A Slayer is Re-Born

How many of us are hooked up on TV shows right now? let's say almost 99.9%? Well one of the shows that I've been watching for a long time is Buffy The vampire slayer. A product of one of the most creative minds in the business Mr. Joss Whedon!

What makes Buffy stand out for me is not just the story-line nor the characters, but the ability to experiment with the show. The buffy cast and crew did a musical episode that was endured in the sixth season entitled "Once More with feeling".

Not just that! but with the show ending at season 7, the creator of the show didn't want to disappoint the large number of awaiting fans so he turned into a different medium to tell the rest of the story.

Turning Buffy the vampire season 8 into a comic. The major plus about doing a comic is having more room to experiment with the story-line. Doing anything and everything that the writers can think of. Not to mention that the art of the comic is sooooo amazing and very much true to the feeling and the concept of the show.

I've been following the story every since issue 1 hit the stands back in March 2007.

Whooo are youuu?!

A very easy question yet not so easy to answer, at least I would think so.

We all are familiar with Alice in wonderland which is such an amazing story (one of the all time classics and one of my all time personal faves). The story goes like this: in Chapter 5 of the book, Alice comes across a Caterpillar that is resting on top of a giant mushroom smoking a hookah pipe. The two stare at each other in silence before the Caterpillar asks Alice, “Who are you?”

Alice in the other hand, finds it difficult to answer the Caterpillar's question. She is surprised that she's finding trouble with it. Think about it, who knows you more than you know yourself? yet can you seem to answer the above question easily?

Back to the book, Alice struggles with the importance and instability of personal identity. It is obvious that she is constantly ordered to identify herself by the characters she meets, but she herself has doubts about her own identity as well. I guess the positive thing about this is in one way or another we do know who we really are but because in time and in life we grow, change and experience things that affects and adds to who we are and ultimately to who we become.

Food for thought..