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A review by graypeape
Of Gods and Men: 1. The End of the Beginning by Jean-Pierre Dionnet, Laurent Theureau

4.0

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!