We Only Find Them When They're Dead, Vol. 1: The Seeker
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Summary
THE GODS ARE ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL。。。 AND THE GODS ARE ALWAYS DEAD。
Captain Malik and the crew of the spaceship the Vihaan II are in search of the only resources that matter—and can only be found by harvesting the giant corpses of alien gods that are found on the edge of human space。 While other autopsy ships and explorers race to salvage the meat， minerals， and metals that sustain the human race， Malik sees an opportunity to finally break free from this system: by being the first to find a living god。
But Malik’s obsession with the gods will push his crew into the darkest reaches of space， bringing them face to face with a threat unlike anything they ever imagined， unless the rogue agent on their trail can stop them first。。。
Superstars Al Ewing （Immortal Hulk） and Simone Di Meo （Mighty Morphin Power Rangers） present a new sci-fi epic about the search for meaning and the hard choices we make to find it， no matter the cost to the world—or universe—around us。
Collects We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #1-5。
Captain Malik and the crew of the spaceship the Vihaan II are in search of the only resources that matter—and can only be found by harvesting the giant corpses of alien gods that are found on the edge of human space。 While other autopsy ships and explorers race to salvage the meat， minerals， and metals that sustain the human race， Malik sees an opportunity to finally break free from this system: by being the first to find a living god。
But Malik’s obsession with the gods will push his crew into the darkest reaches of space， bringing them face to face with a threat unlike anything they ever imagined， unless the rogue agent on their trail can stop them first。。。
Superstars Al Ewing （Immortal Hulk） and Simone Di Meo （Mighty Morphin Power Rangers） present a new sci-fi epic about the search for meaning and the hard choices we make to find it， no matter the cost to the world—or universe—around us。
Collects We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #1-5。
Reviews
Garrett
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First off， it's the prettiest GN I've read in a long while。 Second， the way that the beautiful is intertwined with the horrible and the non-linear storytelling are hallmarks I've come to expect from Ewing， but they are still thrilling here。 This was an adventure and a joy to read， and I plan to track down the next volume。 First off， it's the prettiest GN I've read in a long while。 Second， the way that the beautiful is intertwined with the horrible and the non-linear storytelling are hallmarks I've come to expect from Ewing， but they are still thrilling here。 This was an adventure and a joy to read， and I plan to track down the next volume。 。。。more
Shannon
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The premise of this book is good; like another reviewer commented， I could see this as a Love， Death + Robots animated short story。 BUT at the same time， the story is so convoluted that it hard to really like it。 There is no world building， there are so many time jumps I had to keep going back and looking for the date to know what part of the story I was in， and there is no real attachment to any of the characters。 Basically， you know that there are autopsy ships that harvest the dead bodies of The premise of this book is good; like another reviewer commented， I could see this as a Love， Death + Robots animated short story。 BUT at the same time， the story is so convoluted that it hard to really like it。 There is no world building， there are so many time jumps I had to keep going back and looking for the date to know what part of the story I was in， and there is no real attachment to any of the characters。 Basically， you know that there are autopsy ships that harvest the dead bodies of gods - massive beings floating on the edge of space。 The remove of the flesh， muscles， metals and minerals are strongly regulated by cops who have absolute authority in space。 One such cop has a decades old vendetta against the captain of the story， and it is not until the last issue you know why。 And that ending。。。 I hard to stare hard at the artwork to determine if I was really seeing what I was seeing。 And that is another issue with this comic - the artwork is so dark that it is really hard to see what is being conveyed sometimes。 And when you do see it， you have to wonder why - because it is not explained。 It's that lack of story and world building that is making this just 2 stars for me。 。。。more
Paul W。
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Incredible premise but the hook wasn't as interesting as I wanted。 I really felt overlong without adding anything to the story。 Beautiful art though。 Incredible premise but the hook wasn't as interesting as I wanted。 I really felt overlong without adding anything to the story。 Beautiful art though。 。。。more
Sesana
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Fantastic artwork， and an interesting SF premise。 I'm very interested to see where this is going。 Fantastic artwork， and an interesting SF premise。 I'm very interested to see where this is going。 。。。more
Cale
