I need a hug after Whedon abuse allegations
TV commentary: It seems like a good time to further appreciate the folks other than Joss Whedon who made his shows great.
Jeff Mariotte
The top 20 ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Angel’ books
Book list: John picks the 20 elite “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel” novels out of the nearly 100 spinoff books published since 1997.
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Love and Death’ (2004) (Book review)
Jeff Mariotte probably didn’t know “Love and Death” (October 2004) would be the last “Angel” novel when he wrote it, but it plays pretty well since it has that status. By Season 4, when this […]
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Solitary Man’ (2003) (Book review)
As he did with his love letter to hardboiled fiction, “Hollywood Noir,” Jeff Mariotte lets his passion for bloodless British mysteries show in “Solitary Man” (December 2003) – but in a different way. He invents […]
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Sanctuary’ (2003) (Book review)
Jeff Mariotte recaptures some of the hardboiled style from “Hollywood Noir” in “Sanctuary” (April 2003), which has a straightforward mystery that all takes place in one night. It’s also an excellent character piece for Fred […]
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Last Angel in Hell’ (2009), ‘Lorne’ (2010) and ‘Yearbook’ (2011) (Comic book reviews)
IDW produced three “Angel” one-shots in the final three years of its run. All of these double-length issues are finales of sorts, and there’s a touch of comedy or lightness to them – “Last Angel […]
‘Angel’ flashback: All 12 short stories from ‘The Longest Night’ (2002), ranked (Book review)
It’d be cool to read an “Angel” book of 12 short stories that each take place in one hour on the longest night of the year. “The Longest Night” (December 2002), unfortunately, isn’t that book. It […]
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Endangered Species’ (2002) (Book review)
In the first “Angel” hardcover, “Endangered Species” (October 2002), Nancy Holder and Jeff Mariotte spend the first two acts delivering a decompressed narrative that shows their strong grasp of where the characters are at in […]
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Stranger to the Sun’ (2002) (Book review)
You can rarely go wrong with a Jeff Mariotte Buffyverse novel, but some go more right than others, and “Stranger to the Sun” (July 2002) isn’t one of his elite efforts. His second book set […]
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Haunted’ (2002) (Book review)
In my first reading of the “Angel” novel “Haunted” (February 2002), I probably wasn’t thrilled with the reality-TV focus. That was the era when a lot of good shows were being canceled to make room […]