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Die!Die!Die! Series #1-8
Die!Die!Die!, Vol. 1
New series from THE WALKING DEAD creator Robert Kirkman!
We don't like to admit it, but this is an evil world where evil people do evil stuff all the time. Thankfully, there is a secret cabal with the United States government that works outside our normal system to influence world matters through targeted assassination. The world around us is manipulated right under our noses, mostly for the better... sometimes for individual gain. So if you're hurting people, somehow making the world worse than it already is, or even just standing in the way of something good happening... someone could right now be giving the order for you to... DIE!DIE!DIE!
Collects DIE!DIE!DIE! #1-8.
We don't like to admit it, but this is an evil world where evil people do evil stuff all the time. Thankfully, there is a secret cabal with the United States government that works outside our normal system to influence world matters through targeted assassination. The world around us is manipulated right under our noses, mostly for the better... sometimes for individual gain. So if you're hurting people, somehow making the world worse than it already is, or even just standing in the way of something good happening... someone could right now be giving the order for you to... DIE!DIE!DIE!
Collects DIE!DIE!DIE! #1-8.
176 pages, Paperback
First published July 17, 2019
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Robert Kirkman
2,752 books6,957 followersRobert Kirkman is an American comic book writer best known for his work on The Walking Dead, Invincible for Image Comics, as well as Ultimate X-Men and Marvel Zombies for Marvel Comics. He has also collaborated with Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane on the series Haunt. He is one of the five partners of Image Comics, and the only one of the five who was not one of the original co-founders of that publisher.
Robert Kirkman's first comic books were self-published under his own Funk-o-Tron label. Along with childhood friend Tony Moore, Kirkman created Battle Pope which was published in late 2001. Battle Pope ran for over 2 years along with other Funk-o-Tron published books such as InkPunks and Double Take.
In July of 2002, Robert's first work for another company began, with a 4-part SuperPatriot series for Image, along with Battle Pope backup story artist Cory Walker. Robert's creator-owned projects followed shortly thereafter, including Tech Jacket, Invincible and Walking Dead.
Robert Kirkman's first comic books were self-published under his own Funk-o-Tron label. Along with childhood friend Tony Moore, Kirkman created Battle Pope which was published in late 2001. Battle Pope ran for over 2 years along with other Funk-o-Tron published books such as InkPunks and Double Take.
In July of 2002, Robert's first work for another company began, with a 4-part SuperPatriot series for Image, along with Battle Pope backup story artist Cory Walker. Robert's creator-owned projects followed shortly thereafter, including Tech Jacket, Invincible and Walking Dead.
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March 17, 2019
The moon is hollow, aliens live among us, hidden Sesame Street phrases make you shit your pants, and the US government is fighting secret shadow wars across the world - well, I guess not everything’s made up in this comic! Also sounds very much like an Alex Jones rant, no?
Robert Kirkman and Chris Burnham team up for the first time in the gleefully gross-tacular gore-fest that is Die!Die!Die! Volume 1. And there’s a lotta stuff in this bumper first book but not a lot of story to really grab you.
Four brothers, all named after the Beatles, grow up to become top tier assassins before, like The Beatles, splitting up and going their separate ways - except for Ringo who gets his immediately. Senator Connie Lipshitz, a Hillary Clinton lookalike, uses Paul for her various meddlings in geopolitics while Dr Sivana lookalike Senator Barnaby Smith uses George for his own plans. Where’s John? Being all Rambo-like in the woods by his lonesome - except something happens to draw him out of retirement!
Shakespeare’s “sound and fury” quote is very fitting for this series. Every issue has at least two of the following: gunfights, knife fights, blood by the bucketload and several instances of nose-cutting - and yet it’s loud and crass signifying nothing. What was the goal of anyone exactly? It’s just a bunch of people fighting one another, over and over again, with the two Senators’ convoluted, yet nebulous, plans going on in the background. I couldn’t get into any of it.
Kirkman also tries shoe-horning in every character’s backstory regardless of their relevance at this juncture when that space would’ve been better served creating a coherent plot. As it is, Kirkman has someone shoot a nuclear bomb at someone else at the last minute (a la the first Avengers movie and The Dark Knight Rises - the originality!) to give the book a pseudo-tense finale even though it comes out of nowhere and only underlined how poorly realised one of the character’s motivations were.
Which isn’t to say I disliked the book entirely. I’m a massive Chris Burnham fan so eight issues of his art was a gift, particularly when coloured by Nathan Fairbairn. The action looks gorgeous, particularly the fight between Paul’s girlfriend Jennifer and George, Nate and George’s covert mission south of the border, and the tightrope fight between John and George. This is an aside but when Paul and George have their noses cut off they inadvertently look like Michael Jackson!
Some of Kirkman’s dialogue is interesting like the back and forths between Lipshitz and Smith and their differing worldviews. They say some very frank things to one another that you won’t see in most mainstream comics! Because everything in this book is so off-the-wall bonkers, anything can happen, and I liked how the atomic bomb was dealt with at the end.
