Wicked + the Divine Volume 8: Old Is the New New - by Kieron Gillen (Paperback)

About the Book

"Contains material originally published in single magazine form as The Wicked + the divine specials"--Title page verso.

Book Synopsis

Modernist poets trapped in an Agatha Christie Murder Mystery. The Romantics gathering in Lake Geneva to resurrect the dead. What really happened during the fall of Rome. The Lucifer who was a nun, hearing Ananke's Black Death confession. As we approach the end, we start to see the full picture. Also includes the delights of the WicDiv Christmas Annual and the Comedy special.

Collects all six of THE WICKED + THE DIVINE's essential Specials.

GENRE Superheroes, Urban Fantasy, Crime & Mystery
Modernist poets trapped in an Agatha Christie Murder Mystery. The Romantics gathering in Lake Geneva to resurrect the dead. What really happened during the fall of Rome. The Lucifer who was a nun, hearing Ananke's Black Death confession. As we approach the end, we start to see the full picture. Also includes the delights of the WicDiv Christmas Annual and the Comedy special.

Collects all six of THE WICKED + THE DIVINE's essential Specials.

About the Author

Kieron Gillen first came to attention as a comic writer with his 2006's Phonogram, with Jamie McKelvie. They continued to work together across the next fifteen year, culminating with smash hit The Wicked + the Divine. Since then he's had the pleasure of creating stories with other artists such as Stephanie Hans (DIE, We Called Them Giants) and Caspar Wijngaard (the current sensation, The Power Fantasy). He has worked on Marvel Comics biggest books, such as Immortal X-men, Young Avengers, Thor, Iron Man, Star Wars, Eternals and Darth Vader, (where he co-created Doctor Aphra). In a previous life he was an award-winning pop-culture critic. In his current life, he tries to sleep more. He lives in Bath, UK.

Stephanie Hans is a seasoned illustrator. She works mostly for the books mainstream market with clients as big as Marvel, DC Comics, Image Comics, Dark Horse, Valiant, Dynamite, Vertigo, and Boom Studios.

André Lima Araújo is a Portuguese architect and comics creator. Soon after graduating in University of Minho he began his career at Marvel Comics, working on titles such as Fantastic Four, Avengers AI, Spider-Verse, Inhumans, Spidey and Black Panther, among many others. He has contributed illustrations to a number of additional publications and, in parallel, creates and develops his own comic projects, publishing Man Plus (Titan Comics) and Generation Gone (co-created with Ales Kot, Image Comics).

More recently, he worked at DC Comics, where he begun working with Brian Michael Bendis on their brand new creation, Phenomena, an ambitious trilogy being published by Abrams Books (book 1 out now). With Rick Remender he developed A Righteous Thirst For Vengeance, a murder mystery published by Image Comics (vols. 1 and 2 out now).

When he isn't working, André likes being with his family, reading history books, driving and playing videogames. He lives in Portugal with his wife and three daughters.

Matt Wilson has been coloring comics since 2003, getting his start coloring for the comics coloring studio Zylonol Studios. After a few years in the studio Matt branched out on his own to color titles like: Phonogram, Young Avengers, Thor, Daredevil, Wonder Woman, Swamp Thing, The Wicked + The Divine, and Paper Girls. In 2015 Matt's work earned him Eisner Award and Harvey Award nominations.

Kris Anka is a Los Angeles based artist who's worked on titles such as the Runaways, Star-Lord, Captain Marvel, and Uncanny X-men. He is known for harnessing the power of Thirst.

Jen Bartel is an illustrator and comic artist who specializes in drawing strong ladies. She is best known for her ongoing cover work for clients like Marvel, DC/Vertigo, and Dark Horse. She is the artist of the Image Comics book, Blackbird.