Fan Production - Smile Time: The Comic

Smile Time: The Comic - astridv

This is a watercolour comic that relates to a specific episode of Angel, Season 7.14 Smiletime, where Angel gets turned into a sesame street like puppet and has to fight a children's tv show for the souls of its viewers. The episode is one of the highlights of a brilliant season.

The comic itself captures essence of the humour inherent in Angel and the dynamic between Spike and Angel, the comic's protagonists. It's also used the comic medium effectively using standard comic panelling techniques to tell a story.

It's interesting because it is an example of fan production and intertextuality. It brings the elements of the Angel verse and transforms them into a different medium, purely for fan entertainment.

And it's a lot of fun!

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