BOOM! Studios announced this week a special five-issue miniseries dedicated to Buffy Summers’ best witch: Willow.
“Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Willow” is being created by award-winning writer Mariko Tamaki (“Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me,” “Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass”) and acclaimed artist Natacha Bustos (“Moon Girl” and “Devil Dinosaur”) and will follow the events of the recently concluded Hellmouth story arc. Following the tremendous loss, Willow leaves Sunnydale on a world-spanning road trip in search of her true self. Along the way she’ll come across others like her: lost witches looking for answers, but there’s a darkness at the heart of it, one that reminds Willow of something from her past, something that she fears.
Now on her own, Willow must rely on her instincts—and her magic—to save herself and the world from a threat Buffy never prepared her to face.
“As a nerdy queer I cannot think of a better job than writing a WILLOW adventure. Thrilled to be a part of the Buffy world.” said Tamaki.
“Since we first started building our corner of the Buffyverse, we’ve been excited to give Willow her own miniseries—partly because she’s an absolute favorite of ours, but also because she is one of the most iconic queer characters in pop culture,” said Jeanine Schaefer, Executive Editor, BOOM! Studios. “Mariko and Natacha are the perfect team to dive into the dreams and struggles of the 21st-century witch who’s survived more than she ever thought she could, from breaking up with her girlfriend to battling literal demons from Hell. But as strong as Willow has been so far, what she finds over the course of this series will be the true test of who she is, both for herself and for the future of the entire Buffyverse. And I mean that quite literally.”
Print copies of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: WILLOW #1 will be available for sale in June 2020 exclusively at local comic book shops or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies will be available from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Madefire.