Considering how poor The Walking Dead has been recently, and how dire his other Image series, Oblivion Song, is, Die!Die!Die! Volume 1, though by no means a great read, is one of Robert Kirkman’s better recent efforts. If you’re as big a fan of Chris Burnham’s art as me and aren’t put off by extremely graphic violence it might be worth checking out.
Robert Kirkman and Chris Burnham team up for the first time in the gleefully gross-tacular gore-fest that is Die!Die!Die! Volume 1. And there’s a lotta stuff in this bumper first book but not a lot of story to really grab you.
Four brothers, all named after the Beatles, grow up to become top tier assassins before, like The Beatles, splitting up and going their separate ways - except for Ringo who gets his immediately. Senator Connie Lipshitz, a Hillary Clinton lookalike, uses Paul for her various meddlings in geopolitics while Dr Sivana lookalike Senator Barnaby Smith uses George for his own plans. Where’s John? Being all Rambo-like in the woods by his lonesome - except something happens to draw him out of retirement!
Shakespeare’s “sound and fury” quote is very fitting for this series. Every issue has at least two of the following: gunfights, knife fights, blood by the bucketload and several instances of nose-cutting - and yet it’s loud and crass signifying nothing. What was the goal of anyone exactly? It’s just a bunch of people fighting one another, over and over again, with the two Senators’ convoluted, yet nebulous, plans going on in the background. I couldn’t get into any of it.
Kirkman also tries shoe-horning in every character’s backstory regardless of their relevance at this juncture when that space would’ve been better served creating a coherent plot. As it is, Kirkman has someone shoot a nuclear bomb at someone else at the last minute (a la the first Avengers movie and The Dark Knight Rises - the originality!) to give the book a pseudo-tense finale even though it comes out of nowhere and only underlined how poorly realised one of the character’s motivations were.
Which isn’t to say I disliked the book entirely. I’m a massive Chris Burnham fan so eight issues of his art was a gift, particularly when coloured by Nathan Fairbairn. The action looks gorgeous, particularly the fight between Paul’s girlfriend Jennifer and George, Nate and George’s covert mission south of the border, and the tightrope fight between John and George. This is an aside but when Paul and George have their noses cut off they inadvertently look like Michael Jackson!
Some of Kirkman’s dialogue is interesting like the back and forths between Lipshitz and Smith and their differing worldviews. They say some very frank things to one another that you won’t see in most mainstream comics! Because everything in this book is so off-the-wall bonkers, anything can happen, and I liked how the atomic bomb was dealt with at the end.
Considering how poor The Walking Dead has been recently, and how dire his other Image series, Oblivion Song, is, Die!Die!Die! Volume 1, though by no means a great read, is one of Robert Kirkman’s better recent efforts. If you’re as big a fan of Chris Burnham’s art as me and aren’t put off by extremely graphic violence it might be worth checking out.
June 29, 2019
Kirkman's version of the Kingsmen. There's a secret cabal running the world, with two randy old senators fighting over leading it. They both have agents working for them who carry out missions supposedly to better humanity. Then there's a set of quadruplet assassins named after the Beatles. It sounds quirky and fun, but it's not. The dialogue drones on. The storytelling is obtuse and confusing. Kirkman seems to have a fetish for cutting off people's noses, as it happens three times in the book. (The book is super violent and gory.) Chris Burnham's art is good. He certainly knows how to draw top notch action sequences.
Received a review copy from Image and Edelweiss. All thoughts are my own and in no way influenced by the aforementioned.
Received a review copy from Image and Edelweiss. All thoughts are my own and in no way influenced by the aforementioned.
December 19, 2020
Is this just a big homage to Garth Ennis? That would explain all the gory humor, assassins, and over-the-top action and plot twists.
Or perhaps it was an exercise in trying to jump the shark in every single issue of your comic book series? (Oh, wait, that's just the Ennis thing again.)
Sadly, now, with all the pedophiles, cabals and conspiracies, it almost seems like QAnon pandering.
All the sex, action, and gore were intended to be outrageous but once you get into the mindset of "What's the most outrageous thing they could do next?" everything became predictable, boring, and overlong.
Not sure if I'll pick up the next volume.
Or perhaps it was an exercise in trying to jump the shark in every single issue of your comic book series? (Oh, wait, that's just the Ennis thing again.)
Sadly, now, with all the pedophiles, cabals and conspiracies, it almost seems like QAnon pandering.
All the sex, action, and gore were intended to be outrageous but once you get into the mindset of "What's the most outrageous thing they could do next?" everything became predictable, boring, and overlong.
Not sure if I'll pick up the next volume.
September 7, 2019
Blood, guts, violent deaths and sexual deviants, this has it all. 
I really appreciate it's non PC-ness, it's hard to find now. There are no filters on this action packed, blood filled, violent-fest. Talk about woman power, these women are power balls ! The women are the brains in this first book in the series, and they can back it up physically. So you say what is the book about ? It's about family bonding, politics, child raising, revenge, love, and it's all in a bloody way.
Great illustrations, and coloring, I could see the emotions happening while I read. Walking Dead fans here is the next series to follow from Robert Kirkman.
