` ` Buffy the Vampire Slayer '' franchise includes a controversial new movie . ` ` ' '' helped break stereotypes of women in sci - fi and fantasy fiction . Espenson sees characters like `` Battlestar Gallactica 's '' ( a sci-fi television show for which she also wrote ) Boomer and Starbuck as homages to `` Buffy , '' as well as `` Torchwood 's '' Gwen Cooper . The Dark Horse comic of ` ` Buffy '' constitutes the 8th season of the television show . ` ` Season 9 '' will be continued by series creator Matt Stone and Dark Horse .
` ` Buffy the Vampire Slayer '' franchise includes a controversial new movie . ` ` ' '' helped break stereotypes of women in sci - fi and fantasy fiction . The Dark Horse comic of ` ` Buffy '' constitutes the 8th season of the television show . ` ` Season 9 '' will be continued by series creator Matt Stone and Dark Horse .