- John Hansen
- January 26, 2019
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Impressions’ (2003) (Book review)
Doranna Durgin did solid work on her short stories in “Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 1” and “Angel: The Longest Night,” but she trips up
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Impressions’ (2003) (Book review)
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- John Hansen
- January 22, 2019
‘Spike’ flashback: IDW ‘Spike’ series (2010-11) (Comic book review)
Throughout my reread of IDW’s Angelverse work, it’s become increasingly clear that the “Spike” titles tend to be better than the “Angel” titles. There are
- John Hansen
- January 19, 2019
‘Buffy’/‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Cursed’ (2003) (Book review)
“Cursed” (November 2003) is a rare novel with “Buffy” in the title that doesn’t have Buffy in it (aside from a phone conversation on the
- John Hansen
- January 15, 2019
‘Angel’/‘Spike’ flashback: ‘Spike: The Devil You Know’ (2010) and ‘Illyria: Haunted’ (2010-11) (Comic book reviews)
Spike and Illyria go off on their own adventures toward the end of the period of IDW’s “Angel” ongoing series. Two four-issue miniseries — “Spike:
- John Hansen
- January 12, 2019
‘Buffy’/‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Seven Crows’ (2003) (Book review)
As he did with his only other “Buffy” novel, “Coyote Moon” (1998), John Vornholt gives a different – and not precisely right, but still intriguing
- John Hansen
- January 8, 2019
‘Angel’ flashback: IDW ‘Angel’ Issues 36-44 (2010-11) (Comic book reviews)
Starting with three transitional issues (36-38) where they share plotting and scripting duties with Bill Willingham, the duo of David Tischman and Mariah Huehner takes
- John Hansen
- January 5, 2019
‘Buffy’/‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Monster Island’ (2003) (Book review)
With “Buffy” and “Angel” on different networks, massive crossovers weren’t in the works on TV, but “Monster Island” (March 2003), by Christopher Golden and Thomas
- John Hansen
- December 22, 2018
‘Angel’ flashback: IDW ‘Angel’ Issues 28-35 (2009-10) (Comic book reviews)
The first 27 issues of IDW’s main “Angel” title were collected under the “Season Six” banner, and that works out well because writer Bill Willingham’s
- John Hansen
- December 17, 2018
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Only Human’ and ‘Fallen Angel: Reborn’ (2009) (Comic book reviews)
IDW was champing at the bit to continue Illyria’s story upon acquiring the “Angel” license, both because her character arc was left hanging and because
- John Hansen
- December 13, 2018
‘Buffy’ flashback: All 4 stories from ‘Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 3’ (2003), ranked (Book review)
It’s like an all-star writing contest when Yvonne Navarro, Mel Odom, Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder get together to write four novellas for “Tales of