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God Is Dead #1
God Is Dead, Volume 1
Like a thunderbolt from heaven, the epic first chapter of Jonathan Hickman's God is Dead is here!
Mankind has argued over the existence of gods since the dawn of time. In modern eras it's been fashionable to mock religious believers with taunts of scientific testimony and fact. But when the gods of old begin to reappear on earth and claim the domain of man for their own, the world is thrown into a state of utter anarchy. Now Horus walks the streets of Egypt, Zeus has taken over the Sistine Chapel, and Odin is coordinating the dissection of the earth among the returned deities. Mankind held sway over the world for thousands of years and their hubris over that time has made them powerful, but when faced with the divine, can mortal weapons put an end to the second coming of the gods? After the missiles fly and the tanks roll, the gods still remain.
As the world tumbles toward apocalypse, a group of scientists seek to do the impossible... give birth to the gods of science. As the greedy deities battle for absolute rule over the material world, a new divinity arises and the world will tremble beneath the war of the gods!
Collecting: Jonathan Hickman's God is Dead 1-6
Mankind has argued over the existence of gods since the dawn of time. In modern eras it's been fashionable to mock religious believers with taunts of scientific testimony and fact. But when the gods of old begin to reappear on earth and claim the domain of man for their own, the world is thrown into a state of utter anarchy. Now Horus walks the streets of Egypt, Zeus has taken over the Sistine Chapel, and Odin is coordinating the dissection of the earth among the returned deities. Mankind held sway over the world for thousands of years and their hubris over that time has made them powerful, but when faced with the divine, can mortal weapons put an end to the second coming of the gods? After the missiles fly and the tanks roll, the gods still remain.
As the world tumbles toward apocalypse, a group of scientists seek to do the impossible... give birth to the gods of science. As the greedy deities battle for absolute rule over the material world, a new divinity arises and the world will tremble beneath the war of the gods!
Collecting: Jonathan Hickman's God is Dead 1-6
160 pages, Paperback
First published September 25, 2013
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About the author
Jonathan Hickman
1,224 books2,048 followersJonathan Hickman is an American comic book writer and artist. He is known for creating the Image Comics series The Nightly News, The Manhattan Projects and East of West, as well as working on Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, FF, and S.H.I.E.L.D. titles. In 2012, Hickman ended his run on the Fantastic Four titles to write The Avengers and The New Avengers, as part the "Marvel NOW!" relaunch. In 2013, Hickman wrote a six-part miniseries, Infinity, plus Avengers tie-ins for Marvel Comics. In 2015, he wrote the crossover event Secret Wars. - Wikipedia
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January 11, 2016
A Massive Disappointment: Hickman Fans, Stand Clear
Jonathan Hickman's writing has been impressive on books like 'The Manhattan Projects' and 'East meets West' (which I'm currently reading and really like), so I was looking forward to seeing his over-saturated imagination put to work on an Avatar title. I liked the simple cover designs, and I thought he might be able to do something exciting with a 'return of the old gods' scenario. Ehhh... Not so much.
The first problem is the art of Di Amorim. Jeebus. I take no pleasure in tearing down the work of others; but what starts off as a merely pedestrian effort in an ugly and outdated style regresses to some of the worst, sub-mediocre work I've seen in a while. Avatar has some talented artists locked up in their weird little publishing dungeon, like Jacen Burrows, Gianluca Pagliarani, Paul Duffield, Facundo Percio, and Oscar Jimenez. But their 'B-List' -- or in this case 'C-List' -- artists are awful. These are the guys/girls they call to scribble out 22 pages a month when the artists who aren't too lazy to look up a photo on Google are busy.
Look at this shit! Feeling any nostalgia for early nineties Image comics yet? The correct answer is 'no'...
While the art is horrible, it's just the most obvious problem; this 'godawful' piece-of-shit would have been a complete waste of time and effort for a better artist. Avatar knew how bad the script was. As popular as Jonathan Hickman is, why else would they not match him with a better artist, a 'name' artist? If I were guessing... and I am... Hickman just gave his 'co-writer' Mike Costa a phone call and an email with some bullet points, then let him do whatever the hell he wanted. This thing makes his 'Secret Wars' event for Marvel look like fucking genius. Best of all, the idiotic quotes from Hickman about 'pissing off' humorless atheists with 'God is Dead'. Huh? Given all the murderous assholes killing innocent people in the name of their god, I'll suggest it's not atheists that desperately need a sense of humor.
I guess I realized that 'God is Dead' might be a new low in post-2001 comics -- passing mediocre, to bad, to hilariously bad, to irredeemably awful, and finally embracing pure shittiness -- after a sequence in issue #3. The 'desperate resistance', made up of five characters we know nothing and care nothing about, go from conspiring in their sewer-headquarters to hopping a small plane piloted by Gaby's conveniently introduced father. After their plane is suddenly attacked by a dragon (the wrong kind of dragon, but whatever), everyone is forced to parachute from the plane - including the Stephen Hawking-double, complete with the robot voice and mechanical wheelchair, which someone was prescient enough to equip with a parachute... I had to laugh at the tiny depiction of the wheelchair under the canopy, about to safely land with the others (see the picture below, top panel). When they hit the ground, it just so happens that the body of the dead god they've been looking for is twenty feet away, undisturbed. WTF?! Attacked by a dragon and forced to evacuate the plane, the entire group, including the quadriplegic in the huge mechanical wheelchair, safely land exactly where they wanted to land in the middle of the war-torn Asian subcontinent.
