Buffy's Back.

For real!  Season Eight is coming -- in comic book format:

(Via GalleyCat)

So where does the comic find her?

''Not so much with the freedom,'' quips Whedon. ''Not that everything is dire and angsty and season six-y, But she's dealing with the consequences of having empowered thousands of girls around the world. She may have closed the Hellmouth under Sunnydale and defeated The First. But evil? Still rampant!''