Die (comic)

Die (stylized (DIE) is a horror/fantasy comic book about role-playing games, written by Kieron Gillen and illustrated by Stephanie Hans. It is published by Image Comics, beginning in December 2018.

Premise

One evening in 1991, a group of teenagers vanish into another dimension while testing a new role-playing game. Two years later, they return to Earth.

Twenty-five years later, the group — now emotionally-shattered adults — again find themselves in the other dimension.

Reception

The first DIE trade paperback (DIE: Fantasy Heartbreaker, comprising issues #1-5) is a finalist for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story.[1]

Io9 has called it "subversive" and "a heady combination of fascinating worldbuilding (and) compellingly broken characters tearing each other apart", lauding Hans' "vivid, striking artwork".[2]

In The Comics Journal, Mark Sable ranked the first issue as among the best comics of 2018, describing it as "the most memorable and accessible debut issue (he had) read in a long time".[3]

Origin

Gillen has stated that the series is inspired by the 1980s Dungeons & Dragons cartoon — in particular, by the fact that the final episode, in which the characters would have returned to Earth, was never produced.[4]

Adaptation

Gillen prepared a roleplaying game based on DIE, which he has made freely available online.[5]

gollark: Yep!
gollark: You can, for the low price of 10000KST/L.
gollark: Excellent. Soon, gold shall decline in price. Mwahahahahahaha!
gollark: <@388340852549877761> <@388340852549877761>
gollark: You connect to the krist node by websocket, subscribe to transaction events, and then get a message whenever a transaction happens.

References
  1. 2020 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved July 2, 2020
  2. The Perfect Time to Catch Up on Die Is Literally Right This Instant, by James Whitbrook; at Io9; published August 6, 2019; retrieved July 2, 2020
  3. The Best Comics of 2018; in The Comics Journal; published January 4, 2019; retrieved July 2, 2020
  4. Image Comics' New Series 'Die' Takes Fantasy and Gaming Into New Realms (Exclusive Images), by Graeme McMillan, in The Hollywood Reporter; published September 10, 2018; retrieved July 2, 2020
  5. We played Die, the ‘Goth Jumanji’ game fueling Kieron Gillen’s new RPG comic book, by Alex Spencer; at Polygon; published December 10, 2018; retrieved July 2, 2020
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