I really appreciate it's non PC-ness, it's hard to find now. There are no filters on this action packed, blood filled, violent-fest. Talk about woman power, these women are power balls ! The women are the brains in this first book in the series, and they can back it up physically. So you say what is the book about ? It's about family bonding, politics, child raising, revenge, love, and it's all in a bloody way. Great illustrations, and coloring, I could see the emotions happening while I read. Walking Dead fans here is the next series to follow from Robert Kirkman.
April 10, 2020
This was one of the most batshit insane comics I read in awhile. It was like Wanted, if wanted was half way decent.
So this book is just filled with mostly pieces of shit trying to kill each other. Everyone is out to get everyone and right from the start you have a guy's nose getting chopped off, brothers killing brothers, a blond superhero action hero blowing shit up, and a back and forth between a old white guy and a old white lady that'll pretty much make fun of whichever party you find yourself apart of. Whats this all add to? Insanity, but super entertaining.
I was having a ball reading this. Most characters die in shocking ways, Kirkman is known for it. The art gets to show those off well, and we get plenty of it. The pacing is frantic, and I love that. Never dull. The dialogue ranges from interesting to downright stupid, but in the best way. My only negative really is sometimes it's HEAVY dialogue for no real reason. Kirkman does this in a lot of his comics though.
Overall though, this was a fun surprise. A 4 out of 5.
So this book is just filled with mostly pieces of shit trying to kill each other. Everyone is out to get everyone and right from the start you have a guy's nose getting chopped off, brothers killing brothers, a blond superhero action hero blowing shit up, and a back and forth between a old white guy and a old white lady that'll pretty much make fun of whichever party you find yourself apart of. Whats this all add to? Insanity, but super entertaining.
I was having a ball reading this. Most characters die in shocking ways, Kirkman is known for it. The art gets to show those off well, and we get plenty of it. The pacing is frantic, and I love that. Never dull. The dialogue ranges from interesting to downright stupid, but in the best way. My only negative really is sometimes it's HEAVY dialogue for no real reason. Kirkman does this in a lot of his comics though.
Overall though, this was a fun surprise. A 4 out of 5.
June 20, 2019
I liked it. Reminded me of low-grade Garth Ennis (The Boys in particular) in the combination of ultra-violence with bathroom humor and more than a few four-letter words. This is also quite reminiscent of Mark Millar's Kingsman books. Great to have Chris Burnham back doing regular art on a series.
July 23, 2019
How do you score a shotgun blast to a dartboard?
That's what this book is. A hodgepodge of themes, concepts, misogyny, female empowerment, misandry, utter disrespect for the rule of law, cynical-to-nihilist views on being able to do good without being corrupted, action-movie parody, family values, disgracing Sesame Street, and personality swapping. Oh, and aliens.
I hated this before the end of the first issue. But I kept reading. And I kept hating, but I kept reading. There's a pretty enjoyable story in here, with well done art. It's just in service to such a dark depressing view of politics, morals, and ethics (there are two two-page spreads in issue 3 that lay it all out pretty clearly) that it's hard to root for anyone. Everyone is disgusting; every side is doing bad things for 'good reasons,' up to Nuclear attack, presidential assassination attempts, and slave auctions. It should have been absolutely horrible.
But it's also occasionally funny. The central characters, assassin brothers, are entertaining even when they're being horrible. And the other agents around them (and the handlers behind them) all have some good character moments. But every time I start to like the characters, there's some over-the-top sexual reference from a female senator, or overly graphic assassination, or out-of-nowhere twist and turn (except the final 'twist' which was obvious from the second issue).
This isn't the next Walking Dead or Invincible. Kirkman appears to be letting off some steam here. And it does have some of his signature style. But it's found only by wallowing in filth and demoralizing behavior and thoughts. So, whatever positives I got out of this, life's too short to continue reading it, or recommend it to others.
That's what this book is. A hodgepodge of themes, concepts, misogyny, female empowerment, misandry, utter disrespect for the rule of law, cynical-to-nihilist views on being able to do good without being corrupted, action-movie parody, family values, disgracing Sesame Street, and personality swapping. Oh, and aliens.
I hated this before the end of the first issue. But I kept reading. And I kept hating, but I kept reading. There's a pretty enjoyable story in here, with well done art. It's just in service to such a dark depressing view of politics, morals, and ethics (there are two two-page spreads in issue 3 that lay it all out pretty clearly) that it's hard to root for anyone. Everyone is disgusting; every side is doing bad things for 'good reasons,' up to Nuclear attack, presidential assassination attempts, and slave auctions. It should have been absolutely horrible.
But it's also occasionally funny. The central characters, assassin brothers, are entertaining even when they're being horrible. And the other agents around them (and the handlers behind them) all have some good character moments. But every time I start to like the characters, there's some over-the-top sexual reference from a female senator, or overly graphic assassination, or out-of-nowhere twist and turn (except the final 'twist' which was obvious from the second issue).
This isn't the next Walking Dead or Invincible. Kirkman appears to be letting off some steam here. And it does have some of his signature style. But it's found only by wallowing in filth and demoralizing behavior and thoughts. So, whatever positives I got out of this, life's too short to continue reading it, or recommend it to others.