Every 250 lb robo-chair carrying a 120 lb paraplegic should be equipped with a parachute. That 370 lbs of metal, plastic and bone would no doubt make for a safe landing, right?
He's "good at his job"? Then why was he clearly planning on flying further, giving no warning to evacuate until after the dragon attack disabled the plane, their parachutes landing directly on top of Divine Corpse-Central? Bitch, please.
Then there's this delightful sequence, which perfectly sums up the wretchedness of this book... who the fuck keeps buying this comic? I made the mistake of ordering volume 1; it happens. But who bought volumes 2, 3, and 4? Why?
My apologies.
If things like that don't bother you, who knows, maybe this IS the book for you. The dialogue is so bad at times, the action so insipid, I think Hickman should cut his losses and abort this paycheck-to-remodel-his-kitchen before it drags his reputation through the mud any further. As far as the story, screw it. If there is anyone out there who thinks this book is worth defending, I should let them have the fun of doing the play-by-play on this convoluted mess: first the Nahautl Pantheon kills the Hindu Pantheon, then the Egyptian Pantheon kills the Nahautl Pantheon, then the Norse Pantheon kills the Egyptian Pantheon... But I guess I won't. I suppose that last bit technically qualifies as a spoiler, but this series was spoiled the second it hit the printer. Hickman fans: stick to the books he's actually writing, he has some great ongoing titles. Di Amorim: you should probably think about another career choice.
Jonathan Hickman's writing has been impressive on books like 'The Manhattan Projects' and 'East meets West' (which I'm currently reading and really like), so I was looking forward to seeing his over-saturated imagination put to work on an Avatar title. I liked the simple cover designs, and I thought he might be able to do something exciting with a 'return of the old gods' scenario. Ehhh... Not so much.
The first problem is the art of Di Amorim. Jeebus. I take no pleasure in tearing down the work of others; but what starts off as a merely pedestrian effort in an ugly and outdated style regresses to some of the worst, sub-mediocre work I've seen in a while. Avatar has some talented artists locked up in their weird little publishing dungeon, like Jacen Burrows, Gianluca Pagliarani, Paul Duffield, Facundo Percio, and Oscar Jimenez. But their 'B-List' -- or in this case 'C-List' -- artists are awful. These are the guys/girls they call to scribble out 22 pages a month when the artists who aren't too lazy to look up a photo on Google are busy.
Look at this shit! Feeling any nostalgia for early nineties Image comics yet? The correct answer is 'no'...
While the art is horrible, it's just the most obvious problem; this 'godawful' piece-of-shit would have been a complete waste of time and effort for a better artist. Avatar knew how bad the script was. As popular as Jonathan Hickman is, why else would they not match him with a better artist, a 'name' artist? If I were guessing... and I am... Hickman just gave his 'co-writer' Mike Costa a phone call and an email with some bullet points, then let him do whatever the hell he wanted. This thing makes his 'Secret Wars' event for Marvel look like fucking genius. Best of all, the idiotic quotes from Hickman about 'pissing off' humorless atheists with 'God is Dead'. Huh? Given all the murderous assholes killing innocent people in the name of their god, I'll suggest it's not atheists that desperately need a sense of humor.
I guess I realized that 'God is Dead' might be a new low in post-2001 comics -- passing mediocre, to bad, to hilariously bad, to irredeemably awful, and finally embracing pure shittiness -- after a sequence in issue #3. The 'desperate resistance', made up of five characters we know nothing and care nothing about, go from conspiring in their sewer-headquarters to hopping a small plane piloted by Gaby's conveniently introduced father. After their plane is suddenly attacked by a dragon (the wrong kind of dragon, but whatever), everyone is forced to parachute from the plane - including the Stephen Hawking-double, complete with the robot voice and mechanical wheelchair, which someone was prescient enough to equip with a parachute... I had to laugh at the tiny depiction of the wheelchair under the canopy, about to safely land with the others (see the picture below, top panel). When they hit the ground, it just so happens that the body of the dead god they've been looking for is twenty feet away, undisturbed. WTF?! Attacked by a dragon and forced to evacuate the plane, the entire group, including the quadriplegic in the huge mechanical wheelchair, safely land exactly where they wanted to land in the middle of the war-torn Asian subcontinent.
Every 250 lb robo-chair carrying a 120 lb paraplegic should be equipped with a parachute. That 370 lbs of metal, plastic and bone would no doubt make for a safe landing, right?
He's "good at his job"? Then why was he clearly planning on flying further, giving no warning to evacuate until after the dragon attack disabled the plane, their parachutes landing directly on top of Divine Corpse-Central? Bitch, please.
Then there's this delightful sequence, which perfectly sums up the wretchedness of this book... who the fuck keeps buying this comic? I made the mistake of ordering volume 1; it happens. But who bought volumes 2, 3, and 4? Why?
My apologies.
If things like that don't bother you, who knows, maybe this IS the book for you. The dialogue is so bad at times, the action so insipid, I think Hickman should cut his losses and abort this paycheck-to-remodel-his-kitchen before it drags his reputation through the mud any further. As far as the story, screw it. If there is anyone out there who thinks this book is worth defending, I should let them have the fun of doing the play-by-play on this convoluted mess: first the Nahautl Pantheon kills the Hindu Pantheon, then the Egyptian Pantheon kills the Nahautl Pantheon, then the Norse Pantheon kills the Egyptian Pantheon... But I guess I won't. I suppose that last bit technically qualifies as a spoiler, but this series was spoiled the second it hit the printer. Hickman fans: stick to the books he's actually writing, he has some great ongoing titles. Di Amorim: you should probably think about another career choice.
