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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Long Way Home

Author: Joss Whedon
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics,U.S.
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

12 reviews
Sales Rank: 1245

Media: Comic
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 136
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 6.5 x 0.3

ISBN: 1593078226
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781593078225
ASIN: 1593078226

Publication Date: November 21, 2007
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The shizz! March 19, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful

I had pretty high expectations when reading the comic. When it came my intial reaction was to jump up and down, which I did. I then read it all and thought it was great but not brilliant. Then I re-read it and it was brilliant! The quips and jokes, the buffy-ness. The arcs! They so wouldn't happen in Buffy but their wonderful and very interesting. Old faces and new baddies, it has everything! Can't wait for the second volume to come out!

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent follow up to the show! February 29, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I've just finished reading the Buffy Season 8 comic. It's the first one of these I've read and was very impressed. My main reason for reading is was I was due to meet the artist, Georges Jenty (very nice guy indeed).

Anyhow, I saw some of the other reviews, I'm surprized some people are so upset. I think it's only natural that things had to change a lot with 100's or 1000's of new slayers. They're need to organase them as you can't really have a watcher for each one. Plus, 50 slayers vs 10 demons would be much better odds, lol!

The writing was as great as normal and the scene changes even seemed similar to the show. I agree that some things weren't explained, but being the first volume, I'll forgive that. Over all I'd recommend this to any fan of the show if you miss it as much as I do!

2 out of 5 stars

Disasterous premise, awful drawing and completely un-buffylike! February 3, 2008
15 out of 20 found this review helpful

i just finished watching the entire series (all 144 episodes) and was having withdrawal symptoms and decided to pick up and read Buffy Season 8 in comic form.
i wish i hadn't!
within these first few issues the entire premise of Buffy is subverted.
the comic is advertised as not being constrained by a small screen budget, but i think Whedon needs to realise that that is part of the reason buffy was soo good - it wasn't relying on money - it relied on great writing.
the story is totally warped - buffy and the gang have relocated to scotland - why?
they own and operate out of a castle - how did they get the money for that - Buffy is minimum wage!
they also have way way too many enemies - small budget meant few enemies per episode - but now there r zombie hoards - just as normal daily life and a t-rex demon and its just not right. it doesn't make sense - they destroy the hellmouth and now there's MORE enemies? wtf? i no there r more hellmouths but its silly and backwards
Xander and Buffy have a weird relationship starting - with no explanation
and the worst part is that in only these first 5 issues about 4 old enemies come back pointlessly. - ethan raine! Warren - with no skin! and amy - suddenly more powerful than willow!?
has joss run out of ideas? - does he have to keep rehashing old stuff?

its also very un buffy like
its all military styled - the 500 or so slayers sorted in regiments etc - it is almost like the awful 'initiative' of season 4
willow comes in to deal with amy - and she is un willow like in the extreme! - no concern for using her powers or going evil again - she jumps in to the fray - flying and pulsing magic and its totally un credible.
the silly general hunting buffy down is tragic - 'lets nuc her' in a city?! its just absurd

the structure of the story and comic itself is also incoherent - there is very little explanation for the odd things that happen - scenes change without any exposition - and the drawings are very unhelpful - amy and buffy look the same. in short it made me angry reading it.

i now cant remember buffy as ending on the highway - now it has stupid military insensible stuff added on after
the only reason this didnt get 1 star is that it has one redeeming feature - the script - just the words that appear in the bubbles - it is funny and buffylike and the comics only plus point

in short - avoid! if you enjoyed everything buffy was on TV then you will be disappointed - maybe even angry like i am.
2/5

5 out of 5 stars

What a relief! January 15, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

I bought this on a whim, not being a comic book fan in general, but because I loved the TV series and was dissapointed when it was cancelled.

When I heard that Joss Whedon was doing series 8 of the show in comic form, I was apprehensive but wanted to give it a go.

I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to volume 2 "No future for you", due out in June 2008. Hopefully Amazon will stock this as well.

If you liked Buffy on TV, then give it a go!

4 out of 5 stars

Good Start January 4, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

I read this Graphic Novel with low expectations, but once I had read it -I was pleasantly surprised. The story was actually quite good, and left me with lots of questions. I am looking forward to the next graphic novel in the hope that these questions are answered.

The only characters we see in this collection are Buffy, Xander, Willow and Giles. Hopefully we will see more characters like Faith and Robin Wood in the next graphic novel. The last comic in this collection is a bit weak but oh well - the rest of the graphic novel is good.

This graphic novel is written by Joss Whedon and he gets the dialogue just right, and it sounds exatcly like the show. The art is good and all of the characters look like their real-life counterparts.

So essentially, this is a really good read!!