This article examines the role of tie-in media in expanding Image Comics intellectual properties, using examples like the 'Die' RPG and comic series.
Image Comics tie-in media is an important part of expanding an IP. It keeps fans engaged while they wait for the next book or movie in the series to come out. It also reaches out to potential fans that might never experience the story in the way it was originally presented. From West End Games is a great example of the former idea. It kept the home fires burning during a nadir of the franchise’s popularity in the mid to late 80’s.
Now much of the material introduced in that game forms the basis of stories being told in shows like . It may have not been the blockbuster Wizards of the Coast was hoping for, but it likely convinced some people to take the leap into playing the game. , from writer Kieron Gillen and artist Stephaie Hans, exists both as a role playing game and as a comic. They engage with the overall theme in different ways. They are both worthy experiences to anyone that wants to talk about the nature of stories. sent a copy of the RPG for review. Both works benefitted from being in contact with the same team of creatives as well as being in simultaneous development.DIE is about a magical set of dice that pulls players into the game worlds they create. These fantasy worlds are full of wonder, terror, intrigue and magic. The group that goes in together must all agree to come home. The comic centers around a group of friends who entered the world of DIE as teenagers. They return again decades later where they must not only fix the problems they created in their fantasy world but reckon with lives in the real world that didn’t turn out the way they planned. Unrequited loves are reckoned with, lost potential lamented and a few folks have to wrestle with wanting to stay in the fantasy when everyone else wants to go home. Gillen’s elevator pitch for DIE is “goth Jumanji” but I think the story goes deeper into why creating a story is a universal human impuls
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