She saved the world alot: Buffy's Back

I am a lover of all things Whedon, Joss Whedon. Ironically, I was first introduced to his work by my 2nd year English professor. She loved him and everything he does. She talked about Buffy the Vampire Slayer like there was no tomorrow and it was infectious. Dr. Potter was the best. But I never thought about being more familiar with the show or any of his work. Until a couple of years ago when I was just getting back into comics. There was news that a red-headed man was writing a comic called Astonishing X-Men. It was damn good comic! Characters spoke like people. The dialogue was witty and sharp. Art by John Cassaday was smooth and beautiful, very cinematic in approach. To make short, I loved it!

I slowly moved to other of Joss' work and loved all of them. Anything that man writes is brilliant. If you think about it, his last foray into television, Firefly, was about frontier life but in space. It sounds like the most ridiculous concept but it was one of the most well-crafted and executed shows in ever to air. Too bad not that many people went to see it and was cancelled after airing only 11 of its 15 episode run.

Last year an incredible opportunity came up, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chosen Collection, which contained all seven seasons of the series, was on sale for $140. That was extremely cheap and too good to pass up. It took me several months to find time to watch all of the episodes. After watching it, television was never the same. I thought Firefly already made me sad but Buffy made me just hate TV. Hate in the sense that nothing else was as good as that.

I actually had a deadline when it came to watching the DVDs because it was announced that there will be season 8 of Buffy but in comic form! I just finished reading issue #3 and I must say the show might not be airing but the comics is just as good. Dialogue is as crisp as ever and all your favorite characters are there. I recommend that people either watch the show or read the comics (Actually I want you guys to do both). Don't dismiss the series because of its campy name or because its a "comic book". Many elements that Buffy pioneered or perfected are present in many of today's most entertaining shows such as Lost and Heroes. There's more to it than you'll ever know. Once you start you can't actually stop.