I read # 1 last night and really liked it. The characters were well-written, the art was absolutely gorgeous, and the plot pulled me in right from the first page. About the only criticism I have is that it felt a little more "big budget" than the TV show typically did, which kept it from really feeling like the eighth season. The bad guys looked better, the effects were way more impressive - impossible to have done on a TV budget, I suspect - and the sky seemed to be the limit in a few scenes. But that's a minor quibble and pretty common of genre-jumping properties (it would've been impressive if Whedon had avoided it, though).
Overall, it was a great read, with the Nick Fury humour by Xander, the bizarre - to say the least! - development involving Dawn, a new group of monsters, the mystery of a floating (flying?) man, and a logical miltary reaction to the proliferation of Slayers that happened in Season Seven. I really loved the joke about Willow being an authority on men, but of course missed her all the more as a result.
With Whedon writing the first arc, and Brian K. Vaughn lined up for the next one, I've got a good feeling about this series.
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yay glad you liked it!
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