January 25, 2015
the basic story of this series drew me in...it sounded brilliant and intriguing.
even the start was breathtaking. the gods returned and found the state of our world unsatisfactory, so they regained their place. wow! loved Egyptian gods, south american, greek ones and norse! so cool!
by the end of the #2 they all get reduced to these pathetic simplifications who wear superhero-like funny costumes, bash each other on the head with hammers and shoot lightning bolts... shallow as a puddle.
disappointing!
even the start was breathtaking. the gods returned and found the state of our world unsatisfactory, so they regained their place. wow! loved Egyptian gods, south american, greek ones and norse! so cool!
by the end of the #2 they all get reduced to these pathetic simplifications who wear superhero-like funny costumes, bash each other on the head with hammers and shoot lightning bolts... shallow as a puddle.
disappointing!
August 14, 2018
Gotta admit, I’m surprised that it’s Hickman who wrote this...
What’s it about?
So in today’s world where society seems to always debate over religion, a bunch of crazy and terrible things start happening all around the world. It becomes more clear what’s happening when gods of various sorts of mythology (Greek, Norse, Egyptian, etc.) come back to Earth and they are pissed. Meanwhile, a secret group of scientists tries figure out to fight them.
Pros:
The story is a very interesting idea. I imagine that it would be about as crazy as this book depicts it.
The art is very well done.
Some of you may know that Avatar Press (the publisher of this book) is known for exciting and gory action scenes. This book is no exception, there is a lot of that!
The dragons are pretty cool.
The comparisons between mass news media and batshit insane religious zealots is pretty clever IMO!
Cons:
This book can get predictable. I saw most of the twists coming.
The characters are pretty poorly done. The gods are dicks and I get that they’re the villains of the story but many authors manage to write villains that are perhaps dicks but still interesting... not here, they’re just dicks. The human characters are very generic.
The dialogue is terrible. This surprised me because I’m a fan of Hickman (he wrote East of West which is my favorite comic) and one of the things he does super well is dialogue, not in this book though.
The comparisons between mythology and modern religion... it’s beaten into the ground so much in this book. I do believe in God and Jesus but I don’t mind (in fact, I kind of like) commentary with different views on a topic if it’s well written (IIRC, the review I posted that got the most likes is a five star review for Preacher Book One so it’s not like I’m some super religious nut). The problem here is that instead of being told through good storytelling, it’s told through characters beating this point into the fucking ground and not even making any interesting points. It’s also often at random times too.
The fan service gets a bit gratuitous. I don’t mind nudity but there were a few scenes where it just seemed to be there for no reason other than “they’re boobies”. It wasn’t nearly as bad as some comics (example: Saga) but still mildly irritating.
The ending is sort of rushed.
Overall:
I was torn between giving this a 2 star rating or a 3 star rating. I went with 2 because I disliked more things than I liked and while it is exciting and has some cool stuff like dragons, it’s mostly dumb. I wouldn’t say it’s awful but I expect a lot better from Hickman (and with a new volume of East of West coming this week I’m hoping to see some of his usual awesome writing).
2/5
What’s it about?
So in today’s world where society seems to always debate over religion, a bunch of crazy and terrible things start happening all around the world. It becomes more clear what’s happening when gods of various sorts of mythology (Greek, Norse, Egyptian, etc.) come back to Earth and they are pissed. Meanwhile, a secret group of scientists tries figure out to fight them.
Pros:
The story is a very interesting idea. I imagine that it would be about as crazy as this book depicts it.
The art is very well done.
Some of you may know that Avatar Press (the publisher of this book) is known for exciting and gory action scenes. This book is no exception, there is a lot of that!
The dragons are pretty cool.
The comparisons between mass news media and batshit insane religious zealots is pretty clever IMO!
Cons:
This book can get predictable. I saw most of the twists coming.
The characters are pretty poorly done. The gods are dicks and I get that they’re the villains of the story but many authors manage to write villains that are perhaps dicks but still interesting... not here, they’re just dicks. The human characters are very generic.
The dialogue is terrible. This surprised me because I’m a fan of Hickman (he wrote East of West which is my favorite comic) and one of the things he does super well is dialogue, not in this book though.
The comparisons between mythology and modern religion... it’s beaten into the ground so much in this book. I do believe in God and Jesus but I don’t mind (in fact, I kind of like) commentary with different views on a topic if it’s well written (IIRC, the review I posted that got the most likes is a five star review for Preacher Book One so it’s not like I’m some super religious nut). The problem here is that instead of being told through good storytelling, it’s told through characters beating this point into the fucking ground and not even making any interesting points. It’s also often at random times too.
The fan service gets a bit gratuitous. I don’t mind nudity but there were a few scenes where it just seemed to be there for no reason other than “they’re boobies”. It wasn’t nearly as bad as some comics (example: Saga) but still mildly irritating.
The ending is sort of rushed.
Overall:
I was torn between giving this a 2 star rating or a 3 star rating. I went with 2 because I disliked more things than I liked and while it is exciting and has some cool stuff like dragons, it’s mostly dumb. I wouldn’t say it’s awful but I expect a lot better from Hickman (and with a new volume of East of West coming this week I’m hoping to see some of his usual awesome writing).