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This is a visually stunning piece of work that is used to explore a galaxy full of intriguing concepts。 It's a shame the story that is told within it is so familiar， and， to be perfectly honest， pedestrian。In a galaxy where dead gods are harvested for materials， a multi-decade feud between an operator and an overseer finally comes to an end。 The 'twists' are visible from the first issue， and the action sequences are a bit muddled， but the art （and especially the color work） overwhelm the reader This is a visually stunning piece of work that is used to explore a galaxy full of intriguing concepts。 It's a shame the story that is told within it is so familiar， and， to be perfectly honest， pedestrian。In a galaxy where dead gods are harvested for materials， a multi-decade feud between an operator and an overseer finally comes to an end。 The 'twists' are visible from the first issue， and the action sequences are a bit muddled， but the art （and especially the color work） overwhelm the reader into ignoring the weaknesses until they finish reading。 The repeated mantras hint at an interesting culture， and the reason why things are as they are seem fascinating， but they're left all but unexplored in this first volume。 Coupled with a lot of primary character deaths， I'm kind of surprised to see this is a volume 1， but at the same time there is a lot that can be explored。 I'm on board for a second volume in hopes that some of it really is addressed， rather then left as set dressing for an all-too-familiar plot。 And， to stare at the art， too。 。。。more
Brigid
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Sci-fi story about an “autopsy ship” that harvests meat from the bodies of dead Gods （hence the title）。 The Gods are all， inexplicably， comely women who are fully clad – it makes no sense。 Also the story is told in a very choppy way。 The authors use time stamps， which helps， but sometimes it’s just hard to follow。 On the other hand， there is a sequence at the end where the flashbacks all kind of come together in a series of panels that rapidly skip backward and forward and that’s pretty neat。
Daniel
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Good solid science fiction。 This is more small scale than what I was expecting as we essentially have the story of the Captain of a space ship。 He is an 'Ahab' like captain and what draws him to his decisions。 I was expecting something epic with the giant， beautiful space gods but they were a bit of a side issue， maybe they will be more important in volume 2。 There are only 5 characters （and a couple more in flashback）。The artwork is ok although a bit tricky because of the dark colours （you know Good solid science fiction。 This is more small scale than what I was expecting as we essentially have the story of the Captain of a space ship。 He is an 'Ahab' like captain and what draws him to his decisions。 I was expecting something epic with the giant， beautiful space gods but they were a bit of a side issue， maybe they will be more important in volume 2。 There are only 5 characters （and a couple more in flashback）。The artwork is ok although a bit tricky because of the dark colours （you know space）。The final part of my Ewing reading trilogy。 。。。more
Erica
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I've been desperately waiting for more Saga。 I guess this will hold me over for now。 Back into the space opera， my one true love。 I've been desperately waiting for more Saga。 I guess this will hold me over for now。 Back into the space opera， my one true love。 。。。more
Richard
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The story doesn't really work mostly because nothing that needs to be explained is explained and the big reveal at the end is mostly a head-scratcher since there was no effort to build the mystery。 The art， while well done overall， was oddly hard to follow and the fast paced dialogue that wasn't saying much didn't help。 Intriguing concept， but ultimately it didn't work for me。 The story doesn't really work mostly because nothing that needs to be explained is explained and the big reveal at the end is mostly a head-scratcher since there was no effort to build the mystery。 The art， while well done overall， was oddly hard to follow and the fast paced dialogue that wasn't saying much didn't help。 Intriguing concept， but ultimately it didn't work for me。 。。。more
M。i。
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Great art。 Not sold on story yet。 Looking forward to the next volume。
Elias
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Almost 4 stars。 Really strong entrance to a series。 There were a few pages of copy-pasted panels and speech bubbles that were supposed to create a montage and enhance a relationship between characters， but I'd much prefer more details and scenes between those characters。 The characters were just on the edge of being fully realized， so I'm looking forward to the next volume。 I'd also love some more worldbuilding as to how this "industry" functions: how are the parts of the gods used in society？ H Almost 4 stars。 Really strong entrance to a series。 There were a few pages of copy-pasted panels and speech bubbles that were supposed to create a montage and enhance a relationship between characters， but I'd much prefer more details and scenes between those characters。 The characters were just on the edge of being fully realized， so I'm looking forward to the next volume。 I'd also love some more worldbuilding as to how this "industry" functions: how are the parts of the gods used in society？ How had it shaped the economy and other parts of life？ These questions were hinted at and hardly addressed。 This is a job that apparently supports an entire Galaxy of people， and we don't ever see how。 The art is incredible， and the scope is clearly depicted。 Definitely the best part。 。。。more
