills Slayers, he kills women he rescues, but he disconnects that completely from what he does in pursuit of his grand plan. And what a cool idea to give him the visions (if that's what they are)! It has echoes of Harth in "Fray", but is much more A) useful as powers go and B) poignant, since it's something that connects to Angel through both Cordy and Doyle.
General observations -- I loved all the "B" plot stuff at the Hyperion. I love Gwonnor, they are so great. I love Nina still being into Angel and totally love Angel/Nina. I love that everybody implicitly knows they shouldn't tell Spike about Angel being human.
Only complaint, though. The last page is completely incomprehensible to me. Brian, help me out -- is Gwen reacting to something we're not going to see or understand until Chapter 12, or am I just missing something in the visual information that explains what's wrong with her? I mean, I see lightning (possibly hitting the dragon?), some energy happening around her hands, she's crying, Connor's worried about her... did I miss it, or has whatever it is not happened yet? I usually don't have that problem parsing out the action. Maybe it's just me.
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