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Encyclopedia > Auld Lang Syne (Angel comic)
Auld Lang Syne


Cover of #1 by David Messina. Image File history File links Gnome_globe_current_event. ... Image File history File links Speech_balloon. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 397 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (641 × 968 pixel, file size: 85 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Angel comic published by IDW PublishingImage only used to identify comic/character/place relating to image. ...

Publisher IDW Publishing
Publication dates November 2006 onwards
Number of issues 5
Main character(s) Angel
Spike
Creative team
Writer(s) Scott Tipton
Artist(s) David Messina

Auld Lang Syne is a comic based on the Angel television series. IDW Publishing (a division of Idea and Design Works) is an American comic book company. ... Scott Tipton is the author of the Comics 101 series of articles that was originally hosted at the pop culture/entertainment website MoviePoopShoot. ... David Messina is an Italian comics artist. ...

Contents

Story description

'Issue #1: Angel's back on the job in Los Angeles, tracking a mysterious cult and working to solve a kidnapping. The only trouble is, a few old familiar faces keep showing up -- faces he shouldn't really be seeing! And what does Spike have to do with it?'


Issue #2: A quiet night out for Spike turns into a nightmarish trip through his past, as he's repeatedly confronted by familiar, long-departed faces. How will Spike react to meeting the sins of his past up close and personal? And where's Angel in all of this?


Issue #3: Years of animosity boil over as Angel and Spike go head to head in the brawl to end all brawls through the streets of L.A. What set off this knockdown, drag-out battle, and who's really profiting from it?


Issue #4: Angel and Spike put their heads together to discover who's been manipulating them from afar! And what better way to get to the bottom of things than some good old-fashioned breaking and entering! It's an all-vampire museum heist!


Issue #5: Angel and Spike have tracked down the culprit who's been tampering with their minds! Will they be able to free themselves from her influence? Or will Spike be too busy putting the moves on her? It all ends here!


Trivia

  • Irish artist Stephen Mooney provides alternate covers for all 5 issues.
  • Features the IDW comics debuts of Skip, Holtz, The Master, Nikki Wood and the Chinese Slayer (Xin Rong).
  • On the top panel of page 4 of Issue 4, the poster of Cordelia that was seen in Angel:The Curse can be seen in Angel's new living quarters. Writer Scott Tipton confirmed this as an addition by artist David Messina, who was the artist for 'The Curse'

Cultural references

  • Auld Lang Syne - (Scots; “Days Gone By” lit., “Old Long Since”) is a poem by Robert Burns. "Auld Lang Syne" is usually sung each year on New Year's Eve in many English-speaking countries.

The Lyrics to the song, translated into English follow: This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Scots may refer to: people from Scotland (i. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Panels from page 01 of Issue #1.
Lyrics
Should old acquaintance be forgot,

and never brought to mind ?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne ?
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CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

And surely you’ll get your pint mug !
And surely I’ll get mine !
And we'll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

CHORUS

We two have run about the hills,
and pulled the daisies fine ;
But we’ve wandered many a weary foot,
since auld lang syne.

CHORUS

We two have paddled in the stream,
from morning sun till dine ;
But seas between us broad have roared
since auld lang syne.

CHORUS

And there’s a hand my trusty friend !
And give us a hand o’ thine !
And we’ll take a right good-friendly draught,
for auld lang syne.

CHORUS

Continuity

  • The continuity of this comic is unconfirmed. In an interview Tipon was ambiguous about the timing, but said that it followed Angel comics: The Curse, and Old Friends.
  • In a post at the idwpublishing site IDW Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall agreed with a poster who posted

"So the way I understand the order is : The Curse,Old Friends,Asylum and Auld Lang Syne.I could be wrong (and I think that there is no official line on it), but the way that I am taking it is that unless a comic is very obviously set during the series then it will be set after the previous 'post-Angel' comics." Cover Story: Jeff Mariotte Art by: David Messina Comics: Angel: The Curse #1-5 Publisher: IDW Publishing Date first published: January 25, 2006 Substance: 120 pages // Story description Spoiler warning: Angel: The Curse #1 In an unspecified amount of time since surviving from events in Not Fade Away Angel is... Cover // Information Story: Jeff Mariotte Art by: David Messina Cover artists: David Messina, Neil Yokes, Tone Rodriguez, Sean Phillips, Lee Kohse and Russell Walks. ...

