Buffy : Season 8

1. bamph: It’s not official yet as in Paramount and Marvel haven’t sent out a press release, but will Joss directing The Avengers and re-writing the script plus the script for The First Avenger: Captain America impact the last five issues of Season 8 getting out on schedule?Have you noticed a slow down of Joss getting the scripts for the last arc to you and do you think The Avengers gig will delay Season 9 since filming is supposed to start in Feb?

Georges: Most of what you ask about I don’t know. I’ve heard the same rumors and I think it’s great that Joss is doing the Avengers movie. How that will affect Season 8 I don’t know. I will stay optimistic and hope that Joss is good at juggling.



2. bamph: Would you say issue 35 gives all the explanations we need on things in regards to Buffy, Angel, their relationship,Twilight and what is going on or is there more explaining coming in the last arc?

Georges: Would you say that Joss explains everything? There is a lot of mythology stuff going on here and most of it was proposed by Brad Meltzer. Weaving it into the Buffyverse might take some time, but yes, the last arc deals with the fallout of Issue 34. And there will be fallout.

3. bamph: Last month you said that clothing is going to be more of a statement this issue and in the first few pages we see Buffy and Angel’s clothes change as the environment does. How much of the designs is up to you and how much of the designs come from Brad and Joss?

Georges: This is a very fine point. I only made up a couple of those wardrobes. Sharp-eyed Buffy fans will hopefully see the pattern being made with the choice of clothing. It isn’t arbitrary; pick up Tales of the Slayers for a hint.

4. AndrewCrossett: Is the General in these issues the same guy who was commanding the tanks in the battle in Tibet? In "Retreat" he seemed like a fairly decent guy, concerned for the welfare of his men, but now he seems to be a mustache-twirling villain type.

Georges: He is the same guy and I don’t know. I agree he doesn’t have much in the way of character development. We don’t spend a lot of time with him therefore I didn’t get to draw him much. I can only hope that Joss gives us more to go on with him in the coming issues.

5. AndrewCrossett: Do you know the title of Joss’s arc yet?

Georges: No. I don’t think he does yet either. I’ve finished Issue 36 and there’s a lot of catching up with that issue in reference to Spike and Angel.

6. AndrewCrossett: Can you give us any clues as to the meaning of the Twilight Symbol without spoiling? I recently heard somebody claim it was a rebus for "over the rainbow..."

Georges: That’s still to come, but I can tell you that Buffy got it right.

7. Maggie: Hi Georges,

You’ve drawn Spike with black nail polish and a bundle of rings. He dropped the nail polish a while back — is there some reason why it’s back?

Georges: I just wanted to give him some texture. He’s wearing a slightly different costume now that he’s commanding a ship. Only I have to say that seeing that last page in color, I think I might have over done it with the nail polish. I guess in print that’s not a very masculine look for him. I don’t think I’ll be drawing him with the nail polish again.

8. cheryl: Hi Georges, let me start by saying that your art in this issue rocked the house. The expression that you gave Buffy was amazing.

I’m a little confused about what we are supposed to think regarding the creation of Twilight, or maybe I am supposed to be confused at this point? Angel believes that he and Buffy are responsible but Giles believes it was created so they would survive the purging of the earth.. If the latter is true, then the purging would have happened regardless of Twilight being created? Or am I way off base here?

Georges: Thanks! I work oh so hard on the Buffy expressions! While there is more to come about this in Joss’s arc, I think Buffy and Angel are more the catalysts for Twilight. There’s a lot going on there and hopefully Joss will make it all clear.

9. cheryl: Will we be seeing any other ANGEL characters show up during Joss’s arc?

Georges: I think we’re gonna have our hands full with Angel and Spike, don’t you?

10. cheryl: How much of Joss’s arc is written already? Is it finished?

Georges: It’s all plotted out. Like I’ve said, I’ve finished Issue 36 and am on #37. There’s a lot of ground to cover from here to Issue 40!

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