Reviews

Angel & Faith: A Little More Than Kin by Victor Gischler, Will Conrad, Joss Whedon, Cliff Richards

marobbins's review

5.0

For those who are also a fan of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics, this volume crosses over nicely with Season 10 Volume 4 of that series. Angel gets an SOS signal from his friends in California and has to go and fight a demon. Faith and Fred, the faithful women of Angel's life, therefore have to hold the fort in magic town, England. Their duties take them to an undercover assignment trying to find and stop vampires at a private high school, with Faith as a Gym Teacher (Those Who Can't Teach Teach Gym is an issue title) and Fred as a lunch lady. As someone who teaches at a private K12 school, I appreciated the prep school drama and the humorous aspects of school life, along with the frightening aspects of the adolescent years. The reader also gets a glimpse of what is happening to Buffy, Spike, Willow, and friends back in California, which is fun. Fred starts to get stronger in this issue and better able to fight her Illyria demons, which is encouraging to see.

waveycowpar's review

5.0

This was a great arc. With Dru back, Faith and Fred working in a high school and a growing vampire clan, plus the obvious link to Buffy season 10!

jaimiejaimiejaimie's review

3.0

This was pretty good. While I like the BTVS art better, I'm impressed by how well the artist captures the expressions of Faith, Angel, and Drusilla.

crystalm17's review

3.0

More of a 3.5 than a straight 3 or 4. A little more interesting than previous installments this season. (I think the bonus points are for Dru.)

sparkleboymatty's review

5.0

So good! Lots of action, some great frames, and plot development. Drusilla always knows how to spice things up.

shanbear16's review

5.0

Still keeping strong. Liking this series a lot.

daisymoon's review

2.0

This season is disappointing. There is nothing in it that made the previous season so good. Magic Town should be a great story but it just isn't. Angel and Faith are rarely in the same room (for a comics that's called "Angel and Faith" I find it to be problematic) and mostly the relationships between the characters seem all very superficial. We got Fred back but I'm not even really invested in that, because we don't get any of her struggles at being back or her feelings. Basically we don't get anything in term of feelings. Last season was full of them, this one is so focused on the action and plot that it forgets to give life to its characters.

And the drawing are annoying as fuck. All the women look the same, which is very confusing at times. Most of the times I don't really know if I'm seeing Faith or Fred (I've been watching their lips to know who was who : red lips = Faith, nude lips = Fred). And it's even more annoying because the artist is talented, it's shown with Koh who is gorgeous in all panels. I really hope next season'll be back to its previous quality.