Funk Babblings

I just watched the first episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer season eight. Well, OK, I just read the first issue of it -- it's being done as a comic book.

The art is pretty good. The writing (by Joss this time) is better than most of his season-openers. Of course, it suffers from my biggest problem with comic books: one issue is too short to get into very well. It's like watching maybe 15 minutes on TV. So it's probably worth waiting for the bound graphic novel.

Buffy has never been my favorite character, and now that there's an army of slayers (not to mention an artist rather than a camera) she doesn't even stand out from the others very much anymore. Sadly, Willow is mentioned but not yet seen; same with Giles and Andrew. But an old friend of Willow's is shaping up to be the first major antagonist.

Since it's Joss, there are at least a couple of good lines in there. Such as:

Buffy: "Went Okay. 'Cept I feel a little weird about using a crucifix to kill someone."
Scottish Slayer: "Yeh dinno much about religion, do yeh?"

Buffy: "I miss the gang. And Churros. And sex. Great Muppety Odin, I miss that sex."

Oh yeah, and apparently there will be a second comic book series of Serenity. (You have read the first one, haven't you? The one that takes place between Firefly and the movie?)