2/5
October 19, 2014
I really did not like this. There are several minor things that make me wonder if the creators did any research: a Chinese dragon being drawn as a European dragon, Thor and Loki being brothers (which is an invention of Stan Lee). Most of all, it seems like the writers just don't actually understand the functions of mythology. It feels like they haven't read any actual myths, but instead are working from depictions of gods from superhero comics.
July 20, 2014
This is where Hickman and I finally part ways. After slogging through six of his creator owned epics I'm done hoping for depth and characterization and getting hot twaddle instead. If you read the paragraph long description on the back of this volume you will have read all there is to this story so far. Hickman's got the high concept sound byte down to a science but he can't seem to turn it into a satisfying story. Within the span of these six issues you learn nothing about the main characters, the gods or the world they inhabit. I didn't care about a single thing that happened because everything seemed to take place in a vacuum. And the art? Boring. It's full of gods battling gods and it still manages to be boring. If you're looking for a ridiculous double page spread of two characters with no history or chemistry kissing, I guess this is the book for you. I'll read something else.
January 13, 2015
Pardon the pun, but this is godawful.
June 30, 2016
Worst comic E-V-E-R. If it was possible to give negative stars I would. It is a comic that reads like the fan fiction of a fedora tipping, forever alone, super creepy guy we all knew in high school. Don't waste your time on this garbage.
September 25, 2020
Si te gusta ver a bicharracos levísimamente inspirados en dioses siendo apuñalados por la espalda, este es sin duda tu cómic.
Etnocentrismo yanki, ostias como panes, nombres mal atribuidos, insultos al hinduismo y un Einstein mamadísimo son algunas de las joyas que os podréis encontrar aquí.
Etnocentrismo yanki, ostias como panes, nombres mal atribuidos, insultos al hinduismo y un Einstein mamadísimo son algunas de las joyas que os podréis encontrar aquí.
December 1, 2015
When I found this book in the comic book shop, I rejoiced. A book about the strange religious myths coming to life? Gods of different myths fighting each other?!! Scientists trying to win the day by creating the GODS OF SCIENCE!!?!!! This sounded like awesome stuff. This sounded like something I would really enjoy.
But I did not.
At first I did not understand, why I did not look forward for the next issue, but slowly it dawned on me: This comic is not very good.
Don't get me wrong, I read worse, and it is not all bad. But a lot of things are just..... disappointing:
There is the only female character always dressed in the same bad, oversexualized manner. The bad art, trying to depict really difficult scenes and failing. The scientist who are just lookalikes of existing scientist instead of characters in their own right.
All of those little things lets the exciting concepts fall short of my expectations. To me it is very obvious, what should have been done differently to rescue the imaginative premise, but somehow the authors did not hit on the same points.
Still there are some F*** Yeah! Moments, but they grow sparser the more the story progesses.
If you are an Atheist (as I am) and love science (as I do), you will probably be tempted to buy this just because the premise is so great. But be warned: You will probably be dissapointed.
As I was.
But I did not.
At first I did not understand, why I did not look forward for the next issue, but slowly it dawned on me: This comic is not very good.
Don't get me wrong, I read worse, and it is not all bad. But a lot of things are just..... disappointing:
There is the only female character always dressed in the same bad, oversexualized manner. The bad art, trying to depict really difficult scenes and failing. The scientist who are just lookalikes of existing scientist instead of characters in their own right.
All of those little things lets the exciting concepts fall short of my expectations. To me it is very obvious, what should have been done differently to rescue the imaginative premise, but somehow the authors did not hit on the same points.
Still there are some F*** Yeah! Moments, but they grow sparser the more the story progesses.
If you are an Atheist (as I am) and love science (as I do), you will probably be tempted to buy this just because the premise is so great. But be warned: You will probably be dissapointed.
As I was.
July 28, 2019
I'm not really sure why, looking over the other reviews, it gets all the grief it does.
The premise is interesting, various gods coming back to reclaim the earth, and once they have done that, start fighting against eachother. It makes total sense, as religions have pretty much always been at war with eachother for as long as there have been religions - why would anyone expect it to turn into anything but a bloodbath among the gods? Then seeing humans chuck themselves into the 'god' territory opens it up to a lot of potential.
The artwork is good throughout, the story is fast paced and action packed. It's by no means perfect and it does have the feel that a lot of the gods were just shallow throwaway characters, but it was an enjoyable read and will certainly pick up the next volume
The premise is interesting, various gods coming back to reclaim the earth, and once they have done that, start fighting against eachother. It makes total sense, as religions have pretty much always been at war with eachother for as long as there have been religions - why would anyone expect it to turn into anything but a bloodbath among the gods? Then seeing humans chuck themselves into the 'god' territory opens it up to a lot of potential.
The artwork is good throughout, the story is fast paced and action packed. It's by no means perfect and it does have the feel that a lot of the gods were just shallow throwaway characters, but it was an enjoyable read and will certainly pick up the next volume
January 1, 2019
Main story - 1 star.
I had a review mostly done after reading this, but was irritated enough by the story that I found myself needing time away from it so I could come back with a clear mind. The review is mostly complete, and frankly I don't find it worth the effort of re-working given what I thought of this novel, so I'm just posting it and finishing up a few loose ends. It's spoiler-heavy (and quite long), though, so I'll put it behind the cut.
