Buffy Season 8 - So far, not impressed

Well, I have to say that Whedon has dropped the ball with his first six issue story arc of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8. While the art of Georges Jeanty has been GREAT, Whedon's storytelling has been very erratic. In fact, every page leaves me feeling like I skipped a page somewhere. It just doesn't flow very well. I've been reading and collecting comics for about 20 years now, and I was a fan of BTVS when it was on tv. My girlfriend is a HUGE Buffy fan and I thought that this would be a great opportunity to get her into comics. Boy, was I wrong. It's like Whedon has this story in his mind, chops it up, removes pieces, puts it on paper and STILL removes every other page. The dialogue that worked so well on the show just doesn't transfer that well to paper. As much as I hate to say it, so far this is one of the worst comics I've ever read.