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Time of Your Life (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 4) |  | Authors: Joss Whedon, Jeff Loeb
Creators: Karl Moline, Eric Wight, Andy Owens
Publisher: Dark Horse
Category: Book
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 11544
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 136
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 6.6 x 0.3
ISBN: 1595823107
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781595823106
ASIN: 1595823107
Publication Date: December 2, 2009
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Product Description
Willow and Buffy head to New York City to unlock the secrets of Buffy's mysterious scythe, when something goes terribly awry. Buffy is propelled into a dystopian future where there's only one Slayer - Fray, the title character of Joss Whedon's 2001 series, the first comic he ever wrote. Their uneasy alliance falls apart, leading to the death of a major character from the TV series, while back in the twenty-first century, the Scotland base falls prey to a mystical bomb courtesy of the Biggest Bad - Twilight!
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 Effortlessly excellent June 4, 2009
Veers (Finland)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Having read the first five reviews, I have to say my piece. Season 8 has been better than any of the TV seasons because Whedon's stories are no longer limited by filming budget. After Buffy's trip to Japan in "Wolves at the Gate", the next trip that would have been impossible on TV was to take Buffy to the future. The story has been criticized for being nothing more than a needless excuse for Buffy to meet (and fight) Fray. Is it really? The first 3½ pages disorient in a good way by throwing readers straight into the action before Whedon moves to a flashback sequence where we see how Buffy got onto that rooftop. Plus, he gives us a mystery of Dawn's transformation and the sudden switch of places in time between Buffy and the monster from the future, before ending the first episode in one of those wonderful Whedon cliffhangers. Then, the second episode starts, logically, by showing us how Fray got onto that rooftop. Whedon throws us a red herring when Buffy and Fray's antagonist in the future is described as "the dark-haired one" who has "lived for centuries, speaks in riddles and strange voices." This brings to mind a certain Vampire lady... Taking advantage of the fact that comics don't (usually) have sound, Whedon can even allow the "dark-haired one" to speak without the readers not being able to identify her by recognizing her voice. Clever. Whedon juggles the future storyline with the present day storyline, in which the assault on the Slayers' castle base drives Buffy's forces on the run, once again in a situation where the bad guys seem to be winning. This recalls the most dire situations our heroes have found themselves in the previous seasons while also being completely different. Then he ends the second episode with yet one Whedon-class revelation of the antagonists identity. And then the plot starts to unfold... By the time the fantastically cinematic double-climax (of present and future storylines) comes, Whedon still manages to find the time for yet another revelation and ends the story by having Buffy make a heart-breaking decision without really knowing why she has to do it. In the end, the readers also don't know why, which leaves us wanting more. Whedon has done this before and the mysteries have always been eventually solved satisfactorily. Just because Whedon does not yet tell us why all this happened does not mean it's not good storytelling. We are not seeing the big picture yet. That said, Whedon's dialogue is of the usual excellent quality and Moline's art *really* has evolved since Fray first came out. This is as worthy a mini-arc as any previous ones in Season Eight.
Buffy still rocks September 4, 2009
dmurphy
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I really missed the show, but these comics have been true to the tone of the show, and Whedon's hand is still apparent. Sometimes the drawings are "off" (can't tell for a minute who it is); I wish they could use the artists that do the best covers for the entire booklet.
Buffy for the win February 2, 2010
S. Whitmer (Seattle, Wa USA)
Buffy season 8 is great for the person who wants to see how joss whedons idea of the buffy-verse continues on with no networks, and with limitless creativity. Highly recommend it.
Awesome!!!!!!!! July 7, 2009
J. Rasbury (TX)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Loved it!!! The cross over between Buffy and Fray is amazing! When I knew it was going to happen in this episode of Season Eight I read the Fray comic before so I would understand where she was coming from. It is an absolute must for a Buffy fan!!! You won't be disappointed!
Buffy lives on June 17, 2009
Brady L. Miller (Vancouver, WA USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was certainly a fan of the TV series back in the day. But there was a time when the show seemed to go off course.... The college years, I'd say, was a time when some footing was lost, when many of the characters seemed to drift and when some of the season-ending villains weren't quite up to par with those of past seasons. Needless to say, I still enjoyed watching the characters try to find their identities and their places in an adult world, a world that truly had no idea of the creatures that lived in the shadows.
Initially, much like the college years, I was wondering if Season Eight would regain the allure that drew me to the series to begin with. Volume 1, I thought, was a little disappointing: things seemed rushed, characters seemed a little off, settings and scenes a little disjointed....
However, I had to give it a chance. It had, after all, been a considerable lapse since the TV series; and I figured that it would take some time for the series to get back its momentum.
NOTE: I will not include any spoilers in the review. I will say that the series got its footing back with Volume 2, and since then I have been very happy with the series so far. Volume 3 was good and even filled with humor (thanks to Xander) of the days of old....
Volume 4? It was a heck of a ride. I admit that it took me a while to get up to speed with the characters that make guest appearances in this volume. (Fans of one of Whedon's other comics will be pleased, I think) However, once I did, I enjoyed the "show" and actually felt like I was watching the WB again...
Oh yeah, Angel and Serenity are in comic form too, but you already knew that too, right?
BTW. Yep. I picked up the comic of the characters that made guest appearances in Volume 4; and I hope he continues "her" saga too....
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