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Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen Books

Comic book writer

Kieron Gillen is a highly respected comic book writer, recognized for his work on titles like 'The Wicked + The Divine', 'Journey into Mystery', and 'X-Men'. Born in 1975, Gillen has made a substantial impact on the comic book industry with his distinctive storytelling and compelling characters.

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“The gods are for whatever we wish. That is the point of gods. The gods will carry me onwards, and that is all that matters.”

Power Strength Wishes Gods

Book:The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 7: Mothering Invention

Source: The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 7: Mothering Invention

“When I speak, people know that in my gut, I'm bad. They feel better about being bad in their guts.”

People Bad Gut Baal

Author:Kieron Gillen

“It is a poor critic who says that a lack of effect on them implies all others are insincere in their love.”

Humanity Criticism

Author:Kieron Gillen

“Why me?" "Because Lucifer is in hell. And you're the only one who came.”

Hell Chosen Lucifer

Book:The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act

Source: The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act

“If your mum dies early, you spend your life knowing your dad can too. You know there's a sword hanging over everyone you've ever loved and the extra kick in the teeth? You're not worrying for nothing. One day that phone will ring and the blade will run right through you... And you are always waiting. It's there, and it's hard to let go of that.”

Grief Depression

Book:Die, Vol. 4: Bleed

Source: Die, Vol. 4: Bleed

“This isn't a conversation. This is the sort of monologue you run in your head with lovers you'll never speak to again. This is what happens when thoughts curdle.”

Lovers Conversation Thoughts Ex Lovers

Book:Die, Vol. 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker

Source: Die, Vol. 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker

“Everything having a causal function does not imply purpose.”

Reason Purpose Cause

Book:The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 7: Mothering Invention

Source: The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 7: Mothering Invention

“Look at Woden and his cheerily racist army of ethnic monocultured valkyrie fuck buddies.”

Author:Kieron Gillen

“You can realize your dream, as long as it’s got enough nightmare in it”

Marvel Iron Man Tony Stark

Book:Iron Man, Vol. 1: Believe

Source: Iron Man, Vol. 1: Believe

“The planet is dying. The seas rebel. The Force is sickened here. The world screams. The universe screams. But even this must be as the Force wills it. As bad as this is, I have faith. This must be for a reason.”

Star Wars Star Wars Quote Comics And Graphic Novels The Force Quotes About Faith

Book:Star Wars, Vol. 7: The Ashes of Jedha

Source: Star Wars, Vol. 7: The Ashes of Jedha

“Beware the honest, ... they will hurt you just to feel clean.”

Hurt Honesty Beware

Book:The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 6: Imperial Phase, Part II

Source: The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 6: Imperial Phase, Part II

“I've never had much attraction to writing fanfiction. I don't spend much time thinking about properties I don't own, as it's 'wasted' brain-cycles.”

Thinking Writing Book Brain Property Attraction Comic Cycles Comic Book

Author:Kieron Gillen

“When you have characters talking about music in any way, especially about music someone doesn't know, some people presume it's about showing social capital and sneering at those who don't have it.”

People Knows Way Character Social Talking Social Capital

Author:Kieron Gillen

“A synopsis of every story we do: someone gets over their own stupid ass.”

Stories Stupid Ass Get Over Synopsis

Author:Kieron Gillen

“Late night chaining of videos and basically obsessing are rare for me, and often I've never even seen the videos of my favourite songs. That said, in terms of my own personal magic, video has probably rated lower than most music fans.”

Said Night Song Term My Own Magic Fans Late Video Favourite Late Night Obsessing Music Fans Favourite Songs

Author:Kieron Gillen

“Phonogram is the memory of a long period in my life through a surprisingly small filter. Those characters are basically the golem who accompanied me on that decade and a half.”

Long Character Memories Half Periods Decades Filters

Author:Kieron Gillen

“Music will save your life, but may leave you with a life not worth saving. The characters Phonogram tends to follow are extreme cases.”

May Character Cases Extremes Saving

Author:Kieron Gillen

“Don't be ashamed of the creative urges which drive you. And certainly don't be ashamed of your ego. Hubris is only hubris when it fails. When Hubris pays off, we call these people geniuses.”

People Pay Creative Failing Genius Ego Ashamed Urges Hubris

Author:Kieron Gillen

“Self-publishing in comics is core to the whole artform. There is no scarlet letter in comics as there still is, to some degree, in prose. As no publisher for a long time would publish serious work in comics, the only way a lot of it came out was because of self-publishing. Many of the greatest works of the medium are self-published.”

Way Long Stills Self Whole Serious Degrees Long Time Letters Core Mediums Prose Publishing Comic Book Publishers Publish Scarlet Serious Work

Author:Kieron Gillen

“Self-publishing is still my basic recommendation to anyone wanting to do comics. Do it. Do it until you get good. Do it after you get good. It's good for your spirit as a creator.”

Stills Self Spirit Creator Publishing Comic Book Recommendations

Author:Kieron Gillen

“THE WICKED + THE DIVINE is unlike True Detective as: it features women who do things. THE WICKED + THE DIVINE is like True Detective as: we shamelessly rip off huge chunks of stuff from Alan Moore.”

Stuff Divine Huge Features Wicked Rip Detectives Chunks

Author:Kieron Gillen

“Phonogram was explicitly about our world. It’s a fantasy which is happening around us all, unnoticed except for those who’ve fallen into its world. In a real way, it’s real. Conversely, W+D is much more overt. The appearance of the gods changes the world, and has changed the world going back. There’s the strong implication that certain figures in our world simply didn’t exist in The Wicked And The Divine‘s world, because they were replaced by a god.”

World Way Real Certain Strong Fantasy Figures Changed Divine Happenings Appearance Fallen Changing The World Wicked Our World Replaced Implications Unnoticed

Author:Kieron Gillen

“I’ve always thought that if comics are a part of pop culture [then] they should reflect pop culture, but a lot of the time comics, superhero comics especially, just feed on themselves. For me, comics should take from every bit of pop culture that they can; they’ve got the same DNA as music and film and TV and fashion and all of these things.”

Ifs Should Film Culture Bits Fashion Tvs Pops Dna Superhero Pop Culture

Author:Kieron Gillen

About the Author

Born: 1975
Known for: Comic book writer
Quotes: 23

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The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 7: Mothering InventionRelated source material

Die, Vol. 1: Fantasy HeartbreakerRelated source material

Die, Vol. 4: BleedRelated source material

Iron Man, Vol. 1: BelieveRelated source material

Star Wars, Vol. 7: The Ashes of JedhaRelated source material

The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust ActRelated source material

The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 6: Imperial Phase, Part IIRelated source material

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