June 8, 2019
Merely an excuse for some decent ultra-violence in the art, this is a muddle. It's set in a grimy inter-governmental world where assassins and so on do a whole host of dirty work for whichever politician is in the ascendant at any one time. Here we get a randy Theresa May clone, and some equally gross old fart trying to prime themselves to replace Obama. The case also involves what at one part was a bunch of mercenaries who also happen to have been identical quads. Yeah, like that'll work. Just as with Kirkman's other recent launch, "Oblivion Song", it's just a little too badly made (some pages clipped back so much on the dialogue side they lose all semblance of reality and/or narrative sense), written as if on the hoof ("oh, a nuclear weapon? That'll do"), and offers little that's exactly interesting. One and a half stars.
December 14, 2020
Starts out pretty good, and then goes on for too long.
2.5 stars
2.5 stars
September 15, 2019
This comic is stupid... but I enjoyed it.
What’s it about?
In an alternate timeline America’s government has trained killers to take out various problems. However with politics being more crazy than ever some killers have various issues with each other for both whatever politicians they’re working for and other personal things.
Pros:
The artwork is very cool. It’s very eye-catching and suits the story pretty well.
There is A TON of batshit crazy, gory, exciting action throughout and it makes this comic never boring as it is nearly non-stop.
This book is pretty fucking hilarious! I laughed out loud several times throughout. I should probably note the humor is usually twisted but I like twisted humor so didn’t mind.
A few moments are surprisingly emotional.
Cons:
The story. The plot is basically “these motherfuckers kill people with some political shit thrown in”. I get that it’s focused on being all super-actiony and ridiculous but please some more substance or creativity!
The characters, they’re all assholes and/or generic action heroes. The only one I particularly liked was the little girl (which is funny since I normally can’t stand children, even in comic books) because she was a particularly funny addition to this book, everyone else... yeah, zero fucks.
The dialogue is stupid, aside from the humorous parts.
The political shit. So at first I didn’t mind because it is part of the story and it was clever naming the 2 main political characters Lipshitz (I’m sure it’s not coincidence she has a serious resemblance to Hillary Clinton) and Barnaby Smith (BS) but other than that? I mean the characters are stereotyped as fuck, it goes full SJW (which as someone who isn’t a conservative I don’t just slap that term on everything, this really went off the deep end) and has hypocritical bits (example: anti-racism commentary (which don’t get me wrong, racism is bad) while having multiple racist stereotypes in the same exact panel like... what the fuck?). The worst part was when it acted like it would have been a great thing if Obama would have twisted shit to keep Trump out of office despite being the elected president like... I understand that people don’t like Trump and can understand why but for fuck’s sake... REALLY?
This comic is sometimes immature. I don’t mind the explicit content, I read and write shit a lot more NSFW than this almost every week and the gore, while exaggerated, makes sense but Kirkman just filled this book with swearing and sex every chance he got, sometimes it doesn’t even make sense in context. Also, there were some stupid poop jokes that were just complete cringe.
The ending’s slightly lame.
Mixed thoughts:
The predictability. So some parts are unexpected but other parts are completely expected. It’s really 50/50 there.
Overall:
It’s weird. So there are more cons than pros but I still enjoyed it so can’t really tell y’all it’s bad, it’s not.
It’s like that action movie you find looking through whatever video streaming site you use or when flipping through TV channels where one part of your brain is like “this is fucking stupid” but the other part of your brain is like “well, it’s also entertaining so shut up.”
If you’re interested I don’t see any real reason to be like “oh shit, I wouldn’t” though I would warn that it’s still stupid. That being said I probably will add a second volume of stupid to my reading list.
3/5
What’s it about?
In an alternate timeline America’s government has trained killers to take out various problems. However with politics being more crazy than ever some killers have various issues with each other for both whatever politicians they’re working for and other personal things.
Pros:
The artwork is very cool. It’s very eye-catching and suits the story pretty well.
There is A TON of batshit crazy, gory, exciting action throughout and it makes this comic never boring as it is nearly non-stop.
This book is pretty fucking hilarious! I laughed out loud several times throughout. I should probably note the humor is usually twisted but I like twisted humor so didn’t mind.
A few moments are surprisingly emotional.
Cons:
The story. The plot is basically “these motherfuckers kill people with some political shit thrown in”. I get that it’s focused on being all super-actiony and ridiculous but please some more substance or creativity!
The characters, they’re all assholes and/or generic action heroes. The only one I particularly liked was the little girl (which is funny since I normally can’t stand children, even in comic books) because she was a particularly funny addition to this book, everyone else... yeah, zero fucks.
The dialogue is stupid, aside from the humorous parts.
The political shit. So at first I didn’t mind because it is part of the story and it was clever naming the 2 main political characters Lipshitz (I’m sure it’s not coincidence she has a serious resemblance to Hillary Clinton) and Barnaby Smith (BS) but other than that? I mean the characters are stereotyped as fuck, it goes full SJW (which as someone who isn’t a conservative I don’t just slap that term on everything, this really went off the deep end) and has hypocritical bits (example: anti-racism commentary (which don’t get me wrong, racism is bad) while having multiple racist stereotypes in the same exact panel like... what the fuck?). The worst part was when it acted like it would have been a great thing if Obama would have twisted shit to keep Trump out of office despite being the elected president like... I understand that people don’t like Trump and can understand why but for fuck’s sake... REALLY?
