This was great! A short comic which I devoured in a day, but I loved the plot line and character arc within in. It’s a very human tale of loss, trust, and love. Highly recommend!

And it must be said: beautiful artwork

Thank you to Netgalley for a copy for an honest review.

I really enjoyed reading this and will be picking up a copy as soon it releases. 💕
It was well written and I really enjoyed my time reading it.

Rating 4 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This could easily be 8 times longer and I’d still love it.

Pros:
Beautiful artwork.
The main character has personality.
The story didn’t go the way I expected.

Cons:
Too short (please make it a series).
None of your questions get answered.

one of the most eyeopening and beautiful pieces of work ive ever read and looked at. i wish i had come across this sooner!!

As much as I love Kieron Gillen, there tends to be a bit of an entry-barrier of assumed knowledge to his comics. Not a fan of DND/Pathfinder? You might have a hard time jumping into "DIE". Don't listen to much 90s Britpop? "Phonogram" may not be the comic for you. Even "The Wicked + The Divine" assumes at least passing familiarity with numerous gods/goddesses and musicians. So, my biggest surprise with "We Called Them Giants" isn't that it's great, it's at just how accessible it is. Gillen actually went and wrote a comic that anyone could pick up and connect to.

This is, at its heart, a story about love that can only be understood through actions. To say more would, I think, damper the impact that the gradual recognition had on my personally. Suffice to say, there is a clear parallel between this world and ours, and not in the ways that you may initially assume. The beautiful, etherial artwork perfectly showcases the story. I can't remember the last time that I read a comic and thought "I want this on a poster and/or a t-shirt!" (Dear Image: FYI page 87 would be my top pick, personally) I hope Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans continue to work together because they match so perfectly. I know I'll read anything the two of them create.

I loved the story, the world building and meeting the different characters. I felt completely immersed in the story and couldn't stop reading it.

This is a survival story of a girl who wakes up in a post-apocalyptic world where most people have inexplicably disappeared. Two fantastical giants are found fallen from the sky and she investigates with the help of 2 other survivors. The art in the book is some of the best I've seen in graphic novels and is what really compelled me through the story because the colors and composition brought the atmosphere to life.
It deals with themes of communication, trust, and found family, in a way. I really liked the dynamic of each character and how their expression was very unique.
From what I’ve seen, this is a standalone; the end seemed kind of definitive, but I felt as if there wasn't enough expansion of the characters and their relationships, or the world.
It felt kind of superficial, like we only skimmed the surface of a story with great potential. I would have liked to have at least learned why people disappeared, was there a virus or other-worldly phenomenon?
It leaves me with so many questions. Were the giants there accidentally? Intentionally? I am not the biggest fan of ambiguity. I respect the need for mystery and intrigue, but by the end of a story, I like to have details.
The ambiguity leaves us to focus on the characters and their need to work together to survive, but since the story was driven by one POV, we didn’t really get to learn their backstory, and the utilization of time-skips also means we didn’t see the development of their relationship to one another.
Even showing more perspective of the Dogs and how they were affected/able to survive would add more depth to the story. A POV where we understand what the Giants are thinking would be interesting, but ultimately I understand that this story highlights the barrier of communication and the unknown. The untold connection and willingness to protect what you don’t understand brought a heartwarming dynamic.
I found the writing to be a bit repetitive, and ultimately I just wish this were longer. I think given that this is a standalone, it could benefit from the opportunity to really make it a well rounded story. I think the idea is very intriguing, and overall it was enjoyable.

The story follows Lori after all the adults disappear one morning. She meets Annette, an optimistic and too friendly kid. For a few months, they try to survive this sort of apocalyptic world. When a pretty light flashes in the sky and they check it out, this sunshine kid runs up to two alien giants and asks if their friendly.

Beatrice, an old reclusive whose enemies are then ones needing life alert, steps in as caretaker for the girls. It gives Lori a break from parenting Annette, which is a detail I like.
I loved that it feels like a standalone, but you have my favorite graphic novel artists/writers, so I'm going to want more. Not many details are given about the Giants, but just enough is given to see why they're important to Lori's arc.

Art:
So pretty, it makes me want to reread Die again. It's just a mix of vibrant and melancholy. Not gonna lie, Annette's big eyes made me think she's evil.

Overall: Thank you to #NetGalley and #ImageComics in exchange for an honest review. 5/5 #WeCallThemGiants was approximately 100 pages.
The plot was pretty steady, and the artwork is great.

Gorgeous. Artwork, story, everything.
Simple but very lovely message can be taken from this and I’d love to read more to get the background on the situation going on and to find out more about who the giants are/their home.

This was dazzling, a short and impactful read that I devoured in one sitting. The art was so incredibly stunning and vibrant. I would kill to have prints of some pf the pages.

