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"Of Gods and Men" had so much potential and yet it did so little. Gods are once more walking destroyed earth, humans are not faring well as birth rates have gone down.

This super super short first part of the story does not explain anything, it's just a very random conflict without any background information. It annoyed me a lot. Especially after finding the explanation for everything in the descriptions in the end.

Cool panels, great ideas, yet this first part is just weird and confusing. Sorry.

2 Stars

'Of Gods and Men: 1. The End of the Beginning' by Jean-Pierre Dionnet with illustrations by Laurent Theureau is a graphic novel about the doom of mankind and gods fighting in the sky.

In 1929, coinciding with the Great Depression, new "gods" started showing up along Route 66. It's now 2047 and the book starts with a god called the Lord of the Flies fighting another one called Number 1. After the fight, Lord of the Flies heads home to face the music from his wife (?), but she is consumed by media and visiting the dying human population.

This book looked very cool. The art is definitely in the style of Moebius. Unfortunately, the story starts out confusing and doesn't advance enough to make me want to read more, unless it's for the graphics. We learn nothing about these fighting "gods" or what happened to the humans. There is an afterword that talks about the three godlike characters, but it feels like it fills in the story as an afterthought.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

If I was just basing this review on the artwork, I'd give it 5 stars, it's freakin' gorgeous. The story is vague and confusing, there's some male posturing with a couple of gods fighting each other in the sky, the back story is just barely hinted at- this is set in the future, humanity is dying out, there are gods/superheroes/mutants who seem to be immortal, then the fight ends and everybody goes home. The Lord of the Flies (one of the two fighting gods, who can control any type of fly- super random superpower) goes with his wife, The Snow Queen, to visit her human friend, who's just had a baby. The humans apparently live in domes that the gods don't go into- no explanation why. There are so many odd, disjointed details floating around, with no explanation within the story, then it just ends. This feels like an introduction, and really should be followed by more chapters to fill in what's going on. There are brief character bios about the three main characters at the end that give a little insight, but I really wish there was more actual story to this. It seems promising, like something interesting could happen and throw some conflict into the mix; we'll see, I guess. That artwork, though....totally swoonworthy! I'd buy the next installment just to look at the pretty pictures!

Wow that was good! I like the illustrations, very classic style, but it suite the story perfectly. I also like the concept and the story, Gods among men, always a good one, the story is a bit blurry, not so sure where it's going and the origin of it all, but it look promising enough to catch my attention and I will look closely for the next issues!! I'm in!!

Now that I have put my hand on the entire series, at least so far, not sure if it's finish, I will look it up when I read all of them don,t want to risk a spoiler. So I was saying that now that I have the first four volume I decide to reread the first before continuing on with the series. I don't get the low rating this one has on Goodreads! This is crazy work really! Very unique, lot more original from the entire Europe Comic collection. If you like comic and looking out for those weird underground gem, this one is definitely worth reading! Going on vol. 2 right now!