Angel: After the Fall Vol. 1
I never wanted a comic continuation of Angel. In fact, if I may quote myself from two years ago, “I’m sort of annoyed that there’s a comic. It’s a way better ending to have them not make it out alive.” When I finished Buffy, it made sense to keep going with the story. And I relished the way that the graphic novel format allowed the freedom from
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The only good thing that's come of this mess is someone sent me a link to a fabulous essay on Cordelia. Definitely check it out if you haven't seen it already.
http://www.jennycrusie.com/for-writers/essays/the-assassination-of-cordelia-chase/
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You definitely aren't missing out if you decide to skip this particular disaster of a comic continuation. I mean, yeah. Wow. What is the point of having Angel be human? Doesn't that completely go against the whole vampire-with-a-soul angst of his existence? Oh great, now he's going to be whining about want to be a vamp again so he can defeat the powers of eeeevil blah blah blah.
The volume I had checked out ended on the "cliffhanger" of ghost Wesley seeing crazy-ass Illyria again for the first time and of course she changed her appearance into sweet Fred. Ugh. I returned the second volume unread. I don't have time for that garbage.
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