Customer Reviews
REALLY good - By: M. Blair, 13 May 2008 
I loved the tv show of buffy (and angel) & i was reallly looking forward to getting this, when i did I was reallly impressed with it! Its a lot better than the other buffy comics (that for some strange reason made vampires green & furry... & sometimes have wings) & I'm reallly looking forward to getting "No future for you"
brilliant read minus 1 star for the shortness tho!!! - By: Ms. Laura Denieffe, 14 Apr 2008 
i was reallly lookin forward to this when i ordered it & then wen it came i read it alll there & then!! it was reallly well written & drawn & still contained some great buffy wit which i love!!
THANK YOU JOSS WHEDON!!!
cannot wait for the next volume if there is one!!!
The shizz! - By: Mark, 19 Mar 2008 I had pretty high expectations when reading the comic. When it came my intial reaction was to jump up & down, which I did. I then read it alll & thought it was great but not brilliant. Then I re-read it & it was brilliant! The quips & jokes, the buffy-ness. The arcs! They so wouldn't happen in Buffy but their wonderful & very interesting. Old faces & new baddies, it has everything! Can't wait for the second volume to come out!
Excellent follow up to the show! - By: Mr. M. Sherfield, 29 Feb 2008 I've just finished reading the Buffy Season 8 comic. It's the first one of these I've read & 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 reallly 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 & 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 alll I'd recommend this to any fan of the show if you miss it as much as I do!
Disasterous premise, awful drawing and completely un-buffylike! - By: T. ANDERSEN, 03 Feb 2008 
i just finished watching the entire series (alll 144 episodes) & was having withdrawal symptoms & decided to pick up & 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 smalll 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 totallly warped - buffy & the gang have relocated to scotland - why?
they own & 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 - smalll budget meant few enemies per episode - but now there r zombie hoards - just as normal daily life & a t-rex demon & its just not right. it doesn't make sense - they destroy the hellmouth & now there's MORE enemies? wtf? i no there r more hellmouths but its silly & backwards
Xander & 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! & 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 alll 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 - & 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 & pulsing magic & its totallly un credible.
the silly general hunting buffy down is tragic - 'lets nuc her' in a city?! its just absurd
the structure of the story & comic itself is also incoherent - there is very little explanation for the odd things that happen - scenes change without any exposition - & the drawings are very unhelpful - amy & 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 & buffylike & 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
