Thursday, August 16, 2018

Dark Horse is losing its Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics

Earlier this summer, Disney got the approval it needed to move forward with its plans to acquire 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets, allowing it to add franchises like Alien, X-Men, and others to its vast library of holdings. Now there’s an indication that that transfer is underway: Fox is pulling Dark Horse’s license to publish Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics.

Joss Whedon recently spoke with Comic Book Resources about a new comic adaptation of his Dr. Horrible musical, saying that he wanted to do more comics with Dark Horse “because Fox is taking the Buffy license and the Firefly license back.” Dark Horse Comics confirmed the news, saying that they’re “proud of the world we helped to expand and are grateful to Joss Whedon and the...

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