Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Hey everybody, it’s late Wednesday night here at the offices, and we’re listening to Tom Waits and toasting Joss Whedon, Georges Jeanty, Jo Chen, and the whole Buffy crew. 100,000 copies of Buffy #1 blew out of the warehouses today, more than 25% above what we had for orders. Excalibur in Portland, Oregon sold out today, and Comix Experience in San Francisco ordered real strong, and they should be sold out by the weekend, according to the guy we talked to there-sorry, buddy, can’t remember your name, but I blame the toasting. Or it may just be the Waits. Bridge City Comics in Portland is selling briskly, but after ordering higher on Buffy than they normally do Astonishing X-Men, they might have copies through the weekend.

So we’re already going back to print, and will have more copies to stores within a few weeks. We’re real interested in hearing from other retailers across the country-all our friends-about how the book’s doing, and if you’re getting new customers from it. When we were checking out the new books at Excalibur tonight, they got a couple calls from people looking for copies of the book, and it sounded like they were not regular customers. Fan mail is pouring in, and it sounds like people approve of our writer’s handling of the characters ...

We’re very happy about Buffy, and grateful to everyone involved, especially Joss, for creating this unique chance to continue such a cool piece of pop culture right here in this fantastic medium. Here’s to Joss, to Buffy, and to comics-

And while we’re at it, a tip of the glass to Frank Miller, Lynn Varley, Zack Snyder, Gerard Butler, and co. for the fantastic debut of 300. You can’t get away from the reviews, so there’s nothing for us to add, except that you should run out and see it. And, of course, read the award-winning book, if you haven’t (shame!) already.

Finally, if you’re anywhere near East Lansing, MI, this Saturday, go say hi to Guy Davis from 12-2 p.m. at 21st Century Comics. He’s doing a signing to celebrate the release of B.P.R.D.: The Garden of Souls, which also debuted today, launching a solid year, no breaks, in the B.P.R.D. schedule, made possible by Guy’s Herculean-or at least Kirbyesque-powers.

Check out Darkhorse.com for a full report on new releases, and check back here for the latest boasts and toasts and up-to-the-minute info on the latest TV shows-turned-comics, comics-turned-film, and just plain great graphic novels.