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Post by CowboyGuy on Feb 1, 2008 8:04:26 GMT -5
Check it gang! (We knew already, but it's nice to get reaffirmed)
The latest issue of Wizard magazine has an interview with Joss.
WIZARD: ... it was mentioned... that this run could go as long as 40 or 50 issues. What's the status?
JOSS: The status is that we've got it planned to exactly 40. We know almost every bit of who's doing what and the main points of what we need to hit, where it's going, what it means, what the big climax is, who the villain is, and mostly who the writers are for each bit.
WIZARD: Will it end there?
JOSS: No, no, no. The last two arcs will be plotted out by me and Brad Meltzer. And he's going to write the first one, I'm gonna write the second one. #40 will be the final issue of "Season 8" and that will be absolutely the end of it until the beginning of "Season 9."
We're going to be discussing things for a looooooong time!
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Post by mandikaye on Feb 1, 2008 10:21:43 GMT -5
Yeehaw!
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Post by patxshand on Feb 1, 2008 11:22:38 GMT -5
Awesome, thanks for posting. I know it's been confirmed, but it's nice to hear it again. Now if only we can get a final word on "Ripper!"
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Post by Ethros on Feb 1, 2008 12:18:17 GMT -5
So Season 8 should finish approx June 2010. That seems like a looooooooong way off
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Post by D'Hoffryn on Feb 1, 2008 12:20:46 GMT -5
fantastic news the only problem is it takes about 3 and a bit years for 1 season, i'm a crap waiter. Does this mean 40 issues of Angel??? God I hope so I'm with patxhand, please hurry up and make Ripper, if so will giles become absent from the comics and does this mean ripper is about Giles and faith? if so its bound to be a winner.
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Post by patxshand on Feb 1, 2008 12:59:48 GMT -5
fantastic news the only problem is it takes about 3 and a bit years for 1 season, i'm a crap waiter. Does this mean 40 issues of Angel??? God I hope so No, "After the Fall" isn't a season. It's more like a long movie. It's going to last twelve issues at the least, but probably a few more. It'll likely be over by the end of the year, sadly. No word on that yet. It could be set at any time. It could be between Seasons 6 and 7, 7 and 8, no one knows.
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Post by Melissa on Feb 1, 2008 14:58:57 GMT -5
Yay! Buffy will be around for a long time to come. Great news.
And Mandikaye, I love your banner!
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Post by spikeluv13 on Feb 1, 2008 15:02:52 GMT -5
yay! but wow that is a looooong time to wait for everything. I know they need that long to produce the art and the story, etc...but can't we have them more than once a month?! At least the show's wait was only a week in between those dramatic endings...
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Post by henzINNIT on Feb 1, 2008 17:25:50 GMT -5
I know I'll be alone in this but I'm happy Angel will likely be done this year lol. Damn Buffy 9 in 2010? Crazy. Season 8 will be comprised of 8 TPBs then eh?
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Post by CowboyGuy on Feb 1, 2008 17:29:05 GMT -5
I know I'll be alone in this but I'm happy Angel will likely be done this year lol. Damn Buffy 9 in 2010? Crazy. Season 8 will be comprised of 8 TPBs then eh? I agree, I am glad...only for the fact that we might get to see Angel and Spike appear in Season 8 at some point. I am hoping to see that eventually. There is much unresolved stuff with that!! Does Buff even know Spike's alive and well?
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Post by hitnrun017 on Feb 1, 2008 17:32:22 GMT -5
New Buffy for many many years. I love this! Hopefully there will be a lot more to cover.
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Post by Lukee on Feb 1, 2008 17:57:01 GMT -5
Just hope i dont get run over by a bus before it ends and yayz season 9
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Post by mandikaye on Feb 1, 2008 18:12:59 GMT -5
And Mandikaye, I love your banner! Thanks! ancientguardian made it for me. Doesn't it rock?
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Post by cheungcheung on Feb 1, 2008 20:26:31 GMT -5
wow.
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Post by buffysmglover on Feb 1, 2008 21:28:17 GMT -5
This is old news for me. Doesn't change my look on the verse at all. I'm glad its continuing for so long, but I've been glad for a while.
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Post by CowboyGuy on Feb 1, 2008 21:49:43 GMT -5
This is old news for me. Doesn't change my look on the verse at all. I'm glad its continuing for so long, but I've been glad for a while. We all have known since SDCC that there's going to be Season 9. But now it's much more concrete and that it is stated to be exactly 40 issues. Before that number was a generalization. Everything is much more concrete now. The news of Brad Meltzer is new.
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Post by buffysmglover on Feb 1, 2008 21:52:58 GMT -5
This is old news for me. Doesn't change my look on the verse at all. I'm glad its continuing for so long, but I've been glad for a while. We all have known since SDCC that there's going to be Season 9. But now it's much more concrete and that it is stated to be exactly 40 issues. Before that number was a generalization. Everything is much more concrete now. The news of Brad Meltzer is new. Actually Phil, I announced a while before SDCC that Scott Allie told me Joss planned out a Season Nine after Season Eight... let me go find the original post.
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Post by buffysmglover on Feb 1, 2008 21:53:56 GMT -5
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Post by CowboyGuy on Feb 1, 2008 21:56:18 GMT -5
I mean coming from Joss himself. But whatever.
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Post by patxshand on Feb 2, 2008 0:01:57 GMT -5
Actually, the only new thing is reconfirmation that Season Nine is happening. The forty issue thing AND the Brad Meltzer thing was announced months ago. November, I think. I forget what site it originated on, but it's on my blog like five pages back.
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