2023 Reading List: DIE (2018)

2023 reading list: DIE (2018)

I made all of this... for you.

(ID under the cut.)

ID: Six animated gifs showing the characters of the comic Die by Kieren Gillen and Stephanie Hans. The art style is painterly and impressionistic, and the coloring is stark with a few bright accents.

1: A background of a bear engulfed in purple and pink flames. The world is black and white near the edges. The words "the Godbinder" are written in fancy script across the top, and a pentagon pulled from a D12 sits in the center. In the pentagon, six images of Isabelle rotate through: First, adult Isabelle in the real world, and then pink and blue-tinged portraits of her from within the world of Die.

2: A background of Ash the Dictator accepting a crown. The world is black and white except for her, in a bright red dress. The words "the Dictator" are in white across the top, and just beneath is a triangle like a D4. Six images rotate through inside the triangle: Dominic Ash, painted in blues and greys, and then six gifs of Ash the Dictator as she progresses from her black dress and bare face to red dress and crown, and finally her muzzle.

3: A background of a man standing silhouetted against the nighttime sky on top of a large bloody carcass. The carcass is in dim reds, and the rest of the world is black and white. Across the top are the words "the Fool" in an all-caps scribbled font. A square pulled from a D6 sits in the center of the image. Within the square, six images of Chuck rotate. The first is him in the real world, and the remaining five are within the world of Die. The only difference is a D6 he wears on an earring within Die and blood on his face.

4: A background of a medieval city exploding in a burst of blue lightning. The world outside the explosion is black and white. Across the top of the gif are the words "the Grief Knight" in an old-fashioned font. A triangle pulled from a D8 sits in the center and shows six portraits of Matt. The first is a young Matt prior to the events of the comic. The remaining five show him, tinted in oranges and blues and wearing his Grief Knight armor, within the world of Die.

5: A background of a woman and a dog silhouetted against a barren wasteland. They're standing in a halo of orange and pink light, but the landscape is gray. The words "the Neo" are written across the top in a futuristic font. A four-sided shape pulled from the sides of a D10 sits in the center. The inside rotates between six portraits of Angela Ash. The first is her in the normal world, looking up from a bar. The remaining five show her within the world of Die, wearing her red hood and occasionally her face shield.

6: A deserted landscape with a ruined city. Most of the background is in black and white, but rays of sunlight cast some parts in reds and yellows. Across the top, in a futuristic and chunky font, are the words "the Grandmaster." A triangle pulled from a D20 sits in the center of the image. The inside rotates through six images of Solomon: the first is him outside the game as a teenager; then his teenaged persona within the game, surrounded by pink fire; then his Grandmaster persona, with two D20s glowing in place of his eyes; then his Fallen persona, with visible musculature, sharp teeth, no eyes and a lack of skin; then his returned Grandmaster persona, this time in a white cape that hides half his face; and finally, his returned form in the outside world, an older man with circular sunglasses.

/End ID.