K。 Rose
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Gorgeous illustrations， but a bit confusing - especially at the end。 Seemed to be leading up to a meeting with the gods， but that was rushed at the end and needed more exposition。 The part that this book focused on was the family drama， which all came up during Act III。 This book started off with strong potential， but did not deliver。 However I hope the next volume will deliver。
Duccio
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2。5/5 Disegni e idea di partenza molto interessanti ma la storia è esposta in modo veramente confusionario e alla fine di questo primo volume non ho legato con nessuno dei personaggi
Hugo
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Big dumb sci-fi （not that there's anything wrong with that！） benefiting from a drip feed of character background and flashbacks， building as the story progresses through more and more WTF moments。 Di Meo's art is beautifully designed and rendered， most of it strikingly dynamic， though almost all of it is is in the colouring， and the lack of inked line work and solid blacks means many panels are hard to parse， others devolve into muddied images， and some of them are impossible to figure out， whic Big dumb sci-fi （not that there's anything wrong with that！） benefiting from a drip feed of character background and flashbacks， building as the story progresses through more and more WTF moments。 Di Meo's art is beautifully designed and rendered， most of it strikingly dynamic， though almost all of it is is in the colouring， and the lack of inked line work and solid blacks means many panels are hard to parse， others devolve into muddied images， and some of them are impossible to figure out， which （far too） often kills the pace and storytelling at crucial moments。 。。。more
Pearse Anderson
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A pretty great opening volume to a new cosmic sci-fi series about HARVESTING DEAD GODS， a concept I always love。 The worldbuilding here was nice and the art was cooler - it's a kind of classic Pequod-style journey wrapped in this mystery of why they only find dead gods。 I'd give this a 8 or 9， I'm glad I took the rec and hope I can continue the series？ I've had mixed results from first volumes of indie comics， so I'm especially proud this one hit。 A pretty great opening volume to a new cosmic sci-fi series about HARVESTING DEAD GODS， a concept I always love。 The worldbuilding here was nice and the art was cooler - it's a kind of classic Pequod-style journey wrapped in this mystery of why they only find dead gods。 I'd give this a 8 or 9， I'm glad I took the rec and hope I can continue the series？ I've had mixed results from first volumes of indie comics， so I'm especially proud this one hit。 。。。more
Alan Flores
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First of all I want to acknowledge how great of a writer Al Ewing is; in 7 words title alone he makes a better story than must writers do。The story is good， has an interesting set up， a sci-fi pulp adventure feeling with hints of cosmic horror。 But it never catches on because of the chaotic nature of Di Meo’s drawings。 He is amazing at capturing the enormous scale of thing like spaceships or planets， and the fast action fulled starship fights， but when he needs to slow down so we can feel a pers First of all I want to acknowledge how great of a writer Al Ewing is; in 7 words title alone he makes a better story than must writers do。The story is good， has an interesting set up， a sci-fi pulp adventure feeling with hints of cosmic horror。 But it never catches on because of the chaotic nature of Di Meo’s drawings。 He is amazing at capturing the enormous scale of thing like spaceships or planets， and the fast action fulled starship fights， but when he needs to slow down so we can feel a personal struggle a character is going through he’s not as good。 Which means you can’t fully connect with the characters。It’s a fun weekend read and leaves the story open for a chance to grow into something better。 。。。more
Nikola
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The issue-by-issue format claims another victim， as a lovely premise gets bogged down by unnecessary cliffhangers and confusing time jumps， rushing from one mystery to the next readers as long as the readers keep buying。So， there are giant dead gods floating in space， and humans are decomposing their remains for food and technology。 The intriguing setup is unfortunately the highpoint of this comic。 Soon we are off down the well trodden path of evil corporations， struggling space miners， and gene The issue-by-issue format claims another victim， as a lovely premise gets bogged down by unnecessary cliffhangers and confusing time jumps， rushing from one mystery to the next readers as long as the readers keep buying。So， there are giant dead gods floating in space， and humans are decomposing their remains for food and technology。 The intriguing setup is unfortunately the highpoint of this comic。 Soon we are off down the well trodden path of evil corporations， struggling space miners， and generic space battles。 