This comic is sometimes immature. I don’t mind the explicit content, I read and write shit a lot more NSFW than this almost every week and the gore, while exaggerated, makes sense but Kirkman just filled this book with swearing and sex every chance he got, sometimes it doesn’t even make sense in context. Also, there were some stupid poop jokes that were just complete cringe.
The ending’s slightly lame.
Mixed thoughts:
The predictability. So some parts are unexpected but other parts are completely expected. It’s really 50/50 there.
Overall:
It’s weird. So there are more cons than pros but I still enjoyed it so can’t really tell y’all it’s bad, it’s not.
It’s like that action movie you find looking through whatever video streaming site you use or when flipping through TV channels where one part of your brain is like “this is fucking stupid” but the other part of your brain is like “well, it’s also entertaining so shut up.”
If you’re interested I don’t see any real reason to be like “oh shit, I wouldn’t” though I would warn that it’s still stupid. That being said I probably will add a second volume of stupid to my reading list.
3/5
August 4, 2019
Over the top action, with a blend of humour. I wad kinda expecting more. Plus I think the plot at times became too convoluted. Again some very heavy dialgoue which added to the confusion.
April 17, 2022
Couldn’t put this down. Bought it on account of it being created by the Walking Dead writers and liked it even better than Walking Dead.
The illustrations are amazing, the story is exciting and the humour is on point too.
Can’t wait to read the second part.
The illustrations are amazing, the story is exciting and the humour is on point too.
Can’t wait to read the second part.
November 27, 2019
Well that was absolutely insane. It's rare that I send pictures of a comic to my friends because a few panels made me laugh out loud - I did that twice with Die!Die!Die!. Even if the rest of this volume is off-the-rails nuts, often too much so, the fact that I laughed heartily at least twice pushes this experience into the win column.
I guess Die!Die!Die! is about a cabal of DC power players who keep the world in check via a team of assassins, but Kirkman and team skip the usual subterfuge and get right to plain-as-daylight backstabbing and explosive murderizing. This book is brutal - how many times can Chris Burnham draw a nose being cut off? Many times, apparently. Looks great every time, I gotta say. The art is a big selling point in Die!Die!Die!, even if the thick heads and giant eyes are kind of a turn-off.
Die!Die!Die! is really a hard book to process (and review) because it's plainly designed to be stupid fun, and it pulls that off swimmingly. There are assassin triplets killing each other, a pair of cabal members giving long-winded speeches about the state of the world, those same cabal members attending an orgy, aliens, and excellent (and surprising) Barry O cameos. Die!Die!Die! is a Mark Millar book on steroids and it might actually make you laugh. Or it'll drive you crazy. Who's to know?!
I guess Die!Die!Die! is about a cabal of DC power players who keep the world in check via a team of assassins, but Kirkman and team skip the usual subterfuge and get right to plain-as-daylight backstabbing and explosive murderizing. This book is brutal - how many times can Chris Burnham draw a nose being cut off? Many times, apparently. Looks great every time, I gotta say. The art is a big selling point in Die!Die!Die!, even if the thick heads and giant eyes are kind of a turn-off.
Die!Die!Die! is really a hard book to process (and review) because it's plainly designed to be stupid fun, and it pulls that off swimmingly. There are assassin triplets killing each other, a pair of cabal members giving long-winded speeches about the state of the world, those same cabal members attending an orgy, aliens, and excellent (and surprising) Barry O cameos. Die!Die!Die! is a Mark Millar book on steroids and it might actually make you laugh. Or it'll drive you crazy. Who's to know?!
August 16, 2024
Va mejorando a medida que avanza, pero hay varias cosas que no estaban correctamente explicadas. Lo empecé por puro impulso y no puedo negar que me costó meterme en la historia.
El eje de la trama es la labor que realiza una sección del Gobierno que se dedica a matar a todos aquellos que alteran el orden o cometen actos imperdonables. Lo que falla es que no se detalla exactamente el motivo por el que deciden actuar contra esas personas en concreto. Me explico: en un mundo en el que no es difícil encontrar violencia o corrupción, ¿qué te hace poner el punto de mira en un determinado individuo?
Según empezamos, ya vemos directamente a diversos personajes en acción y con misiones que no tienen un origen claro. Y desde el principio también se sabe que hay otros implicados que parecen estar en su contra. La cuestión es que cuesta distinguir las motivaciones de cada bando, se supone que unos te tienen que caer mal porque son enemigos de los otros, pero solo en la recta final se dan hechos que te hacen posicionarte con certeza a favor de una de las facciones.
A muchos personajes se les presenta muy superficialmente. Se destaca más su pasión por el sexo o la violencia que su forma de pensar.
Hay bastante acción y da curiosidad saber cómo se resolverán algunas conspiraciones, pero eso no evita que sientas que estás presenciando una guerra que ya estaba iniciada y que está marcada por enemistades y objetivos que desconoces.
Hay ilustraciones repletas de brutalidad y creo que a veces se exageraba la manera de mostrar la sangre o las lesiones que sufrían los personajes. En todo caso, lo que sí que me gustaba era que todas las viñetas estaban bien definidas y se utilizaba una buena variedad de colores.
