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shadowkatFor people who care about the Angel/Spike/Buffy comics...there is a rather interesting post from IDW that clarifies a few things, but still won't answer my main question - most likely because IDW really doesn't know.
Here's the link: http://idwpublishing.com/news/article/1360/
Well, we have Joss Whedon to blame or thank depending on your pov for IDW losing the Angel the Series license to Dark Horse. Mixed feelings about this.
Still no clarification on my question : what is comics canon and what isn't? Don't people want to know what the plot is? That's sort of crucial, don't you think? I mean, it does change things if Williams and Willingham's Angel comics are canonical to the Buffy comics - because that would mean Spike's ironically and indirectly responsible for Angel becoming Twilight. (I can see Whedon doing that.) I just want to know what story arc to throw out and what to pay attention to. At least with fanfic - people will tell you these things. They'll say - its AU or it follows directly from episode 22, Season 5. Or that it includes everything up to and including Buffy comic 35. But with the comics? They don't tell you this. You have to guess! (And here, I define canon as basically meaning what plot threads, character tropes, etc that the writer is following, what is the past history. Is Spike's last name still Pratt? Did he become mates with a fish? Did he lose his soul then get it back again? Did he fall for Illyria? Did Connor fight alongside Spike in Hell?) If I'm to continue wasting money, time and space collecting and reading these things - I want to know what is included in the story is to date.
I don't want to have to guess or debate it endlessly with people. That's getting old.
If you can get a straight answer on that question from Scott Allie or Whedon - kudos! It's the only question I haven't seen answered.
Here's the link: http://idwpublishing.com/news/article/1360/
Well, we have Joss Whedon to blame or thank depending on your pov for IDW losing the Angel the Series license to Dark Horse. Mixed feelings about this.
Still no clarification on my question : what is comics canon and what isn't? Don't people want to know what the plot is? That's sort of crucial, don't you think? I mean, it does change things if Williams and Willingham's Angel comics are canonical to the Buffy comics - because that would mean Spike's ironically and indirectly responsible for Angel becoming Twilight. (I can see Whedon doing that.) I just want to know what story arc to throw out and what to pay attention to. At least with fanfic - people will tell you these things. They'll say - its AU or it follows directly from episode 22, Season 5. Or that it includes everything up to and including Buffy comic 35. But with the comics? They don't tell you this. You have to guess! (And here, I define canon as basically meaning what plot threads, character tropes, etc that the writer is following, what is the past history. Is Spike's last name still Pratt? Did he become mates with a fish? Did he lose his soul then get it back again? Did he fall for Illyria? Did Connor fight alongside Spike in Hell?) If I'm to continue wasting money, time and space collecting and reading these things - I want to know what is included in the story is to date.
I don't want to have to guess or debate it endlessly with people. That's getting old.
If you can get a straight answer on that question from Scott Allie or Whedon - kudos! It's the only question I haven't seen answered.
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Date: 2010-08-24 04:22 pm (UTC)But, she did state that she planned on asking:
*to what extent if any do we need to know what happened in the IDW comics to be able to follow the DH comics. (which is a nifty side-step around the whole canon question. Sort of similar to the old question - to what extent if any does one have to watch ATS to follow BTVS or vice versa. That question is still up for debate, although the writers/creators indicated that a)we should probably follow both, but b)it's possible to enjoy them without doing so since they are different franchises. (LOL!) I'm guessing that's going to be Scott Allie's answer or something to that effect. Which isn't really answering the question.)
And the other question, which she seems more interested in asking:
Is there going to be a Spike comic or one-shot, preferably written by Joss Whedon or Drew Goddard any time in the not too distant future? (Also preferrably drawn by someone other than Georges Jeanty, but I doubt she'll ask that. Hardly polite.)