Buffy The Vampire Slayer

"Occasionally, I’m callous and strange." Willow, The Zeppo

This month’s issue of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Magazine, on sale 16 October, is dedicated to our favourite wiccan wonder : Willow. We track her progress through the Buffyverse and chat to actress Alyson Hannigan about her seven years as the brains behind the Scooby Gang.

WICCA’S WORLD

After seven seasons of playing Willow Rosenberg, Alyson Hannigan reminisces about the role and her time with the rest of the crew and cast : from watching early playbacks, to guesting in Angel and the final day on set. She discloses her highs and lows and reflects upon art imitating life with her wedding in American Pie 3 and impending nuptials to fiancé Alexis Denisof. ’

THE WILLOW PATTERN

From goody-two-shoes, bookish geek to power-crazed witch intent on world annihilation, Willow sure understood the power of surprise and clearly believed in the old adage that a change is better than a holiday - though after a spell with Dark Willow, the rest of us could have done with one ! Join us on a trip down memory lane as we travel the twisting path that has been Willow’s Buffy career.

CARD CARRYING FANS

FREE with this month’s magazine are a stunning duo of art cards. Want to darken a bright corner ? Give a bit of Slayer chic to your abode ? Well, look no further ! Plus, there’s also a gorgeous full colour poster of Willow ! You could have your very own Buffy Gallery !

SO LONG, FAREWELL...

We have a very special behind-the-scenes report on the final days around the Buffy set from our Mutant Enemy insider. There are tales of ice cream sessions and plot leaks, deserted offices and wrap parties. Also, reports from the final days of filming the fourth season of Angel and bidding the Hyperion Hotel a fond farewell.

A WITCH TO WATCH

Carrying on with the Willow theme, this month’s spotlighted episodes illustrate the depths to which she plummeted, whilst in the grip of Dark Willow in "Two to Go" and "Grave".

END OF THE LINE

Don’t miss the final exciting instalment of our Buffy comic strip story. Will Buffy and Pike manage to save Sunnydale from the evil clutches of the despicable part-demon, part-human, part-robot Adam ? Well probably, but you’ll want to see how !

WIN AN XBOX

Ok, so we could have tried some fancy word play or a humorous pun perhaps, but that said it all ! In our fang-tastic (well we had to get one in somewhere !), you could win an Xbox and a copy of the brilliant new Buffy game Chaos Bleeds !

And of course there’ll be all of your regular favourites, the latest news from the Buffyverse, keeping you up to date with what all the stars have been doing, reviews of everything Buffy-related, such as the new Chaos Bleeds game and after this Willow-fest, your chance to test your knowledge of the flame-haired sorcerer in our Willow quiz !

For more information or to share your views email buffyezine@titanemail.com And if you’d like to subscribe to the magazine call 01536 764 646

NEED AN ANGEL FIX ? If you want to hear the latest about Season Five of Angel, get the latest news about the stars and find out what’s happening with the Angel Investigations team, then check out Angel Magazine. Issue Three, on sale now, gives you all the latest on Spike’s move to L.A., and there’s an interview with the show’s creator, Joss Whedon ! Issue four is on sale 30 October.

BUFFY BOOKS...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer : Play with Fire and Other Stories If you play with fire... you get burned ! Buffy Summers : dysfunctional vampire slayer, the Chosen One, and natural blonde. Also star of this brand new Buffy the Vampire Slayer collection from Titan Books ! Xander’s school fight gets broken up by a giant scorpion. A new range of dolls are actually thieving demons. And Willow’s werewolf boyfriend turns from doe-eyed puppy to devil dog. Just some of the strange (well, not so strange, pretty normal really) going’s on Buffy has to deal with when your town is the gateway to Hell. This new collection features a number of rarely seen stories taken from such diverse sources as TV Guide, Wizard 1/2 : Buffy the Vampire Slayer special and Dark Horse Extra. Available 21st November 2003 - priced £5.99