La puntuación real sería un 2,5/5. No redondeo al alza porque sé que es un cómic que olvidaré a corto plazo y que ni siquiera me ha parecido verdaderamente entretenido.
El eje de la trama es la labor que realiza una sección del Gobierno que se dedica a matar a todos aquellos que alteran el orden o cometen actos imperdonables. Lo que falla es que no se detalla exactamente el motivo por el que deciden actuar contra esas personas en concreto. Me explico: en un mundo en el que no es difícil encontrar violencia o corrupción, ¿qué te hace poner el punto de mira en un determinado individuo?
Según empezamos, ya vemos directamente a diversos personajes en acción y con misiones que no tienen un origen claro. Y desde el principio también se sabe que hay otros implicados que parecen estar en su contra. La cuestión es que cuesta distinguir las motivaciones de cada bando, se supone que unos te tienen que caer mal porque son enemigos de los otros, pero solo en la recta final se dan hechos que te hacen posicionarte con certeza a favor de una de las facciones.
A muchos personajes se les presenta muy superficialmente. Se destaca más su pasión por el sexo o la violencia que su forma de pensar.
Hay bastante acción y da curiosidad saber cómo se resolverán algunas conspiraciones, pero eso no evita que sientas que estás presenciando una guerra que ya estaba iniciada y que está marcada por enemistades y objetivos que desconoces.
Hay ilustraciones repletas de brutalidad y creo que a veces se exageraba la manera de mostrar la sangre o las lesiones que sufrían los personajes. En todo caso, lo que sí que me gustaba era que todas las viñetas estaban bien definidas y se utilizaba una buena variedad de colores.
La puntuación real sería un 2,5/5. No redondeo al alza porque sé que es un cómic que olvidaré a corto plazo y que ni siquiera me ha parecido verdaderamente entretenido.
January 17, 2022
Pretty good, pretty wacky, pretty bloody.
The weirdest part was probably when it seemed like kirkman was writing in this little spiel about how female politicians are not evil.
This is an opinion I find shared among people who haven’t worked in a female-dominated field: that Field X would be kinder and gentler if ladies were in charge.
Coming from a female-dominated field, I’m here to tel you that’s incorrect. It just is.
I may be the next wave of feminism because I believe women have just as much capacity and desire to be self-serving and cruel as men. Ladies, I believe in you. I’ve seen it in action, and you can be real assholes, just as much as any man.
Don’t ever let any man tell you that you’re nobler or kinder or gentler. It’s just not true.
You’re equals.
And from someone with a mediocre view on humanity at the moment, that’s not a glowing endorsement.
The weirdest part was probably when it seemed like kirkman was writing in this little spiel about how female politicians are not evil.
This is an opinion I find shared among people who haven’t worked in a female-dominated field: that Field X would be kinder and gentler if ladies were in charge.
Coming from a female-dominated field, I’m here to tel you that’s incorrect. It just is.
I may be the next wave of feminism because I believe women have just as much capacity and desire to be self-serving and cruel as men. Ladies, I believe in you. I’ve seen it in action, and you can be real assholes, just as much as any man.
Don’t ever let any man tell you that you’re nobler or kinder or gentler. It’s just not true.
You’re equals.
And from someone with a mediocre view on humanity at the moment, that’s not a glowing endorsement.
February 10, 2020
With Robert Kirkman ending both Invincible and Walking Dead, I was wondering what he was going to do. I find he collaborates with some people for some back-to-basics. Die!Die!Die! is completely bonkers; it's the kind of junk food you can't get enough of. It's no Mission Impossible but it is fun. The over-the-top action is just so addicting, especially when it means kicking the balls off some jerkwad.
Have to admit some of the characters, feats, and what they do is kind of contradictory. This makes introverts who have trouble forming relationships feel like the bad guy. Thankfully I don't try to steal anyone's thunder like that senator. Other parts like the aliens, and the political stances feel kind of preachy. But hey, at least I had fun.
Have to admit some of the characters, feats, and what they do is kind of contradictory. This makes introverts who have trouble forming relationships feel like the bad guy. Thankfully I don't try to steal anyone's thunder like that senator. Other parts like the aliens, and the political stances feel kind of preachy. But hey, at least I had fun.
July 5, 2019
Kirkman does it again.
December 17, 2021
At least it is very, very well drawn. Burnham is superb.
September 12, 2022
Story was a little difficult to follow the art is great the gore is just the perfect amount . It almost feels like Kirkman went with a “the boys” feel to it not bad hopefully the second is better !
September 18, 2019
Tuny krve, Goru, humoru, skvělé zápletky a dobře napsaných charakterů. Kirkman prostě psát umí a v téhle sérii se naprosto vyblbnul a vidím to jako takovou náhradu za ukončeného Invincibla akorát s tajnými agenty 😀 A kupodivu mě to Politické hašteření a řešení dost bavilo.
A pokud jste feministka či feminista tak tohle je taky komiks pro vás. Holt tlustej vousatej chlap dokáže napsat lépe silné ženské charaktery než žena, ZASE !!!
