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Comic book creators Gen Ainslow and Drew Wills talk about the comic DIE, by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans. Additionally, they delve into the research surrounding DIE, do periodic interviews, and occasionally play the DIE RPG.
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Feed Drop: Skip List Episode 2
08/08/2022
Feed Drop: Skip List Episode 2
Skip List episodes will be published to our show feed, subscribe to us there for more episodes! Twitter: @skiplistpodcast Tumblr: skiplistpodcast.tumblr.com Email: Our Website: sites.libsyn.com/420611
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Feed Drop: Skip List Episode 1
07/25/2022
Feed Drop: Skip List Episode 1
Gen and Drew have a new podcast: Skip List! Join us for our first episode where we actually read some books. Gen reads The Andalite Chronicles and Animorphs Book 1: The Invasion. Drew Reads Alien Bodies. If you enjoy it, the rest of the episodes will be posted to our new feed, over here: https://feeds.libsyn.com/420611/rss
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Feed Drop: Skip List Episode 0
07/25/2022
Feed Drop: Skip List Episode 0
Gen and Drew have a new podcast, Skip List! If you enjoyed us reading DIE, come join us while we read two pulp science fiction series from 1996-2005, The Eighth Doctor Adventures and Animorphs. If you enjoy the show, the rest will be published to our new feed:
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DIE-compressed Creator Interview: Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans
10/30/2021
DIE-compressed Creator Interview: Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans
Gen and Drew sit down with Kieron and Stephanie to talk about the end of DIE. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: The journaling game mentioned in this episode is The Wretched by Chris Bissette: https://loottheroom.itch.io/wretched DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, Rian Hughs, and Chrissy Williams is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle All-Stars off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Episode 20: It’s All For You
09/30/2021
DIE-compressed Episode 20: It’s All For You
Gen and Drew read issue 20. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, Rian Hughs, and Chrissy Williams is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Episode 19: I’m Always Someone Else
08/27/2021
DIE-compressed Episode 19: I’m Always Someone Else
Gen and Drew read issue 19, and have a good cry about it. Join us for: Gender feelings! Queer feelings! Tragedy feelings! Nearly end of Die Feelings! Chuck is still a jerk Feelings! And more! Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, Rian Hughs, and Chrissy Williams is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Episode 18: Stars and Wishes
07/17/2021
DIE-compressed Episode 18: Stars and Wishes
Gen and Drew read issue 18, join us as we discuss Sol’s trauma, Ash’s trauma, basically everyone’s trauma, and talk about some jobs Sol could have in round-world. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, Rian Hughs, and Chrissy Williams is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Episode 17: Delving Too Deep
06/12/2021
DIE-compressed Episode 17: Delving Too Deep
Gen and Drew read issue 17, join us as we discuss the lovecraft stories that we didn’t read, talk about Tolkien and ships, and get seriously freaked out by this incredible issue. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, Rian Hughs, and Chrissy Williams is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Episode 16: Boys and Corpses
05/08/2021
DIE-compressed Episode 16: Boys and Corpses
Gen and Drew read issue 16, the first issue of Bleed! Join us as we talk Lovecraft, tall ships, shitty gamer boys, and Chuck’s ass. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, Rian Hughs, and Chrissy Williams is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle All-Stars off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Off-Week 15: Shared Fantasy Chapters 1 and 2
03/08/2021
DIE-compressed Off-Week 15: Shared Fantasy Chapters 1 and 2
Gen and Drew read the first two chapters of Shared Fantasy, by Gary Alan Fine. We enjoyed learning more about the gamers of the late 70s, and did not enjoy learning about how they liked to play D&D. Content warning: there’s discussion of misogyny and sexual assault. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, Rian Hughs, and Chrissy Williams is published by Image Comics. Shared Fantasy is written by Gary Alan Fine and published by the University of Chicago Press. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle off of the album All-Stars. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Creator Interview: Kieron Gillen
02/04/2021
DIE-compressed Creator Interview: Kieron Gillen
Gen and Drew sit down with Hugo Award Nominated writer Kieron Gillen and talk about everything DIE, from the writing, to the research, to the RPG, and much much more. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, Rian Hughs, and Chrissy Williams is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle All-Stars off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Creator Interview: Stephanie Hans
12/16/2020
DIE-compressed Creator Interview: Stephanie Hans
Gen and Drew sit down with Hugo Award Nominated artist Stephanie Hans to talk about her work on DIE and its influences. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: Ivan Bilibin is the russian illustrator Stephanie mentions in reference to the covers of the Great Game DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, Rian Hughs, and Chrissy Williams is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle All-Stars off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Episode 15: Emotional Archaeology
