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Contains material originally published in single magazine form as DIE #1-5.
About the author
Kieron Gillen first came to attention as a comic writer with his 2006's
Phonogram, with Jamie McKelvie. They continued to work together across the next fifteen year, culminating with smash hit
The Wicked + the Divine. Since then he's had the pleasure of creating stories with other artists such as Stephanie Hans (
DIE, We Called Them Giants) and Caspar Wijngaard (the current sensation,
The Power Fantasy). He has worked on Marvel Comics biggest books, such as
Immortal X-men, Young Avengers, Thor, Iron Man, Star Wars, Eternals and
Darth Vader, (where he co-created Doctor Aphra). In a previous life he was an award-winning pop-culture critic. In his current life, he tries to sleep more. He lives in Bath, UK.
Stephanie Hans is a seasoned illustrator. She works mostly for the books mainstream market with clients as big as Marvel, DC Comics, Image Comics, Dark Horse, Valiant, Dynamite, Vertigo, and Boom Studios.
Summary
Tor.com's Best Comics of
2018
THE WICKED + THE DIVINE writer
KIERON GILLEN teams up with artist supernova STEPHANIE HANS (WicDiv, Journey
Into Mystery) for her first ongoing comic. DIE is a pitch-black fantasy where a
group of forty-something adults have to deal with the returning, unearthly
horror they only just survived as teenage role-players. If Kieron's in a rush,
he describes it as "Goth Jumanji", but that's only the tip of this obsidian
iceberg.
Collects issues #1-5 of
DIE
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“I've had the pleasure of reading Die
from Gillen, Hans & Cowles and it's everything I love about comics. It's
such a great concept for a series.” -Gerry Duggan, Deadpool,
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