James Marsters

A classic 1958 Desoto FireFlite crashes through the ’Welcome to Sunnydale’ sign and screeches to a halt. Spike gets out and strolls over to the curb. He takes a deep breath and lights a cigarette.

Spike: Home, sweet home. -James Marsters debut in ’School Hard’

The Whedonverse Multimedia Project seeks to donate Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel the Series, and Firefly DVDs to public libraries and other charitable organizations.

Before the campaign had any libraries on its waiting list, fans were asked to nominate the hometown libraries of the producers, writers and actors from the show. Donations to our list of libraries requesting DVDs will be fulfilled before any additional nominations will be accepted.

James Marsters is the next nominee on our list. From March 7 - March 12 the Project will be accepting donations in his honor.

Born in the remote northern logging town of Greenville, California, and raised in Modesto, California, Marsters always knew he wanted to be an actor. From his debut as ’Eyeore’ in a fourth grade production of "Winnie the Pooh", he went on to study acting at New York’s prestigious Julliard. He began his professional career in the theater, performing in stage productions including "The Tempest" and "Red Noses" at Chicago’s renowned Goodman Theater. In addition, Marsters revisited the stage in Los Angeles , with a starring role in an original play titled "The Why" which was produced by Noah Wyle.

Marsters made his on-screen debut guest-starring on the television series "Northern Exposure". He landed the prominent role of an ill-at-ease priest, which was cast locally in Seattle, soon after moving to the Pacific Northwest. He was inspired by the success to move to Los Angeles and within months was sinking his proverbial teeth into the role of ’Spike’ in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". He made the move to Buffy’s spin-off series "Angel" the last season it aired.

As a tribute to James’ fine work on both shows, the Project would like to donate at least a complete set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel the Series DVDs to the Modesto Public Library. We will send as many DVDs as donations permit.

All donations to the Project will be used toward purchasing DVDs for public libraries and other charitable organizations. A card will be handed to James at the Houston Convention at the end of this month with the names of all those who donated.

Alyson Hannigan is the last nomination on our list. Her tribute will begin the day after the James Marsters Tribute closes.