You know what, “nerd” may not be the proper term. Maybe it is for me, I build computers, I drool over new technology, I am a nerd, but I’m referring to my being a fan of Buffy and Angel. I suppose this doesn’t make someone a nerd in the traditional sense. Anyway, I was a big fan of Buffy and Angel, the tv shows, and now additionally I’m a big fan of the comic books, Buffy Season Eight and Angel: After the Fall. And here’s my problem:

We only get one issue a month. We used to get one episode of the television show a week, at least for a few months straight, and now we only get 1 issue a month. Again:

Episodes were 42 minutes +/-. I can read through an issue of Angel: After the Fall in 10 minutes tops. And one issue a month. This really, really, really frustrates me.

I realize that a lot of work goes into a tv show, and probably more money than goes into the comics. But spread out over a year, 22 episodes is one about every 2.4 weeks. Shouldn’t we at least get bi-weekly comics?

I shouldn’t have started reading them. Especially Angel, because they brought Wesley back and he’s by far my favorite character. Now they have this big battle going on and they’re interrupting it with a 3-issue story arc explaining how they got to where they are now. Which is okay, I’m sure the issues will be just as good as the ones I’m reading now, and I’ll all have forgotten the battle by the end of the next issue, but still, they couldn’t do bi-weekly? You can produce episodes of a tv show faster than issues of a comic book?

Just wanted to get that off my chest.