Basically, if there's any real plot, we aren't shown it in the volume. It mostly seems to just be an excuse for drawing nudity & fight scenes. There's no real characterization, either, aside from a bit on team humans' side of things - we never really learn of any of the motivations on the deities side, despite them being major characters throughout the story. Not that most people would want to see inside the mind of the various deities as they're portrayed here.
If you like mythology, like I do, I would definitely suggest avoiding this book. Pick up Rick Riordan, or Goddess Girls - or even that Pandora series I couldn't stand. It would still be a superior story to the one we see here.
Gloriously Bright - 2 stars
Middle Kingdom - 2 stars
Both of the short stories are - well,short. Gloriously Bright is about a young village girl who dreams of a bigger future than being stuck in her small village, herding goats her entire life. She takes advantage of the appearance of a dragon near her home as a way to earn money, much to the dismay of some of the more traditional villagers.
Middle Kingdom basically shows what the Chinese pantheon is up to while the 'God War' is going on in the outside world. It's interesting to see how different events are in China as opposed to what is going on in the rest of the world at the time.
They don't add a lot to the main story, but are interesting. The main redeeming feature seems to be tha ta character finally shows up that I actually like - the Dragon.
I had a review mostly done after reading this, but was irritated enough by the story that I found myself needing time away from it so I could come back with a clear mind. The review is mostly complete, and frankly I don't find it worth the effort of re-working given what I thought of this novel, so I'm just posting it and finishing up a few loose ends. It's spoiler-heavy (and quite long), though, so I'll put it behind the cut.
Basically, if there's any real plot, we aren't shown it in the volume. It mostly seems to just be an excuse for drawing nudity & fight scenes. There's no real characterization, either, aside from a bit on team humans' side of things - we never really learn of any of the motivations on the deities side, despite them being major characters throughout the story. Not that most people would want to see inside the mind of the various deities as they're portrayed here.
If you like mythology, like I do, I would definitely suggest avoiding this book. Pick up Rick Riordan, or Goddess Girls - or even that Pandora series I couldn't stand. It would still be a superior story to the one we see here.
Gloriously Bright - 2 stars
Middle Kingdom - 2 stars
Both of the short stories are - well,short. Gloriously Bright is about a young village girl who dreams of a bigger future than being stuck in her small village, herding goats her entire life. She takes advantage of the appearance of a dragon near her home as a way to earn money, much to the dismay of some of the more traditional villagers.
Middle Kingdom basically shows what the Chinese pantheon is up to while the 'God War' is going on in the outside world. It's interesting to see how different events are in China as opposed to what is going on in the rest of the world at the time.
They don't add a lot to the main story, but are interesting. The main redeeming feature seems to be tha ta character finally shows up that I actually like - the Dragon.
September 2, 2015
النجمتين للرسوم فقط لا غير
زيوس قرر العودة لحكم الأرض ، ف عادت باقي الألهة القديمة من كل الديانات القديمة وبدأت ف الصراع
الحزب الأقوي هو حزب اوديون ووليده ثور و لوكي
وقتلوا الالهة الهندية
الالهة الفرعونية قضت علي بعضها البعض تبقي حورس وقضي عليه اوديون
تبقي زيوس في مواجهة اوديون وفاز زيوس بسهولة
الاحداث بتدور السنة اللي جايه 2016
الخط الموازي هو من اعبط الخطوط واعبط من الخط الأول
مجموعة ناس اتجمعوا بطريقة ما وبيحقنوا نفسهم علشان يبقوا خالدين واقوياء وكدا
مختارين واحد شبه اينشتاين و هوكينج
لسبب مجهول
وفيه مشهد زيوس بيروح لمكانهم مش عارف هو عرف ازاي الصراحة
بس ماشي ولاقي هوكينج لوحده
ف بيطلب منه زيوس انه يقوله مكان الباقيين
بيرفض ف بيقوله انا اقدر اشفيك تعالا بوس رجلي واطلب مني
ف بيعمل دا ف بيقتله
واو بجد
بس بيرحوا المتحولين اللي لسبب مجهول فيهم اتنين حبو بعض ف بيلاقوا مذبحة الالهة وبيجي زيوس بيلعب معاهم صنم وبيقتل الواد الخارق اللي البت الخارقة بتحبه ف بتقل زيوس انتقاما
يا مرك يا نعمة
الخطوط الدرامية هبلة
بناء الشخصيات معدوم
كل الحاجات بتحصل علشان هيهيهيهيههيه
وحتي فيه جزء كدا البت البطله بتحاول تشرح الموضوع ف خلت الموضوع كارثه لما كان يسئلها ايه احتمالية ان يكون ابوها بيعرف يسوق طايرة
لا يادلعدي والله
طبعا الالهة لا محوق فيهم نووي ولا اسلحة
لكن بيقتلوا بعض ب قطط و سكاكين وسيوف
يارب صبرني يارب
الرسم كان حلو قوي بس كدا
غير كدا هراء
زيوس قرر العودة لحكم الأرض ، ف عادت باقي الألهة القديمة من كل الديانات القديمة وبدأت ف الصراع
الحزب الأقوي هو حزب اوديون ووليده ثور و لوكي
وقتلوا الالهة الهندية
الالهة الفرعونية قضت علي بعضها البعض تبقي حورس وقضي عليه اوديون
تبقي زيوس في مواجهة اوديون وفاز زيوس بسهولة
الاحداث بتدور السنة اللي جايه 2016
الخط الموازي هو من اعبط الخطوط واعبط من الخط الأول
مجموعة ناس اتجمعوا بطريقة ما وبيحقنوا نفسهم علشان يبقوا خالدين واقوياء وكدا
مختارين واحد شبه اينشتاين و هوكينج
لسبب مجهول
وفيه مشهد زيوس بيروح لمكانهم مش عارف هو عرف ازاي الصراحة
بس ماشي ولاقي هوكينج لوحده
