“Mr. Lux, is everyone safe now?”“There’s six people with Superpowers on the planet. Of course not.” When I heard that volume one of Kieron Gillen’s The Power Fantasy had been nominated for a Hugo award, I picked it up. After reading it, I immediately picked up volumes two and three. And then I put off
The bestselling creators behind the three-time Hugo Award nominated, two-time British Fantasy Award winning series Die—Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, Immortal X-men) and Stephanie Hans (Secret Wars 1602: Witch Hunter Angela, Black Bolt)—will reteam for their first ever original graphic novel collaboration to be titled, We Called Them Giants. First announced in an exclusive scoop
“…you were a place to learn lessons and their costs…” We’re finally here, the last issue: keep reading for a review of Die #20. (Very minor spoilers below, but I do hint at a lot of things.) It’s been a real treat, getting to see Stephanie Hans’ art every month or so. I fell in
This is it, the second-to-last issue of the whole series. And after reading it, I still have no guesses as to how they’re going to wrap this up. Keep reading for a review of Die #19. Some spoilers below. So after last issue I decided that Ash was either a little evil or a lot
There’s only a few more issues left of the whole series (it’s due to end with #20) and while all the various threads are starting come together, a few more loose ends have shown up, even at this late date. Keep reading for a review of Die #18. Some spoilers below. The point of the
We are in the area of a map marked with “Here Be Dragons.”In a land where there actually are dragons, that means: “Here be something significantly worse than dragons.” After a six month hiatus it’s back! Keep reading for a review of Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans’ Die #16. (Warning: some small spoilers for this
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! Okay you need to count the number of asterisks in the title, because it’s not the word you think it is. (Unless we’re the only ones who went there? We listen to a lot of off-color Brit podcasts and they use
“…beneath it all, I’m a coward.” It’s the final issue of the latest arc, keep reading for a review of Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans’ Die #15. (Warning: some small spoilers for this issue, and some GREAT BIG ONES for last issue.) Ash’s biggest concern has been winning the war against Eternal Prussia, but it’s
“This hasn’t cost us anything but time.” Keep reading for a review of Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans’ Die #14. Small spoilers below, though I’m trying to avoid as many as possible, but I am going to hint at some things so it’d be better to read the issue first. So, where to start. The