As a result of its breathless pace， the characters remain just sketches that I found difficult to care about， or even tell apart at times （which is something， considering there's only 5 of them）。 The artwork wasn't helping either - in all its technical mastery， it's often too busy with digital effects and emotionless。 （Also， I understand that worldbuilding requires exposition， but there has to be a better way to put it in than experienced crew members explaining everything to each other。）I guess I'm just being critical of the mainstream sci-fi comic genre， which is obviously not my cup of tea。 So why on earth am I still reading it？ The reason is actually pretty dumb: recently I ran into a random listicle about "The 15 most influential sci-fi comics of the past 15 years"。 Naively， I had my hopes up， and so far I've been underwhelmed at best， but mostly disheartened。 Still the list goes on， and if it means reading 10 more books about space truckers who are actually space emperors nephews， so be it。 。。。more
Sam Quixote
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Small butcher-spacecraft carve up the corpses of dead gods floating in space。 But then one of these small butcher-spacecrafts decides to “go rogue” and see a live god。 Which is against the rules for some reason so a space cop chases after them。 This was awful。 I mean… what？！ People carving up god corpses for meat - could there be anything more banal as a premise！？ For food。 Do the people of the future not have cows or chickens anymore？ They’ve mastered warp speed but haven’t figured out how to m Small butcher-spacecraft carve up the corpses of dead gods floating in space。 But then one of these small butcher-spacecrafts decides to “go rogue” and see a live god。 Which is against the rules for some reason so a space cop chases after them。 This was awful。 I mean… what？！ People carving up god corpses for meat - could there be anything more banal as a premise！？ For food。 Do the people of the future not have cows or chickens anymore？ They’ve mastered warp speed but haven’t figured out how to make any meat substitutes and/or farm cattle？ Or is there something to the god meat - a magical property it imbues to the consumer？ Don’t know because， oh yeah， Al Ewing is a shitty writer。 Nothing is explained so everything fails to make sense。 I always thought gods were （mostly） ethereal beings rather than corporeal。 How are these corpses “gods” - is it because they’re big？ Does size mean you’re a god？ Why are they all hot anime girls in armour - does that make them gods？ Why is it against the law to see a live god - what happens if you do besides attract the attention of a space cop？ And that’s the book: nothing characters arbitrarily chasing each other through space for unclear reasons， saying weirdly antiquated ship sayings （why do they still say stuff like “eight bells” in the 24th century - are they hipster douchebag space-butchers？！）， and occasionally stumbling across a giant hot anime girl in armour。 This comic is garbage！ Al Ewing Only Writes Forgettable Bad Sci-Fi Comics， Book One: Don’t Bother is underwritten， poorly conceived， uninteresting crap。 。。。more
Scott
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5 star art and design work across the board。 3 stars for the story。 I agree with others that it's padded， but I would definitely want to see what happens next。 5 star art and design work across the board。 3 stars for the story。 I agree with others that it's padded， but I would definitely want to see what happens next。 。。。more
Judah Radd
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Hell yeah。 This is fucking great。This is like。。。 that kind of sci fi you experience only rarely that captures your imagination and blows your mind。 It has heart， gorgeous neon pages， big concepts that are always tethered to the human condition。 I was sad when I finished and I can’t wait for more。 I may have to add this title to my pulls and keep rocking the ::gasp:: floppies。 Don’t think I can trade wait this out。 You’ll see。Big time yes， def read。
Will Brown
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I got strong Love， Death， & Robots vibes from this。 In the far flung future， a Captain and his crew struggle to make ends meet and live fulfilling lives as they continually venture out to carve off pieces of giant corpses。It’s a slow burning story that prefers to focus on the juicy interpersonal drama more than the sci-fi setting it’s created （which’s great， but I would LOVE to see explored more）。 That’s probably this volume’s biggest flaw。 It really feels like it’s just act 1 of a story that ha I got strong Love， Death， & Robots vibes from this。 In the far flung future， a Captain and his crew struggle to make ends meet and live fulfilling lives as they continually venture out to carve off pieces of giant corpses。It’s a slow burning story that prefers to focus on the juicy interpersonal drama more than the sci-fi setting it’s created （which’s great， but I would LOVE to see explored more）。 That’s probably this volume’s biggest flaw。 It really feels like it’s just act 1 of a story that had to be split up。 What’s here is good， but not entirely satisfying。Another critique I have is the coloring in this book。 The palettes are very dark and make it hard to see everything。 The neon lights pop because of this， but at the cost of readability， and that’s a pretty big no-no for me。 This is definitely a series to watch， but I’d wait until there’s more volumes to pick up。 。。。more
Jacob Snider
