I don't know how much you know about American comics, but in general they're not much about romance. They're all about the fighting and the action etc etc. That's why I like these comics by Brian - they are different in this respect. I looked over other IDW "Angel" comics and they are pretty much as you said - with snarky, tough, action-guy Spike. Left me cold. But Asylum and S:SP have a soul in them. Brian's Spike is vulnerable, toughness and snarkiness just a shield. How he felt for Beck in Asylum, and how sheepish and nice he was with Mrs.Konikoff - that compensated the lack of romance for me. That, and he also was shown to be lonely, missing being with someone. And thinking about Buffy. Brian is good at writing Spike by himself, as if in pick him up and drop him into various situations thing. And I trust Joss to give Spike the right context in Angel-6, for Brian to drop him in. Like, the right place to be in his relations with Angel etc. So if they ever bring Buffy issue up in Angel-6, if Joss gives Brian a Buffy-related context for Spike, I'm sure he'll do a good job. And I too believe that Joss is Spuffel at heart, and he'll never really drop the Spuffy.
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Date: 2007-06-25 05:30 pm (UTC)That's why I like these comics by Brian - they are different in this respect. I looked over other IDW "Angel" comics and they are pretty much as you said - with snarky, tough, action-guy Spike. Left me cold. But Asylum and S:SP have a soul in them. Brian's Spike is vulnerable, toughness and snarkiness just a shield. How he felt for Beck in Asylum, and how sheepish and nice he was with Mrs.Konikoff - that compensated the lack of romance for me. That, and he also was shown to be lonely, missing being with someone. And thinking about Buffy.
Brian is good at writing Spike by himself, as if in pick him up and drop him into various situations thing. And I trust Joss to give Spike the right context in Angel-6, for Brian to drop him in. Like, the right place to be in his relations with Angel etc. So if they ever bring Buffy issue up in Angel-6, if Joss gives Brian a Buffy-related context for Spike, I'm sure he'll do a good job. And I too believe that Joss is Spuffel at heart, and he'll never really drop the Spuffy.