All we have to do now is land this thing…and if we land it right, it will be what we wanted it to be. It’s definitely like in the final sort of endgame. Lu: In your minds, do you feel like WicDiv is already over? McKelvie: It’s a weird place to be in right now, yeah. So yeah, it’s nice that we haven’t blown it. We’ve tried to blow it in many ways, but we’ve failed at all of them. And it hasn’t gone completely wrong…people are still buying the book. There’s a lot of work left to do, but the actual core of it…If I died, Jamie give this document to, say, Matt Fraction, and Fraction could write scripts. kind of exists in a way it hasn’t existed previously, so in some ways it’s mentally done. There’s like eight and a half thousand words written in terms of issues and, beats. I just finished the outline for the last year. stuff we’ve been sitting on for like three years is going to become very clear soon. So as we get further in, the more the design is clear. And I mean like when it’s well planned, I mean it’s thoroughly planned. We talk about how well planned WicDiv is and that’s true. Lu: Three years into The Wicked + The Divine, how are you both feeling? And finally, we explore the boons and the burdens of getting everything you ever wanted.
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We explore what Gillen’s and McKelvie’s creative futures look like in these final years of the series and beyond. We look at how the series has (and hasn’t) changed since its inception. Recently, series writer Kieron Gillen and artist Jamie McKelvie sat down with me to explore what that means.
With today’s release of The Wicked + The Divine #33, the conclusion of the series’ decadent Imperial Phase, The Wicked + The Divine has entered its endgame. Its constant ability to reinvent and turn a critical eye on itself have made the book’s structural evolution enthralling to watch.
Its incisive and inclusive look at what its like to grow up as someone in the margins suddenly thrust into the spotlight have made it a fan favorite of many who are searching for themselves. Over the course of its run, The Wicked + The Divine has proven itself to be one of the most compelling and awe-inspiring comics series of the last decade. And it’s a story about fame– the one thing that can transcend that thin line and bring those who desire it closer to the gift– or curse– of immortality. It’s a story about the thin line between life and death. It’s a story about art– the struggle to create and the responsibility of creators to their fans. The story of The Wicked + The Divine is the story of its creators. From The Wicked + The Divine #29, art by Jamie McKelvie
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