Kelly Thompson, writer of the much delayed new Buffy and Angel comics from Dynamite Entertainment recently have an update on her Substack on what has been causing the delays.

A statement from Dynamite CEO and publisher Nick Barrucci said: “Thompson’s story for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel evolved and became more ambitious, so we felt we needed to take a step back and up the page count to meet the story and deliver the best possible product for the fans. Buffy #1 and Angel #1 will have significant story page increases – at no additional cost to readers or retailers. It’s important to Kelly and Dynamite that this is done right and not rushed, so we decided resoliciting both titles is the best way to fully convey these updates across the board.”

Writing on her Substack, Kelly said, “I can’t talk about everything that has happened behind the scenes of course, but what I can say is that when I began doing promotion for these books, it became very clear to all of us that by linking the two books so closely and all circling around a huge change in the Buffy Universe, what I’d actually done was write AN EVENT BOOK.

“And so we’ve decided to just lean all the way into that and call it what it already was — a groundbreaking event to launch our new books — and even that will change the Buffyverse forever.

You can read her full blog here: 1979 Semifinalist

Kelly also shared some images from the books which you can see the below: