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Post by DeeDee on Apr 6, 2005 12:09:00 GMT
heh! serves them right for being horrible to William ;D ;D
must get it when its published ;D ;D
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Post by Pixie on Apr 6, 2005 12:13:55 GMT
*grin* yeah. ;D
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Post by PokerKitten on Apr 9, 2005 0:04:26 GMT
Some publicity blurb about the comic/graphic novel/what you will, from Comics ContinuumSPIKE: OLD TIMES
Written by Peter David, art by Fernando Goni.
Spike returns to the comic book world in this special one-shot written by fan-favorite writer Peter David! On a dark night in 1880s London, a young poet named William was humiliated by an elegant woman named Cecily and fled into the night... not realizing it would be the first night of the rest of his unlife. But Cecily had a few secrets of her own. Now it's over a century later, elegant Cecily is a vengeance demon named Halfrek endeavoring to destroy another young poet, and William the Vampire -- the renowned Spike -- is squaring off against her to try and even the scales.
48 pages, $7.49. So what has Cecily/Halfrek got against poets?! Lol. I thought she was a defender of children.
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Post by PokerKitten on May 27, 2005 10:49:53 GMT
More info! comicbookbin.com/comicbooknews009.htmlFeels Just Like Old Times with Spike Around By The Editor May 26, 2005, 18:37
Ever since Joss Whedon’s Angel series came to an end, fans have wanted more. We’ve gotten stacks of postcards pleading for the return of Spike. And now, IDW Publishing is poised to give the fans what they want in the form of Spike: Old Times, a one-shot focusing on an untold tale from the character’s past.
On a dark night in the 1880s, an elegant woman, named Cecily humiliates William, a young poet who flees into the night… not realizing it would turn out to be the first night of the rest of his unlife. Now, over a century later, the elegant Cecily is a vengeance demon known as Halfrek is aiming to destroy yet another young poet. But this time, William the Vampire—the renowned Spike—is at hand to even the odds.
Bringing the popular character back to comic books is fan-favorite writer Peter David (Fallen Angel), joined on this project by artist Fernando Goni.
“I always figured the business of having Spike and Halfrek ‘recognize’ each other in the episode Older and Far Away was nothing but an in-joke shout-out to actress Kali Rocha's having played both Halfrek and, in the previous season's episode Fool for Love, Spike's lost love, Cecily,” speculates writer Peter David. “But in the Whedon-verse, there's no such thing as an in-joke that can't be milked for all it's worth. And I figured there was plenty worth milking here. Quite simply, it was an episode that I wanted to see, and since it can't ever be done by Mutant Enemy, writing the story myself is the next best thing.”
The full-color 48-page one-shot, Spike: Old Times, will be available in August.
© Copyright 2002-2005, Coolstreak Cartoons Inc. - All rights Reserved. All other texts, images, characters and trademarks are copyright their respective owners.
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Post by PokerKitten on Jun 10, 2005 10:13:01 GMT
You can now pre-order the comic, which is out in a coupla months - from Forbidden Planet
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Post by Pixie on Jun 10, 2005 10:58:00 GMT
Ooh... might have to go and have a gander!
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Post by PokerKitten on Jun 15, 2005 11:58:16 GMT
Blurb and pics for the Spike comic (and the Angel series) in the US Guide for next week - Lookee here
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Post by Pixie on Jun 15, 2005 12:20:49 GMT
purty! *pets nice Spike pic*
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Post by DeeDee on Jun 15, 2005 16:13:40 GMT
Mmm...lovely Spike pic er do you think I'm too old for a Comic No!! not if it involves Spike ;D ;D
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Post by PokerKitten on Jun 24, 2005 23:34:09 GMT
More info on the comic at Newsarama, including some dialogue to go with the artwork we've already seen. Have to say, some of it jars horribly, but Cecily is cool! And does the date in the top corner of the first page really say 1889, instead of 1880, or is it my tired eyes playing tricks?
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Post by nightnurse on Jun 24, 2005 23:49:14 GMT
Yep...just enlarged it in my photo editor and it does indeed say 1889 It looks cool...and I may be buying my first comic since I was 11 and a Superman and Batman collector ;D ...wish I'd kept the sodding things once my tomboy days were over
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Post by PokerKitten on Jun 25, 2005 0:03:01 GMT
Well, that is pretty inexcusable! Let's hope it gets spotted before printing.
And was "knickers in a knot" a phrase in use at the time? A posh lady would not have been using "bloody" in that context, that's for sure.
If PD does have his Spike series idea picked up I hope the dialogue improves. Still can't fault the artwork, though.
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Post by Teebee on Jun 29, 2005 9:13:05 GMT
;D ;D I've pre-ordered it, with help from my lovely mother... ;D ;D
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Post by PokerKitten on Jun 29, 2005 10:41:16 GMT
There is now talk of another one-off Spike comic, to be set in LA in the 1940s, but I don't know accurate that info is at the moment.
I think I'll go an pre-order now too, teebs. August isn't that far away, afterall.
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Post by PokerKitten on Jul 11, 2005 12:27:57 GMT
More info on the second comic: Solve My Mystery
IDW’s first Spike one-shot hasn’t hit yet, but there’s already word that a second one-shot is in the works, for a January 2006 release. Reportedly, the second Spike one-shot will be primarily set in Los Angeles during the 1940s, with Spike coming under suspicion of being the infamous Black Dahlia killer. Angel, Fred and Los Hermanos Numeros are also said to make appearances in the story.
The artist for the second one-shot will be Fernando Goni, who also drew the first one-shot. However, Peter David will not be writing this one… it will be someone new…
This Has A “Happy Meals With Legs” Factor of Nine Out of Ten
Silver Bullet ComicsThe drawing for the first one seems fab, so that's good news
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Post by Teebee on Jul 11, 2005 12:35:40 GMT
Oh cool ;D, and what a good basis for a story, i like the sound of this. ;D ;D
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Post by PokerKitten on Jul 25, 2005 20:57:40 GMT
The comic, which was given the Joss-nod, reveals William's surname.... Pratt. Watch the Brits' eyebrows shoot up at that one...
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Post by nightnurse on Jul 25, 2005 21:05:48 GMT
LOL...P used to play cricket with a bloke called Ken Pratt..he once got upset when he was mentioned in the local rag as Ken PARTT after he scored a half century ;D
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Post by Cyrus on Jul 25, 2005 21:49:33 GMT
lmao! laughing at both the name as well as ok what 2 years after the show ends and we just now find out what his name is...
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Post by PokerKitten on Jul 25, 2005 22:02:35 GMT
Well, he obviously didn't want it getting out, lol! ;D No wonder he was so keen to ditch his former identity!
Although we use 'prat' as a derogatory term now, the surname dates back to the 1100s and can mean hopes, ambitions and aspirations... which is kinda fitting.
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