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[bitsyfest]

Don't have a life on a Saturday? Well then, we have something in common. Not to worry, you are about to be rewarded with a five page preview of Spike #2. Keep an eye on this space and the link will soon be revealed.

UPDATE: Here it is!

http://buffyfest.blogspot.com/2010/11/spike-2-exclusive-preview-pages.html

*Please note that these preview pages are not final images. Edits will be made for the actual release.

[Shade of Pale]

Thanks, bitsyfest. Is this out next week then ? Hope so !

[Buffyversefantic]

Preview looks good.

Beck's comments about a terrible pro vampire reality show immediately made me think of Harmony's reality show introduced in Buffy Season 8 #21.But this is taking place before that,isn't it?This is taking place before season 8 and Angel becoming Twilight.

I think Illyria #1 is also out on Wed. too.

[Double Dutchess]

Thank you bitsy! Those preview pages look gorgeous. Bad fish jokes are funny!

Shade of Pale, I assumed the issue would be out in two weeks. If it's next week already, that would be a nice surprise.

Buffyversefantic, I also thought that Beck was referring to Harmony's reality show. Wasn't that what first started the general pro-vampire / anti-Slayer sentiment? Besides Beck's remark, the whole concept of the Cirque du No Slay as well as the audience's reaction suggest that the comic takes place well after that. I guess IDW and DH just didn't manage to perfectly align the two time lines...

[bitsyfest]

[Double Dutchess]

So both are coming out on Wednesday? That's good news! Not only will I get Spike #2 sooner than expected, it also means that my trip to the comics shop will more efficient than usual (picking up 2 comics at a time instead of just one).

By the way, from the cover image provided I gather that Frison's cover will be the regular one this time, and the Urru cover the incentive? I don't like that, because I MUCH prefer the Urru cover. (And sadly it looks like for #4 I'll be having the same problem, except with the cover artists reversed. Oh well, I'm sure what's inside will make up for it.)

[Buffyversefantic]

[Veiriti]

Thanks, Bitsy! The preview pages are awesome and the Franco Urru's art is incredible brilliant!!!! Especially in these scenes into the hotel room and Spike looking thru the window! As I've said a million times Urru is my favorite artist and no one can compare with him!

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[Veiriti]

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[Mariah]

Hey, guys.

Just to address the continuity issue:

You can ask Brian for more specifics, but it's not actually a continuity goof so much as gray area of time. And some inside jokes. Buffy is a year ahead of all the Angel comics at least, and while Spike will be more directly related than the others, we're not defining precisely how far behind it is. Hence why you're not seeing direct ref's to Harmony's show or the like. It's just a bit of humor for those who have read both, it's not to be taken as exact references to the timeline.

Spike's Vegas adventure takes place after Angel #38, and that's pretty much all the defining of the timeline we're doing for now. Illyria's story takes place after #38 as well, and after the little fight with Angel and Spike. When you see Illyria #1 you'll see how some of it ties together, but again, it's a tight time frame for only those specific events. The Spike adventure goes off on its own and has its own arc to manage. Brian's story was too important to hamstring with trying to force it all to gel perfectly. And a lot of the Spike comic had been established before the last story arc became the last one, so it's more on me than it is on Brian. We just want to link what we can, and hope fans will be forgiving and okay with the sort of vague "happens after #38" answer. :}

The way we see it, the pro-vamp attitude has probably been around awhile. Heck, there have been groups who really didn't understand how bad there were long before ATF (the ep of Buffy with the pro-vamp teens, for instance). So this is really just an extension of that, plus the fact that vamps are "known" now in this verse, and a little bit of a poke at the sparkly "romantic" vamps of "Twinkle". It's just playing with the idea that people are easily misled when they want to be. Our culture has often romanticized vampires, and this is just another facet of it. Which is, I'm sure, what the idea was in the Buffy comics. So we're just showing how it manifests in the Angel/Spikeverse side of things. :}

-Mariah

[Deborahmm]

The preview pages look good, except for Spike saying he's 'frightfully cooler.'

:shudder:

If that's supposed to be Britspeak, I assure you it ain't.
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Aargh! 'Shippers! There goes the neighbourhood.

[Allycat]

Thanks for clearing that up Mariah. You know, there's no continuity-gap too wide to be bridged by clever theories by fans with an over-active imagination and too much spare time.
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[angeliclestat]

Looks good- however I am going to give this a miss til the TPB, as I am with the Buffy. Having all these stories come out at the same time, with the same characters appearing in multiple stories in different time frames in the same month is pissing me off lol.


So I am gonna continue with the Angel and Illyria (which take place roughly around the same time), then read the Spike TPB, then read the Buffy Season 8 in full. That way I am reading the stories in the correct chronological order (which is kinda a thing with me:))
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