The July Image solicits are out, including DIE 18. Here's the solicit...
DIE #18
WRITER: Kieron Gillen ARTIST / COVER A: Stephanie Hans COVER B: Yoshi Yoshitani
JULY 14 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"Bleed," Part Three Once upon a time, there was a golden child. He’s been gone a long time now. What happened to him? Let’s find out.
Talk to your retailer if you wanna pre-order, etc.
Die #16 Gets a Diamond UK Direct Market Variant #Comics #ComicBooks
Image Comics has revealed a highly collectible variant cover for the forthcoming Die #16 by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans. This variant will be shipped exclusively to Diamond UK Direct Market accounts as a Thank You and is designed to benefit our international partners during an exceptionally difficult period for independently-owned businesses. Die #16 kicks off the series’ final story arc,…
DIE 17 “BLEED,” Part Two Published: June 9, 2021 Diamond ID: APR210287 Age Rating: M Hell is other people, said Sartre. Hell disagrees. Hell has things to share.
B cover by the ever amazing Paulina Ganucheau. Speak to your retailer.
DIE returns for its final arc in May. Here’s the full press-release, but the main bit...
KIERON GILLEN & STEPHANIE HANS' BESTSELLING SERIES DIE BEGINS COUNTDOWN TO SINISTER FINALE
PORTLAND, Ore. 2.18.2021 — Bestselling series Die by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans will kick off its final story arc—ominously titled “Bleed”—beginning with Die #16 out from Image Comics this May. The highly anticipated conclusion for the series will be revealed in Die #20. To go into the dark, you have to get to the dark. They never put a dungeon anywhere accessible, do they? Past sins haunt our party, and future sins permeate the landscape. Die’s closing arc begins as we began: with regrets and screaming. Die has consistently held a seat as one of the top selling Image Comics series with multiple sell-outs at the distributor level and regular reorder activity that’s skyrocketed with each new installment’s release. Perhaps best described as Jumanji with goth sensibilities, the series has stolen headlines since its launch for ushering in a new trend in RPG themed storytelling. “The concluding arc is always bittersweet,” said Gillen. “Sad that the adventure is coming to the end, but the wicked glee of finally being able to reveal all the bleak secrets we've been keeping.” Die #16 Cover A by Hans (Diamond Code MAR210062) and Die #16 Cover B by Alberto Varanda (Diamond Code MAR210063) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, May 5. Die #16 will also be available for purchase across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, comiXology, and Google Play.
Coo!
Excited to be back, excited to have Alberto join us for a second cover and excited to bring this home. The plan was always to do 20 issues of this, as the counting numbers on the back cover should have implied, so wrapping up our adventures for now is a whole lot of fun. At least, for a DIE level of fun, anyway.
Writer: Kieron Gillen Artist / Cover: Stephanie Hans December 16 / 168 Pages / FC / M / $16.99
In the world of Die, the players are now real players. Countries are their pieces, and the board threatens to run red with blood. Who is the Queen, and who are pawns? Who's playing to win? Who's forgotten what they're playing for? And what will they do when they're reminded of the real stakes? The critically acclaimed dark fantasy smash hit goes epic in its third volume.
Collects Die #11-15
Image solicits are up for November. Include THE LUDOCRATS trade and...
DIE #15
WRITER: Kieron Gillen ARTIST / COVER A: Stephanie Hans COVER B: Bill Sienkiewicz
NOVEMBER 18 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"THE GREAT GAME,” Part Five The Great Game ends. The board is flipped. The pieces go to pieces. Can anyone play on?
Bill Sienkiewicz cover! You can imagine Stephanie and me running around.
Speak to retailer if you wanna.
DIE 11 sold out so quickly so we’re doing a second printing.
Order code is APR208893. Out Wednesday, July 29.
The June Image solicits are out. Here’s what I’ve written in it.
DIE #12 WRITER: KIERON GILLEN ARTIST / COVER A: STEPHANIE HANS COVER B: JUSTINE FRANY JUNE 10 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99 “THE GREAT GAME,” Part Two Designer Sid Meier described games as a series of interesting decisions. “May you live in interesting times” is a curse. Both things are true, and both are true here.
THE LUDOCRATS #3 (OF 5) WRITER: KIERON GILLEN & JIM ROSSIGNOL ARTIST: JEFF STOKELY & TAMRA BONVILLAIN COVER: JEFF STOKELY JUNE 3 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99 LUDOCRATS, the comic that makes its whole creative team shout, “Oh God. What have we done? Why didn’t anyone stop us?” on a monthly basis.
