Tag: Gods

Rising Action (The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 4)

October 7, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Laura – or, now, Persephone – is back and she makes her big debut. The Pantheon splits in two and one hell of a showdown is coming on… and nobody knows what might happen next. The Review: What a welcome return it was to have Jamie McKelvie back behind the pen(s) for this arc. Commercial Suicide was an interesting experiment but ultimately bordering on forgettable; I picked up this book and remembered simply that Laura had turned into Persephone, been […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel • Tags: Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Clayton Cowles, Comics, Fantasy, Gods, Graphic Novel, Graphic Novels, Jamie McKelvie, Kieron Gillen, Matthew Wilson, Music, Pantheon, review, Reviews, The Divine, The Wicked, The Wicked + the Divine

Commercial Suicide (The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 3)

February 22, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: The world is still shaking after Ragnarock and the sudden deaths that twisted the entire plot of the series into knots. No one knows who to trust or even, really, what’s going on… and so it’s fitting to bring in some guest illustrators for one-shots and dive into individuals for a moment. The Review: The title of this arc, “Commercial Suicide”, nearly applies to the actual choices made by the comic team too. Coming off of two high-octane arcs […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Horror, Literature, Mystery • Tags: Brandon Graham, Clayton Cowles, comic book, Comic Books, Commercial Suicide, Fantasy, Fiction, Gods, Graphic Novels, Grimes, Image Comics, Jamie McKelvie, Kate Brown, Kieron Gillen, Leila Del Duca, Literature, Mat Lopes, Matthew Wilson, Music, Pantheon, Rock, Rock and Roll, Stephanie Hans, The Wicked + the Divine, The Wicked + the Divine Vol. 3, Tula Lotay, WicDiv

Fandemonium (The Wicked + the Divine, Vol. 2)

August 7, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: In the wake of Lucifer’s death, the gods continue on but Laura is trying to find out what happened. Who were the attempted assassins, what part does Ananke play in all of this, and is she actually special too? But as the gods launch their big festival – called Ragnarock – the stage is set for revelations nobody is expecting. The Review: Holy shit. (FYI there are gonna be some light SPOILERS, by necessity.) Talk about leaving people […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel • Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Comic Books, Comics, Fandemonium, Fantasy, Fiction, Gods, Graphic Novel, Image Comics, Jamie McKelvie, Kieron Gillen, Music, Mystery, Ragnarock, Reviews, Rock and Roll, The Wicked + the Divine

The Faust Act (The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1)

July 6, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: Every 90 years, the gods return and take over the lives of ordinary people. And for two years, they will be heroes, celebrities, rock stars – and then they die. But not everybody loves having the gods among us… The Review: The opening pages of the first issue of The Wicked + the Divine is one of the coolest, most up-my-alley hooks I’ve seen in a long time. It’s the 1920s, a house somewhere, and there are some… interesting characters […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel • Tags: Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Comic Books, Comics, Fantasy, Fiction, Gods, Graphic Novel, Image Comics, Jamie McKelvie, Kieron Gillen, Music, Mystery, Reviews, Rock and Roll, The Faust Act, The Wicked + the Divine

Anansi Boys

May 14, 2011 by Drew

The Short Version: Fat Charlie Nancy never really liked his father, who always found ways to embarrass him. When Fat Charlie’s dad dies, though, he finds out that he not only has a brother called Spider – but that his father was the trickster god Anansi. What starts off as a sibling reunion turns into something much worse, as Spider recklessly takes control of Fat Charlie’s life and Fat Charlie enters into a dangerous bargain to rid himself of his […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Literature • Tags: American Gods, Anansi Boys, Fantasy, Fiction, Gods, Horror, Literature, Neil Gaiman

Raging Biblio-holism

The overwhelming urge to collect, consume, and consider books