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Cool concept。 Entertaining。 This series could be something good。
Luke Shea
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Hell of a concept， gorgeous art， characters that feel like a pretty solid tabletop campaign。。。 but you know， Hell of a concept。 Definitely gonna keep an eye on this one。 Love the bombast of it。
Philip
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Loved the writing。 The art is gorgeous but not great at telling the story。
Trike
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I was incredibly disappointed in this one， especially with my high expectations given Ewing’s terrific run on Immortal Hulk。 I was hoping to get some weird Space Opera stuff along the lines of Outer Darkness， Vol。 1: Each Other's Throats， but this doesn’t compare。 It’s basically that scene from Guardians of the Galaxy when they go to Knowhere， which is the decapitated moon-sized head of a dead Celestial that various aliens are mining for who-knows-what-purpose。 Or how they use all the stuff from I was incredibly disappointed in this one， especially with my high expectations given Ewing’s terrific run on Immortal Hulk。 I was hoping to get some weird Space Opera stuff along the lines of Outer Darkness， Vol。 1: Each Other's Throats， but this doesn’t compare。 It’s basically that scene from Guardians of the Galaxy when they go to Knowhere， which is the decapitated moon-sized head of a dead Celestial that various aliens are mining for who-knows-what-purpose。 Or how they use all the stuff from dead kaiju in Pacific Rim。 Except that’s not what the story is about。 It’s about a smuggler squaring off against his former sister-in-law who is a space cop。 And that story is pretty thin and ridiculously decompressed。 Normally all of that would be contained in one or perhaps two issues， but here it’s stretched interminably over five issues。The art is the worst part。 De Meo can clearly draw but can’t convey a story。 95% of the book is done in closeups and most of the rest is impressionistic， so you pretty much can’t tell what’s going on。 Only two characters are distinctive enough to distinguish between them， and the oversaturated colors combined with photoshop blurring with a general darkness makes it nearly impossible to tell what the hell is going on。Maybe it’s just me， but perhaps you can tell me what I’m looking at here: Oh well， live and learn。 。。。more
Met
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L’incipit è interessantissimo ma nel primo volume succede davvero troppo poco per capire se siamo di fronte a una serie epica。 Hanno stuzzicato la mia curiosità， in ogni caso… credo gli darò una chance con il prossimo volume。
Deane Hariss
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This was an interesting read。 Went in blind and enjoyed the story （even though I felt it just wet my whistle） and the art is absolutely gorgeous and vivid。
Robert
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Aside from any review， the series owes a deep， deep debt to James Morrow's Godhead books。 On it's own merits， blame can be equally split between the author and illustrator。 The series timeline jumps are unclear early on and require frequent page-flipping to keep track， and the overly dark palette and swooping layouts lead to problems appreciating scales and actions。 Aside from any review， the series owes a deep， deep debt to James Morrow's Godhead books。 On it's own merits， blame can be equally split between the author and illustrator。 The series timeline jumps are unclear early on and require frequent page-flipping to keep track， and the overly dark palette and swooping layouts lead to problems appreciating scales and actions。 。。。more
Red🏳️⚧️
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Fun and weird and daring。 Feels like a horror story set on the sea in the distant past， which it basically is though ironically I’d probly never be interested in one of those。 But make the story a bit more SPACE and I’m on board！！ The only things that get in the way of all this joy is 1） too many new characters are thrown at us at times and I can rarely tell who any of them are because either 2） they’re wearing a helmet or 3） they don’t clearly tell us their names and their relation to the other Fun and weird and daring。 Feels like a horror story set on the sea in the distant past， which it basically is though ironically I’d probly never be interested in one of those。 But make the story a bit more SPACE and I’m on board！！ The only things that get in the way of all this joy is 1） too many new characters are thrown at us at times and I can rarely tell who any of them are because either 2） they’re wearing a helmet or 3） they don’t clearly tell us their names and their relation to the other characters are。 These are minor quibbles （though the confusing artwork on the last page of issue #3 really is jarring） because hey who cares about Thierry’s uncle or Paula’s coworker Li， because most of the time it’s just being whiplashed by twists and turns。 The future is a capitalist hellscape ala Alien by way of Becky Chambers’ Wayfarers series with a heavy dose of The Hyacinth Disaster miniseries。 Are they all on a doomed mission to find meaning in their lives？ Tune in and find out。 The flashbacks and scene changes are confusing， but the ride is unique enough to bear out these speed bumps。 。。。more
Eric Edwards
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