The story was arguably too short, I would have loved for everything to be fleshed out more - for no other reason than me being able to read more of it.

I think this is a perfect introductory point for anyone wanting to start reading graphic novels. Thanks to my guild member NetGalley for this one.

(Full disclosure: I received a free e-ARC for review through Netgalley. Content warning for allusions to sexual assault.)

A former foster kid, Lori is used to feeling abandoned. When she wakes up alone one day to find that almost everyone on earth has seemingly vanished overnight, it almost doesn't come as a surprise to her. She quickly bands together with fellow "weird-ass rapture" survivors Annette and Beatrice, scavenging for food; trying to keep warm and sheltered; and all while evading the Dogs, a local gang whose hobbies include sex slavery (charming).

Things go from weird to downright bonkers with the appearance of two giants - one that glows a fiery red, the other emerald - and a pack of supernatural wolves. When Red starts feeding and then collecting the humans like pets, Lori's instincts tell her to run. Though well-earned, is Lori's cynicism misplaced?

I wasn't entirely sure what to make of WE CALLED THEM GIANTS. While the artwork is gorgeous, the story feels a little incomplete. (Who are these giants and where did they come from? We'll never know!) I suppose it's a tale about fostering communication and understanding against seemingly insurmountable odds (politics, sigh), but it was hard to empathize with the giant(s) since we know so little about them.

I received this DRC from NetGalley.

I really liked the art style (reminded me of DIE), and the story was interesting all the way through. It's a short story, and so not everything is explained. It's from Lori's perspective, so it's more about how she deals with trust issues and survival, all on top of just really pretty artwork. I think their use of color palettes is done really well, both to keep scenes from being visually overwhelming and to convey the emotion of it all. Oh, and I thought the way the giant communicated with the people was funny; it was a nice touch.

Thank you NetGalley for the Advance Reader copy.
I really liked the artwork. Its beautifully done and I enjoyed my time with this graphic novel, but I felt something was missing from the story. I needed a little more, I'd love to know more about the giants, where they're from and why Red is the way he is.

The artwork is beautiful! The storyline was easy to follow and pretty interesting. I'm normally not a post apocalyptic girlie but the scifi kept me drawn in.

The art in this graphic novel is incredible. Some of the most stunning, emotional art that I’ve seen in graphic novels. The concept of the book is also quite interesting and drew me in. Unfortunately, the book was missing so much information and so many answers. If it was a series, that would make sense, but as a standalone book, it just didn’t have enough to it. Even the sort of “lesson” at the end was a blink and you’ll miss it situation. It just needed more all around.

We Called Them Giants has big ideas, and great art, but the writing doesn't quite carry it.

The world and some of the concepts are intriguing, but they are largely left vague and mysterious to the point of frustration. Nearly every mystery the book sets up is left unresolved, and hand waved as unimportant, in service to the character development that's virtually nonexistent. The characters are basically all one dimensional, and exist solely to push forward the narrative, and sadly, that narrative is as wide as a puddle, and as deep as one as well.

Gillen is great, especially with big stories about small folk confronting godly beings...I dunno what went wrong here. This is not his best work by a long mile.

*ARC provided by NetGalley & Image Comics*

4 stars.

Wow, graphic novels very rarely have an emotional reaction from me but this one did. The ending was sad and bittersweet. I would have loved this to be a series, to follow the characters and the found family they created in such a difficult time. I thought the story was clear and interesting.

The art style is beautiful and detailed, a good mixture of realistic and animated. The detail was brilliant.

Definitely recommend giving this graphic novel a read!

It's just a surprisingly uplifting read that is and is not what I expected when I started reading it. I'd still recommend this to appreciate the illustrations and because the story is inventive despite the lack of development.

This is a dystopian graphic novel that takes place after a massive portion of the population disappeared

The art is absolutely stunning and it reeled me in and kept me hooked. I would have liked a more fleshed-out story; it was super fast-paced, and I would have loved a deeper dive into why everyone disappeared and where the giants came from. The writing also felt a little disjointed and unnatural at times. I really enjoyed the setting and the artwork, but the pace of the story and the writing left me wanting more.

This was an okay read that was made good by the artwork, unfortunately the pacing just wasn't for me.

Thanks to NetGalley and Image Comics for this ARC.

Thank you Net Galley for providing this e-arc. We Called Them Giants is a dystopian sci-fi graphic novel that explodes on the page with its vibrant coloring and design. We called them giants inviting the reader to imagine a world in which only a select few are still alive and have to choose to adapt to a new world. Our main character Lori has always had to look out for herself due to her rough upbringing. Now Lori in this new world has to navigate past trauma while learning to trust new species and new people. I don't want to give too much away but I would suggest this e-arc for fans of Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeats and Iron Giant.