A pokud jste feministka či feminista tak tohle je taky komiks pro vás. Holt tlustej vousatej chlap dokáže napsat lépe silné ženské charaktery než žena, ZASE !!!
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June 26, 2019Odd of Image to have Robert Kirkman's new series, Die!Die!Die!, release its first collection so close to the first volume of Gillen and Hans' Die. Particularly since the latter has been in the works for ages, and really needs its title, whereas this – very unusually for comics – began as a surprise release. A thing which streaming has increasingly enabled for music and films, but where the deeply odd mechanics of comics retail do not work in your favour. And sure, one can hardly say the title Die!Die!Die! is inappropriate to this knowingly-OTT welter of blood and bastardry, but Kill!Kill!Kill! would have worked at least as well. In summary: there's a secret organisation working behind the scenes of the world, controlling world history through judiciously targeted extra-judicial executions. Except, they're broadly speaking the good guys, just one of the details which stops things from feeling stale. See also: the fact that the cold open takes place at a dog track in Shrewsbury, the first big car chase and shoot-out just outside town – not locations conventionally associated with balletic gun-fu. See also: the way that with one rather pathetic exception, the ruthless, voracious string-pullers we encounter are mostly female. Sure, there are still plenty of familiar male badasses blowing shit up and quipping, plenty of minions being needlessly offed by their bosses in a way which in real life would be deeply counterproductive (just ask Stalin). But it doesn't expect to be taken remotely seriously, which buys it a lot of indulgence when set beside the joyless grind of a lot of action comics with vaguely similar concepts (not least another recent Image release, the Kirkman-conceived Hardcore). Burnham's appealingly lively art is a big part of making the tone work; it doesn't let itself lapse into the fully cartoonish, but does ensure the gore is more jolly, less gruelling than might otherwise have been the case. And scattered in between the swordfights and shoot-outs and nose-severings (and yes, that last one is plural), surprisingly impassioned debates about the possibility and the limitations of building a better world – ones which could easily have tipped over into speechifying, but which the heightened feel of Die!Die!Die! preserves as at once plausible and engaging.
(Edelweiss ARC)
(Edelweiss ARC)
August 27, 2020
Chris Burnham and is collaborators are some of the greatest artists in the business, and I really wish they could show that off in something other this book.
Make no mistake, this book works because of them. The sheer variety of different genres, tones and characters in this book should not be able to blend together. The gonzo, everything and the kitchen sink approach to the plot is balanced by the consistency of Burnham’s work. From slapstick violence, to cringe inducing action, their layouts and line-work bring a consistent energy to the storytelling. It’s never confusing, always exciting and most importantly, does almost all the heavy work required to make this mess of a plot feel like a cohesive narrative.
And this narrative is a mess. Kirkman’s most successful work is easily pitchable, and while his writing isn’t always the best, he keeps the twists coming well enough to keep you entertained, and it’s rarely bad enough to make you want to stop.
Well, the writing may not be bad enough to make you want to stop here, but it’s also rarely good enough to make you want to continue.
The characters are exaggerated to the point where it’s hard to forge a connection with most of them, which seems intentional. The problem is that the plot itself isn’t strong enough to carry this. Broadly, it seems to follow the idea “The Illuminati is real” and use that as a springboard to make political satire... but this just doesn’t work. The secretive cabal isn’t ever explained enough to find it compelling, reduced to two laughable figureheads having an internal conflict. The satire is mostly toothless, meaningless jokes we’ve heard before. It’s not exactly “Orange Man Bad” style jokes, but it rarely lands like they want it to.
The other half of the narrative centres around a group of sibling assassins and those in their orbit, and it fares a bit better. They’re responsible for driving most of the actual plot and the biggest twists centre around them. Unfortunately, the pace is often too breakneck for this, with predictable twist after predictable twist sandwiching into a fatiguing mess. The story isn’t anywhere near as clever or biting as it thinks it is.
As a throwback to Stallone or Schwarzenegger action flicks, this works alright. As a talent showcase for Burnham it’s amazing. Even taken for what it’s trying to be, the first issue is quite good. But as a whole... it’s pretty mediocre. If I were feeling generous, it might scrape three stars, but as it is... all I can say is it’s fine.
Make no mistake, this book works because of them. The sheer variety of different genres, tones and characters in this book should not be able to blend together. The gonzo, everything and the kitchen sink approach to the plot is balanced by the consistency of Burnham’s work. From slapstick violence, to cringe inducing action, their layouts and line-work bring a consistent energy to the storytelling. It’s never confusing, always exciting and most importantly, does almost all the heavy work required to make this mess of a plot feel like a cohesive narrative.
And this narrative is a mess. Kirkman’s most successful work is easily pitchable, and while his writing isn’t always the best, he keeps the twists coming well enough to keep you entertained, and it’s rarely bad enough to make you want to stop.
Well, the writing may not be bad enough to make you want to stop here, but it’s also rarely good enough to make you want to continue.
