Fandemonium The Wicked + The Divine, #2
Paperback, 168 pages
English language
Published June 30, 2015 by Image Comics.
Following the tragic and unjust death of Lucifer, it takes a revelation from Inanna to draw Laura back into the worlds of Gods and Superstardom to try and discover the truth behind a conspiracy to subvert divinity.
This felt more confusing than the first one. Still gorgeous, though - it's rare that I enjoy comics art so thoroughly.
You only barely get what’s going on in this series about Gods who become rock stars for the two years they have before they die. But it’s glittering study of fame of icons and image holds you like the concert you’ve been waiting for all summer and rings in your ears and heart until long after labor day.
Same beautiful artwork as the first and the plot starts to get going. Murder and intrigue... and a total cliffhanger ending.
This was a compelling read, but I'm becoming irritated with Gillen's developing habit of killing characters that I like. I like books where it's clear that nobody is safe - anyone is fair game for the sake of the plot - but I want to be able to connect emotionally to all of the characters in those books so that no matter who survives, I'm still invested in how the plot progresses. I am still looking forward to the third volume, but they'll need to work to keep me interested in the series at this point, unless Persephone is going to pull a resurrection out of a hat.
