#WicDIv

[wicdiv]

As part of the Wicked + the Divine: The Covers Version we promised finally doing a Sakhmet cover to finish the set.

Here it is.

Jamie and Matt did her proud.

You can still pre-order a copy of it here.

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Characters, book, and author names under the cut

Cassandra Igarashi/Laura Wilson - The Wicked+the Divine by Kieron Gillen

Sam Becker/Jonathan Forest - 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall

Henry de Lyon/Ian mac Maíl Coluim - The Scottish Boy by Alex de Campi

Gideon Nav/Harrowhark Nonagesimus- The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir

[soranatus]

The Morrigan by Kevin Wada

[pulsingvoid]

close enough. welcome back the wicked + the divine

[kierongillen]

This week's newsletter! The Sakmet Headshot and pre-orders for WicDiv: The Covers Version! Update on The Power Fantasy releases! More We Called Them Giants preview! My Lazy Person's Guide to gaming Duolingo!

[thepenguinhbo]

listening to music while exercising lead me to thinking very hard about a wicdiv retelling in which baal's greater than life, electrifying persona that shields his softness from others is based on lil nas x rather than kanye

or

a one where baal is a similarly electrifying, magnetic persona, except he's a woman and basically what i'm getting at is i think megan thee stallion should be given lightning powers

[theluciferswar]

Lucifers VS Lucifers : Round 3

Propaganda under the cut

Lucifer (Obey Me !)

He's the real ex-angel Lucifer except him and his brothers fell cause God wanted to delete their sister from existence for feeding a human she had fallen in love with angel food to save him. God. Wanted to get rid. Of his sister. For saving a human.

So he did war about it, and lost, and now he's a demon with stress and a homoerotic bond with the Lord of the Devildom and 6 unruly little brothers which are the other avatars of sin.

He's like a middle aged single father and he needs a break I stg. He's getting grey hairs! Some of those are caused by the MC also! Because they're a little shit sometimes! Also he's hot. Wears glasses sometimes. I think they should actually salt and pepper his hair but no one listens to me and my huge brain. Give him wrinkles also. I know hes an ageless being but I want hot middle aged men and not just more twinks.

Sorry that's unrelated op my bad. Anyways his family is chaotic but he still loves them deeply despite it all.

Lucifer (WicDiv)

Luci is the heart of WicDiv. It's a book about her. Or, more accurately, it's a book about her death. She's an irreverant hedonist, a lonely teenager thrust into stardom, and, above all else, the Devil Incarnate.

WicDiv is incredible, a masterpiece of indie comics, and all about 12 teenagers (mostly 18-19yos) who incarnate as gods - they will be loved, they will be hated, within two years they will be dead...and Lucifer is the first to die, though she does it before her time.

SPOILERS, but she gets better, and the ending is incredible - they all announce that they're giving up their godhood to end the cycle / save everything, and Lucifer goes last, and follows the same, "I'm not a god..." format, only to go, "...I've never been a god. I'm Lucifer." And it's iconic. And the scene that follows it up, where "Persephone" goes to rescue her - "there were two girls in hell" ??? incredible.

Also, in universe after her death, people started wearing Lucifer Died For Our Sins t-shirts, and they started selling them as real shirts, and I think it's fucking hilarious. https://wicdiv.threadless.com/designs/lucifer-died-for-our-sins-dark/mens/t-shirt

[incorrectwicdivquotes]

Cassandra: We need water. Baphomet: Humans can go days without water, so relax. Cassandra: That is one hundred percent not true! Baphomet: Oh yeah? How long then? Cassandra: I don't know! 19 hours? Baphomet: 19 hours?! I've slept 19 hours without water you idiot! Cassandra: WHO SLEEPS THAT LONG?! Baphomet: I HAD A BAD DAY!

[heyitspizzaking]

Persephone

The Wicked + The Divine

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The Wicked + the Divine #1 - 10 Years Later

The Wicked + the Divine #1 - 10 Years Later. Sometimes, the things that were great a decade ago are still great #comics #comicbooks

“And every demon wants his pound of flesh.”–Florence + the Machine “Forgot that inside the icon, there’s still a young girl from Essex.”–Lorde Until I read Kieron Gillen’s newsletter last week, I couldn’t believe that it had been ten years since The Wicked + the Divine was released and basically changed my life. It, and Gillen and artist Jamie McKelvie’s other collaboration Phonogram,…

[sir-libearian]

I don't have time, but goldan age of piracy recurrence would be fascinating.

[wicdiv]

As it's the 10 year anniversary (eek!) of WicDiv, we wanted to do something to celebrate. And so - a kickstarter for a coffeebook of all the covers, plus extras. It'll launch properly next week, so sign up for your reminder.

More details in this week's newsletter from Kieron.

[perseph]

Watching a playthough of Stray Gods, which is a musical RPG about reincarnated gods caught up in a murder mystery. Sound familiar? It's not really that similar to WicDiv, but I have noticed a few interesting parallels....

Yes, these characters are both Persephone

[lady-of-the-spirit]

Happy international women's month to this scene specifically. (ID in alt text)

[do-you-ship-this-comic-ship]

the submitter would like to suggest that the ship name be bananna

[kierongillen]

In WicDiv, why did you choose to call him Woden instead of the more recognizable Odin?

There's a "I want no more one god from each pantheon, and I'm willing to cheat to get it" aspect. I was counting Norse and Germanic as separate pantheons.

But mainly as I'd rather a slightly more obscure one which could then be more identified with our work. If you say "Odin" you're probably thinking of the Marvel Universe. I don't want to be "Not that Odin."