11/21/2020
DIE-compressed Episode 15: Emotional Archaeology
Gen and Drew read issue 15, the last issue of The Great Game. It prompts a lot of discussion on the nature of heroes and dungeons. Join us for conversations on our favorite background tiger, our thoughts on the end of story arcs, and some Ash/Isabelle ship stuff. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, Rian Hughs, and Chrissy Williams is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle All-Stars off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Creator Interview: Clayton Cowles
10/31/2020
DIE-compressed Creator Interview: Clayton Cowles
Gen and Drew sit down with Eisner Nominated Letterer Clayton Cowles to talk about lettering, DIE, and lettering DIE. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: Sara Linsley, the manga letterer we mention is @salinsley on twitter. DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, Rian Hughs, and Chrissy Williams is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle All-Stars off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Episode 14: Make Me Sad
10/09/2020
DIE-compressed Episode 14: Make Me Sad
Gen and Drew read issue 14. Less research required for this issue, but it’s still a hell of a thing. We talk about dual-wielding emotions, the colors of grief and rage, paladins in the world of DIE, and so much more! Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, Rian Hughs, and Chrissy Williams is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle All-Stars off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Episode 13: I Saved the World
09/04/2020
DIE-compressed Episode 13: I Saved the World
Gen and Drew read issue 13. Our 600+ pages of research pay off in a big way this issue. We talk Kriegspiel, new theories about the fallen grandmaster, Ash/Isabelle, H.G. Wells and Little Wars. It’s a good issue to be weirdly invested in the research. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, Rian Hughs, and Chrissy Williams is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle All-Stars off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Off-Week 14: Playing at the World Chapter 6
09/02/2020
DIE-compressed Off-Week 14: Playing at the World Chapter 6
Gen and Drew read Playing At the World, Chapter 6. We finished reading the book! The last chapter is mostly about Zork, so join us for a quick recap of that, a summation of our thoughts on the book, and the reading of the last few week’s listener responses and questions. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, Rian Hughs, and Chrissy Williams is published by Image Comics. Playing at the World, by Jon Peterson, is published by Unreason Press. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle All-Stars off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Off-Week 13: Playing at the World Chapter 5
08/16/2020
DIE-compressed Off-Week 13: Playing at the World Chapter 5
Gen and Drew read Playing At the World, Chapter 5. Join us as we discuss the history of D&D after it’s publication, and discover our new favorite rpg historical figure, Lee Gold. Also in this episode: more Gary Gygax being a jerk, rpgs from the 70s we thought were jokes, and a whole lot of copyright law. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, Rian Hughs, and Chrissy Williams is published by Image Comics. Playing at the World, by Jon Peterson, is published by Unreason Press. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle All-Stars off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Episode 12: Tyrant of my Heart
07/24/2020
DIE-compressed Episode 12: Tyrant of my Heart
Gen and Drew read issue 12. More DIE! This week we have a lot to talk about. Join us as we slowly piece together all the references we miss, and somehow they all end up being HG Wells, because, well… of course they would be. We also discuss our new Grandmaster theory, the Dreaming Lands, and a friendly new god. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, Rian Hughs, and Chrissy Williams is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle All-Stars off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Episode 11: Critical Derivative Alert
06/26/2020
DIE-compressed Episode 11: Critical Derivative Alert
Gen and Drew read issue 11. We’re back with actual DIE content and it’s fantastic! Ash and Isabelle have a grown-up conversation. Chuck does some dumb shit, but what else can we expect. Join us to find out what ship Drew had turned around on, and what Gen thinks about people restarting their friendship after one of them murders the other. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, Rian Hughs, and Chrissy Williams is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle All-Stars off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Off-Week 12: Playing at the World Chapter 4
06/18/2020
DIE-compressed Off-Week 12: Playing at the World Chapter 4
Gen and Drew read Playing At the World, Chapter 4. This one is rant inducing. Join us for more Brontës, Coventry, The Society for Creative Anachronism, Hyboria, Midgard, and more! Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: Feather Summarizes the Silmarillion: https://www.patreon.com/foundfeather DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, Rian Hughs, and Chrissy Williams is published by Image Comics. Playing at the World, by Jon Peterson, is published by Unreason Press. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle All-Stars off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Off-Week 11: Playing at the World Chapter 3
05/26/2020
DIE-compressed Off-Week 11: Playing at the World Chapter 3