ف بيطلب منه زيوس انه يقوله مكان الباقيين
بيرفض ف بيقوله انا اقدر اشفيك تعالا بوس رجلي واطلب مني
ف بيعمل دا ف بيقتله
واو بجد
بس بيرحوا المتحولين اللي لسبب مجهول فيهم اتنين حبو بعض ف بيلاقوا مذبحة الالهة وبيجي زيوس بيلعب معاهم صنم وبيقتل الواد الخارق اللي البت الخارقة بتحبه ف بتقل زيوس انتقاما
يا مرك يا نعمة
الخطوط الدرامية هبلة
بناء الشخصيات معدوم
كل الحاجات بتحصل علشان هيهيهيهيههيه
وحتي فيه جزء كدا البت البطله بتحاول تشرح الموضوع ف خلت الموضوع كارثه لما كان يسئلها ايه احتمالية ان يكون ابوها بيعرف يسوق طايرة
لا يادلعدي والله
طبعا الالهة لا محوق فيهم نووي ولا اسلحة
لكن بيقتلوا بعض ب قطط و سكاكين وسيوف
يارب صبرني يارب
الرسم كان حلو قوي بس كدا
غير كدا هراء
January 5, 2017
Volume 1 of God Is Dead is pretty bad, which is usually an indication to steer clear of the comic entirely. However, once Jonathan Hickman leaves, and Mike Costa takes over writing duties, the series improves dramatically. This, yeah, it's pretty rough-- though the concept is a blast, and so is the wanton depravity. Make it through it and get to the good stuff.
September 13, 2020
byłoby lepsze, gdyby działo się wolniej, ale jak rozumiem, to wprowadzenie do większej historii? której nie ruszę, bo podjarałam się starymi bogami, których już nie ma lmaooo
September 25, 2020
Normalmente los cómics los valoro enteros reseñando sólo el primer número. No es el caso esta vez. No pienso seguir el segundo número jajaj
July 7, 2022
Quizás sea porque viene con la etiqueta Hickman pero me esperaba más después de haber leído su Proyecto Manhattan
March 26, 2018
Wow. This was absolutely horrendous on multiple levels. Just to be clear, I have never read anything else by Jonathan Hickman, but I am hoping that his other titles are better. This graphic novel starts when four groups of gods, but only four regions/culture, appear on earth again. We are also introduced to a group of human scientists, who are attempting to stop this divine takeover. *spoilers* These individuals are able to do so by injecting themselves with divine blood and effectively become gods themselves.
First off, the art style lacks imagination. It strongly reminds me of the comics that my dad used to find at the PX, a retail store on an army base, on free comic book day; the style is basic and overly drawn. Beyond that, I am insulted by the representations of Quetzalcoatl, Huitzilopochtli and Tezcatlipoca. Just a little background, I have studied aztec codexes, as well as, Latin American representations of gods, and these are pitiful in comparison. The gods are literally animal heads slapped onto human bodies whereas the real pictorial depictions are colorful, extravagant and rich in detail; they are normally very rectilinear, defy a realistic anatomically correct portrayal and generally, are way more badass than Di Amorim's renderings.
Same goes for the Hindu gods, I recently finished Sita' Ramayana, where the artist, Moyna Chitrakar, reworked traditional scroll style to imbue the work with an authenticity and dynamism. It is entirely different than any art style seen in American titles and really conveyed a feeling of the culture and their gods. However, the portrayal of these gods was lazy and doesn't even attempt to capture how these powerful deities were seen by their respective cultures. If you're going to choose gods from underrepresented cultures, this is an opportunity to showcase the unique styles that are foreign to our eyes and not blatantly butcher them into weird Marvel looking characters.
However, the art style was not the only issue, but the story was also lacking. In the course of the first volume, we are introduced to the four core god groups, their human counterparts, a plan to take over the earth, a plot to stop the gods, an epic battle between the gods and then a confrontation between the two warring groups. What could have been a story that lasted for several volumes instead was completely slapdash; there was no pacing, no sense of risk, or even a chance to become acquainted with the characters. I mean, what was up with Gaby's x crop top??? Overall, the story moved too quickly, barely focused on actions that should have taken up a whole volume, made it seem too easy and the story ended as soon as it started. I read the final page and thought "okay so?? what happens next that there are more volumes? also, why do I care about this random human, who became an awful looking red satyr with boobs??"
I'll probably read the next volume mostly out of curiosity and also because I love torturing myself.
First off, the art style lacks imagination. It strongly reminds me of the comics that my dad used to find at the PX, a retail store on an army base, on free comic book day; the style is basic and overly drawn. Beyond that, I am insulted by the representations of Quetzalcoatl, Huitzilopochtli and Tezcatlipoca. Just a little background, I have studied aztec codexes, as well as, Latin American representations of gods, and these are pitiful in comparison. The gods are literally animal heads slapped onto human bodies whereas the real pictorial depictions are colorful, extravagant and rich in detail; they are normally very rectilinear, defy a realistic anatomically correct portrayal and generally, are way more badass than Di Amorim's renderings.
