The Fellowship is pleased to present our reminiscences about the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series, which premiered 20 years ago this week. It ran for seven seasons, spawned a five-year spinoff, and put both supernatural horror and teen drama on the map. We also talk about the 1992 movie a bit, and share some favorite moments from the show. And as always, our picks of the week.
What we're up to this week:
Bought IDW's Humble Bundle - a ton of comics with the proceeds going to charity [in this case, split between Traveling Stories and the CBLDF. -m]
Playing Heroclix and having a great time
Catching up on reading - digging Superman Reborn
And introduced some new readers to Valiant's Faith title in the hopes of maybe catching the kid too
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[Note: iTunes didn't begin operating until 2003, with movie rentals starting in 2008. -m]
[Note: The movie grossed $16m from a $7m budget, and rates at 5.6 out of 10 on IMDB. So not terribly successful. And rated PG-13. -m]
[Note: the animated series was started in 2002, but never got off the ground. I hear there may be some stuff on YouTube :-) -m]
[Note: Buffy and Angel are available to stream on Netflix. -m]
Picks for the week of 3/22:
Atomic Robo and the Temple of Od (volume 11 trade)
Invisible Hands #1
Magdalena #1
Bloodshot Reborn #0
E.V.I.L. Heroes #6
X-O Manowar #1
Honorable Mention: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 11 #5
Honorable Mention: Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar At The Earth's Core trade
Shoutouts:
Manny the Martyr - thanks for letting us use your music
#PodernFamily - an awesome group of indie podcasters supporting each other
You, dear listeners! Thanks for listening, and if you haven't yet, subscribe so you won't miss next week's exciting episode :-)
Question of the Week: what's your favorite Buffy moment? Let us know on social media!
Also: we'll be doing a Q&A episode very soon - send us your Qs so we can A them :-)
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