The characters are exaggerated to the point where it’s hard to forge a connection with most of them, which seems intentional. The problem is that the plot itself isn’t strong enough to carry this. Broadly, it seems to follow the idea “The Illuminati is real” and use that as a springboard to make political satire... but this just doesn’t work. The secretive cabal isn’t ever explained enough to find it compelling, reduced to two laughable figureheads having an internal conflict. The satire is mostly toothless, meaningless jokes we’ve heard before. It’s not exactly “Orange Man Bad” style jokes, but it rarely lands like they want it to.
The other half of the narrative centres around a group of sibling assassins and those in their orbit, and it fares a bit better. They’re responsible for driving most of the actual plot and the biggest twists centre around them. Unfortunately, the pace is often too breakneck for this, with predictable twist after predictable twist sandwiching into a fatiguing mess. The story isn’t anywhere near as clever or biting as it thinks it is.
As a throwback to Stallone or Schwarzenegger action flicks, this works alright. As a talent showcase for Burnham it’s amazing. Even taken for what it’s trying to be, the first issue is quite good. But as a whole... it’s pretty mediocre. If I were feeling generous, it might scrape three stars, but as it is... all I can say is it’s fine.
July 6, 2019
The best thing Kirkman has done since early Walking Dead.
I know a lot of people will probably disagree, but I thought this book was amazing. It had assassins, evil politicians, and even a few aliens. This book took on subjects that I don't think any other could take on right now. This book was gross, outrages, yet really funny at times. It reminded me a little of The Boys. Two political figures seem to be at a stand still, each of them hiring an assassin to stop the other. It just turns out the assassins happen to be part of the same identical triplets! There's a lot of "whos who" and betrayal so pay attention cause it gets WILD. Two things that really stood out to me; 1) the intro in each issue was awesome. The first 2 pages was all hype done in an old grind house style explaining why each character was there to "die!die!die!". Honestly, I could just read a bunch of those and be fine. 2) The book was really feminine, in all the right ways! One of the main character is a female politician and she just kicks so much ass. Any time anyone tried to black mail her, she was three steps ahead. She didnt give a damn and did what had to be done. she also has the best kills.
A lot of people will probably think its too over the top or radical. But with the times being as crazy as they are, I'm glad to have a crazy comic to go with it.
I know a lot of people will probably disagree, but I thought this book was amazing. It had assassins, evil politicians, and even a few aliens. This book took on subjects that I don't think any other could take on right now. This book was gross, outrages, yet really funny at times. It reminded me a little of The Boys. Two political figures seem to be at a stand still, each of them hiring an assassin to stop the other. It just turns out the assassins happen to be part of the same identical triplets! There's a lot of "whos who" and betrayal so pay attention cause it gets WILD. Two things that really stood out to me; 1) the intro in each issue was awesome. The first 2 pages was all hype done in an old grind house style explaining why each character was there to "die!die!die!". Honestly, I could just read a bunch of those and be fine. 2) The book was really feminine, in all the right ways! One of the main character is a female politician and she just kicks so much ass. Any time anyone tried to black mail her, she was three steps ahead. She didnt give a damn and did what had to be done. she also has the best kills.
A lot of people will probably think its too over the top or radical. But with the times being as crazy as they are, I'm glad to have a crazy comic to go with it.
January 19, 2021
This Graphic novel surprised me, I had it in a stack I bought and took my time to getting around to read, The first thing I relized was that it was by the same guy that brought us "The Walking Dead" then I started reading and it was much better than I thought it would be. I am scared to death that it may be more true about our political figures than I want to imagine, but It was just fiction Right? This was a good read.
July 25, 2020
LIT 🔥, i mean if you are reading because of the content, it is very simple and also ordinary, but the characters and the drawings are great!
Simple asf not like Death Note or a regular manga, BUT very entertaining and engaging.
Cant wait for vol 2. Also it has some fresh elements that make the reading enjoyable. Thanks it was great.
Simple asf not like Death Note or a regular manga, BUT very entertaining and engaging.
Cant wait for vol 2. Also it has some fresh elements that make the reading enjoyable. Thanks it was great.
January 30, 2021
Have to think that I'm not part of the target audience for this. The excessive violence is presented so gleefully that it's like dark slapstick. Hard to feel anything for most of the characters: if they're not evil they are doing violent things to evil people. The story is arguably a parody of spy/thriller/action movies, but if so it's too broad for me.
July 25, 2020
Violenta, por supuesto, pero a su vez cargada de cinismo y humor negro.
Agentes especiales, tramas políticas, corrupción, sexo... y todo orquestado en un primer arco argumental que me recuerda a aquel Hard Boiled de Geoff Darrow en algunos momentos.
Agentes especiales, tramas políticas, corrupción, sexo... y todo orquestado en un primer arco argumental que me recuerda a aquel Hard Boiled de Geoff Darrow en algunos momentos.
November 29, 2020
Violence for the sake of violence does not tell a story. Most all of these themes have been done before and a lot better. There is not a single likeable character in this and several who are so reprehensible they are beyond believable. Kirkman has done better but this isn't near the best.
March 22, 2023
Woah! That was bonkers..a must read for anyone who likes their stories a bit Garth Ennisy ..you know if you know😅 it's over the top, bloody, absurd and definitely a lot of people die in this one..loved it..
August 1, 2019
One of the most violent cartoon you can find in recent history. I scratch my head for some of the choices the story takes however.
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