Join us for the comic highlights from the last seven days (or so), from more Buffy to the littlest Alan Moore fanboy:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 11 is on the way
Joss Whedon has had mixed results with his in-canon Buffy comics, but at their best they've been pretty great.
He's coming back as 'executive producer' of Dark Horse Comics' Buffy Season 11, with Christos Gage writing and art by Rebekah Isaacs (via USA Today).
The latest story sees Buffy and the Scoobies relocate to San Francisco. Everyone's favourite Slayer will continue to (attempt to) sort out her relationship with Spike, while Giles is stuck as a 13-year-old boy.
Throw in a "world-changing" threat to kick things off and we're really cooking.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 11 #1 will be released on November 23.
Bryan Lee O'Malley announces new trilogy
The Scott Pilgrim creator recently launched Snot Girl, the Image Comics series that he is writing but not illustrating.
But he'll be back at the drawing board soon for Worst World, the first book in a trilogy from Penguin/Random House (via EW).
No word on what it's about yet, but is anyone else getting a Jem and the Holograms vibe from that image? This will be his first written-and-drawn book since 2014's Seconds.
Alan Moore's new book quotes a nine-year-old fan on the cover
Inscrutable and reclusive Northampton wizard he may be, but comics legend Alan Moore is showing off his softer side again on the cover of his new book Jerusalem.
A then nine-year-old schoolboy wrote to the writer in 2013 as part of a class exercise, calling Moore "the greatest author in human history".
"Thanks for calling me the best author in human history, which I don't necessarily agree is completely true but which I may well end up using as a quote on the back of one of my books some day," Moore wrote and, as The Guardian reports, fulfilled with the imminent release of Jerusalem.
You can read the whole correspondence on Letters of Note.
San Diego Comic-Con 2016 announcements (part one)
A lot of new comics have been announced in and around this week's Comic-Con International, and here are some that caught our eye:
Frontier – Jonathan Hickman (Image Comics)
A sci-fi series described as "like Star Trek, but super depressing" (via Polygon), marking Hickman's return to drawing interiors.
All-New Wolverine 'Enemy of the State II' – Tom Taylor and Nik Virella (Marvel Comics)
A follow-up to the (modern) classic Wolverine story featuring his clone Laura/X-23, who is hunted down after being manipulated to commit a terrible crime (via CBR).
Muhammad Ali – Sybille Titeux and Amazing Ameziane (Dark Horse Comics)
A translation of the French graphic novel celebrating the life of the late boxing legend.
Namesake – Steve Orlando and Jakub Rebelka (BOOM! Studios)
A four-issue queer sci-fi story from the writer of Midnighter.
The Lost Boys – Tim Seeley, Scott Godlewski and Patricia Mulvihill (Vertigo/DC)
A direct sequel to the cult 1987 vampire film. Almost certainly better than the straight-to-video movie follow-ups.
Star-Lord – Chip Zdarsky and Kris Anka (Marvel Comics)
The Sex Criminals co-creator and Tumblr sensation are certain to bring a dash of comedy and sexiness to the Guardians of the Galaxy hero.
Infamous Iron Man – Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev (Marvel Comics)
Our second new Iron Man will be no less than Doctor Doom (via CBR).
A retro three-issue miniseries "in the style of gothic romance comics of the 1960s and '70s".
