Buffy : Season 8

1. Ben Marston: Other than the Willow one shot coming in December, are there any more oneshots lined up before the conclusion of season 8 (including any Myspace Darkhorse Presents treats)?

Scott Allie: The only other thing planned currently is a very short bit on MDHP in our next issue. There’s been some shakeups at Myspace in the last couple months that forced us to do the July issue on Darkhorse.com, but we’re working on getting July and August up by the middle of this month. All I’ll say is the short is written by Jane and takes place concurrent with her current arc on Season 8.

2. bamph: Is Joss’s co-writer of the Willow one-shot someone Whedonverse fans will know or is it a name comic book creator and when will the co-writer be offically announced?

Scott Allie: We’re not sure yet. He’s written the first 5 pages himself, but was planning on bringing someone in to help, because of time. But it seems like he’s gonna do it himself now. Which is of course great.

3. hitnrun017: Any chance we’ll be seeing Harmony again this season? Or was her starting her own reality show it?

Scott Allie: A little. Yes.

4. butters: How about a Dark Horse Buffy PVC Figure set like the recent Umbrella Academy Figure set?

Scott Allie: That’d be great. I’ll mention it to the merch people.

5. CowboyGuy: Was the Conversations With Dead People Board profitable enough to warrant future new merchandise?

ScottAllie: Yes, absolutely. But a lot of parts of the Buffy properety are carved out for other licensees, which is how we wound up doing odd bits like the ouija board and the the ill-fated tarot cards.

6. AndrewCrossett: It’s clear that by the end of "Retreat," the intensity factor will be turned up to 11. From that point, there’s still a year’s worth of issues until the end of the season. Has it been a challenge figuring out how to maintain that level of intensity for that long, when you only have 22 pages of story every 4 weeks to work with?

Scott Allie: No, it’s harder to cover everything we need to in the number of issues we’ve limited ourselves too. We’ve got plenty of story to do in these issues, and that’s how you keep the intensity up.

7. Wenxina: An editing question: Was the switch from "magick" to "magic" a conscious decision? The word was spelled "magick" in the last issue, and more than once, the "k" was dropped in #27.

ScottAllie: It’s different usages, but we may have made a mistake. I don’t have it here to look at. I personally hate the K, but it’s a Buffy thing. I roll with it.

8. buffycomic: I realize Season Nine is a whiles away, but are you guys planning to use a different series artist instead of Georges Jeanty to give it a distinctive look from Season 8? For covers, I hope Jo Chen will be staying on as cover artist, but for the alternate covers, hope you would consider bringing back Brian Horton and Paul Lee.

Scott Allie: I’d like to keep Georges and Jo, but I’m not sure what Georges will want to do.

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