Season 8 or after the fall

[Rachster]

What comic do you like better so far?

I voted for after the fall not that i don't love Buffy its just when I'm reading after the fall it is so much easier to picture in my head its like watching an episode of angel and it draws me in and leaves me wanting more. Buffy is (to me) more of a comic and i find it hard to imagine all the new characters, places and things that are going on.

[wenxina]

I actually have to go with Season 8, even though I'm not loving the current Wolves at the Gate arc that much. I'm hoping it'll grow on me with a second read after the arc's completed.
It's not that I don't like After the Fall; the writing's been consistently good, with the characters' voices ringing true and all. But the sheer amount of returning characters, and what seemed like a 5-issue set-up for a big fight (in other words, a lot of little things that took too long to find the momentum) bog the entertainment value in my opinion.
Also, between the two, I like the art (interior as well as cover) better in Season 8. I know I've bitched about Urru before, but I'll be kinder this time. On second viewing, especially with just his black and white pages, it isn't too bad. I actually really like his large panel spreads. It's just the small cells that seem overly cluttered because of the gravity of his really thick lines, resulting in slightly confusing action sometimes. Also, I HATE the colorist(s) at IDW who work on the book. Aside from the Lorne piece in the First Night book, it's just more or less been either extreme: Urru's heavy lines coupled with acid-trippy coloring equals headache for me. Then there's the coloring of Runge's work which is so almost monochromatic that I want to fall asleep.
So overall, I just prefer Season 8. Although I look forward to After the Fall each month too.

[El Diablo Robotico]

I love 'em both, and feel it's still too early to really judge them and say one's better than the other.

With S8, it got off to a slow start with the mediocre "Long Way Home", and then got sidetracked for five months with "The Chain" and "No Future for You" (even tho I loved it, I still think NFFY would've worked better as a S8-related spinoff miniseries), and is really only now just getting going. Sure, we're 14 issues in, but I feel like as a "season", we're only on episode #6.

And I agree with wenxina that the first 5 issues of A:AtF felt like buildup to one big fight scene, but I'm okay with that, because I look at those 5 issues as the equivalent of one slightly-longer-than-usual episode of the show (just like I consider the 4-part arcs in S8 to be the equal of one ep of TV). Which is why I say it's still too early to really judge it. My one real complaint so far is that I don't like how "First Night" has been handled--it feels just kinda jammed in there where it doesn't really fit within the flow of the story.

[balesthebloody]

I have to go with "After the Fall". It seems like it has been more fast paced than Season Eight has been so far. "After the Fall" is only seven issues in and sure the last two have been mini stories, but still more story progress has been made in the last seven months of "After the Fall" then the fourteen months of Season Eight. Don't get me wrong I still love Buffy. It's just "After the Fall" has been a better series so far.

[SlayerLV]

I voted that I love them both. Although if I had to choose I would pick Buffy season 8.

[buffygrl678]

I want the comic books of Buffy, all of them, because I havent read any of them except the one where Tara is a vampire, and I dont remember the title, so. I am at a loss to find a site where I can read all of the comic books of Buffy The Vampire Slayer so I can read them online.

[Wyndam]

May 24, 2008 13:28:15 GMT -5 @buffygrl678 said:

I am at a loss to find a site where I can read all of the comic books of Buffy The Vampire Slayer so I can read them online.

That would be illegal, so please don't do that. Support Buffy/Angel/Joss and buy the comics instead.

[buffyfan21]

Wow, I'm really suprised there haven't been more votes for Buffy season 8. I love both, but Buffy is still my fave. Same with the tv shows.