Ooo. That's a very interesting scene with Andrew and his squad.

Sunfire | June 26, 20:57 CET

Words of wisdom from Andrew.

kishi | June 26, 21:01 CET

Oh god. *dies* "When you start using bones in your decorating, you've got too many bones." Espenson + Andrew = Win.

What a great scene.

Emmie | June 26, 21:06 CET

WOW! The ones who made Andrew scene know what they are doing. There is really an old monaster here where they decorate walls with bones:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_della_Concezione_dei_Cappuccini

I felt at home!

rua1412 | June 26, 21:45 CET

I'm from Rome, guys, and Jane really did her research. The bone-decorated crypt exists, it's under a Cappuccin church on Via Veneto, the Dolce Vita street. I'm all kinds of giddy.

Perseo | June 26, 21:52 CET

Someone is dying this arc. I can feel it.

didifallasleep | June 26, 21:52 CET

Can anyone explain why the cover says Doug Petrie and not Jane Espenson?

BrownCoat_Tabz | June 26, 22:01 CET

Perseo I posted about that too just few minutes before you.:)

rua1412 | June 26, 22:02 CET

rua, I just couldn't believe it, it's one of my fave spooky/peculiar/downright creepy places in the whole city. Now if Buffy shows up at the Museum of Purgatory Souls, I'll have to take credit for it!

Perseo | June 26, 22:19 CET

Damn, they've got to stop giving us previews . . . I can't resist reading them, but it makes the amount of new stuff I get to read in the actual physical comic even smaller . . . and the wait for the next one even harder . . . which makes the previews even harder to resist the next time around. Vicious cycle, and all that.

This looks brilliant, though: feels like we're finally getting back to the main story, with all the tension and momentum and stuff that's been missing (IMO) the past--what, five issues now? I mean, there have been some nice character moments along the way, but it's been almost six months since we had Major Plot Developments with Major Characters. And these few pages give me more sense of the worldwide danger to Slayers than anything so far. Great stuff.

erendis | June 26, 22:37 CET

Golly that was good.
What a great 'voice' Andrew had...and I almost feel guilty that I ate fish for dinner last night.

missb | June 27, 00:27 CET

Great preview.Next week is a big Buffyverse week.This issue,the Dark Horse myspace tie-in and Angel#23.

Buffyfantic | June 27, 00:57 CET

That 'Latin' graffitti looked oddly like it was actually written in Japanese. Any Japanese-speakers able to confirm if that's true, and if so what it said?

stormwreath | June 27, 01:00 CET

There's one or two characters that vaguely look like they might be loosly scrawled Japanese, but in the vast minority (and even so its a case of "well, that could be __ if you squint..."). I'd say its aiming for the "effects of centuries of deterrioriation on writing caved into stone" look.

[ edited by Ashley on 2009-06-27 01:11 ]

Ashley | June 27, 01:10 CET

Wheres OZ already! This better not be one of those comics where the characters on the cover, but you don't see them until the last panel on the last page.I hate that. gerrr

treenie | June 27, 01:41 CET

No comment on that, treenie. Well, except that I commented to say "no comment".

LOVE Andrew's lines! This one is for the win:

"It's graffiti. From the Early Christian martyrs."

LOL

korkster | June 27, 02:31 CET

Ohhh very creepy :D

I really love the anxiety and tension in this issue. And look at Andrew being all heroic and protectory. He'll go check it out because of his slayers are so freaked. Awww

vampmogs | June 27, 03:17 CET

Buffy's a fish!

I love this on the basis of that alone.

ManEnoughToAdmitIt | June 27, 04:56 CET