I may need to reread this volume again to see if I missed something, but it seems to me that Whedon totally dropped the ball on this episode of BUFFY SEASON 8. What should have been an awesome story -- Buffy's crossover into the world of Whedon's first comic work, FRAY -- is poorly executed, poorly explained, and nonsensical plotwise. The overall goal of the story seems to show a dark future for Willow and a foreboding sense that the Slayer Army will ultimately fade away. But there's no tension

I really enjoyed the Fray/Buffy crossover, but at the end I felt a little unsatisfied...too many new questions posed and no questions yet answered. We still have Twilight, Snake Lady, Warren (who shouldn't be) and now add more Snake Lady and Willow going evil at some time, living for centuries only to have Buffy kill her! And will Buffy's knowledge be what makes Willow this way or will she now be able to stop it!?! And Riley! WTF! Not to mention she felt she had to hide it. Also Buffy totally de...

I'm not a fan of the main storyline, but the last issue (with the back-to-the-sophmore-year dream squence and cute cartoony art style) was just adorable. It made me realize how much i missed first few seasons of the show!

Joss and Co. take a slight break from their main storyline for a trip through time so Buffy can meet Melaka Fray. Sadly, Fray never really did it for me so I was kind of "meh" about that story. Also, Whedon does a lousy job of introducing readers to the Fray universe so if you don't know who who's you might want to pick up Fray, the comic (which was the idea, I'm sure). Personally, I'd see if you can find it in the library. Like I said, I didn't think it was that good.Twilight (the villain, not

I'm very sad to say that it sucked. Just sucked. I waited a long time for this and was really excited for it. I enjoyed the first 3 volumes of the series. But I spent the vast majority of this book being completely confused. I'm sure that if I had read the Fray stories it would have made a bit more sense. As it was, it wasn't until I looked at the back cover that I realized that this was a crossover between the 2 series. Which might have been cool as a stand-alone story, but as the last quarter

These "Season Eight" trade paperbacks/episodes are entertaining and capture a little of the old feel of the series, but so far they've all been good but not great. In book four, Buffy goes to the future and meets Fray, the sole surviving Slayer. In the grand tradition of every time traveling superhero comic book story ever, the two of them have to fight each other. Also, we meet Dark Willow (again). Normally I'd say this entire subplot seemed a little bit pointless, though entertaining, but Whed...

Kennedy is back! Yeah.This is centered on time traveling and I hate when shows start messing with time. It is usually bad writing and does little for the plot. Buffy jumps to the future and has to fight more slayers and people wanting to kill her. Whatever. It's an ok issue, but I didn't care for this bit of the story. I do like the last issue where she wakes up in season one and is living her life. She realizes it's easier a little than before and it's still not easy. She sees her mom again and...

The only reason I'm giving this 2 stars is because I love Moline (apparently most people don't? How can you not like Karl Moline's work? It's so bright and pretty!) and I love Melaka. If the volume didn't have those 2 elements, I'd give this zero stars. It was that bad. As a whole though, this story made no sense. I DID NOT GET IT. (view spoiler)[ So at some point Willow went dark again and becomes immortal. Then brings Buffy to the future to either kill her or to fight Melaka? I don't understan...

This one left me with my jaw hitting the floor (even though I kind of saw coming who was the scheming bastard). I am still very surprised and WANT ALL THE ANSWERS (which I guess I will get once I pick up Fray... which I am definitely going to do.) Joss Whedon will make a comic book reader out of me yet!

What in the world is going on with Buffy Summers? I don't know what is going on, but this story was extremely disjointed and strange. There were some funny parts I'll admit. Once again we see a character not grieving for someone they really care about who has died. Once again we have time traveling that doesn't really effect the story. Once again we have Xander and Dawn sharing dirty jokes and making me feel extremely uncomfortable. Just a bunch of redone stories that don't excite me reworked he...

I loved the Buffy tv show, it might be my favorite series of all time. What made the show so amazing though was NOT the vampires or supernatural plots, it was instead the growth and depth of the characters and their quirky relationships with each other in that context. The problem with Season 8 is that NONE of that translates to the comic book form. The comics focus mostly on huge epic monster battles and shallow or sensational "gotcha moments" with very little in the way of real or convincing c...

The action in this one was the best! Time travel! Evil Willow! Dawn's a centaur! Moral complexity! A flashback to high school! A great nod to one of my favourite episodes Band Candy! But damnit could Kennedy be more annoying? When is Willow going to dump her??

This was very interesting. We got to see Dark Willow again when Buffy traveled to the future.

In all reality, this story is three stars. But MELAKA FRAY AND THE FUTURE ARE BACK AND BADDER THAN EVER AND THAT MEANS FUCK YES.I really didn't think I'd ever see Melaka in another comic. So I'm more than thrilled that Moline came back to add her into another story arc. And let me say, it was done really, really well. But I don't want to spoil a lot of things, so here's my list of things to look forward to in this volume:-Melaka and her whole world once again prove to be amazing. Harth is still

2.5 stars actually. But I’m rounding up because even if disappointing, it wasn’t bad. Not near. But I’m so excited reading this series that I was expecting bright fireworks and I got an amateur bonfire with little sparks here and there. The ironic thing of all this it’s that this volume is about one of my favorite things ever: time travel and some things are super interesting. BUT it felt rushed and for that reason it wasn’t enough, I needed more because something was missing and the essence of

Well, Buffy time-travels... a big-bad we have seen before is the big bad in the future... a huge deal happens...Also we meet the last living slayer in that time: ...and she doesn't really know Buffy all that well either. She was pretty upset there were no books about her in the future. Come on Buffy, you were famous for your time.Anyway, I loved this volume. It reminded me a lot of the later seasons of Buffy plus a little Doctor Who.

Color me stupid, but I just realized while reading this fourth volume that the evil group Buffy has been facing in the comics is called 'Twilight'.Hee....Since Stephanie Meyer shamelessly ripped off countless ideas and concepts from Joss Whedon, I gotta assume that the man is taking a not-so subtle dig at She-Who-Writes-Sparkly-Vampires.Whedon has been continuing the adventures of Buffy and her friends from where the finale of the series left off. And while it's been interesting, Whedon's comic

$5 to anyone who can explain the plot of this one to me, thanks.

I took a quick glance at some of the other reviews as I went to add this volume and was kinda shocked to see so many "meh" comments about it! I actually really had a blast reading this: the writing felt true to the characters and was quippy without being annoying, the artwork was vibrant and expressive, and the plot was a delightful time-travel-y ride! I LOVED getting to see Melaka again; I read "Fray" for the first time last year and thought it was fantastic. Maybe I'm a bit biased because I'm

3.5, but lowering to 3 stars after consideration--I enjoyed this volume more than I expected to, considering my relative unfamiliarity with Fray, but I think it could have been a more exciting story had it been spread across multiple volumes. Generally, the storyline is on the rushed and choppy side, and I'm beginning to worry that the pace won't ever slow. Action is great, but I want more space for character development -- after all, we all rejoined the Buffyverse because we missed the characte...