Image Solicits for May are out including the return of…
DIE #11
WRITER: Kieron Gillen ARTIST / COVER A: Stephanie Hans COVER B: Ben Oliver
MAY 06 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
“THE GREAT GAME,” Part One Half the party is ruling a whole empire. The other half is on the run. Neither has it easy. There is nothing easy in this game, especially when the stakes get shockingly real. The most epic arc of DIE begins as it means to go on: messily.
And the second issue of the Ludorampage…
THE LUDOCRATS #2 (OF 5)
WRITER: Jim Rossignol, Kieron Gillen ARTIST: Jeff Stokely, Tamra Bonvillain COVER A: Jeff Stokely
MAY 06 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
How could we follow the startling first issue of LUDOCRATS? With issue two. Sometimes it doesn’t pay to overthink these things. Herein, stuff of a ludicrous and oft entertaining character happens.
IT CANNOT BE CONTAINED.
The Image solicits for February 2020 are up, including volume 2 of DIE.
DIE, VOL. 2: SPLIT THE PARTY TP
WRITER: Kieron Gillen ARTIST / COVER A: Stephanie Hans
FEBRUARY 05 / 168 pages / FC/ M / $16.99
No one can escape DIE until everyone agrees to go home. Or rather, no one can escape DIE until everyone who is alive agrees to go home. The commercial and critical hit second arc of the bleakly romantic fantasy fiction series starts to reveal the secrets of the world, and our heroes’ pasts. There’s always the chance they’ll escape DIE. They’ll never escape themselves. Collects DIE #6-10
Excited! Speak to your retailer or preorder on your internet bookseller of choice.
DIE #10
WRITER: Kieron Gillen ARTIST / COVER A: Stephanie Hans COVER B: Anna Dittmann
DECEMBER 04 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
“SPLIT THE PARTY,” Conclusion Forget escaping DIE.
DIE PIN - $9.99
JANUARY 29 / pages / / M / $9.99
Either buy one to decorate your lapel or 2,000 to make an improvised suit of scale mail. Either way, this is genuine DIE merchandise that’s guaranteed to not drag you screaming into a world of dark horror fantasy adventure. We promise. No, really.
DIE T-SHIRT - $25 SM-XL JANUARY 29 / pages / / M / $25.00 / $30 2XL-3XL
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SIZES AVAILABLE (S-3XL) The first official DIE clothing! Clearly eventually we want to do a suit of full plate armour (+4) with “I <3 DIE” engraved on it, and these fine T-shirts are a first step towards that. Join us. Wear us. Available in a range of colors including black, black, and black, as we are total goths.
Speak to your retailer if you want ‘em. The T-shirt and pin especially may be the sort of thing they’d only get in if you especially ask them to do so.
DIE #9
WRITER: Kieron Gillen ARTIST / COVER A: Stephanie Hans COVER B: Miquel Muerto, Emma Ríos
NOVEMBER 06 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
“SPLIT THE PARTY,” Part Four Forget escaping DIE. You can’t do that without escaping the prison, with your worst enemy and the first woman who ever gazed upon this plane with human eyes.
Emma Rios and Miquel Muerto have done amazing stuff here.
DIE 7 out this week too.
Issue 6 is out next week and (er) re-orders have already ate through the print-run, so we’re doing another printing, with Stephanie’s tweaked cover above.
Die #6, second printing (Diamond Code JUN198682) will be available on Wednesday, August 28. The final order cutoff deadline for comic shop retailers is Monday, August 5.
DIE #8
WRITER: Kieron Gillen ARTIST / COVER A: Stephanie Hans COVER B: Marc Simonetti
OCTOBER 02 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
“SPLIT THE PARTY,” Part Three The endless social whirl of the popular unpopular kids in Angria threatens to ensnare the party. Mistakes have grown in their absence. Have our heroes?
You can read the rest of the October solicitations here.
DIE #7
WRITER: Kieron Gillen ARTIST / COVER A: Stephanie Hans COVER B: Mathieu Lauffray SEPTEMBER 04 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99 “SPLIT THE PARTY,” Part Two The rest of our heroes have to march the survivors of Glass Town across the featureless Expanse, led by contrite Isabelle and never-contrite-in-his-whole-life Chuck. But is there more than meets the eye here? Like a secret door? Or a soul?
The rest of the September Image Solicitations are here. Talk to your retailer to pre-order.
DIE #6
WRITER: Kieron Gillen ARTIST / COVER A: Stephanie Hans COVER B: Peach Momoko
AUGUST 07 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
“SPLIT THE PARTY,” Part One Forget escaping Die—half of our heroes can’t even escape the remains of shattered Glass Town. Is there any way out? Of course there is. It’s just whether or not you can pay the price. Jump aboard the commercial smash series here!
August Image solicitations! Can’t wait to be back.
