#Comics war of the gods series#

Romina’s piece will feature the found family that Kratos and Atreus have gathered to them on their travels through the Nine Realms. Her cartoon style captures the heart and expression of her subjects with dynamic backgrounds that create a scene that draws you into the moment of the scene. Romina Tempest is an illustrator and character designer who we had the great pleasure of working with on B is for Boy, an illustrated retelling of the events in God of War (2018). Portrait Reveal: Tuesday, September 20 Romina Tempest – Heroes of Midgard The last game, God of War (2018), has a touching story that plays very smoothly and has beautiful art direction.” “I enjoy action and hack and slash games, so it was easy for me to find it appealing. Her style organically blends environments and subjects into fluid compositions with a whimsical, colorful quality.Įmma’s work focuses on the Huldra Brothers, Brok and Sindri, alongside two dwarves you will meet during your journey in God of War Ragnarök. Portrait Reveal: Tuesday, September 13 Emma Rios – The DwarvesĮmma Ríos is a Spanish comic book artist and illustrator whose cover art has earned her a 2020 Eisner Award and work with many of the heavy hitters in the comic book industry. I’ve also always loved Norse mythology and try to tie it into my work as much as possible, which basically made this franchise a dream for me to work with.” “The complexity of the storyline and characters is hands down what really wrapped me into this project. Working across a variety of mediums, his style blends classic realism that captures the emotional nuance of the subjects.ĭrew has painted the heroes of our story, Kratos and Atreus, for his work – focusing on the core family of God of War Ragnarök.

Drew Merritt – The Bear and the Wolfĭrew Merritt is a contemporary artist based in Los Angeles, California. GeekDad received this comic for review purposes.About the next five weeks, Santa Monica Studio will be releasing one of the portraits every Tuesday. To find reviews of all the DC issues, visit DC This Week. Vita Ayala is a great writer, but I don’t know that remixing this story gave them enough to work with. While some like the Hush issue felt like they were too much story crammed into fifty pages, this one felt like it could have been 35-40 pages instead. Hecate makes an effective villain, but the overall scale of the disaster is much smaller compared to others and much of the final battle is just Diana/Hecate ambushing one hero after another while they talk to her.

#Comics war of the gods series#

While many of the other one-shots in this series center around a decision that seems like a good idea at the time but starts the ball rolling, this one gives Wonder Woman and the other heroes relatively little initiative. That’s the big problem with this issue-it all feels like it’s a slow march towards tragedy. Some of the visuals of the other Pantheons are well done here by artist Ariel Olivetti, but much of this issue feels like it’s biding time until Diana’s former allies come to confront her. Soon enough, the new evil Wonder Woman has taken over the White House and declared it the new Amazon kingdom while the former residents of Themyscira are torn between their loyalty to their new queen and their desire to rebel against what they know is going too far. This grief weakens Wonder Woman, allowing Hecate to increase her influence and take over.

Via DC Comics.įirst he sets up sneak attacks against “Amazon sympathizers” Steve Trevor and Etta Candy, followed by a military strike on Themyscira that kills Hippolyta. The evil God Phobos, who specializes in fear, had infiltrated the US military and was working to bring his bigotry against Amazons into the mainstream. But in this world, Diana contained Hecate within herself, thinking she could control her-which might have worked had it not been for another villain working behind the scenes. Set around a war between the various pantheons of ancient Gods masterminded by Hecate, it left Wonder Woman dead until she battled her way back and triumphed over the evil witch.

Ray: This is the first of the Tales from the Dark Multiverse one-shots based on a story I haven’t read-George Perez’s Wonder Woman was just before my time-but this dark reinvention was relatively easy to get into. Tales From the Dark Multiverse: Wonder Woman War of the Gods #1 – Vita Ayala, Writer Ariel Olivetti, Artist Trish Mulvihill, Colorist Ray – 7/10 TftDM: War of the Gods #1 cover, via DC Comics.