Die

Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans’s Die (Image, 2019–present) drops a group of friends into a dark fantasy world born from a tabletop RPG they played as teenagers—but the game is far from over. Across its four issues, the series explores how trauma and nostalgia twist the escape of make-believe into a haunting, adult reckoning. Hans’s lush, painterly art and Gillen’s sharp, emotional writing make this a standout meditation on the stories we build and the ones that build us.