Buffy : Season 8

1. Ben Marston: As with ’Always Darkest’, (which was amazing btw), are there any plans to bring back Jo to do some interior art? Maybe for the last arc of the series for a panel here or there (or a page here or there? *wishes*) I believe it would bring so much diversity to a scene, especially panels containing detailed fight scenes or emotional moments.

Scott Allie: No plans. Jo’s so busy on covers, she doesn’t do much interior work. I’d love to have her do it, and I could see us doing a little more, but I doubt it’d be much.

2. AndrewCrossett: It’s almost Comic Con time. Will there be any big Buffy (or Joss) related announcements we should be holding our breath in anticipation of?

Scott Allie: No biggies. Some good ones.

3. bamph: How did Joss pitch you the web comic,"Always Darkest" and what was your reaction to it after he did?

Scott Allie: I told him I wanted something special for the end of the second year of MDHP, and that Jo had agreed to draw a 2-page strip. I asked if he’d write it, and he said if Jo was gonna draw it, he’d have to. He asked Jo what she wanted to draw, and all she said was "Caleb." So we talked about what WE wanted to see Jo draw, and it was basically all about faces. Joss turned in a script for two pages, and Jo asked if she could have another page to give it room to breathe.

4. matt114: It was mentioned around the time of the series launch that Anya would appear in some form. Are there still plans to feature Anya in season 8?

Scott Allie: You might have that slightly wrong ... there were never plans to use Anya, but I probably would’ve said we might or we could use Anya if it became appropriate. But it was never anything Joss and I talked about.

5. Nicholas: Will Riley play a larger role in the upcoming issues?

Scott Allie: Riley will have a role in Jane’s arc.

6. trunktheslayer: There’s a large continuity error in 26 with Warren taking credit for the First’s trick (in Warren’s form) back in season 7. Will this be explained or is this one of those "sweep it under the rug" sorta deals?

Scott Allie: I tell you, that Joss Whedon ... I’ll look at it, talk to him, and it might be something we fix for the trade. If it’s a problem, we’ll fix it, not sweep it under the rug. Seems fixable.

7. menomegirl: Now that Dawn’s major arc is over and now that the reality of vampires being known the world over has been established, are the stories going to be more tightly woven and less floundering?

Scott Allie: Dawn’s arc is not over. She’s just her normal shape now. But yes, starting with Jane’s story, the series is going to get more focused on the main characters again, and get a little more straight to the point, the Buffy of it.

8. skytteflickan88: Is ’Always Darkest’ supposed to be a tie in to issue 26 specifically, or just season 8 in general?

Scott Allie: Generally.

9. Jay: Is the Willow one-shot a numeric part of the series? For example, would it be #35?

Scott Allie: Nope—more like Tales of the Vampires. Meaning you get more than forty issues of Season Eight, don’t you?

10. vampmogs: In No Future For You Buffy says she’s been having repeated nightmares. In her dreams we see there’s a lion demon with a forked tongue and wings. I think it says "long live the queen, the queen is dead" Will these dreams be explained by the end of the season, are they important to the plot?

Scott Allie: They are important to the plot, but I can’t promise the dream will be explained, exactly. But I think they’ll make more sense.

11. Nicholas: What exactly do you think of the whole Angel and Spike thing in Always Darkest, considering all the gay undertones this season had had?

Scott Allie: I think this is Joss’s gift to a certain segment of the fandom. I laughed my ass off when I read the script, and the art just made it better. And the funniest thing about it, for me, is how it messes with Buffy’s narcissism.

12. vampmogs: The comic works really well when we get references to past issues. Like Buffy and Giles talking about "Future Willow" or Xander and Renee talking about how she let the Zombies attack. Are there any scenes coming up just between Buffy and Faith? Maybe to talk about what happened in NFFY? Or at least a couple of lines referencing it?

Scott Allie: I don’t believe they refer back to NFFY, but there are moments with them together over the course of Jane’s arc. And Jane’s arc is my favorite so far, before anyone asks. I think I may have said this before, but it bears repeating.

13. Neil: Maybe the question is too spoilery, but are there any characters coming to die in the upcoming issues? Either minor or main characters?

I don´t want to know who or when ( And I don´t expect them to be answered ), just if some body count will occur?

Scott Allie: Characters will die. I will say that there are characters that if I just said their first names, you’d know exactly who they are. That doesn’t narrow it down much, I know.

14. vampireinrug: ’Always Darkest’ was awesome. Will it be included in the "Retreat" Tradepaperback?

Scott Allie: Not sure. It’ll be in the MDHP collection, Vol. 4, which has an AWESOME cover by Kristian Donaldson, an artist we’ll be making Joss fans familiar with this year.

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