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Kill Your Darlings #1
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Eight-year-old Rose loves nothing more than to play pretend in a magical land of her own creation. To her, that world is as real as our own—from her fluffy friends to the terrible evil that lurks at the center of it all. In one night, the line between fantasy and reality will disappear, an ancient hunger will feed again, and Rose will be pulled into a gruesome saga that began centuries before her birth. A new epic begins from debut writers ETHAN S. PARKER and GRIFFIN SHERIDAN, and superstar art team BOB QUINN (Knights of X) and JOHN J. HILL (VANISH)!
Eight-year-old Rose loves nothing more than to play pretend in a magical land of her own creation. To her, that world is as real as our own—from her fluffy friends to the terrible evil that lurks at the center of it all. In one night, the line between fantasy and reality will disappear, an ancient hunger will feed again, and Rose will be pulled into a gruesome saga that began centuries before her birth. A new epic begins from debut writers ETHAN S. PARKER and GRIFFIN SHERIDAN, and superstar art team BOB QUINN (Knights of X) and JOHN J. HILL (VANISH)!
34 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 6, 2023
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October 17, 2023
Bloody good start!
Issue #1 of Kill Your Darlings starts off in the year 1692, but quickly jumps to Rose in 1995. Rose is a girl full of imagination. She turns to her pretend kingdom with monsters, soldiers, and evil to forget her loneliness and sadness at home. Her drawings can get bloody! Makes you wonder… which world the great and terrible evil actually resides in? And when life takes a tragic turn, readers really have to wonder. Did Rose take her bloody battles from her imagination too far? Or is her fantasy world real?
This issue is so pretty. It has a good, strong cover with clear, bright, action-packed art on every page inside. The colors and images pull you in at first glance.
I’m hooked and waiting for more. I love a story with a thin line between what's real and what's not.
September 11, 2023
Damn this got a bit hectic!
The prologue was a bit cliché but the story from there was quite interesting and I loved the comparison between reality and Rose's world. Also when things turned at the end I was fascinated.
Artwork is an interesting mix that works well for this story.
Curious where this will go!
The prologue was a bit cliché but the story from there was quite interesting and I loved the comparison between reality and Rose's world. Also when things turned at the end I was fascinated.
Artwork is an interesting mix that works well for this story.
Curious where this will go!
September 27, 2023
I'm really impressed with this one. From the fantastic art and tone, a great lead girl named Rose, through realistic issues into a dark and twisted fairytale world, this is one I'll be continuing for sure.
September 17, 2023
This new Image comics series shows some promise.
Without spoilers there is an interesting mystery set up here that has potential, though I am uncertain in what direction it will go yet.
The contrast between Rose's childhood imagination and real world is artistically noticable in both color and style and it says a lot on its own without having to say a word.
Going forward I hope to see commentary on children's response to traumatic events and how it affects their imagination, based on the way I infer things to be going, and if that is the case I think we may have something emotionally difficult but special.
Without spoilers there is an interesting mystery set up here that has potential, though I am uncertain in what direction it will go yet.
The contrast between Rose's childhood imagination and real world is artistically noticable in both color and style and it says a lot on its own without having to say a word.
Going forward I hope to see commentary on children's response to traumatic events and how it affects their imagination, based on the way I infer things to be going, and if that is the case I think we may have something emotionally difficult but special.
September 14, 2023
Can I give this extra stars to make it a 10/10? This story was fantastic. I cannot wait to pick up more. Also im glad I didn't start a peek from the back like I normally do with new comics. This ending was a complete surprise to me!
January 21, 2024
4.25 Stars. I'm a little late coming to this series, but I had hears some good things so I decided to try it. This first issue was impressive, very entertaining. I didn't think I'd like the fantasy world mixed with the real world, but the way they do it works great. Looking forward to #2!
September 1, 2024
"You have to make friends with the monsters too."
The art is phenomenonal, and the story is sinister between the real and the imagined. A perfect combo on persecution, the embodiment of evil, the loss of innocence, and ultimately about acceptance of self.
The art is phenomenonal, and the story is sinister between the real and the imagined. A perfect combo on persecution, the embodiment of evil, the loss of innocence, and ultimately about acceptance of self.
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September 14, 2023wow
I took a chance on this andII loved it. everything about it is amazing. can't wait for ot the next one
I took a chance on this andII loved it. everything about it is amazing. can't wait for ot the next one
October 3, 2023
Loved every part of this. The artwork is absolutely beautiful in both worlds. This story is right up my alley and I can't wait to see how it continues.
September 21, 2024
Oh this broke my heart and sewed it back together, what a beautiful and fun read
November 10, 2024
Kill Your Darlings
Dark, intense, peculiar. ****
#1 - "What do you see, your highness?"
Dark, intense, peculiar. ****
#1 - "What do you see, your highness?"
February 14, 2025
Rose has her special world that she escapes to when life gets too much. But is it really fantasy?
January 8, 2024
THIS WAS FANTASTIC
December 22, 2023
Great start to the series. Really good art. Looking forward to more.
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