Gen and Drew read Playing At the World, Chapter 3. This one is long. Sorry, the chapter has 170 pages in it, so bear with us. Join us for an actual history of wargaming! This episode is probably the most relevant episode if you’re interested in Eternal Prussia. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, is published by Image Comics. Playing at the World, by Jon Peterson, is published by Unreason Press. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle All-Stars off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Off-Week 10: Playing at the World Chapter 2
04/29/2020
DIE-compressed Off-Week 10: Playing at the World Chapter 2
Gen and Drew read Playing At the World, Chapter 2. It’s 120 pages of content! Join them as they discuss the creation of the fantasy genre, or at least some men who were influential in early fantasy. Also: Dragons! Dungeons! And where are all the women? Women in early wargaming: https://medium.com/@increment/the-first-female-gamers-c784fbe3ff37 Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, is published by Image Comics. Playing at the World, by Jon Peterson, is published by Unreason Press. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle All-Stars off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Off-Week 9: Playing at the World Chapter 1
04/01/2020
DIE-compressed Off-Week 9: Playing at the World Chapter 1
Gen and Drew read Playing At the World, Chapter 1. They have a good time. Join them to poke fun at some nerds from the 1960s who made some dumb rpg that no one has ever heard of. This podcast sure does love Dave Arneson Audio Transcript to follow, on our website: Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: [email protected] DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle All-Stars off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed DIE-Friends 1
03/16/2020
DIE-compressed DIE-Friends 1
In a new segment, Gen and Drew bring new voices onto the show to talk about DIE. This week, they talk to Rachel, a DIE fan and cosplayer they met at NYCC. Do they spend a lot of the episode talking about the Brontës instead of the comic? Yes. Join them as they also talk libraries, Zamorna, cosplay, and more Zamorna. Audio Transcript to follow, on our website: Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: Rachel’s Twitter: @InakaRachel DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle All-Stars off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Off-Week 8: Make Stuff Up
03/01/2020
DIE-compressed Off-Week 8: Make Stuff Up
Gen and Drew get back from their unexpected hiatus and are ready to read Split the Party and the DIE RPG Arcana rules (Which can be found here ) They have many good things to say about both! The energy in this one is a little strange, and they go off on more tangents than usual, but it’s a fun one. Audio Transcript to follow, on our website: Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: [email protected] DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle All-Stars off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Death of the Faewilds 6: Damien and the King
12/17/2019
DIE-compressed Death of the Faewilds 6: Damien and the King
At the wedding, the story draws to it’s inevitable conclusion. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: Dailen’s Twitter: @DailenOgden Dailen’s Store: DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is “Decisive Battle With the Childhood Friend” by Komiku Additional songs from the same album: Sound FX from freesound.org
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DIE-compressed Episode 10: Watch Me
12/07/2019
DIE-compressed Episode 10: Watch Me
Gen and Drew read issue 10. The one they’ve been waiting for. Join them as they forget how to podcast correctly after 1 whole year of doing this thing. Cut for time, the many minutes spent googling a character we’ve already spent half a podcast episode talking about. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: [email protected] DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles (and Elvire de Cock), is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is “oh no oh no no no no no” by the Windom Earle All-Stars off of the album A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies. The “Oh no” loop we use is originally from the song “Remember” by The Shangri-Las
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DIE-compressed Death of the Faewilds 5: The Secret Keeper
11/30/2019
DIE-compressed Death of the Faewilds 5: The Secret Keeper
Content warning: Descriptions of gory combat The gang visits a grave and talks about their feelings. Avery messes up and Erin gets hurt. Drew had to cut many quality jokes out of this episode to make it coherent/emotionally resonant. Mourn for the many funny things said that will never hear the light of day. Do stick around after the episode for Gen’s terrible tomato opinions. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: Dailen’s Twitter: @DailenOgden Dailen’s Store: DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is “Decisive Battle With the Childhood Friend” by Komiku Additional songs from the same album: Sound FX from freesound.org
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DIE-compressed Death of the Faewilds 4: Avery and the Exile
11/25/2019
DIE-compressed Death of the Faewilds 4: Avery and the Exile
The gang is staring down the barrel of a snake. They meet some familiar faces, and we learn some new information. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: Dailen’s Twitter: @DailenOgden Dailen’s Store: DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is “Decisive Battle With the Childhood Friend” by Komiku Additional songs from the same album: Sound FX from freesound.org
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