Books : Fray
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781840234480
ISBN: 1840234482
Label: Titan Books Ltd
Manufacturer: Titan Books Ltd
Number Of Pages: 216
Publication Date: December 19, 2003
Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
Sales Rank: 6294292
Studio: Titan Books Ltd
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From the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer comes an exciting new story set in the future! Here, the monsters are gone, destroyed by a Slayer sometime in the early 21st century or so it is believed...Get ready to meet Melaka Fray - street thief and hustler. She operates in the lowers; the parts of her city where the rich don't go. She was born hundreds of years after Buffy Summers. She is the Slayer. Now Fray and her ally, Urkonn, must fight to survive in a task she isn't ready for in a world she doesn't understand and they must prevail...Because the monsters have come back!
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With Fray, a tale about a Vampire Slayer from the future, Joss Whedon once again shows why he is considered a master storyteller. This trade is certainly not in the same realm as a master work of fiction like Watchmen, but for fans of the Buffyverse (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Spike, etc), Fray is a tantalizing tale of a new Slayer from a future in which both the Slayer and the world in which she lives are far different from what we are accustomed. In classic Whedon style, the reader never truly knows what's happening until the very end; and even then, we aren't really sure we know if we REALLY know what happened. The story was satisfying, but I wanted more!
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Calling all fans of Buffy---READ THIS BOOK. You will enjoy it. Fray is a futuristic vampire (or lurks as they call them) slayer. This graphic novel shows Fray's "coming to terms" with being the slayer much like the story line Buffy followed in the beginning, but the setting is much different than Buffy as this is set in the future (flying cars and all). Joss fans and Buffy fans will eat this up (no vamp-pun intended). Its a great read and I want to know how I can get some of these art pages in poster-size for my walls!
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I really liked this, after venturing in without being sure what to expect. I thought the writing was solid, and liked the new character a lot, as well as some of the "fun with language" stuff that Joss does so well. I liked the art design for the characters and that they didn't get too cheesy with the comic depictions (after reading Witchblade - Origins, which just about made me want to vomit - a little subtlety/layering was very welcome!). Whedon also gets the gender stuff in a way most comic writers don't, despite their grudging nods to pc (i.e. superficial) forms of feminism. Still a teenage girl with supernatural powers, but hey, that's his gig, and he does it well. My only *real* complaint is that there have been no sequels.
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If you're familiar with Buffy, this is the story of a slayer hundreds of years from now. If you're not familiar with Buffy, you don't need to be to read this. Everything you need to know is explained and there are no spoilers for the show, so if you're watching Buffy and haven't seen it all you have nothing to worry about, you can read this without being spoiled. I highly recommend this to anyone reading Season 8 because there is an arc in Season 8 with Fray in it.
I only have two hands but I'm defying biology and giving it four thumbs up! Even if you're not a Buffy fan you will enjoy this. Personally, after reading this, I would rather see a movie made for Fray than for Buffy.
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if you are a buffy fan this is a must, If you never give buffy a chance, this is a must, if you dont have a clue about buffy this is a must... Once you read it you will want to read more and know everything about the slayer mithos.
Great starting point for those unfamiliar with Joss Whedon work...
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