Buffy The Vampire Slayer Tales Of The Vampires One Shot...
In a small town in Massachusetts, a young man named Jacob goes about his day as usual -- wakes early, eats breakfast with his mom, and heads to school. He's a hard worker and a reliable friend to Alexia, an athletic and headstrong young woman. But at night Jacob likes to cut loose at the local arcade, where he's befriended a reckless gang of vampires who enjoy drinking his blood. Jacob craves the high and the easy escape from the monotony of his life that this "bloodletting" provides.
Enter the mysterious and sultry May, who can help Jacob leave those high-school days behind -- that is, if Alexia doesn't stop her first.
* From the 2008 Eisner winners of the graphic novel 5 and the creators of Pixu!
* Features a cover by Jo Chen and an alternate cover from Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon!
Writer: Becky Cloonan
Artist: Vasilis Lolos
Colorist: Dave Stewart
Cover Artist: Jo Chen
Size: 40 Pages
Price: $2.99
Comments
I've pulled it but will I actually buy it...I guess we'll see once I'm in the store.
Posted by s1lentslayer on 06/01/09 at 05:32 PM
I want the Ba and Moon cover! I can't say I've heard of either 5 or Pixu, so that little tidbit does nothing for me. But this should be a good time.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 06/01/09 at 08:23 PM
Sounds fun.
Posted by WinTheWonderboy on 06/01/09 at 10:59 PM
I didn't realize Becky wasn't drawing this. Very exciting.
Posted by southbymidwest on 06/03/09 at 03:47 AM
I could nitpick that this isn't really a 'Buffyverse' story -- it feels more like an issue of DEMO. But, well, DEMO is awesome and this was awesome as well. It's really cool to see Joss and Dark Horse reach out for a more 'indie book' feel on this title.
Posted by ohcaroline on 06/04/09 at 09:29 AM
I thought this issue was really good up until the half way point and then fell apart before briefly coming together on the last page or two. All the stuff in between? Useless and seemingly at odds to the rest of the story. We're never sure *when* this is set so the idea that it was in "modern" Buffytimes came as a surprise to me. The look and feel of the "universe" of the loan arcade screamed 90s to me. The same with some dated dialogue.
I like the idea of occassionally having stories that don't have the Scooby gang involved. It gives the Buffyverse a chance to expand and get a bit of new life into it.
Posted by BookGnome on 06/05/09 at 03:44 PM
I'm fine with expanding the universe, but the art missed the "vampire" thing 90% of the time, and the story was just very flat.
Easily the worst comic I have bought in a very long time...if this were anything more than a one-shot, I would have dropped "Buffy" right there.
Posted by TommyBrownell on 06/06/09 at 07:17 PM
Yeesh, art really rubbed me the wrong way. Story was decent, but man oh man that art made it tough for me at times.
Posted by zlbenson on 06/07/09 at 10:04 PM
Goddamn thats a beautiful cover. I always liked the tales of the slayers and tales of the vampires trades from a few years back. hope this recaptures the magic
Posted by RoiVampire on 06/01/09 at 05:29 PM