Fans of comics, mythology buffs, and David Bowie aficionados – here is your new obsession. A mystery with the added mystique – and difficulty – of gods incarnate, basking in the mortal realm as celebrities. Compelling story with perfectly complimentary art, and engaging characters.
“solid storytelling and clean, gorgeous artwork will keep readers engrossed and eager for more.” – Publishers Weekly (Starred) “Gillen’s penchant for fast, sharp dialogue and McKelvie and Wilson’s razor-lined, intensely colored visuals keep things popping up to the cliffhanger ending.” – Booklist “the story is beautifully drawn and populated with characters of color, diverse gender, and sexual identities, and you have my full undivided attention.” — Kirkus Every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as humans.
They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are dead. The team behind critically thermonuclear floor-fillers Young Avengers and Phonogram reunite to start a new, ongoing, superhero fantasy with a beautiful, oversized issue. Welcome to The Wicked + The Divine, where gods are the ultimate pop stars and pop stars are the ultimate gods. But remember: just because you’re immortal, doesn’t mean you’re going to live forever. Collects The Wicked + The Divine #1-5.
Kieron Gillen writes and Jamie McKelvie draws the story of reincarnated gods as pop stars. It’s a dynamite high concept, but one that becomes something a lot deeper. Laura meets Luci, short for Lucifer, at a concert, and her desire is so great it gets her backstage. The portrait of a dedicated fan, finding meaning in life through adoration of a performer, is both very current and disturbing, particularly since her object of worship is literally that. The gods are doomed to die within two years, but Luci takes a different route, getting imprisoned after exploding the heads of some guys trying to kill them.
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Sometimes it’s easy to get lost in the surface. McKelvie’s art is so slick and attractive, and Gillen’s dialogue so snappy, that it can be difficult to comprehend everything going on, particularly when the gods are lesser-known. Everyone’s got some idea of what Lucifer means, for example, even when she looks like a young David Bowie, but Sakhmet or Amaterasu are much lesser-known. They’re global, though, drawing from more traditions than the European, another modern touch.
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act Details
- Paperback: 144 pages ( Download PDF :
) - Publisher: Image Comics (November 27, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1632150190
- ISBN-13: 978-1632150196
- Author : Kieron Gillen
About the Author
Kieron Gillen is a British writer and journalist best known for his work in comics and entertainment media. Gillen’s first graphic novel, PHONOGRAM (with artist/co-creator Jamie McKelvie), was published through IMAGE COMICS in 2006. Since then he’s found work writing for MARVEL, AVATAR, BOOM, TOKYOPOP and more that don’t spring to mind right now.
At Marvel, he’s written runs on books including THE UNCANNY X-MEN, THOR, YOUNG AVENGERS, IRON MAN, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY. He’s also pursued his own creations, in books like UBER and THREE. His ongoing gods-as-popstar series with long time collaborators Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson THE WICKED + THE DIVINE launched to both critical and commercial success. In 2015, he’ll be launching books including DARTH VADER and MERCURY HEAT.
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