Willow: Goddesses and Monsters

by Joss Whedon

Willow Rosenberg has worn many facesa shy computer geek, a loyal friend, a passionate lover, a fierce Wiccan, and a _dark_ Willow. Now in Season 8 of the critically acclaimed, award-winning _Buffy_ comics series, Willow's powers have grown exponentially. She can fly. Teleport. And may or may not be immortal. All we know is that Willow went on a walkabout following the demise of Sunnydale, and she met a very sultry, extremely powerful serpent lady who seems to be the key to unraveling the mysteries of what Willow is and will become. Joss Whedon and his _Fray_ co-creator Karl Moline reunite for this special one-shot! **Joss Whedon returns!**

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Fantasy, Vampires, Graphic Novels Comics, Ebooks

22 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 23, 2009

About the author

Joss Whedon (born Joseph Hill Whedon) is an American screenwriter, executive producer, film and television director, comic book writer, occasional composer, and actor, and the founder of Mutant Enemy Productions and co-creator of Bellwether Pictures.

He is best known as the creator and showrunner of the television series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)', 'Angel (1999–2004)', 'Firefly (2002)' and its film follow-up 'Serenity (2005)', and 'Dollhouse (2009–2010)', as well as the web-series' 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)'. Whedon co-wrote and produced the horror film 'The Cabin in the Woods (2012)', and wrote and directed the film adaptation of Marvel's 'The Avengers (2012)', the third highest-grossing film of all time.

Many of Whedon's projects have cult status and his work is notable for portraying strong female characters and a belief in equality.

credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_Whedon

Reviews

[Sophia · Rating 3 out of 5]

2021
Having read most of Season Eight and read this story a few times, I’m still confused…


2019
This short really confused me. The story is set before Buffy season eight but maybe you do need to read the season to understand why this story was important enough to be told on its own.
3 stars for now but I may re-read it in the future.

[Andrey · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had high expectations about this one-shot but I was quite disappointed. I was expecting to see something new about Willow, about her story, but it turned out to be nothing much.

The visual part is great though.

[Mitchell Friedman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just a snippet of a story. But we get to see inside Willow just a little bit. The art is pretty good. And it has twists and turns. And a pretty good beginning and ending. It didn't add much obvious to the mythos, but added to flavoring.

[Tanya Bea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not that this is really a surprise to me, but thus far in Season 8, Willow's storyline is certainly the one I find most compelling. Also...Tara. *smiles*

[Steven Shinder · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not really much to this story. I know it's a one-shot, but still.

[Edward Petersen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun, but seems incomplete. Hope next I see Willow, there'll be something to connect to this story.

[Meredith · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's been too long since I read Buffy: Season 8, and I don't remember where this fits into the story. As a standalone, I'm not sure I liked it, especially because some of the art was strange (Willow's face was wrong), and there wasn't enough information or backstory to fully understand what was going on. Also, I never liked Kennedy, and she had too many pages. I'm being petty.

[Julia · Rating 5 out of 5]

buffy baby!!!

[Kaya Fletcher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely liked going more into the mystical side of Willow's powers with her quest to find her goddess.

[Christopher Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Willow so this was a must. It delivered well.