Same goes for the Hindu gods, I recently finished Sita' Ramayana, where the artist, Moyna Chitrakar, reworked traditional scroll style to imbue the work with an authenticity and dynamism. It is entirely different than any art style seen in American titles and really conveyed a feeling of the culture and their gods. However, the portrayal of these gods was lazy and doesn't even attempt to capture how these powerful deities were seen by their respective cultures. If you're going to choose gods from underrepresented cultures, this is an opportunity to showcase the unique styles that are foreign to our eyes and not blatantly butcher them into weird Marvel looking characters.
However, the art style was not the only issue, but the story was also lacking. In the course of the first volume, we are introduced to the four core god groups, their human counterparts, a plan to take over the earth, a plot to stop the gods, an epic battle between the gods and then a confrontation between the two warring groups. What could have been a story that lasted for several volumes instead was completely slapdash; there was no pacing, no sense of risk, or even a chance to become acquainted with the characters. I mean, what was up with Gaby's x crop top??? Overall, the story moved too quickly, barely focused on actions that should have taken up a whole volume, made it seem too easy and the story ended as soon as it started. I read the final page and thought "okay so?? what happens next that there are more volumes? also, why do I care about this random human, who became an awful looking red satyr with boobs??"
I'll probably read the next volume mostly out of curiosity and also because I love torturing myself.
March 19, 2018
SPOILERS:
It's like the creators of this comic are a bunch of eleven year olds who are just now learning mythology in class. I got this thinking it was going to be an epic end of times story and based on the back cover, that has an amazing piece of a mythical being like a demon, would have great art as well. It's awful in all accounts. The title doesn't even make sense to the comic. Why is it one singular god when it's about every deity coming to earth to rage war with each other? There's zero character development that to the point they just drew Einstein and Stephen Hawking copy cats to have you acknowledge that they're "scientists"...Scientists who inject themselves with DNA of dead gods despite the first attempt of using said DNA turning into a massive failure that devours one of the scientist. Nope, the plot has to go somewhere and look, it works for some stupid reason. Oh but now they dead by Zeus, isn't that sad? The lady punk "bad ass" is sad not because her dad died but because the fat neck beard main character died and she loved him cause...? I don't know, it has nothing to do with the plot or what you could call a plot?
It's a jumbled mess and you don't know who to root for or who not to root for, you just don't care because every character lacks any development. It honestly does come across as a bunch of eleven year olds came up with this story, but then again, my son is that age and has at least some understanding of character building.
There's hardly any story, it's just gods raging war for no specific reason, the gods came back with no explanation as to why or with any objective.
Who am I suppose to root for?! Who's the good guys? Bad guys? Hell throw me an anti-hero, I love those but no, there's nothing in terms of characters.
Let's not forget the dialogue...the crude stereotypical 80s dialogue straight out of a B movie. It's all crap, everything about this is awful. The art is boring and bland, the characters are one dimensional, the plot doesn't exist, the title is all wrong, it's all bad.
It's like the creators of this comic are a bunch of eleven year olds who are just now learning mythology in class. I got this thinking it was going to be an epic end of times story and based on the back cover, that has an amazing piece of a mythical being like a demon, would have great art as well. It's awful in all accounts. The title doesn't even make sense to the comic. Why is it one singular god when it's about every deity coming to earth to rage war with each other? There's zero character development that to the point they just drew Einstein and Stephen Hawking copy cats to have you acknowledge that they're "scientists"...Scientists who inject themselves with DNA of dead gods despite the first attempt of using said DNA turning into a massive failure that devours one of the scientist. Nope, the plot has to go somewhere and look, it works for some stupid reason. Oh but now they dead by Zeus, isn't that sad? The lady punk "bad ass" is sad not because her dad died but because the fat neck beard main character died and she loved him cause...? I don't know, it has nothing to do with the plot or what you could call a plot?
It's a jumbled mess and you don't know who to root for or who not to root for, you just don't care because every character lacks any development. It honestly does come across as a bunch of eleven year olds came up with this story, but then again, my son is that age and has at least some understanding of character building.
There's hardly any story, it's just gods raging war for no specific reason, the gods came back with no explanation as to why or with any objective.
Who am I suppose to root for?! Who's the good guys? Bad guys? Hell throw me an anti-hero, I love those but no, there's nothing in terms of characters.
Let's not forget the dialogue...the crude stereotypical 80s dialogue straight out of a B movie. It's all crap, everything about this is awful. The art is boring and bland, the characters are one dimensional, the plot doesn't exist, the title is all wrong, it's all bad.
December 30, 2014
I love the idea behind this graphic novel, with the old gods returning to Earth (this time, it's personal!) to claim dominion over mankind, which they turn out to be rather good at.
As the remaining human population gets mostly sacrificed and the gods start a Battle Royale for control over all, a small band of people known as The Collective have gone underground, looking for a way to fight back.
While I enjoyed the way the gods were depicted, I have to admit that one of the humans made my shit start to ever so slightly itch - The Collective, made up of pudgy scientists, skinny nerds, old men and the physically impaired, also happens to have a girl in it. A girl who, of course, has breasts bigger than her own head which are forever straining to free themselves from the strip of material she wears across them, and who finds pudgy scientists with whom she's had little interaction or chemistry insanely arousing. Sigh.
**Also posted at Randomly Reading and Ranting**
As the remaining human population gets mostly sacrificed and the gods start a Battle Royale for control over all, a small band of people known as The Collective have gone underground, looking for a way to fight back.
