Die (comics)
Die (stylized as DIE) is a horror/fantasy comic book about role-playing games, influenced by the portal fantasy and LitRPG literary genres, written by Kieron Gillen and illustrated by Stephanie Hans. The series focuses on a group of British adults who are drawn back to an icosahedron-shaped world they originally visited as teenagers; the group left behind a friend upon their original escape and never discussed the experience. It was published by Image Comics and ran for twenty issues across four five-issue arcs (Fantasy Heartbreaker, Split the Party, The Great Game, and Bleed), beginning in December 2018 and ending in September 2021.
| DIE | |
|---|---|
Volume 1 cover. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Image Comics |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | December 2018 – September 2021 |
| No. of issues | 20 |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans |
| Written by | Kieron Gillen |
| Artist(s) | Stephanie Hans |
| Letterer(s) | Clayton Cowles |
| Collected editions | |
| Fantasy Heartbreaker | ISBN 1-5343-1270-6 |
| Split the Party | ISBN 1-5343-1497-0 |
| The Great Game | ISBN 1-5343-1716-3 |
| Bleed | ISBN 1-5343-1926-3 |
It won the British Fantasy Award for "Best Comic / Graphic Novel" in 2020 and 2021 and was a finalist for the Hugo Award in "Best Graphic Story or Comic" three times. Gillen and Hans also created a role-playing game adaptation of Die with British publisher Rowan, Rook and Deckard; the game was successively funded via Kickstarter in May 2022 and the digital edition was released in November 2022.