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August 11 2009

Dark Horse's Willow one-shot due December. It's written by Joss with art by Karl Moline. The other relevant items in this one-shot wonder series are the Sugarshock and Dr. Horrible collections.

Not sure if this is a collection of the various Buffyverse one-shots from the MySpace comics, or if this is something else entirely (since none of those particularly--or at all?--had to do with Willow). Couldn't find this posted anywhere else, so I think this news is news.

Have I mentioned that that Sugarshock one comes out four days before my birthday?

Well, I have now.
Preemptive "Happy Birthday" then, for that.

Will the 14 pages of new art in this paper version of Sugarshock be new, full story pages added to the original story, a back-up story, or just sketches and whatnot ? I might pre-order either way (due this Saturday, pre-orders are), just wondering if anyone knows.

Cool, is this the first confirmation that Joss and only Joss will be writing the Willow one-shot ?

New Dr. Horrible story, or is the one-shot a collection of the Hammer, Moist, and Penny tales from MySpace ?

Mignola teaming with artist Richard Corben on a Hellboy story, might need to check that out (does Mignola ever draw his own creation anymore, aside from just Hellboy covers?). Reminds me that I'm still waiting for them to reprint Corben's work on the Den comics (from Heavy Metal), hasn't seen print since the `80s as far as I know. I don't care if it's just basic adolescent male wish fulfillment to the extreme, I want it (dunno if it's written well--enjoyed that segment of the Heavy Metal film okay, especially for the bits of lowbrow humor).
Scott Allie said on Slayalive that it looked as if Joss would be writing it all himself :)
Sugarshock one is the story we've already seen plus I think like 14 pages of sketches and other background material.
Doc Horrible is a new story by Zack Whedon with a new artist.
I don't think this linked page has everything right. I think it's confusing the release schedule of some MySpace Dark Horse Presents stuff with the release schedule of One-Shot Wonders comics.

The new Dr. Horrible comic, for example, I believe is a MSDHP thing (the artist is Joelle Jones), and can't appear in print until later.

[ edited by The One True b!X on 2009-08-11 07:15 ]
I don't think this linked page has everything right.


A source/link for the Willow one-shot would have raised its credibility.
Huh. Now I see it's just a repackaged TFAW item, but I somehow still think it's wrong.
Maybe they aren't writing the new Dr. Horrible for MSDHP, but for the One-Shot, which will combine the new story and the prior MSDHP ones?

ETA that the Willow thing was posted here in July.

[ edited by The One True b!X on 2009-08-11 07:22 ]
I don't think we had a specific release date for the Willow comic book. But anyhow I changed/edited the link to the TFAW page cause that's where the news is, also pretty Willow pic.
Isn't it too early for all the MSDHP ones to go to print anyway? Don't they have a year exclusivity? Plus, if it's supposed to be a complete story, then it's probably the new one.
Six month exclusivity.
I hope it will be in the TPBs too.
I'm kinda lost when they release a lot of these comics :P

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