- John Hansen
- February 12, 2021
I need a hug after Whedon abuse allegations
This one hurts. Since the #MeToo and #TimesUp era began, my friend Mike and I have occasionally talked about which celebrity’s theoretical outing as a
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- John Hansen
- March 9, 2020
The top 20 ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Angel’ books
From 1997’s “Halloween Rain” through 2008’s “One Thing or Your Mother” — and with the bonus of Kiersten White’s “Slayer” duology in recent years —
- John Hansen
- May 5, 2019
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Love and Death’ (2004) (Book review)
Jeff Mariotte probably didn’t know “Love and Death” (October 2004) would be the last “Angel” novel when he wrote it, but it plays pretty well
- John Hansen
- February 16, 2019
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Solitary Man’ (2003) (Book review)
As he did with his love letter to hardboiled fiction, “Hollywood Noir,” Jeff Mariotte lets his passion for bloodless British mysteries show in “Solitary Man”
- John Hansen
- February 2, 2019
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Sanctuary’ (2003) (Book review)
Jeff Mariotte recaptures some of the hardboiled style from “Hollywood Noir” in “Sanctuary” (April 2003), which has a straightforward mystery that all takes place in
- John Hansen
- January 29, 2019
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Last Angel in Hell’ (2009), ‘Lorne’ (2010) and ‘Yearbook’ (2011) (Comic book reviews)
IDW produced three “Angel” one-shots in the final three years of its run. All of these double-length issues are finales of sorts, and there’s a
- John Hansen
- November 15, 2018
‘Angel’ flashback: All 12 short stories from ‘The Longest Night’ (2002), ranked (Book review)
It’d be cool to read an “Angel” book of 12 short stories that each take place in one hour on the longest night of the
- John Hansen
- November 8, 2018
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Endangered Species’ (2002) (Book review)
In the first “Angel” hardcover, “Endangered Species” (October 2002), Nancy Holder and Jeff Mariotte spend the first two acts delivering a decompressed narrative that shows
- John Hansen
- October 25, 2018
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Stranger to the Sun’ (2002) (Book review)
You can rarely go wrong with a Jeff Mariotte Buffyverse novel, but some go more right than others, and “Stranger to the Sun” (July 2002)
- John Hansen
- October 11, 2018
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Haunted’ (2002) (Book review)
In my first reading of the “Angel” novel “Haunted” (February 2002), I probably wasn’t thrilled with the reality-TV focus. That was the era when a