The first issue of DIE, the Image series that looks set to define where Kieron Gillen goes next after WicDiv, lands this Wednesday. Tim + Alex have read a review copy of the first issue, so we decided to talk it over and share the highlights with y’all.
We tried to ensure the discussion is pretty much spoiler-free. But obviously, if you want to go into the first issue knowing nothing, maybe bookmark this and come back on Wednesday.
Alex: So, what did
you make of it?
Tim: I enjoyed it
a lot. I don’t think it had quite the same immediate impact as the first issue
of WicDiv, but there’s a lot I’m excited about.
Alex: That is,
unsurprisingly, the first comparison I immediately reached for. Is it the first
creator-owned ongoing Gillen has launched since then?
Tim: I think so? Uber launched before WicDiv, and Mercury Heat was only 12 issues.
Alex: Anyway, for
me it definitely has that same feeling of, oh, okay, this is what Gillen is
interested in doing next.
The Wicked + The Divine
#1 surprised both of us, I think, because it was so firmly plot-driven. After
years as dedicated Phonomancers, it was weird to see a Gillen + McKelvie pop-music comic that ended on a big cliffhanger.
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