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March 17 2008

(SPOILER) Cover art and info for 'Angel: After The Fall' #8 and #9. These issues will be out in June along with the first hardcover collection of the series.

Simon | AtS | 12:31 CET | 24 comments total | tags: angel, after the fall, brian lynch, joss whedon, idw

HMMMMMMM. Seems like a certain someone who graces the covers for issue 9 might be back, after all. That she's the one whose fate hangs in the balance. OR it could be misdirection on IDW's part. Love the new artist.

As for issue 8, is that Spike ? 'cause he has a severe case of 'Batman-on-a-gargoyle'-itis. It can be cured, Spike, it can cured.

[ edited by Perseo on 2008-03-17 10:20 ]

Perseo | March 17, 13:20 CET

Love the cover for #9.
Although I'm really confused about the order of stories/issues. So we're about have #5 out.. then 6,7,8 are First Night? Then #9 is back to where #5 left off?

alexa | March 17, 13:30 CET

The Spike cover is awesome, i hope he's guarding the city(like batman.).

Too bad 3 out of the 4 covers of #9 are promo-pictures instead of drawn.

Vergil | March 17, 13:51 CET

Yes, alexa, the order is exactly that. For all accounts and purposes, both the First Night arc and Spike:After The Fall are prequels to A:ATF #1.

I don't love the cover for issue 8, though. I wish we could have the artist of the new #1's Director's Cut for the rest of the series, that's in Felicia Day's words "clutch".

Perseo | March 17, 13:56 CET

The drawn cover for #9 is awesome. Waiting is killing me ...

The Do That Girl | March 17, 14:26 CET

I assume that is supposed to be Spike? If it wasn't for the blond hair I wouldn't be able to tell. Don't like it one bit.

luvspike | March 17, 19:15 CET

2 issues in June?-excellent!

I love the cover for #9 (goes to change desktop....done!)

I think I can guess who the mystery woman is...but we'll see...

angeliclestat | March 17, 19:39 CET

The mystery woman? Isn't that pretty obvious? I mean, how many women have there been in Angel's life who AREN'T back already in AtF? Cordelia, Buffy, and Darla, pretty much. Unless you think it's Joyce or Tara...

jclemens | March 17, 19:51 CET

I think those promo pictures aren't covers, but I could be wrong. I don't understand exactly how they fit into the regular story, to be honest.

The "I heart LA" cover is by Nick Runge, who also does interiors on issue 9, and holy cow, they're nice.

Brian Lynch | March 17, 19:54 CET

And as a reminder Angel ATF #5 will be out this Wednesday!

Capt. Logic | March 17, 19:58 CET

Brian, you don't need a reason to have that photo of Amy Acker. You just need a free page.

How did we get two issues in one month, though? Is July a skip month for "Angel" with "Spike" starting?

KingofCretins | March 17, 20:50 CET

We got two issues because FIRST NIGHT was going three full issues and we didn't want people to have to wait to get back to the "present day" story.

July will have a new issue of ANGEL and SPIKE # 1!

Brian Lynch | March 17, 20:53 CET

That's awesome... who does that, seriously?

Yikes... that means between Season 8 and "Vampires: After the Fall" (I don't like acronyms, and that's as convenient as anything else), that's gonna be... three issues a month from June through October?

Honestly, that's almost like having the Buffyverse back on a TV schedule.

KingofCretins | March 17, 20:59 CET

I hope the mystery woman is who I think it is...

UnpluggedCrazy | March 17, 22:09 CET

So do I, actually :)

KingofCretins | March 17, 22:37 CET

Yessir, ANGEL # 5 (which has, along with Franco's group shot cover, a second cover that no one has seen yet) is coming out this Wednesday, along with another book I wrote, EVERYBODY'S DEAD. I am extremely proud of both these books, hope you pick them up and enjoy them.

Brian Lynch | March 17, 23:25 CET

Brian, is that the grappling Angel and Spike cover with the red background or another one ? I understand you must feel like, you have the canon future of the Angelverse in your hands, and you're doing very good by it. Kudos.

Perseo | March 18, 00:18 CET

Yech, hope they don't start doing Glamour Photo covers again.

The biweekly announcement is exciting, though. It's really cool that you're looking out for the fans like that.

dingoes8 | March 18, 01:51 CET

I have "Everybody's Dead" on my pull list-can't wait to pick it up this week!

sunnydalegirl | March 18, 02:04 CET

Wow. A year ago I didn't even know where one could buy comics... Now I find myself having to go there almost every week! And both Angel and Everybody's Dead coming out at once = happiness.

Valentyn | March 18, 02:06 CET

Angel/Spike grapple cover is a Retailer Incentive. The regular "cover B" hasn't been seen yet. You'll understand why when you feast your eyes upon it.

Brian Lynch | March 18, 02:12 CET

Lookin forward to seeing that!Guess I'll be goin back to getting 2 covers for the next while:)

angeliclestat | March 18, 13:10 CET

Thanks for the info, Brian. My wallet already cries at the idea of getting three covers, but.. completism must be yielded to:-)

Perseo | March 18, 13:40 CET

I am so excited about all these projects - I love AtF and will certainly Start reading "Everybody's Dead" as well. I have enjoyed all of the Spike books the Angel books also. My husband thought had a bit of fun with the comic book store owners calling me by name when he joined me on my last visit. Very nice of them to hold one copy of each cover for me -

Love being able to enjoy all these wonderful characters and seasons in the comic format -

nmcil | March 18, 15:22 CET

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