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This week’s tabloid report that a Buffy The Vampire Slayer spin-off entitled Ripper - revolving around Giles - is near to entering production leads Cult Spy to look at the various other spin-offs that were mooted.

The Angel spin off lasted for five seasons, but the other proposed ventures for characters from the Buffyverse have yet to come to fruition, despite plenty of speculation…

Spike

As the ageless vampire Spike, James Marsters will soon need to be sucking up some Botox rather than blood if he is to wait much longer before reprising his iconic role.

In September 2005 Angel actress Amy Acker confirmed that she may be reprising her Angel role of Illyria opposite Marsters in a spin-off TV movie entitled Spike. Acker told E! Online: "I talked to (Joss Whedon) a couple of weeks ago and said that…

from Dicksonherald.com

Retreat will explore spiritual side of ’Buffy the Vampire Slayer’

Whether it’s Halloween or Harry Potter, the mere whiff of "dark" magic in pop culture seems to come under fire from the religious right.

And yet not all people of faith object to the shadowy side of human experience. On Saturday, in fact, a seminar will explore the religious themes in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the popular 1997-2003 TV series about a young woman who fights forces of evil. The show has a reputation for being one of the most studied shows in television history.

David Lavery, a professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, will lead the event, which takes place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Penuel Ridge Retreat Center in Ashland City.

A leader in the field of "Buffy…

MySpace and Dark Horse Comics Launch ''MySpace Dark Horse Presents'' at Comic-ConMySpace and Dark Horse Comics Launch ''MySpace Dark Horse Presents'' at Comic-Con (Graphic: Business Wire)

Online Resurrection of the Famed Comic Book Anthology Series to Feature Comics Including Joss Whedon (Creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer) & Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance)

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LOS ANGELES, BUSINESS WIRE -- MySpace, the nation's most trafficked website, and Dark Horse Comics, pioneers of creator owned and licensed comics material, today announced a partnership to revive one of the most celebrated comic anthologies with the launch of a new online comic book, "MySpace Dark Horse Presents" (http://www.myspace.com/darkhorsepresents). The online series will…