Harmony Bites…Andy Dick

Yup. They really went there. Former Buffy scribe, Battlestar Galactica wonder girl and soon-to-be Dollhouse writer Jane Espenson wrote the script for the latest issue titled, “Harmonic Convergence.” This new issue is the first of a new arc which will consist of standalone stories to be written by a different author each time. Espenson has Harmony pitching a reality show to MTV (“No one knows what that stands for either, but they do reality shows.” Yup, they went there too.) with her as the hero and the villain.

A new 16-year-old slayer (Soledad, who’s name is not given in the issue) is called while receiving a beating from her fellow gang members. Needless to say, she turns the fight around and is soon contacted to join the Slayer army. She refuses to join another group of girls but decides killing vampires on  her own is a good idea. Eventually Soledad runs into Harmony, who’s hanging around with awesome Clem on her reality show, and attends a fake party in “the Hills” to get near her. Harmony manages to bag herself the inexperience Slayer and sucks her dry on camera. Of course ratings go through the roof. In the end, Anderson Cooper makes a guest appearance interviewing Harmony and discussing the “shadowy organization” of Slayers. 

I can’t be sure about Andy Dick or Anderson Cooper but MTV isn’t holding a grudge for their parody. Check out the bonus content on their site, a guest-blog written by Harmony (Espenson). For even more content visit Myspace Dark Horse Presents for extended hijinks with Clem and the back covers of B.P.R.D.: The Black Goddess #1, The Cleaners #2, Kull #3, or Solomon Kane #4 for a Harmony Q&A.

Next issue Kennedy and Satsu are back in action and headed to Japan! Editor Scott Allie promises another tie-in on the MDHP page as well. We’ll have to wait and see how this official outing of both vampires and Slayers will play out down the road. Oh! And next issue’s Jo Chen cover is gorgeous as usual but I’m pretty excited for how adorable the variant is.