Angel: Not Fade Away

Angel Comics (Buffy Vampire Slayer)

by Scott Tipton, Joss Whedon, Jeffery Bell

Look back at the epic fan-favorite episode "Not Fade Away," adapted here into an all-new edition by the Angel: Masks team of Scott Tipton and original IDW Angel artist Stephen Mooney. As a bonus, this collection also includes the original episode script by Joss Whedon and Jeffrey Bell, including spot illustrations by artist Jeff Johnson.

Originally published as Angel : not fade away issue #1-3 and :Not fade away" from Angel scriptbook, vol. 2

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

120 pages, Paperback

First published October 29, 2009

Reviews

[Arie ☂ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good, despite being just a direct adaptation of the series finale.

I'm still sobbing about you-know-who. *sniffles*

[Mads · Rating 1 out of 5]

If I understand this correctly, when you adapt a story to a new medium, it should justify its existence, right? This graphic novel does not do that. Words are on the page that occur in the episode, and sometimes the drawings actually look like the actors, but it is an immensely worse experience than just booting up the disc and watching everything unfold.
You can tell that they weren’t comfortable with how the characters look, since everyone has huge chunks of their faces blacked out. And when they don’t, you’ll wish they did. There’s also no inspiration to the panel structure and color scheme/art style. In fact, this comic actively sucks the tension out of otherwise emotional and well-shot scenes.
This is not worth picking up - you’ll have a much better experience just watching the episode again.

[Ainoa · Rating 5 out of 5]

No need to explain



Fantastic. If you liked the tv show and loved the finale, well you surely gonna love this one. The adaptation into comic is perfect, with the drawing style and the scenes almost exact to those of the episode. Also, it is a very quick read -I read it on my way to uni- and also very emotional if you are still attached to the characters. I might have wept a little bit on the bus. But you won't hear me admitting it.

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is just the comic book version of the last episode of angel - which was a pretty great last episode. it does lose impact when you haven't just watched the whole season leading up to it. gotta love the name of the episode/title, as a deadhead.

I bought these three older comic books this weekend trying to fill in my buffy comic collection, but I'm not going to go on a comic book bender at the moment, I have my TBR shelf to concentrate on.

[Kirsty Stanley · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Bob · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome graphic novel treatment of the final episode of Angel's tv series. Very highly recommended.

[Becca · Rating 4 out of 5]

So this comic is basically just the series finale told in comic form. It was very fun to read and glad I got to read it but if you’ve seen the episode you know the story.

[Sammi]

still bitter this served as the series finale vs us getting a better wrap up (not that I didn’t enjoy parts of it) but hoping after the fall will be good!

[Robert · Rating 2 out of 5]

Straightforward translation of the broadcast episode. No need to bother reading if you've seen it.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

My favorite episode of Angel in a graphic novel, fabulous...