Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight | |
|---|---|
Trade paperback cover of The Long Way Home. Art by Jo Chen | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | Horror |
| Publication date | March 14, 2007 – January 19, 2011 |
| No. of issues | 40 (core series) 3 (one-shots) |
| Main character(s) | Scooby Gang |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Joss Whedon |
| Written by | Joss Whedon Brian K. Vaughan Drew Goddard Jane Espenson Brad Meltzer and others |
| Penciller(s) | Georges Jeanty Karl Moline |
| Inker(s) | Andy Owens |
| Colorist(s) | Dave Stewart Michelle Madsen |
| Collected editions | |
| The Long Way Home | ISBN 1593078226 |
| No Future for You | ISBN 159307963X |
| Wolves at the Gate | ISBN 1595821651 |
| Time of Your Life | ISBN 1595823107 |
| Predators and Prey | ISBN 1595823425 |
| Retreat | ISBN 1595824154 |
| Twilight | ISBN 1595825584 |
| Last Gleaming | ISBN 1595826106 |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight is a comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics from 2007 to 2011. It serves as a canonical continuation of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and follows the events of that show's final televised season. It is produced by Joss Whedon, who wrote or co-wrote three of the series arcs and several one-shot stories. The series was followed by Season Nine in 2011.
Season Eight was originally supposed to consist of about 25 issues, but eventually expanded to a 40-issue run. The series also spawned a handful of spin-off titles, including a Tales of the Vampires follow-up and one-shots focusing on Willow and Riley.
The success of the series prompted IDW Publishing and Whedon to publish a concurrent continuation of the Angel television series, titled Angel: After the Fall, and a Spike comic book series, which bridges some aspects of continuity between After the Fall and Season Eight. A motion comic version of the series debuted in 2010.