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Post by PokerKitten on Mar 11, 2005 13:15:48 GMT
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Post by PokerKitten on Mar 11, 2005 13:27:16 GMT
And some good news from Chris Ryall (Editor-in-Chief IDW Publishing), posting at MTS
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Post by PokerKitten on Mar 13, 2005 22:03:48 GMT
March 12, 2005 Spike Comic Yes, as per the Newsarama item, I will be writing a one-shot "Spike" comic for IDW in August. Long time "Buffy" fans will appreciate the concept that Spike winds up squaring off against none other than Hallie the Vengeance Demon, who has a rather unique connection to Spike that was hinted at during season six of BtVS. This story will actually address that connection, shedding some interesting light on Spike's origins.
PAD
Posted by Peter David at March 12, 2005 10:12 PM and when asked: the writer replies: peterdavid.malibulist.com/archives/002677.html
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Post by Pixie on Mar 13, 2005 22:50:58 GMT
*sigh* they tease us so...
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Post by PokerKitten on Mar 14, 2005 13:27:52 GMT
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Post by PokerKitten on Mar 25, 2005 18:17:34 GMT
Here's an update from the writer: March 24, 2005 Okay, that's done Turned in the completed script for the Spike one-shot today. Just did an out-loud reading of it for Kathleen and Ariel, to make sure all the dialogue and voices sounded okay. It's not as if they're the most unbiased audience in the world, but they liked it a lot. My goal--which, of course, I'll probably never know if I achieved--is to have Whedon read it and think, "Okay, why the hell didn't we hire this guy to write for us?" Of course, he could just as easily think, "Thank God we never hired him to write for us." But I think it's got enough twists and turns to live up to his sense of the perverse.
If nothing else, it should please the Buffy fans since it definitively establishes that Cecily and Hallie were the same person and shows what happened at the party after William fled into the night to meet his vampiric fate.
The artist has already started work based on early pages I turned in. We'll probably have sample artwork and the cover to put up here on Monday, although naturally it will still be pending approvals from Fox and shouldn't be considered necessarily the final versions.
PAD
peterdavid.malibulist.com/archives/002714.htmlWhich is all well and good, but I thought Halfrek was a vengeance demon pre-1880... so if he sticks to what is already known, she was a VD (!) when she broke William's heart. Tsk. What had he done to deserve that?
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Post by PokerKitten on Mar 25, 2005 23:54:51 GMT
He's followed up on some comments about Cecily = Halfrek with this: Posted by: Peter David at March 25, 2005 05:42 PM Yes, I'm aware that a number of actors played multiple roles on "Buffy."
Which makes it all the more remarkable that only ONE time has it been commented upon. Buffy didn't look at the Judge and recognize him as the head vampire from "Welcome to the Hellmouth." Nor did she look at Andrew and say, "Wait, weren't you one of Harmony's minions?"
But Hallie and Spike looked at one another and there was genuine recognition. She even changed her voice and said "William?" in Cecily's tonality.
And I should point out that this story was, in fact, approved by Whedon.
PAD
And then he quotes someone else on the thread and gives us more clues! Posted by: Peter David at March 25, 2005 06:17 PM "But we may fanwank that they've met offscreen between the events of OAFA and Entropy and decided to leave in the past whatever had happened between them."
My thinking exactly. Hence the story.
PAD
peterdavid.malibulist.com/archives/002714.html
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Post by PokerKitten on Apr 5, 2005 22:40:19 GMT
Well well well! Take a look at some of the artwork - pretty damn GOOD! And looks like Cecily/Halfrek is getting some revenge in for William. Nice to see pompous moustachioed man all bloody! ;D peterdavid.malibulist.com/archives/002756.html
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Post by Teebee on Apr 5, 2005 22:47:12 GMT
Agree with you all the way Pk, the artwork is amazing ;D
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Post by Pixie on Apr 5, 2005 22:48:29 GMT
Takes too blasted long to load. I need Broadband shame I can't afford it... *sigh*
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Post by PokerKitten on Apr 5, 2005 23:00:50 GMT
Uh, we're on dial-up too. I had no problem Anyway, I am sure the publicity for PAD can't hurt so here it is:
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Post by PokerKitten on Apr 5, 2005 23:04:15 GMT
And this is for the cover Excellent. We probably all have the original publicity shot on which this is modelled!
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Post by Pixie on Apr 6, 2005 7:56:03 GMT
Oh.My.God. they're good.
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Post by DeeDee on Apr 6, 2005 8:31:21 GMT
Mmm... they're good but I dont understand why Cecily goes all vengency on moustash man when shes just beet William down Ohhh.. unless she was going all out for every one but William cause he was so good and got him out of the place before she got everyone else eh eh what do you think?
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Post by PokerKitten on Apr 6, 2005 11:00:46 GMT
We'll have to wait and see with the finished product, lol! They can't give it all away now or we wouldn't all rush to buy it ;D
But I think on balance hurting someone's feelings and in so doing getting them out of the way of the mayhem is better than making them bleed from their eyeballs.
Oooh, I didn't put the bleeding eyeballs up, did I?! Hey, we better have some of that ;D
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Post by PokerKitten on Apr 6, 2005 11:10:38 GMT
I think it's all amazing. I mean, you recognise everyone, all the party guests!
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Post by PokerKitten on Apr 6, 2005 11:11:35 GMT
Ooops, there she goes!
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Post by PokerKitten on Apr 6, 2005 11:13:12 GMT
Bleeding eyeballs, yay! Vengeance!
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Post by PokerKitten on Apr 6, 2005 11:15:44 GMT
Uh, it's like the weird virusy thing the W&H people came down with in Destiny, when you think about it... Bleeding eyeballs and going bonkers.
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Post by Pixie on Apr 6, 2005 11:54:07 GMT
Ew! I've just eaten! *grin* glad she didn't do that to poor sweet William!
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