Got some love to share

Firstly, if you haven't yet read Geek Monthly's four-part interview with Joss Whedon, then you are a sad, deprived soul. Of course, if you're avoiding spoilers for Buffy: Season Eight, then you need to stay deprived. Me, I'm not exactly whoring for spoilers, but I'm not running from them, either, and I will simply tell you this: I'm about as excited for this comic as I would be if they brought back the show. It's all I can do not to let myself start writing fanfic again. The article in question can be found here: 1, 2, 3, and 4.

As if the comic's mere pending existence weren't excitement enough, Dark Horse is also teaming with Joss for an essay contest. In 250 words or less, explain how Buffy has impacted your life. Joss himself will pick the winner, who will subsequently find themselves written into the comic. This is the closest to actually getting to become part of the Buffyverse that any of us are likely to ever get.

Moving along to Buffy's lovechild (with X-Files being the baby-daddy), TV Guide has a mildly spoilery (but not really too revealing) interview with Erik Kripke about the future of Supernatural. If you haven't given this show a chance lately, then you don't know what you're missing. Think X-Files as re-imagined inside the Whedonverse with all of its accompanying angst, where all of the monsters are real, and Agent Scully is neither a skeptic nor a woman, but just really effective at stomping monster ass. I haven't seen this week's ep yet (it's on the TiVo), but I hear that this one was more reminiscent than ever of X-F's quirky humor stylings. Also, I have to confess an unabashed love of late 1970s stadium rock (blame my brother), and the minute this show's soundtrack is released on CD, I'm so there.

If I haven't managed to convince you, then head over to the Whedonesque thread where I picked up the link, and read all of the SPN love spilling all over the comment trail.