Auld Lang Syne (Angel comic)
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Auld Lang Syne is a comic based on the Angel television series.
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[edit] Story description
'Issue #1: Angel's back on the job in Los Angeles, tracking a mysterious cult and working to solve a kidnapping. The only trouble is, a few old familiar faces keep showing up -- faces he shouldn't really be seeing! And what does Spike have to do with it?'
Issue #2: A quiet night out for Spike turns into a nightmarish trip through his past, as he's repeatedly confronted by familiar, long-departed faces. How will Spike react to meeting the sins of his past up close and personal? And where's Angel in all of this?
Issue #3: Years of animosity boil over as Angel and Spike go head to head in the brawl to end all brawls through the streets of L.A. What set off this knockdown, drag-out battle, and who's really profiting from it?
Issue #4: Angel and Spike put their heads together to discover who's been manipulating them from afar! And what better way to get to the bottom of things than some good old-fashioned breaking and entering! It's an all-vampire museum heist!
Issue #5: Angel and Spike have tracked down the culprit who's been tampering with their minds! Will they be able to free themselves from her influence? Or will Spike be too busy putting the moves on her? It all ends here!
[edit] Trivia
- Irish artist Stephen Mooney provides alternate covers for all 5 issues.
- Features the IDW comics debuts of Skip, Holtz, The Master, Nikki Wood and A Chinese Slayer.
- On the top panel of page 4 of Issue 4, the poster of Cordelia that was seen in Angel:The Curse can be seen in Angel's new living quarters. Writer Scott Tipton confirmed this as an addition by artist David Messina, who was the artist for 'The Curse'
[edit] Cultural references
- Auld Lang Syne - (Scots; “Days Gone By” lit., “Old Long Since”) is a poem by Robert Burns. "Auld Lang Syne" is usually sung each year on New Year's Eve in many English-speaking countries.
The Lyrics to the song, translated into English follow:
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| Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind ?
And surely you’ll get your pint mug !
We two have run about the hills,
We two have paddled in the stream,
And there’s a hand my trusty friend !
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[edit] Continuity
- The continuity of this comic is unconfirmed. In an interview Tipon was ambiguous about the timing, but said that it followed Angel comics: The Curse, and Old Friends.
- In a post at the idwpublishing site IDW Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall agreed with a poster who posted
"So the way I understand the order is : The Curse,Old Friends,Asylum and Auld Lang Syne.I could be wrong (and I think that there is no official line on it), but the way that I am taking it is that unless a comic is very obviously set during the series then it will be set after the previous 'post-Angel' comics."
- Based on dialogue from Issue 2, it is implied that the series is set after Spike:Asylum
[edit] Canonical issues
- Buffy/Angel comics such as this one are not usually considered by fans as canonical. Some fans consider them stories from the imaginations of authors and artists, while other fans consider them as taking place in an alternative fictional reality. However unlike fan fiction, overviews summarising their story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and Joss Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as officially Buffy merchandise.
[edit] External links
- Singh, Arune, "SCOTT TIPTON SINKS HIS TEETH INTO "ANGEL: AULD LANG SYNE", Comicbookresources.com (September 29, 2006)
- Dodsworth,James, "SCOTT TIPTON Fractal Matter Interview", fractalmatter.com (December 1, 2006)
- Review of Auld Lang Syne at fractalmatter.com, "Auld Lang Syne Fractal Matter review", fractalmatter.com (November, 2006)
- Auld Lang Syne thread at IDW Publishing forums, "Auld Lang Syne thread at IDW Publishing forums", idwpublishing.com
[edit] Timing
- Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
| Location, time (if known) |
Buffyverse: Spring 2003 – 2004 (non-canon = italic) |
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| Sunnydale, Cleveland, Italy, Summer 2003-2004 | Buffy book: Queen of the Slayers (unofficial continuity) |
| 2003-2004 | Buffy book: Dark Congress |
| L.A., 2003 | A5.01 Conviction |
| L.A., 2003 | A5.02 Just Rewards |
| L.A., 2003 | A5.03 Unleashed |
| L.A., 2003 | A5.04 Hell Bound |
| L.A., 2003 | A5.05 Life of the Party |
| L.A., 2003 | A5.06 The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco |
| L.A., 2003 | A5.07 Lineage |
| Europe, 2003 | Tales of the Vampires: Antique |
| L.A., 2003 | Angel comic: Spike vs Dracula #5 |
| L.A., 2003 | Angel comic: Wesley: Spotlight |
| L.A., 2003 | A5.08 Destiny |
| L.A., 2003 | A5.09 Harm's Way |
| L.A., 2003 | Angel comic: Spike: Old Wounds |
| L.A., 2003/4 | A5.10 Soul Purpose |
| L.A., 2003/4 | A5.11 Damage |
| L.A., 2003/4 | Angel comic: Spike: Lost and Found |
| L.A., 2003/4 | Angel comic: Gunn: Spotlight |
| L.A., 2003/4 | A5.12 You're Welcome |
| L.A., 2003/4 | A5.13 Why We Fight |
| L.A., 2004 | A5.14 Smile Time |
| Shortly before Shadow Puppets | Spike: Asylum |
| L.A., 2004 | Angel comic: Spike: Shadow Puppets |
| L.A., 2004 | A5.15 A Hole in the World |
| L.A., 2004 | A5.16 Shells |
| L.A., 2004 | Angel comic: Illyria: Spotlight |
| L.A., 2004 | A5.17 Underneath |
| L.A., 2004 | A5.18 Origin |
| 2004 | Connor Spotlight |
| L.A., 2004 | A5.19 Time Bomb |
| L.A., 2004 | A5.20 The Girl in Question |
| L.A., 2004 | A5.21 Power Play |
| L.A., 2004 | A5.22 Not Fade Away |
| Romania, 2004 | Angel graphic novel: The Curse |
| L.A., 2004 | Angel graphic novel: Old Friends |
| L.A., 2004 | Angel graphic novel: Auld Lang Syne |
- Here are all the Angel comics listed chronologically:
| Angel comics | ||
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Doyle: Spotlight | Surrogates | Earthly Possessions | The Changeling Wife | Hunting Ground | Love for sale | Past Lives | Cordelia special | Autumnal | Long Night's Journey | Spike: Old Times | Spike: Old Wounds | Spike: Lost and Found | Spike: Shadow Puppets | Gunn: Spotlight | Wesley: Spotlight | Illyria: Spotlight | Connor: Spotlight | Spike: Asylum | The Curse | Old Friends Comics with unknown/varying chronology Spike vs Dracula #1-5 | Masks | Auld Lang Syne |
| Angel comics | ||
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Doyle: Spotlight | Surrogates | Earthly Possessions | The Changeling Wife | Hunting Ground | Love for sale | Past Lives | Cordelia special | Autumnal | Long Night's Journey | Spike: Old Times | Spike: Old Wounds | Spike: Lost and Found | Spike: Shadow Puppets | Gunn: Spotlight | Wesley: Spotlight | Illyria: Spotlight | Connor: Spotlight | Spike: Asylum | The Curse | Old Friends Comics with unknown/varying chronology Spike vs Dracula #1-5 | Masks | Auld Lang Syne |
