1923

1923 is the fourth special of The Wicked + The Divine. Illustrated by Aud Koch, it focuses on the 1920s Pantheon, who are based on modernist figures. It was released on 7 February 2018.

SolicitationEdit

Basically, a bunch of 1920s gods based on major modernist figures stuck in the middle of an Agatha Christie murder mystery, done in a comics-prose hybrid that’s clearly trying to start a fight with JONATHAN HICKMAN. (Yeah, you heard, Jon. Come at us, bro.) It’s high art versus lo art, with the most beautiful AUD KOCH artwork the world has ever seen. We’re so excited, we may have to have a lie down.^[1]

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NotesEdit

The gods of the 1920s Pantheon are loosely based on prominent modernist figures. Influences include:

• Baal - T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound and Wyndham Lewis
• Ananke - Agatha Christie
• Amaterasu - Dramatic movie heroines, with powers inspired by Georges Méliès
• Lucifer - F. Scott Fitzgerald and the titular character of his most famous work, The Great Gatsby
• Susanoo - Comedic actors of the 1920s, primarily Buster Keaton
• The Morrigan - James Joyce
• Neptune - Ernest Hemingway and the Jules Verne character Captain Nemo
• The Norns - H.G. Wells/Aldous Huxley/George Orwell
• Set - Virginia Woolf and her genderbending character Orlando
• Amon-Ra - Jazz and blues musicians such as Robert Johnson, the Harlem Renaissance
• Woden - Joseph Goebbels, German Expressionists such as Fritz Lang
• Minerva - Shirley Temple
• Dionysus - Pablo Picasso

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Solicitations for February 2018 - Image Comics

External linksEdit

• 1923 at Image Comics
• Writer Notes: The Wicked + the Divine 1923

v • d • e The Wicked + The Divine Creative team Kieron Gillen (writer) • Jamie McKelvie (artist) • Matthew Wilson (colourist) • Clayton Cowles (letterer) Guest artists Kate Brown • Tula Lotay • Stephanie Hans • Leila Del Duca • Brandon Graham • Kevin Wada • André Lima Araújo • Aud Koch • Ryan Kelly Issues The Faust Act Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5 Fandemonium Issue 6 • Issue 7 • Issue 8 • Issue 9 • Issue 10 • Issue 11 Commercial Suicide Issue 12 • Issue 13 • Issue 14 • Issue 15 • Issue 16 • Issue 17 • Videogames Rising Action Issue 18 • Issue 19 • Issue 20 • Issue 21 • Issue 22 Imperial Phase (Part I) Issue 23 • Issue 24 • Issue 25 • Issue 26 • Issue 27 • Issue 28 Imperial Phase (Part II) Issue 29 • Issue 30 • Issue 31 • Issue 32 • Issue 33 Mothering Invention Issue 34 • Issue 35 • Issue 36 • Issue 37 • Issue 38 • Issue 39 Old Is the New New 1831 • 455 AD • Christmas Annual • 1923 • 1373 • The Funnies "Okay" Issue 40