Dark Horse has published the Buffy comics since 1998."Buffy the Vampire Slayer#1 " Dark Horse Comics ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer #1" released September 23, 1998). In 2003, Whedon wrote an eight-issue miniseries for Dark Horse Comics titled Fray, about a Slayer in the future. Following the publication of Tales of the Vampires in 2004, Dark Horse Comics halted publication on Buffyverse-related comics and graphic novels. The company produced Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight with forty issues from March 2007 to January 2011, picking up where the television show left off—taking the place of an eighth canonical season. The first story arc is also written by Whedon and is called "The Long Way Home", which has been widely well-received, with circulation rivaling industry leaders DC and Marvel's top-selling titles. After "The Long Way Home" came other story arcs like Faith's return in "No Future for You" and a Fray crossover in "Time of Your Life". Dark Horse later followed Season Eight with Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine, starting in 2011, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten, which began in 2014. Dark Horse continued to publish Buffy comics continuing the story after the television show until September 2018, when it released the final issue of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Twelve, which intended to bring closure to the series. Following the end of Dark Horse's Buffy series, Boom! Studios acquired the license to publish Buffy comics. Taking a different approach from Dark Horse, Boom! Studios decided to publish a new rebooted Buffy series in 2019 with many elements updated to be more contemporary. Boom! Studio's approach to rebooting Buffy has been stylistically compared to the Ultimate Marvel series by the creators. Joss Whedon is not as involved in the rebooted Buffy comic as he was in Dark Horse's continuation, however he did take part in the initial development stages for the series and gave his blessing to the creators.
dark horse has published the buffy comics since 1998"buffy the vampire slayer#1 " dark horse comics ("buffy the vampire slayer #1" released september 23 1998) in 2003 whedon wrote an eight-issue miniseries for dark horse comics titled fray about a slayer in the future following the publication of tales of the vampires in 2004 dark horse comics halted publication on buffyverse-related comics and graphic novels the company produced whedon's buffy the vampire slayer season eight with forty issues from march 2007 to january 2011 picking up where the television show left off—taking the place of an eighth canonical season the first story arc is also written by whedon and is called "the long way home" which has been widely well-received with circulation rivaling industry leaders dc and marvel's top-selling titles after "the long way home" came other story arcs like faith's return in "no future for you" and a fray crossover in "time of your life" dark horse later followed season eight with buffy the vampire slayer season nine starting in 2011 and buffy the vampire slayer season ten which began in 2014 dark horse continued to publish buffy comics continuing the story after the television show until september 2018 when it released the final issue of buffy the vampire slayer season twelve which intended to bring closure to the series following the end of dark horse's buffy series boom studios acquired the license to publish buffy comics taking a different approach from dark horse boom studios decided to publish a new rebooted buffy series in 2019 with many elements updated to be more contemporary boom studio's approach to rebooting buffy has been stylistically compared to the ultimate marvel series by the creators joss whedon is not as involved in the rebooted buffy comic as he was in dark horse's continuation however he did take part in the initial development stages for the series and gave his blessing to the creators