“…’Buffy Season 8′ is based on established characters that were played by actors; that being the case, the characters in the comic should resemble the actors as much as the artist’s talent allows. I’m a big fan of books that are based on licensed properties having the characters look like they do on TV or film. I have committed myself to making the characters resemble their TV counterparts as much as possible, but I’m not a slave to it. Joss was very strict at the beginning of this project. He said, ‘I want Buffy to look like Buffy, but she doesn’t have to look like Sarah Michelle Gellar.’ That made sense to me. Buffy should look like Buffy. I’ve taken to drawing the characters first in the scene and then looking over the dozens of photos I have to try and make it as similar to the actor as possible, that goes for all the established characters. Let’s not kid each other, fans are reading this book because they want that fix they got when they watched the show. If the story is doing its job, then it’s up to me with the art to make that story sing.”

Georges Jeanty