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Post by wenxina on Jul 24, 2010 13:39:39 GMT -5
ILLYRIA: HAUNTED #1Covers: (Click for larger)   Angel: Illyria #1 (of 4)
Scott Tipton, Mariah Huehner (w) • Elena Casagrande (a) • Jenny Frison (c)
Re-born out of tragedy, older than time, Illyria has been one of the most mysterious and alien members of Team Angel since her resurrection. Infected with the memories of those who loved Fred, Illyria now struggles with the burden of her guilt. Seeking out help from Angel and Spike, Illyria begins a quest that will take her back into her past, and face the consequences of being made whole again in a world she does not belong in.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Out in November.----- Buffyfest has an exclusive scoop on a new Illyria miniseries. Click HERE to read the article. More details to follow in the IDW panel today. Link contains a rather gorgeous cover by Jenny Frison and some minor spoilers for the main ANGEL book, in terms of the timing of this series. The miniseries will be written by Mariah Huehner and Scott Tipton, and will be drawn by Elena Casagrande. First issue is scheduled for a November release.
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Post by Hellbound Hyperion on Jul 24, 2010 13:43:37 GMT -5
I will be buying this, but I am very cautious. Anyone else writing Illyria will be better than how Willingham has been doing, though, so I'm more optimistic than usual.
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Post by patxshand on Jul 24, 2010 14:13:00 GMT -5
No need to be cautious. I talk to Scott Tipton all the time, and he comes to the Buffyverse with everyone a fan wants. Passion, interest, skill, and a healthy amount of give-a-shit about the characters.
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Post by BlueJay on Jul 24, 2010 18:35:01 GMT -5
OMG OMG OMG OMG. I knew it!
I predicted this last year because they were pumping out all those Illyria-centric books last fall.
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Post by VampSlayer on Jul 24, 2010 19:45:34 GMT -5
Well, I saw this over at Whedonesque. My first reaction was, "... Seriously?"
I can't believe ANOTHER miniseries is coming out. Even if it is about Illyria. I love her. But I'm iffy on this. I've just officially given up on the main title, but maybe this will be decent. The cover is beautiful, for sure. I just hope the story/art is as good inside.
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Post by The Night Lord on Jul 24, 2010 20:34:35 GMT -5
ANOTHER miniseries?
Well, let's hope they can write Illyria properly. Just goes to show how much the current Angel story sucks, cuz they're all doing miniseries
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Post by neowhobaz on Jul 24, 2010 21:45:38 GMT -5
The month this comes out it'll be coupled with the regular series, The second issue of Spike,and the end of Spike the devil you know...thats alot of Angel-verse stuff to keep up with. Hope its good tho, Mariah seems to be genuinely interested in the outcome of these characters and its cool she actually wants this to mesh continuity wise.
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Post by Hallow Thorn on Jul 24, 2010 22:56:26 GMT -5
Like the others said "ANOTHER miniseries"  I like it if this means that the team is goings its own way. I just don't find it believable that they are the new ‘Team Angel’ and I want the main title to come to an end already before it becomes sour. I want Angel to become Twilight already, Spike to have his spotlight series and Illyria (With Connor, James, Laura and Gunn) to have theirs or to take over the main title when Angel finally has gone over to “Buffy”. Back on topic, what can Illyria really do that she hasn’t done before? Can she really hold the lead title? (again) |
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Post by neowhobaz on Jul 25, 2010 10:39:51 GMT -5
Well it seems like any series illyria has been has never really explored her perspective. even in only human it was mostly Gunn's narration.
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Post by Paul on Jul 25, 2010 18:12:46 GMT -5
I'm fine with another miniseries, so long as it's about someone other than Spike. I've learned to accept that Angel has become a traditionally messy comic book franchise, with multiple titles of varying quality. It works for Marvel, and it's actually working okay for Angel (they just need a stronger main title to keep everything tied together). Just pick and choose the books that interest you, it's quite nice to have a selection.
Also, what a beautiful cover. Much better than Jenny's recent covers for Angel and Spike, which have been pretty bland.
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Post by angeliclestat on Aug 9, 2010 9:32:24 GMT -5
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Post by Skytteflickan88 on Aug 9, 2010 9:42:01 GMT -5
Spifrillyria was the name of the Spike/Illyria ship in the buffyfest-article. I've only ever heard of Spillyria. Is Spifrillyria common?
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Post by Hellbound Hyperion on Aug 9, 2010 12:00:15 GMT -5
Cover artists sure do love the concept of "shattered pieces" for Illyria - see also: Angel AtF #13 (the puzzle pieces cover). I like the way Elena did it though - mirrors, reflections of Fred.
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Post by Wyndam on Aug 9, 2010 12:03:18 GMT -5
I adjusted the the title of the thread since Ryall called the series just Illyria, although a subtitle could be added later, also added the covers to the first post.
Both look great. I think Elena is one of the better artists to capture Illyria. She does great work with Illyria's eyes.
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Post by VampSlayer on Aug 9, 2010 14:39:48 GMT -5
Spifrillyria was the name of the Spike/Illyria ship in the buffyfest-article. I've only ever heard of Spillyria. Is Spifrillyria common? , I'm pretty sure 'Spifrillyria' is Spike/Fred!Illyria. People would refer to her as Frillyria, because she kept changing into Fred in AtF, and Spike had feelings mainly for Fred. Now we know that it wasn't really Fred at all, so I'm a bit curious why that shipping name was used in the article. Maybe it's to indicate Illyria is more Fred-like now? Getting in touch with her humanity... Also, that new cover is wonderful! I love all of the chosen moments in the backgrounds. And Illyria looks great; Like herself.  I hope all of these covers are collected in the TPB, because odds are I'll be picking that up. And from the looks of the newest cover, I'd say Illyria will be fighting an internal battle. Those memories behind her are of Wesley and Spike. I bet she'll be debating over feelings for Wesley or Spike. I could be wrong, and it could just be referring to the memories implanted there by the two, but that sure'd be an awesome plot, IMO. |
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Post by Hallow Thorn on Aug 9, 2010 15:03:57 GMT -5
It would have been nice if you put Lorne and Cordy on the cover with Fred as well.
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Post by The Night Lord on Aug 10, 2010 2:04:44 GMT -5
Well, with the Spike/Fred/Illyria thing, I called it Spredlyria.
Very nice cover. I like it how it's like shattered glass, similar to ATF #16 and that it's got memories of Wesley and Spike, with a little Gunn and Angel there as well. I'm interested in it, but I wanna know how it goes first before I think of buying it.
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Post by Wyndam on Aug 18, 2010 12:42:25 GMT -5
First post updated with completed Frison cover and solicitation. This launches in November!
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Post by VampSlayer on Aug 18, 2010 16:25:57 GMT -5
Love the logo!  It needs more blue, though. xD Illyria; Purple? Nah, I think blue is more of her style. I wonder if this miniseries was forced out at all, because of the Dark Horse move coming up? Maybe IDW is trying to get out as many issues as possible... |
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Post by BlueJay on Aug 18, 2010 21:46:29 GMT -5
As well as they should. To be honest I doubt that Dark Horse will give Angel nearly enough attention as IDW does.
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