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	SPIKE # 1 Q and A « Thread Started Today at 10:36am »
To celebrate SPIKE's new series (solicited next month!) and my movie HOP'S wrapping photography, I will gladly and happily answer any questions you have about anything. Go for it!

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	Re: SPIKE # 1 Q and A « Reply #2 Today at 11:01am »
Ask as many as you want, I will answer as many as I can. BOYS AND THEIR TOYS to SPIKE, I'd say it's a few months, at most.

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Re: SPIKE # 1 Q and A
« Reply #6 Today at 11:25am »

Today at 11:13am, Hellbound Hyperion wrote:

Will it be more geared towards story arcs, like IDW's Angel series/Dark Horse's Buffy S8, or will it be more akin to the superhero on-goings from the major publishers (Amazing Spider-Man, Thor, etc.)?

Little story arcs that build to a big story arc.

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Re: SPIKE # 1 Q and A
« Reply #7 Today at 11:26am »

Today at 11:14am, bamph wrote:

How has Buffy season 8 impacted your plans for your new series?Has having Angel and Spike having big roles in it made plotting your story more difficult now especially if you don't know how things are going to play out in Joss's final arc?

It changed things slightly. I think for the better.

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Re: SPIKE # 1 Q and A
« Reply #9 Today at 11:41am »

Today at 11:30am, Hellbound Hyperion wrote:

What's the current balance on pre-existing Buffyverse characters to new ones? Will we start seeing lots of new characters right away, or will there be more emphasis on the people already there?

So far, it's established characters. Spike, obviously. Angel and Illyria appear. Beck and George get a lot to do. We see some MOSAIC action. A few surprises. But not really many new characters. Not yet, anyway.

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Re: SPIKE # 1 Q and A
« Reply #14 Today at 1:22pm »

Today at 11:48am, bamph wrote:

I know in passed comments that you said that you won't be dealing with the current plotline Willingham is working on with Angel and Spike's role in the current story.But how does the Spike series work time-line wise in relation to Bill Willingham's/Bill Williams Angel run?Does the Spike series start before the current story in the Angel monthly or does it run con-current with it?

I would say it happens after the current story arc.

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Re: SPIKE # 1 Q and A
« Reply #15 Today at 1:24pm »

Today at 11:55am, Hellbound Hyperion wrote:

Based on the title of issue #2, it seems that Spike will not always be in L.A. - if so, will this be common? Is Spike going to start wandering the world more or will he stick close to L.A.?

He'll be in Vegas for much of the first story.

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Re: SPIKE # 1 Q and A
« Reply #16 Today at 1:26pm »

Today at 12:18pm, zamolxis wrote:

Thanks.

Do you like how HOP'S is wrapping? Did you have to rewrite any scenes or do you expect re-shooting some of them?

Passing a question from a friend (eilowyn)

"If Spike were to be a guest on The Muppet Show, what songs would he perform (and with what Muppet), and what skits would he be involved in. Yes, we are being dead serious here."

I don't know about re-shoots, still very early to think about that, as we just wrapped. That said, the movie is hilarious and shaping up very very nicely. James Marsden is hilarious, and Russell Brand's voicework is just awesome. They both really came to play, and are great people.

I'd say Spike would perform some of his own stuff if on THE MUPPET SHOW. He'd do some poems with the Electric Mayhem backing him. Miss Piggy would have a crush on him, Kermit would get bent out of shape, and Spike would bond with Rowlf the Dog.

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Re: SPIKE # 1 Q and A
« Reply #17 Today at 1:28pm »

Today at 1:14pm, AndrewCrossett wrote:

Plans for any of the following characters to appear?

Non
Noelle
Drusilla
Harmony
Spider
Jeremy

That would be telling, no? I would say that the majority of those characters will make an appearance, or at least be referenced.

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Re: SPIKE # 1 Q and A
« Reply #19 Today at 2:07pm »

Today at 1:37pm, Hellbound Hyperion wrote:

Do you think Juliet Landau would be willing to come back and help write another Dru-centric story? Angel #24-25 are amazing and I don't know of many people here who would object to more Dru.

And speaking of Harmony, if you can talk about this, have you had to tweak any of your plans for her because of S8, or has that character been more freeing to play with vs. the main character and his nemesis Tall Dark and Forehead?

Harmony isn't really popping up in SPIKE as of yet, so no fudging of plans there. And I would love to work with Juliet again, I'm sure I will one way or another, but there are no plans for a follow-up collaboration in terms of comic work.

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	Re: SPIKE # 1 Q and A « Reply #21 Today at 2:20pm »
Yes, Franco's in for the long haul, hooray! I think there are slayers in Spike's future. Though not how you may expect.

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Re: SPIKE # 1 Q and A
« Reply #23 Today at 3:33pm »

Today at 3:23pm, Hellbound Hyperion wrote:

Sounding pretty great! So the solicit comes out next month, does that mean a more solid shipping date for issue #1 is set? (And I guess as a corollary, how many issues have you written already and how many do you know of that Franco has finished drawing?)

Franco is working on 2, I have written 1 and a half and have outlined many. I think it premieres in October.

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