Buffy The Vampire Slayer #16
On a hot tip, Buffy and Willow head to Manhattan hoping to unlock the secrets of Buffy's mysterious scythe, but something goes terribly awry when Buffy suddenly finds herself transported to an unknown world, and into the path of future Slayer Fray.
Buffy creator Joss Whedon teams with his Fray co-creator Karl Moline in "Time of Your Life." Jo Chen and Georges Jeanty join the team for covers.
Writer: Joss Whedon
Cover Artist: Jo Chen
Penciller: Karl Moline
Inker: Andy Owens
Colorist: Michelle Madsen
Size: 40 Pages
Price: $2.99
iFanboy Community Pick of the Week Percentage: 17.3%
Comments
I'm not all that familiar with the character of Fray, but this book's been so good it instantly gets a pass. After Goddard's amazing run, I'm half expecting some filler here before the next arc starts, but having said that one thing you should never do is second-guess Whedon.
And that cover is awesome!
Posted by Eyun on 07/01/08 at 08:32 AM
@Eyun You should read Fray. I really enjoyed it. I'm contemplating reading it again (probably after this is over)...
Posted by GungaDin on 07/01/08 at 08:06 PM
@GungaDin - Is there a trade? I know of the character, but have no idea how many books are out. I'm ready and willing to jump in, dude, just need to know where you think is a good place. :)
Posted by Eyun on 07/01/08 at 10:14 PM
There's only one trade paperback of Fray, collecting the entire 8 issue mini and is well worth a read.
I am so looking forward to this comic!
Posted by Ilash on 07/02/08 at 07:07 AM
@Ilash You're right, but there's also a small story in "Tales of the Slayers," something I really enjoyed because it didn't have much (if anything at all) to do with Buffy and just dealt with slayers across time.
It's very anthological, and if that interests you, you can also look into "Tales of the Vampires" which has some really great one shot short stories (mostly only three to four pages) about vampires and the like.
And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that you should go through the iFanboy store if you want to order them...
Posted by GungaDin on 07/02/08 at 11:53 AM
Of course, how could I forget Tales of the Slayers, it was a pretty good read all in all and the Fray story was the definite highlight.
Haven't read Tales of the Vampires yet though.
Posted by Ilash on 07/02/08 at 06:15 PM
Just finished this. Not gonna review heavy on it... But... it was a'ight. Nothing super spectacular. Lots of set-up. Nice to see Kennedy, nice to see Vi. Dawn's transformation made me laugh. And the art felt like it was over inked... Other than that, good issue.
Posted by GungaDin on 07/04/08 at 02:11 PM
This book is an "in-the-bag" book for me. I loved the original miniseries, and I've been DYING to see Karl Moline's pencils again. Nothing unexciting about this. God yes.
Posted by GungaDin on 06/30/08 at 09:10 PM