Angel & Faith

Angel is one of two canonical continuations of the comic book series Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight following the character of Angel. Joss Whedon announced that the licence to Angel comics is moving from IDW to Dark Horse in 2011, and titles revolving around Angel and his supporting cast would be part of Buffy Season Nine. Scott Allie has confirmed at the Dark Horse ECCC in March 2011 that there will be a "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10."

Publication
Dark Horse confirmed unlike that of Season Eight, Angel’s story won't take years to tell, they are going to be taking a shorter approach to it. In an interview, writer and editor Scott Allie stated that Angel will be released over the course of two years, with there likely never being a month without an issue released. Angel will last a two-year span consisting of 25 issues. Dark Horse editor Scott Allie confirmed Angel will begin August 31st 2011. Allie also stated Season Nine and Angel will tie-in together, but they will have their own stories to tell. “Angel has his title and Buffy has her title, the two will complement each other, but you won't have to read both to understand either one of them."

Characters
In his recent Slayalive Q/A, Scott Allie mentioned that they are still deciding on what Angel characters they'll be using. So nothing is set in stone yet and things can easily change as far as who from Angel's cast will be in Season 9. Although Connor is pretty much confirmed to be part of Season Nine, comments from Scott Allie confirm this “Buffy will finally meet Connor in season 9." He also confirmed Illyria a while back but no real word on Gunn though.