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March 26 2009

Details for the 4th volume of MySpace Dark Horse Presents. "Joss Whedon teams with Season Eight cover artist Jo Chen for a special Buffy the Vampire Slayer story".

So presumably we'll be seeing this story sometime in the next few months.

Simon | BtVS | 20:25 CET | 26 comments total | tags: jo chen, joss whedon, buffy season 8, dark horse

It's a mystery to me how the Joss-man finds time!

Bluey | March 26, 20:28 CET

what? a special Buffy story? what is it?
...WHEN is it??
(curiosity killed...me)

JotheCat | March 26, 20:44 CET

Cool

Buffyfantic | March 26, 20:51 CET

Am I right in thinking that this is the first time Jo has ever done anything like this before? I only know her as a cover artist.

Simon | March 26, 21:00 CET

Neato. Bluey, I first actually wondered how Jo Chen finds the time. I guess it depends on the page count.

CaptainB | March 26, 21:03 CET

I am incredibly curious about what Jo Chen's in-book art-style will be like.

Jobo | March 26, 21:09 CET

Yeah, I'm psyched for this. Not only is it going to be written by Joss, but Jo's actually going to do all of the art. Excellent.

UnpluggedCrazy | March 26, 21:10 CET

Excellent!

Has the Whedonverse been in all MSDHPs so far? Sugarshock was in #1, Be Like Me (Captain Hammer) was in #2, and the Moist comic was in #3, right?

sunshineguinn | March 26, 21:12 CET

Good point CaptainB - how do either of them find the time!
Also, as others have mentioned really psyched about this partnership! :-D

Bluey | March 26, 21:53 CET

Chen has done some interior art before (not for Buffy obviously). Wow, cool. A little Joss/Chen special to look forward to!

[ edited by Emmie on 2009-03-26 22:35 ]

Emmie | March 26, 22:35 CET

Jo has written her own graphic novels:

The Other Side of the Mirror

Looking forward to this!

Osmium | March 26, 22:45 CET

Is she doing the art? Because I've always said that is my fantasy.

Buffy the Slayer Layer | March 26, 23:55 CET

A short story written & illustrated by Chen is available online. It's manga, so possibly not the style she'd use for Buffy, but a good read.

erendis | March 26, 23:58 CET

So is this gonna be a comic only thing or is it another one of those little companion comics we've been getting on Myspace?

And is it gonna be canon?

DawnLover90 | March 27, 00:49 CET

I have installed a robot to take the money out of my wallet.
Joss gets a cut.
My bookshelves fill.

espalier | March 27, 00:53 CET

Is it going to include the Harmony and manga stories?

Riker | March 27, 01:08 CET

Hah, that 99 Roses short comic of Jo Chen's was amusing. Nice turnaround too. I wouldn't mind if she used that style for her and Joss' Buffy story, it would be different from what we've seen before. I wonder if it'll be in black & white, or if she'll color it too...

Kris | March 27, 02:28 CET

I hope they collect all these "Whedonverse" stories into a single volume at some point... I think it'd be a bit extravagent to buy each of these high-priced volumes for a single eight-page story at a time, especially given they're available online for free in the first place (and will hopefully stay that way!). Although saying that the other material does seem to be very good and worthwhile.

daylight | March 27, 02:32 CET

Am I right in thinking that this is the first time Jo has ever done anything like this before? I only know her as a cover artist.

Didn't she work in some interior art with her sister, for some Dreamwave projects?

Numfar PTB | March 27, 11:19 CET

Yep Numfar, I was just about to comment on that. I think it was the middle part of a trilogy that got canceled or something and I'd only seen their TPB of it but it's pretty similar to the painting style she uses for covers except a little less textured in terms of coloring/painting.

orangewaxlion | March 27, 12:27 CET

As for interiors, I drew the Racer X mini-series for Wildstorm which was recently reprinted in trade format, last year, by IDW as part of the promotion for the ill-fated Speed Racer film. I also drew a short story for one of the Robotech books, and 4 issues of Darkminds Macropolis for Dreamwave prior to the implosion. And then there are my graphic novels The Other Side of the Mirror that I drew when I was a teenager.

Thanks for all the nice comments over the years. This is my first post. I'll chime in once in a while when I have something to add.

Jo Chen | March 28, 05:40 CET

First Minear shows up, now Chen. It's like a growing feast of purple here lately.

The One True b!X | March 28, 05:52 CET

Thanks for all the nice comments over the years. This is my first post.

Welcome to Whedonesque :).

Simon | March 28, 07:49 CET

Welcome, Jo!
Very nice to see another super talented Whedonesque artist around here!

maxsummers | March 28, 07:52 CET

Yay! Jo is here! You art makes me swoon. I can't wait for more!

korkster | March 28, 07:56 CET

Super-talented, indeed. My desktop is an endless slideshow of Jo Chen Buffy covers. So beautiful.

jcs | March 28, 08:00 CET

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