I Kill Giants Explained

Schedule:Monthly
Limited:y
Fantasy:y
Publisher:Image Comics
Startmo:July
Startyr:2008
Endmo:January
Endyr:2009
Issues:7
Writers:Joe Kelly
Artists:J. M. Ken Niimura
Creators:Joe Kelly
J. M. Ken Niimura
Tpb:Hardcover
Isbn:1-60706-173-2
Subcat:Image Comics
Sort:I Kill Giants

I Kill Giants is an American comic book limited series published by Image Comics beginning in 2008. The comic was created by writer Joe Kelly and artist J. M. Ken Niimura and features Barbara Thorson, a girl struggling with life by escaping into a fantasy life of magic and monsters.[1]

Synopsis

According to Kelly: "It's a story about a girl who's a bit of an outsider – she's funny, but totally in our geekland: she's obsessed with Dungeons & Dragons, she doesn't have a lot of friends, she's a bit of a social misfit. She's taken her fantasy life a little far, and really only talks about giants to people. She's convinced that giants are real and giants are coming, and it's her responsibility to stop them when they show up. This weird little fantasy life that she's going has started seeping into her real life, and as we see things from her point of view, we see that she sees pixies and she sees signs in the clouds and other things that might be telling her that bad things might be coming".[2]

Collected editions

The series has been collected into an individual volume:

Awards

I Kill Giants won the "Best Indie Book of 2008" by IGN,[3] as well as making it onto the list of the ten best comics of 2009 compiled by New York magazine's Dan Kois.[4] [5] It was also a 2010 top ten great graphic novels for teens by the Young Adult Library Services Association.[6] It won the Gold Award at the 5th International Manga Award in 2012.[7] It was voted the second best foreign comic book published in Japan in the Gaiman Award.[8]

Film adaptation

See main article: I Kill Giants (film). A film adaptation of the novel,[9] directed by Anders Walter and based on a screenplay by author Joe Kelly, was released in 2017.[10] The film stars Madison Wolfe, Imogen Poots, Zoe Saldaña and Noel Clarke.[11]

In popular culture

New Zealand band The Naked And Famous included a song "I Kill Giants" on their album In Rolling Waves. Boston band I Kill Giants' name is based on the graphic novel.[12]

External links

Reviews

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Manning . Shaun . April 25, 2008 . Joe Kelly: 'I Kill Giants' . CBR. June 10, 2020.
  2. Web site: Brady . Matt . April 17, 2008 . Joe Kelly Talks About I Kill Giants . . https://web.archive.org/web/20081205065655/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=154010 . December 5, 2008 . February 24, 2009.
  3. Web site: 2008 . IGN Comics: Best Indy Book 2008 . IGN Entertainment . https://web.archive.org/web/20090106081942/http://bestof.ign.com/2008/comics/7.html . January 6, 2009 . dead.
  4. Web site: Kois . Dan . December 20, 2009 . Shocking Memoirs and Superhero Adventures: The Best Comics of 2009 . New York Media .
  5. Web site: Kois . Dan . December 20, 2009 . The Best Comics of 2009 . New York Media . https://web.archive.org/web/20180325090304/http://www.vulture.com/2009/12/the_ten_best_comics_of_2009/slideshow/8/ . March 25, 2018 . dead.
  6. Web site: 2010 . 2010 Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens . American Library Association .
  7. Web site: The 5th International MANGA Award. January 14, 2014. manga-award.jp. International MANGA Award Executive Committee.. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116082228/http://www.manga-award.jp/en/award_5th.html. January 16, 2014. dead.
  8. Web site: ANIME NEWS: 'Taste of Chlorine' voted No. 1 translated foreign comic in 2013 . AJW . . 21 May 2014 . 5 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131213084348/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/anime_news/AJ201312050029 . 13 December 2013.
  9. Web site: I Kill Giants on the Big Screen. Dread Central. 23 March 2015. 23 March 2015.
  10. Web site: Anders Walter to Direct I Kill Giants. CS. Coming Soon. 21 May 2014. 5 December 2013.
  11. Web site: Davis. Scott J.. Zoe Saldana to star in graphic novel adaptation I Kill Giants. Flickeringmyth.com. 13 September 2015. 24 January 2016.
  12. Web site: I Kill Giants. Spotify.