catalyst2 | AtS S6

First substantial news about this is at Newsarama

Blurb first:
"Ryall then introduced Angel: After the Fall, the upcoming 12-part + series that will pick up the Angel franchise following the cliffhanger at the end of Season 7 My note: Errr ...5? Surely?. Angel creator Joss Whedon was named as the "Watcher" on the series, which will be written by Lynch, and illustrated by Franco Urru, with covers by Tony Harris.

The series will start in November, and will, Ryall said, "tell the story that people have wanted to read since we started with the Angel and Spike comics."

Ryall said that IDW had approached Whedon about doing the series earlier, but the creator was reluctant to do it until he read Lynch's Spike one shot, which got him thinking that he could do the series with Lynch, as he liked Lynch's sensibilities on the characters.

The 12 issues of the run will be broken into arcs, separated by a month, with a special filling in each month that a regular series issue isn't being released. The first special will be called First Night and will feature several stories looking at other characters in the mythos who will not be playing larger roles in the main story.

Lynch: "The cast was about to fight a fight that they were going to lose, and this series deals with the fallout of that; Angel knew going in that he was going to lose, and this is the fallout of him taking a stand against a force that he couldn't beat""

I like the sound of First Night - I wonder if we will ever see Electro-Gwen again? It would be cool to see Clem (from BtVS, I know - but I could see him running from Sunnydale's apocalypse. only to find himself in a new one in LA!)

Cover: It's OK but it is a bit too "Boreanaz-does-Wolverine" for me. I never thought I would say this but I don't think Angel has enough forehead! Also the praying hands - strange pose for Angel!