BUFFY "motion comics" a hoax?

A few weeks back, TV Overmind reported that Joss Whedon was launching an online series of "motion comics" adapting Dark Horse's Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8. (Click the image at left to buy The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1) TV Overmind writer Scott Fogg claimed that an aspiring filmmaker friend of his had just scored his "big break," and would be producing the series. The story traveled pretty far online, turning up everywhere from Io9 to After Ellen. I reported it here, but I was highly skeptical. Something about the story didn't click right.

Well, I hate to say "I told you so." (Actually, that's a lie. I love to say "I told you so." But in this case, saying "I told you so" means we won't get to see the Buffy cartoon. So, this time, I really do hate to say "I told you so.")

Earlier tonight I got curious to see if I could find any more news on the animated Buffy project, and discovered that the original news story has vanished from TV Overmind. And I do mean vanished, it doesn't turn up if you search the site and doesn't even show up cached on Google. You still find plenty of sites referencing the story, but absolutely no mention of it on TV Overmind itself.

I suppose it's possible that the project is real and Fox is so desperate to keep it a secret that they ordered TV Overmind to take the story down. But it seems more likely that TV Overmind quietly took the story down after they discovered it was false. I'll keep you posted on any developments, but for now I'm calling shenanigans on the Buffy motion comics story.


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