Writer and co-creator of bestselling and Eisner
Award-nominated THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, Kieron Gillen teams up with
highly sought-after artist Stephanie Hans in an all-new, ongoing series
titled DIE. The series will launch with an oversized debut issue from
Image Comics this December.
DIE
is a pitch-black fantasy where a group of adults have to deal with the
returning unearthly horror they barely survived as teenage role-players.
Perfect for fans of THE WICKED + THE DIVINE’s urban fantasy, DIE can best be described as Jumanji with goth sensibilities.
“It's
worryingly zeitgeisty. Role-playing games are part of the cultural
conversation in a way they haven't been since the 1980s,” said Gillen in
an exclusive interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
“I suspect DIE is going to sit a little apart from most of it,
especially the comics. Most of the D&D comics either are straight
satires or leaning into the fun and games of those memories. We're a lot
bleaker. It's me, so it's still playful, but I take fantasy games as
seriously as I take pop music and this is a product of that.”
Hans
similarly has experience in playing Role-Playing Games (RPGs) and
likened the collaboration and creative process of building out the world
of DIE to them. “I always think that working as a team is like a dance.
You have to trust your partner while he does the same. Funny enough, I
see panels as music notes,” Hans told The Hollywood Reporter.
“But in this one, Kieron is a lot like the gamemaster, I trust him
to build a beautiful narrative while I do the gesticulation. Worth
mentioning: when I was still role-playing, I used to describe an RPG as a
beautiful story that you create as a group. In a way, we have come full
circle.”
DIE
#1 Cover A by Hans (Diamond Code OCT180012) and DIE #1 Cover B by Jamie
McKelvie (Diamond Code OCT180013) will be available on Wednesday,
December 5th.
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