DIE: Loaded #5 reveals its Master. What now?
The Master is the one character that brings the rest together, and dooms them to play until all are ready to go home. Meet Violet in DIE: Loaded #5.
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The Fool revealed in Image’s DIE: Loaded #4
What happens when you give a kid a world where they can pretend to be an adult, and the world bends to their desire for mayhem? Meet our Fool in DIE: Loaded #4.
Enter the Dictator in Image’s DIE: Loaded #3
Someone is bringing the family members of the original DIE party into that 20-sided world. Sophie is working to gather this new party — with one minor snag.
Image’s DIE: Loaded #2 gets its Frazetta on
A Godbinder and a Rage Knight find themselves lost in a realm of endless artscapes, with little idea of why they’re there, and what they’re meant to do. There’s a steep learning curve, but with the help of a mysterious new Master or two, they just might figure things out before they face the game’s…
Of roles and rolls – Image’s DIE: Loaded takes us back to hell
In 1991, six teenagers disappeared into a magical world based on a roleplaying game. Some, but not all, returned. In 2018, they disappeared once more — and once again, some, but not all, returned. It’s 2025, and people are about to go missing again. Could this be the point of no return? DIE: Loaded #1…
ADVANCE REVIEW: Does DIE: Loaded #1 uphold the magic it created?
Six children fell into a role-playing game, experienced the true horror of having your fantasies become real – and went through it all again as adults. Now, they’re dealing with what they’ve learned about the true nature of DIE, including the most dangerous truth of all: everyone in the world is still at risk of…
A thinly disguised metaphor for dementia in Image’s Assorted Crisis Events #6
Are you or someone you love suffering from retro-anterograde temporal diminishment? Do you find yourself vacillating between child and octogenarian from one moment to the next? Is it increasingly difficult to remember important details such as your name, your address, the date or the faces of cherished loved ones? If so, see a doctor and…
A heartbreaking new take on the zombie story in Image’s Everything Dead & Dying #1
Jack Chandler is the sole survivor of the zombie apocalypse in his rural farming community, but rather than eliminate them, he has chosen to continue living alongside the undead — including the husband and adopted daughter he fought so hard to have. But when his town is discovered by outsiders, Jack suddenly becomes the one…
Why Image’s Assorted Crisis Events by Camp and Zawadzki is the comic of 2025
After millions of years trapped in the same 60 seconds, Anna has to readjust to life on the straight and narrow. But even out of the time loop, all roads seem to end where they began. Will Anna be able to escape endless recursion? Assorted Crisis Events #5 is written by Deniz Camp, drawn by…
Transformers to…transform…with Robert Kirkman & Dan Mora as new creative team
Like a semi truck that turns into a robot, or an ancient artifact known as a “cassette tape player” that transforms into a robot and also shoots out cassette tapes that transform into robots, Skybound’s Transformers series is about to undergo a transformation of its own. News broke today that writer and Skybound impresario Robert…
Assorted Crisis Events #2 puts the trauma of the immigrant experience through the meat grinder
What stalks the blood-soaked kill floor? A dizzying, heartbreaking, hallucinogenic trip through the endless slaughterhouse! Witness a man’s life cut up, ground down and packaged for easy consumption in Assorted Crisis Events #2, written by Deniz Camp, drawn by Eric Zawadzki, colored by Jordie Bellaire, lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and designed by Tom Muller for…
ADVANCE REVIEW: We’re Taking Everyone Down with Us #1 brings to new life to ’60s genre fiction
After her mad-scientist father is killed by the world’s greatest spy, 13-year-old Annalise is left all alone in the world. Sort of. Her dead dad’s robot bodyguard is following her around for some reason. Now Annalise has a choice: try to lead a normal life for the first time ever, or seek revenge and maybe…
Assorted Crisis Events #1 the perfect dizzying, chaotic allegory for our current moment
Time is having a crisis. Mingling in the red-light district, you can find actual cavemen, medieval knights and cyborg soldiers on leave from World War IV. Victorian debutantes amble their way into cellphone stores, confused and bewildered (what is a data plan?). On their way to work, bleary-eyed commuters get trapped in time-loops, assaulted by…
ADVANCE REVIEW: Image’s You’ll Do Bad Things #1 is a slasher with beautiful details
Seth Holms can’t seem to write himself a happy ending. A True Crime bestselling author, he has been trying his best to move on to lighter fare, only to find that no matter how hard he tries, something always keeps pulling him back to dark, gruesome endings for the characters whose fate he controls. He’d…
Masumi is the black orb over Tokyo in The Power Fantasy #4
Masumi’s latest art exhibit opens tonight. Tokyo is petrified. Will any critic dare say what they think and risk unleashing her wrath? Meanwhile, Etienne discovers the dangers of long-haul flights when you’ve just murdered a world leader. The Power Fantasy #4 is written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard, lettered by Clayton Cowles and…