  • Based on dialogue from Issue 2, it is implied that the series is set after Spike:Asylum

Canonical issues

Main article: Buffyverse canon
Buffy/Angel comics such as this one are not usually considered by fans as canonical. Some fans consider them stories from the imaginations of authors and artists, while other fans consider them as taking place in an alternative fictional reality. However unlike fan fiction, overviews summarising their story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and Joss Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as officially Buffy merchandise.

The Buffyverse canon consists of materials that are thought to be genuine (or official) and those events, characters, settings, etc. ... Cover to a Dark Horse Buffy comic // These were published by Dark Horse, originally in comic format but then gathered into volumes of trade paperbacks. ... // Introduction Dark Horse published 2 Angel comic series. ... The Buffyverse canon consists of materials that are thought to be genuine (or official) and those events, characters, settings, etc. ... Fan fiction (also spelled fanfiction and commonly abbreviated to fanfic) is fiction written by people who enjoy a film, novel, television show or other media work, using the characters and situations developed in it and developing new plots in which to use these characters. ... Joss Hill Whedon (born Joseph Hill Whedon[3] on June 23, 1964 in New York) is an Academy Award-nominated American writer, director, executive producer, and creator of the well-known television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly. ...

External links

  • Singh, Arune, "SCOTT TIPTON SINKS HIS TEETH INTO "ANGEL: AULD LANG SYNE", Comicbookresources.com (September 29, 2006)
  • Dodsworth,James, "SCOTT TIPTON Fractal Matter Interview", fractalmatter.com (December 1, 2006)
  • Review of Auld Lang Syne at fractalmatter.com, "Auld Lang Syne Fractal Matter review", fractalmatter.com (November, 2006)
  • Auld Lang Syne thread at IDW Publishing forums, "Auld Lang Syne thread at IDW Publishing forums", idwpublishing.com

Timing

  • Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
Location, time
(if known)
Buffyverse: Spring 2003 – 2004
(non-canon = italic)
Sunnydale, Cleveland, Italy, Summer 2003-2004 Buffy book: Queen of the Slayers (unofficial continuity)
2003-2004 Buffy book: Dark Congress
L.A., 2003 A5.01 Conviction
L.A., 2003 A5.02 Just Rewards
L.A., 2003 A5.03 Unleashed
L.A., 2003 A5.04 Hell Bound
L.A., 2003 A5.05 Life of the Party
L.A., 2003 A5.06 The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco
L.A., 2003 A5.07 Lineage
Europe, 2003 Tales of the Vampires: Antique
L.A., 2003 Angel comic: Spike vs. Dracula #5
L.A., 2003 Angel comic: Wesley: Spotlight
L.A., 2003 A5.08 Destiny
L.A., 2003 A5.09 Harm's Way
L.A., 2003 Angel comic: Spike: Old Wounds
L.A., 2003/4 A5.10 Soul Purpose
L.A., 2003/4 A5.11 Damage
L.A., 2003/4 Angel comic: Spike: Lost and Found
L.A., 2003/4 A5.12 You're Welcome
L.A., 2003/4 A5.13 Why We Fight
L.A., 2004 A5.14 Smile Time
L.A., 2004 A5.15 A Hole in the World
L.A., 2004 A5.16 Shells
L.A., 2004 Angel comic: Illyria: Spotlight
L.A., 2004 A5.17 Underneath
L.A., 2004 A5.18 Origin
L.A., 2004 Angel comic: Gunn: Spotlight
2004 Angel comic: Connor: Spotlight
L.A., 2004 A5.19 Time Bomb
Four months before Shadow Puppets Angel comic: Spike: Asylum
L.A., 2004 Angel comic: Spike: Shadow Puppets
L.A., 2004 A5.20 The Girl in Question
L.A., 2004 A5.21 Power Play
L.A., 2004 A5.22 Not Fade Away
Romania, 2004 Angel comics: The Curse
L.A., 2004 Angel comics: Old Friends
L.A., 2004 Angel comics: Auld Lang Syne
  • Here are all the Angel comics listed chronologically:


 
 

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