The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1)
Average Rating: 4.0 Stars
by Joss Whedon
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1593078226
Product Description
Since the destruction of the Hellmouth, the Slayers - newly legion - have gotten organized and are kicking some serious undead butt. But not everything's fun and firearms, as an old enemy reappears and Dawn experiences some serious growing pains. Meanwhile, one of the "Buffy" decoy slayers is going through major pain of her own. Buffy creator Joss Whedon brings Buffy back to Dark Horse in this direct follow-up to season seven of the smash-hit TV series. The bestselling and critically acclaimed issues #1-5 are collected here for the first time, as are their covers by Jo Chen and Georges Jeanty.
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Customer Reviews
A comic book is not a TV show on paper.
3 Stars
I am an old Buffy fan, but I am new to comic books. So I have a mixed review to offer.
The comic book format is difficult for me to fully appreciate. The artist renderings of the characters is, perhaps, too artistic. I know the characters well from the TV show, but I have trouble recognizing them in the comic book. Until they are identified by name, I am not sure who is who. It's sort of like having new actors play the parts. To make it worse, artists change from issue to issue, so you get used to how a character is drawn and then it changes.
Some of the wit and drama of the TV series is here, and that is why I will probably end up buying all the volumes. But, it's comic book pacing, which is not TV show pacing. It sometimes takes me a couple of read throughs to begin to understand what is happening.
I am new to comic books, and so I will admit that I may not have a proper appreciation for what we have here. I am bit disappointed, in that I don't feel this series captures the "magic" of the TV show. A novel might have been better. Still, this is the only season 8 we've got. So, I'll keep watching/reading with the hope that it will grow on me.
~ Thomas M. Greiner, La Crosse, WI USA
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It was OK...
3 Stars
The Long Way Home was ok...I was really excited to get it and a little disapointed when I read it. It was really short and kind of spendy for not alot of story in it. I will buy the next one but I know now what to expect.
~ Amanda Johnson,
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Not a Bad Introduction
4 Stars
I've been purchasing all the single issues(I'm up to #20)and am getting the trades to keep. This is a good re-introduction to all the characters, though if you're completely new to Buffy, you should familiarize yourself with the main series first. The art isn't bad, and the story made me go out and get the rest of the arc. Personally I think "The Chain" is the best thing here, and the fact that it's a one-shot doesn't hurt either.
~ J. Morris, New York, NY
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lots of expectation
4 Stars
It gives you a lot of information, and you end up starving for more, with endless hunger of more buffyverse. (watch out! spoiler!>) Though I still think that Dawn, eventhough they have her Giantic, it's still a lame character...)
~ David Muñoz, Sitges, BCN Spain
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