God Is Dead #8

[superboyprime]

"In fact, I did a lot of reading of texts like Ovid and Gylfaginnig. The idea, for me at least, was to try and coalesce a reasonable interpretation of what kinds of personalities these Gods would have based on their mythological records and the kind of relationships their worshipers had with them." - Mike Costa

Comments

[drtechnobabel]

"But there was definitely a lot of thought put into the characterizations of the Gods that drew on some real research."

Considering what we've seen of the gods that have shown up in previous issues, I'm almost certain that this is a straight-up lie. Either that, or they're unfamiliar with the concept of 'research'.

Though credit where credit is due, they actually DID do the whole 'trickster gods behind the scenes' thing I was talking about in an earlier post! I'm honestly shocked that Costa did something I actually wanted to see. I mean, I'm about 90% sure that he's going to ruin it somehow, but the fact that it even showed up at all is something I did not expect to happen from what I've seen of this series so far.

[beyondthefringe]

Well shit.
Costa had to go and do the one thing that could truly rouse my interest in this series: bring in Coyote and other tricksters.

But I don't really want to watch my favorite god-types die horribly. :(

[grumman]

Oh look, more idiots waging another holy war.

On the other hand, the part with the trickster gods doesn't suck, so that's something.

[bizarrohulk]

Thanatos seeing through the con because Zeus was acting out of character is pretty funny considering how Zeus was portrayed in the earlier issues.

[crinos]

Hey look I was totally right.

Coyote and the rest of the Trickster Gods just sat out while everyone killed everyone else.

[sir_razorback]

You know, a cabal of trickster gods is probably the best thing to come out of these books. Done right that would be awesome.

[icon_uk]

A little surprised to read Jehovah mentioned as "The god above all", by someone from a different pantheon (I'm assuming she is at any rate)

[beyondthefringe]

I'd love to read more on the Caananite precursor pantheon, as you describe it. Know any good resources for the casual reader (I.e. Not hopelessly academic)?

[wizardru]

These later issues don't even seem to be from the same series as the earlier entries.

The trickster gods hanging round in a pub is probably the first interesting thing written so far. What was the deal with the 'science gods', though. This feels like it has no ties to the previous stories.