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Post by pablo on Feb 7, 2009 6:45:36 GMT -5
Cover: (click for HQ!)  BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON EIGHT VOLUME 5: PREDATORS AND PREY
Written by Jane Espenson, Steven S. DeKnight, Drew Z. Greenberg, Jim Krueger and Doug Petrie, penciled by Georges Jeanty and Cliff Richards, inked by Andy Owens, colored by Michelle Madsen and cover by Jo Chen.
Buffy's world goes awry when former-classmate-turned-vampire Harmony Kendall lands her own reality TV show, Harmony Bites, bolstering bloodsucking fiends in the mainstream. Humans line up to have their blood consumed, and Slayers, through a series of missteps, misfortunes, and anti-Slayer propaganda driven by the mysterious Twilight, are forced into hiding.
In Germany, Faith and Giles discover a town where Slayers retreat from a world that has turned against them, only to find themselves in the arms of something far worse. A rogue-Slayer faction displaces an entire Italian village, living up to their tarnished reputation as power-hungry thieves. And finally, with the help of a would-be demon lover, Dawn addresses her unfaltering insecurities.
Collects issues #21-#25 and the short stories "Harmony Bites" and "Vampy Cat Play Friend" from MySpace Dark Horse Presents!
160 pages, $15.95, in stores on Sept. 9. |
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Post by Joe on Feb 7, 2009 8:07:11 GMT -5
I saw it too and freaked out. Is it the real cover?
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Post by Whedon Fan on Feb 7, 2009 8:27:24 GMT -5
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Post by AndrewCrossett on Feb 7, 2009 9:18:49 GMT -5
I wonder who those people are on the screen to Buffy's right?
She doesn't look happy.
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Post by Whedon Fan on Feb 7, 2009 9:26:39 GMT -5
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Post by Greer on Feb 7, 2009 9:44:57 GMT -5
I hope we can get a higher-res version of this pic. It seems kind of...not enough for a TPB cover. Maybe it's just a part?
I think that it's government people to Buffy's right. On the left, it looks like Harmony. I can see one of her Pomeranians.
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Post by AndrewCrossett on Feb 7, 2009 10:03:07 GMT -5
Probably C.A.A. agents to the right. Looks like Buffy is about to start feeling heat from The Man.
That's Harmony on Larry King, to the left.
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Post by ●B E N on Feb 7, 2009 10:53:04 GMT -5
The people on the right look like... an african american, an old dude, a girl, and then a younger guy...
I have no idea who they are... *shrug*
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Post by narflet on Feb 7, 2009 11:30:40 GMT -5
Click for full sized version, makes things a little clearer, although still a bit fuzzy:  |
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Post by patxshand on Feb 7, 2009 11:34:10 GMT -5
Definitely the real cover. One of Jo Chen's best. Very impressive, as always. When I saw it on the screen, I like scrambled to get my camera out after a moment of staring/drooling. Allie eventually went back to it to talk about the arc for a second, so that's when I was able to get the bigger, better pic of it.
Best cover for a trade since "The Long Way Home," I think.
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Post by wenxina on Feb 7, 2009 11:36:29 GMT -5
Love the homage to Jeanty's interiors in #11. Same hair, and potentially the same outfit she's wearing while watching footage of Simone and her gang. I say potentially because due to the fuzzy nature of this image, I can't make out if Buffy's wearing a hoodie, which she is in #11.
EDIT: Thematically, I think this TPB cover resonates the most with me as it captures the essence of what I think this arc should lead to: isolation and uber-stress for blondie. See, no Scoobies to hold her hand.
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Post by millenium062 on Feb 7, 2009 11:44:04 GMT -5
Cool cover....I see that the left side is Harmony on Larry King, and the right side I believe is Harm in vamp face with a bunch of suits...any ideas whom? Perhaps the agents she has bitten
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Post by Emmie on Feb 7, 2009 12:09:37 GMT -5
I'm loving the images she's looking at on the screens in front of her. Harmony with her fluffy dog on Larry King and to the right screen there's four people in suits - Who are they? Authorities of some kind. Are they why issue #26 is titled Retreat?
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Post by Wyndam on Feb 7, 2009 12:21:35 GMT -5
Really a great cover, and I agree with Pat, best TPB cover since TLWH. I'm loving the images she's looking at on the screens in front of her. Harmony with her fluffy dog on Larry King and to the right screen there's four people in suits - Who are they? Authorities of some kind. Are they why issue #26 is titled Retreat? Authorities were my first guess as well. Probably the army folk? |
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Post by hitnrun017 on Feb 7, 2009 12:26:13 GMT -5
Such a great cover, poor Buffy. I really like it because it's not exciting, there is no action or showy details, it's Buffy sitting, it has actual emotion. Amazing stuff.
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Post by Paul on Feb 7, 2009 12:39:26 GMT -5
I think some of those people to Buffy's right might be Faith and Giles? Just 'cause they're in this arc, really. There also seems to be a tall black guy... Robin Wood? Maybe he joins their Slayer social work team?
Wow, we really need a high res version of this cover! I'm not sure that's the whole thing either...
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Post by AndrewCrossett on Feb 7, 2009 14:09:21 GMT -5
Like I said... probably C.A.A. heavies there to the right. Agents working with Twilight and Voll.
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Post by Hallow Thorn on Feb 7, 2009 19:54:13 GMT -5
It looks like Harm, is she part of this arc ?
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Post by tms on Feb 7, 2009 20:08:05 GMT -5
It looks like Harm, is she part of this arc ? Harmony was in issue 1 and had a cameo in Issue 2  |
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Post by patxshand on Feb 7, 2009 20:36:05 GMT -5
It looks like the cast of 30 Rock in the screen over Buffy's right shoulder.
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