July 25 2009
Bill Willingham to write Angel.
This is great news as his Fables series is one of the best comic books in recent years. There's an interview with him about the writing gig at Comic Book Resources.
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Interesting,so each issue of Angel will feature two stories.One with Angel and one with a new character named Eddie Hope with the backup story paralleling Angel's story in the main feature.
[ edited by Buffyfantic on 2009-07-25 23:56 ]
Buffyfantic | July 25, 14:18 CET
And we all know how that turned out.
CowboyCliche | July 25, 14:21 CET
If there was anything to get me reading the Angel comics again, this would be it.
Rhodey | July 25, 14:54 CET
Anyway, exciting news, I've heard great stories about 'Fables'. Are these new issues still going to be canon, by the way?
GVH | July 25, 14:58 CET
:)
Not sure who this writer is...but everyone seems excited. So thats all of the good:)
angeliclestat | July 25, 15:03 CET
Nolan | July 25, 15:28 CET
project bitsy | July 25, 15:33 CET
angeliclestat | July 25, 15:33 CET
Willingham is awfully conservative, so I'm cautious about this.
Riker | July 25, 15:41 CET
Rosenberg | July 25, 15:50 CET
resa | July 25, 15:51 CET
http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22243
angeliclestat | July 25, 16:20 CET
daylight | July 25, 16:20 CET
Pretty_Hate_Machine | July 25, 16:40 CET
Intrigued by the angle that the writer seems to be coming from... but I do wonder if the Angel character will be overshadowed in his own franchise.
wenxina | July 25, 16:45 CET
patxshand | July 25, 16:59 CET
And Fables is just about ok (i'm ignoring Super heroes rubbish) it amuses me no end when people compare it to Sandman.
No I have no Bill Willingham issues at all :) The Coventry issue I have been nursing for many years :)
fmwt | July 25, 17:09 CET
redeem147 | July 25, 17:20 CET
kalia | July 25, 17:41 CET
NileQT87 | July 25, 17:51 CET
Simon | July 25, 17:56 CET
DawnLover90 | July 25, 18:08 CET
(yep probably shouldn't have access to the internet when drunk)
fmwt | July 25, 18:09 CET
redeem147 | July 25, 18:27 CET
NileQT87 | July 25, 18:48 CET
Blood and Trenches was very good as well.
patxshand | July 25, 19:31 CET
NimNams | July 25, 20:08 CET
Quick aside.. Joss's involvement - could be cool, no? A Monthly 3-4 hour meeting on where to go with the story form Joss.. his stamp would mean a lot.
Of course, I'd like him to come over for dinner as well.. but in both cases, he's probably pretty busy.
Nightshot | July 25, 20:09 CET
kalia: Thanks for that enlightening tidbit. I knew there was something I couldn't quite put my finger on.
Riker | July 25, 20:44 CET
marvelknight616 | July 25, 23:01 CET
I dunno if he can top Brian Lynch, though. I'm not sure about this 'Eddie Hope' character, either.
I don't like how the Angel series keeps getting bounced around - Lynch, then Armstrong, back to Lynch and now Willingham. It doesn't seem as tight-knit as Buffy S8. Also, lack of Joss is upsetting (though I understand he's busy with S8, Dollhouse etc...) but I would like to see him at least give an indication of where he wants to take this. It seems like we're straying from the whole theme of Angel (possibly due to the chaos that was Aftermath).
Brian kept the Angel-vibe going well, I don't know if Willingham will be able to continue it.
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Shep | July 26, 03:08 CET