Buffy : Season 8

Former Buffy the Vampire Slayer writer/producer Jane Espenson returns to Sunnydale with a new five-issue Dark Horse comic series centering on Oz, the rocker werewolf and onetime paramour of Willow.

"I’m doing this five-issue Oz arc," Espenson said in an exclusive interview. "I am planning on doing a lot of writing on that over the Christmas break. The next thing I’m going to do is finish this Dollhouse script, then we get into that Oz comic and really, really knock that out."

Oz, played by Seth Green in the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV show, was the subject of an earlier Dark Horse series of comics. Dark Horse has been publishing a series of Buffy comics, overseen by series creator Joss Whedon, that constitute a "season eight" continuation of the TV show’s overall story arc.

As for the arc’s storyline? "Oh, that is top secret, my friend, but it’s super cool," Espenson said, adding: "You’ll see a wolf or two. There might be a wolf."

Will Oz have a new love interest? "I don’t think wolves mate for life," Espenson said slyly. "I think there could be a new mate. We’ll see."

Espenson previously wrote a Buffy comic centering on the comic vampire figure of Harmony.