# Buffy Season Eight collected, vol 1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 2, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-season-eight-collected-vol-1/425045 "2007-11-02T19:28:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-season-eight-collected-vol-1/425045/1 "2007-11-02T19:28:43Z")
I think there might be one or two Buffy fans floating around here somewhere. And if you are like me, you may have been intrigued by the idea of a canonical Whedon-authored season eight comic book, but thought you’d wait for a trade paperback collection. Well, [here it is](http://www.amazon.com/Buffy-Vampire-Slayer-Season-Eight/dp/1593078226/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-7876977-5879656?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194031186&sr=1-1). It’s a somewhat thin volume, collecting the first five season eight comics. I find it reads pretty much like a single episode, with each book being an act (there’s really only four books in the story proper; the fifth is a background story which explicates a plot point mentioned in the first book and which features a different slayer. There’s lots here to chew on. And nitpick. I’ve got lots of things, but maybe I’ll leave them til we get a sense of how many other Dopers are reading this. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-season-eight-collected-vol-1/425045/2 "2007-11-02T19:38:01Z")
[QUOTE=Hoops] I find it reads pretty much like a single episode, with each book being an act (there’s really only four books in the story proper; the fifth is a background story which explicates a plot point mentioned in the first book and which features a different slayer. [/QUOTE] Say that in Whedon-speak: “The first four books are story-arc, while the fifth is a stand-alone episode.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-season-eight-collected-vol-1/425045/3 "2007-11-02T19:45:09Z")
I’ve been waiting for this TPB ever since the series was first announced, but I’ll wait until one of my local comic shops has a sale. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-season-eight-collected-vol-1/425045/4 "2007-11-03T02:21:09Z")
And don’t forget, _Angel_, season 6, starts at the end of the month.