Hmmm, sounds interesting. Wonder if the "roles changing" thing has anything to do with a certain ancient, smurf coloured, Burkle inhabiting demon we are familiar with. I wouldn't put it passed her to switch sides again now that Wesley, her main tie to the human world, is gone.

Buffysmglover | August 30, 15:27 CET

Since watching ATS: Season 5 again, I've always thought it'd be interesting if Queen Smurf brought Wesley back. Interesting because of how it would make Wesley feel - the 'disease' which killed Fred brings him back. That's how I'd play it anyway.

biki | August 30, 17:29 CET

Angel: The Curse is pretty bad. As much as I'd like to find out what happened in that alley, I may be skipping this one.

MattM | August 30, 18:52 CET

I agree, MattM, about The Curse, but I just gotta know what happened in that alley. And I also wanna find out how Illyria got suddenly voluptuous! :~P

Rogue Slayer | August 30, 19:25 CET

Yeah, The Curse is kinda underwhelming, I think... will pick up the Spike one-shot (screwup with distribution so don't have it yet), and looking forward to this one. Hope its worth the wait.

zeitgeist | August 30, 20:48 CET

I find The Curse OK. A bit drawn out....and do we really wnat to see Angel fighting Rumanian "war lords"??!!
It is OK, and I will definetly read this book too.

Most of the time whan a fictional character(s) are moved from one media form to another...things are not the same. I do like the X-Men movies but are they the same as the comic. I do not think so. Are Star Wars boos and films teh same...nope.

Jonas | August 30, 21:27 CET

This sounds interesting.
I have not read The Curse, but all that I read are bad reviews, and this one will have the same crew behind, so I don't know if I must be afraid.

Angel TheVampire | August 30, 22:30 CET

Yeah Rogue Slayer. I did notice that Illyria has gotten quite, "developed." I LOVE IT!!!

SpikeBad | August 30, 23:09 CET

Maybe growing big boobs is one of Illyria's super powers? I'm glad she's in the comic though.

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electricspacegirl | August 30, 23:22 CET

Maybe, if we're lucky, something will actually happen in the new miniseries.

I will be buying the Old Friends series, despite how yawnworthy the current series is. It's hard to believe Joss had any involvement with these at all! But most of the fun with Angel came with the entire cast, so I do have a smidgen more hope for the new ones.

And I also wanna find out how Illyria got suddenly voluptuous!

Yeah right?! To me, that's a sign of a mediocre comic artist. All the women have big boobs and their faces look essentially the same.

My reactions to the comic covers:
1. Illyria! Yaaaay!!!
2. ... huh... something's different...
3. Oy.
4. ::scrolls down to next pic of blood-soaked Angel::
5. Daaamn!

Joss' bitch | August 31, 00:06 CET

I really think that Illyria picture is awful. The likeness to the actors isn't perfect, but it's fair, and you could definitely tell what character they are supposed to represent, but since when does Illyria have giant boobs and such emphasis on her ass? They've managed to do the impossible and completely demean one of Joss's female characters, making her look exactly like every other stupid, slutty looking comic book character.

Razor | August 31, 00:32 CET

Hey! I like those every other stupid, slutty looking comic book character girls. And I just LOVE Illyria's ass in that picture. Best cover ever in my opinion.

I'm sorry. I'm just a giant horndog. In other words, your typical male.

SpikeBad | August 31, 00:38 CET

Who else rekon Spikes gone bad in this one???
Seems to read that way to me.

nixygirl | August 31, 03:40 CET

I just read the second issue of The Curse last weekend. It's just ok.

I do understand people bad talking a lot of Dark Horse stuff, but even though they published a lot really crappy books, they did publish a lot of great stuff either. And I'm not talking about the ones Joss wrote.

This Curse mini series, hasn't come close, to some good stories that Chris Golden and Tom Sniegoski did for the old DH Angel monthly, it was quite enjoyable.

Numfar PTB | August 31, 03:55 CET

"Who else rekon Spikes gone bad in this one???
Seems to read that way to me.
nixygirl | August 31, 01:40 CET "

All we know is that Illyria, Spike and "parts" of Gunn are in this series too. Maybe the "part" of Gunn is actually a vampire Gunn. We've seen Angel sire while souled before, it could happen again. Actually that would be a fascinating idea to take forward. Dayum I'm good! LOL! ;0)

lynnie | August 31, 04:55 CET

Hmm, I would hope Angel wouldn't turn Gunn. I'm pretty sure, given his history, he wouldn't want that.

Rogue Slayer | August 31, 07:09 CET

Who else rekon Spikes gone bad in this one???

Good god, I hope not.

Maybe the "part" of Gunn is actually a vampire Gunn.

I can't imagine that. He turned the other guy to save the lives of everyone on board that ship. And, aside from saving the ship, that turned out pretty badly.

Joss' bitch | August 31, 10:05 CET