Die #3

Die has changed the game and I'm not one to give out perfect scores so readily, but if I had to read one comic for the rest of eternity" I think I'm thanking Gillen and Hans for what is shaping up to be one of my favorite stories ever. Read Full Review

Gillen knows how to twist the knife in a way that both depresses and educates his readers. Read Full Review

Once again, if fantasy, RPGs, or horror interest you, you'll find something to love in DIE. Issue #3 is the best yet and a great time to get onboard with this series. Read Full Review

While Die may have taken a brief aside to explain how horrifying the world can be, it only serves to act as character development for two of our main characters and draw the reader further inside the books world. If Die is a hundred issues, or only five, issues like this make the book worth at least checking out for anyone whos a fantasy fan. Read Full Review

For those of you like me who are addicted to behind the scenes back matter, Gillen does not disappoint. Each issue has a long essay detailing everything from the origins of the world building and what references he used, to an overview of how the first round of play testing the upcoming Die RPG went. This is a must buy for fans of horror comics or just great storytelling in general. Read Full Review

Die is big, bold, and terrifying. It takes the fantasy genre to new heights with jaw-dropping imagery and incredible storytelling. Forget what you know about the genre and dig into this astonishing world. Read Full Review

Packed tight with heart and intense action,Die #3 is a near-perfect issue that wastes no time delivering on the goods that readers came for while simultaneously managing to solicit a great emotional response from them. Read Full Review

An incredibly moving story that also builds its world and engages readers. This is more than just a story with wizards and dragons. Read Full Review

Stephanie Hans art is absolutely sublime in the issue. The art is both beautiful and ominous with amazing and haunting detail. Every page is visually delightful with a story epic in scale and emotion. Read Full Review

Theres a hell of a lot going on here, both on the surface and beneath it, and Die is most certainly a series that will reward repeat readings. Whats more, this feels like a genuine passion project from everyone involved, and that level of investment and affection is difficult not to become sucked in by, particularly in what is starting to feel at times like an increasingly disposable comics industry. Gripping, emotive and profoundly moving, this is a new series I cant recommend highly enough. Read Full Review

Like the best high concept series, Gillen and Hans may have drawn us in with their core characters, but hold us here with the world that surrounds them. Read Full Review

Issue 3 has kept up with high standards and has improved upon expanding the story. There is little fault in any of the execution with developing the main characters and the world of Die. Gillen and Hans have a great partnership and it shows with the series so far. Read Full Review

Through the events of Die #3 this creative team continues to redefine what it means to experience a Dungeons & Dragons kind of world. Everything seems so exciting from the outside, till the rules become very real. There is no book out there like Die, and that is why this isn't the book you should sleep on. Not if you want adventure, depth, and exploration in many ways. Read Full Review

Die # 3 once again showcases why this series is quickly becoming the must-read-pull title of 2019. It has character, genre, emotional and fantastical payoffs to spare, powered by Gillens careful and well-thought writing and Hans delicate and beautifully rendered art. Gillen and Hans have created a darkly beautiful world that seemingly reveals endless horror and beauty. Read Full Review

I couldn't believe this was only issue three; midway through the story, I felt so familiar with the characters and their journey, I thought I'd been reading this title for a long time. It's a very easy, entertaining read that will tug at the heartstrings and extract a range of emotions from the reader. Although the art was distracting for me, I'm sure I was in the minority and it never does a disservice to the story being told. I can't wait to check in next issue and see where the adventure has taken us next and I'm intrigued to know more about the salacious new crumbs this issue feeds along the way. Forget what I said in this review's opener. If you're not reading DIE yet, get up and add it to your pull list now! Read Full Review

Dungeons & Dragons mixed with an unlimited canvas and compelling characters and situations " what more could one ask for? Read Full Review

Reitherschach

Feb 06, 2019

I thought I could not possibly be loving this series more...and then I read this issue.

Avanvolk

Jul 01, 2019

The Tolkien references were absolutely brilliant in the most twisted, heartbreakingly powerful way. What an issue.

MrLightRebel

Feb 09, 2019

Wow, just wow.

DocPerschon

Feb 14, 2019

When I realized that this issue was doing something with Tolkien's Middle Earth and his experiences in World War I, I cringed a little. After all, given how this book is effectively a grimdark, cynical take on "what happened to the kids from the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon," I imagined that writer Kieron Gillen had the same derisive attitude towards Tolkien that writers like Michael Moorcock and China Mieville have written about. Admittedly, it's no rose-coloured view of Tolkien's quest fantasies; it's more a matter of seeing "through a glass darkly," with the hobbits in the trenches and Tolkien lamenting what his grand vision has come to in this made world made out of a d20. But it's still a respectful reflection, one that admits the lega cy of Middle-Earth in the creation of games like Dungeons and Dragons and comics like DIE. While it's nothing like what I had hoped for, DIE continues to be one of the best comics about fantasy roleplaying ever created: fingers crossed that this gets picked up for television. I look forward to this book each month, as much for the story and Stephanie Hans'art as for Kieron Gillen's essays about gaming. more