Buffy (right) in bed with fellow vampire slayer Satsu after a passionate night as revealed in the March 5 issue of Joss Whedon's Season Eight comic book based on the TV series ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer.’ (Courtesy Darkhorse Comics)
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Buffy
Summers,
also
known
as
Buffy
the
Vampire
Slayer,
had
that
one
simple
comment
after
a
steamy
night
of
sex
with
fellow
slayer
Satsu
in
the
comic
book
version
of
the
popular
television
series.
And
Satsu,
that
lesbian
vixen
who
can
convince
even
the
toughest
straight
girl
into
the
sack,
responds
similarly.
“‘That
was
‘wow’’
pretty
much
covers
it,”
Satsu
answered,
beads
of
sweat
dripping
from
her
forehead.
The
tryst
is
how
the
latest
installment
of
Joss
Whedon’s
Season
Eight,
the
comic
book
that
follows
Buffy’s
post
TV
life,
got
even
the
New
York
Times
to
take
notice
in
a
story
published
March
5
—
the
same
day
the
comic’s
issue
No.
12,
titled
“Wolves
at
the
Gate
Part
I,”
was
released.
“I
knew
it
would
create
not
a
ripple,
but
a
wave,”
says
Georges
Jeanty
of
Atlanta,
who
pencils
the
Buffy
comic
series
by
executive
producer
Whedon,
the
genius
behind
the
wildly
popular
TV
series
that
ran
from
1997-2003.
The
comic
book
is
put
out
by
Dark
Horse
Comics.
“I
had
breakfast
with
Joss
last
year,
and
he
was
telling
me
what
was
going
to
happen.
I’m
thinking,
that’s
cool,
that’s
cool.
And
then
he
says
Buffy
sleeps
with
Satsu,”
Jeanty
says.
“And
then
I’m
thinking,
‘What?’”
She’s
at
that
age
where
she’s
experimenting
and
curious,
Whedon
explained
to
Jeanty,
who
became
a
true
fan
of
the
show
after
getting
the
gig
to
pencil
the
comic
more
than
a
year
ago.
“I
asked,
‘Are
you
serious?
You’re
going
to
have
a
lot
of
people
upset,
people
who
would
not
believe
Buffy
would
do
this,”
Jeanty
says
he
told
Whedon.
But,
as
Whedon
told
him,
we
all
have
done
something
in
our
past,
our
youth,
that
was
experimental.
And,
no,
Buffy
is
not
going
to
become
a
card-carrying
Sapphic
slayer
because
of
this
apparent
one-night
stand
with
Satsu.
“Buffy
makes
it
very
clear
about
her
feelings
and
that
she
is
not
going
to
become
gay,
Jeanty
says.
“We’ll
also
see
Willow
[Buffy’s
best
friend
and
a
lesbian]
be
inquisitive
and
even
a
bit
jealous.”
Oscar
Ramirez,
29,
a
gay
man
living
in
Fort
Lauderdale
and
formerly
of
Atlanta,
started
reading
comic
books
when
he
was
10,
but
stopped
in
high
school.
He
decided
to
pick
the
hobby
back
up
after
Whedon
started
writing
“Astonishing
X-Men”
in
2004.
The
story
about
Buffy,
Ramirez
says,
had
a
lot
to
do
with
the
shock
value
and
to
do
something
different
with
Buffy.
“You
could
tell
from
how
the
panels
were
framed
with
the
first
panel
focusing
on
them
in
bed
right
after
sex
that
you
were
supposed
to
say,
‘Wait!
…
Hold
on!
…
Is
that?
No
…
this
is
a
dream
…
ohmygod,
it’s
not
a
dream
…
ohmygod
they
had
sex
…
And
she
liked
it!”
“I
can
see
how
a
lot
of
fans
might
think
this
is
out
of
character
for
Buffy,”
he
adds.
“But
she’s
had
sex
with
a
formerly
evil
vampire
in
the
middle
of
a
packed
nightclub.
I
feel
like
she’s
always
liked
the
nooky
and
is
really
just
having
fun.”
Jeanty
promises
fallout
for
the
Buffy
character
will
play
out
in
future
issues,
but
there
is
already
plenty
of
backlash
from
Christian
handwringers
and
hard-core
Buffy
buffs,
acknowledges
Season
Eight
Editor
Scott
Allie.
“All
of
Joss’
fans
were
freaking
out,”
he
says.
Allie
blames
media
coverage
for
some
of
the
furor.
The
initial
negative
reaction
was
based
on
the
New
York
Times
article,
he
says.
“But
then
people
read
the
comic
book
and
…
moved
on.”
An
ABC
News
story
looked
at
the
story
as
a
way
for
Dark
Horse
Comics
to
make
money
off
a
gimmick.
“ABC
News
was
looking
for
a
way
to
stir
up
shit,
provoke
reaction,”
Allie
says.
The
majority
of
protesters
were
“hardcore
Christians”
quoting
scripture
about
how
it
was
“hurting”
young
people
reading
the
Buffy
comic,
he
says.
And
fan
mail
has
been
a
“mixed
bag,”
some
saying,
“Buffy
wouldn’t
have
done
this,
totally
out
of
character,”
Allie
admits.
But
Buffy
hasn’t
grown
up,
he
says,
calling
the
story
“natural
and
truthful.”
“This
has
everything
to
do
with
the
points
in
their
life
they’re
at,”
Allie
says.
Buffy
joins
a
long
line
of
lesbian
and
bisexual
women
in
mainstream
comics.
Batwoman
garnered
headlines
in
2006
when
she
was
came
out
...
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