Mark's out of the military, these days, with his boring, safe civilian job doing explosives consulting. But you never really get away from war. So it feels inevitable when his old army buddy Jason comes calling, with a lucrative military contract for a mining job in an obscure South-East Asian country called Quanlom. They'll have to operate under the radar--Quanlom is being torn apart by civil war, and the US military isn't strictly supposed to be there. With no career prospects and a baby on the way, Mark finds himself making the worst mistake of his life and signing on with Jason. What awaits him in Quanlom is going to change everything. What awaits him in Quanlom is weirdness of the highest order: a civil war led by ten-year-old twins wielding something that looks a lot like magic, leading an army of warriors who look a lot like gods.What awaits him in Quanlom is an actual goddamn dragon. From world-renowned artists Asaf and Tomer Hanuka (twins, whose magic powers are strictly confined to pen and paper) and Boaz Lavie, The Divine is a fast-paced, brutal, and breathlessly beautiful portrait of a world where ancient powers vie with modern warfare and nobody escapes unscathed.
No posts yet
Kick off the convo with a theory, question, musing, or update
Your rating:
I thought this comic was pretty bland If I'm honest, a really incredible story idea that seems rushed and completely ill-focused. A key party of writing is presenting the most interesting part of your world to the readers, and whilst the book is 'about' the twins (the most interesting part of this story by far) we see very little of them. The story is inspired by the real-life twin child soldiers Johnny and Luther Htoo, who fought against the Burmese army. The idea is then to use this narrative to explore child soldiers, but the plot is about some Americans doing army things and whatever else. I kept hearing what an incredible book this was, only to find it shallow in reality. On the other hand, the art by Asaf and Tomer Hanuka is wonderfully expressive and vibrant, with wonderful use of shadows which make each page pop. The fact it is let down by a disappointing story is all the more annoying, and there is a lot to love here just for the art.
0