While I enjoyed the way the gods were depicted, I have to admit that one of the humans made my shit start to ever so slightly itch - The Collective, made up of pudgy scientists, skinny nerds, old men and the physically impaired, also happens to have a girl in it. A girl who, of course, has breasts bigger than her own head which are forever straining to free themselves from the strip of material she wears across them, and who finds pudgy scientists with whom she's had little interaction or chemistry insanely arousing. Sigh.
**Also posted at Randomly Reading and Ranting**
March 25, 2014
This is not up to Hickman's usual high standard. It feels like it's trying way too hard to be a Warren Ellis superhero deconstruction piece, but falls way short of the mark.
June 26, 2016
Oh Jonathan Hickman, why? So violent. No build up, just distruction. I love so much of your work, but I will not be reading this series.
August 13, 2023
The story had some promise, as far as a pulpy sci-fi mythological fantasy could have. The initial chapters explored some intriguing story beats, as to how the return of the OG pantheons of God would transform our 0.6 Kardashev Tier civilization back to the ages of superstitions and blind beliefs.
But all of that quickly devolved into mindless action scenes, where the Gods kill each other in uninteresting manner. Worse still, none of the characters have any agency, and feel like cardboard characters which are only there to deliver lines.
And seeing as how this is from the same press that brought us Uber, chances are, that after 40-50 chapters, the writers are going to run out of steam with all the absurd shit they can do, and just abandon the story.
But all of that quickly devolved into mindless action scenes, where the Gods kill each other in uninteresting manner. Worse still, none of the characters have any agency, and feel like cardboard characters which are only there to deliver lines.
And seeing as how this is from the same press that brought us Uber, chances are, that after 40-50 chapters, the writers are going to run out of steam with all the absurd shit they can do, and just abandon the story.
May 26, 2021
I like superhero comics. I like mythology. So now let's combine the two.
The author takes a lot of freedom with the mythology and yes it has a few inaccuracies, but hey it's a comic book, not a research encyclopedia.
I found out that the comic is part one of a series of eight. I wonder where it's heading seeing how this first volume ends. (you have to read it to get what I mean) Or was it that the author only planned this volume and decided to write a few others after the success of this one?
Anyhow, don't expect to learn about mythology from this comics. It's just an entertaining action comic with supernatural characters and a lot of splash.
The author takes a lot of freedom with the mythology and yes it has a few inaccuracies, but hey it's a comic book, not a research encyclopedia.
I found out that the comic is part one of a series of eight. I wonder where it's heading seeing how this first volume ends. (you have to read it to get what I mean) Or was it that the author only planned this volume and decided to write a few others after the success of this one?
Anyhow, don't expect to learn about mythology from this comics. It's just an entertaining action comic with supernatural characters and a lot of splash.
July 18, 2022
A MASSIVE disappointment.
An interesting concept that doesn’t really take off!
A very promising idea that ended up delivering only chaos, confusion, ignorance, prejudice but with A LOT A of bloodshed!
Also, on a more specific note, whilst the authors clearly researched the theology of more unknown pantheons, they didn’t really bother with Christianity, choosing a ridiculous portrayal of Jesus as a laid-back, free love, marijuana-smoking hippie!
Even assuming that the intention was not to be offensive, it clearly shows how little the authors actually KNOW - or bothered to look up! - about Christian theology (even if only Protestant one…) in general and Jesus in particular.
An interesting concept that doesn’t really take off!
A very promising idea that ended up delivering only chaos, confusion, ignorance, prejudice but with A LOT A of bloodshed!
Also, on a more specific note, whilst the authors clearly researched the theology of more unknown pantheons, they didn’t really bother with Christianity, choosing a ridiculous portrayal of Jesus as a laid-back, free love, marijuana-smoking hippie!
Even assuming that the intention was not to be offensive, it clearly shows how little the authors actually KNOW - or bothered to look up! - about Christian theology (even if only Protestant one…) in general and Jesus in particular.
July 26, 2017
Just nuts series of books where for some reason all the mythical Gods (norse, Egyptian, Greek, Mayan, Indian, etc) come alive and take control of the world. They go to war against each other and then scientists create some artificial gods to fight them. As you can imagine, this doesn't end well. I have no idea where this is going to go.
December 17, 2017
(On volumes 1-6): an interesting premise that gradually slides into formulaic superhero stuff. Pantheon A beats up Pantheon B, Pantheon B comes back, allies with Pantheon C, and seeks revenge on Pantheon A. Massive destruction ensues, humans get caught in the middle, and everyone's immortal anyway so who cares? Some nice touches, but ultimately futile
November 27, 2018
Anything that pits the gods from various branches of mythology against each other is right in my wheelhouse, so I was already excited to read this graphic novel. The story is compelling, the characters are complex and true to their original mythologies, and the artwork is absolutely stunning. For those of you not into violence and gore, though, I'll warn you that this one does get pretty bloody.
November 20, 2020
I found God is Dead pretty US/Eurocentric, rather gratuitous, and quite boring. It’s essentially a series of increasingly white old gods killing each other until the new American gods come along and kill them. The fighting isn’t even interesting, consisting of little more than instant slaughter. It comes out reading like a long and convoluted origin story, without even providing any actual insight into the character.
March 16, 2021
The idea of various gods from Myths coming back to take over the world is amazing and to hear that they will fight each other for control of the Earth is amazing. But I feel that this story moves way to fast and in fact the first volume of this series could have easily last I think several volumes. But still not a bad first volume even if it does go by a little to slow.
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