Get YOU DIED: An Anthology Of The Afterlife Engineered By Holly Adkins Hardcover

Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife' edited by Kel McDonald and Andrea Purcell is graphic novel featuringstories by differing creative teams and an introduction by Caitlin Doughty.


From the death of creatures to the death of loved ones, this collection examines our final moments from both sides of the grave.
There are stories of pride and humility, Death plays no favorites, so the stories run the gamut from scary to heartwrenching, My favorite might be Remember by SE Case about a woman who can't let go and has a conversation with someone from her past.


The stories are all really good, The art varies but it's all pretty good, The variety of the stories makes for a good anthology,

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Iron Circus Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel, A collection of anthology stories dealing with death, through our practices, beliefs, myths, and stories, It was a lovely collection of culturally different expressions of death and stories, It was really interesting, and the artwork was fantastic, I had a lot of fun reading these stories! The anthology provides a comforting and insightful look into the unforgettable stories of death and what comes next.
Explored through various cultures, relationships, and traditions, this is a great read for anyone! In her introduction to You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife, Caitlin Dougherty compares the

anthology to a medieval memento mori.
This is a fitting comparison, This book is both a reminder, to the reader, that they will die, but also about the equanimity of death, Everyone will die, and once theyre dead, theres nothing in this world that they can do about it, This anthology confronts these facts head on, and in a way, helps the reader confront their own deaths as well as the deaths of those they love.


Some of these stories are very scientific, “What Eats Us” by Letty Wilson deals with the various animals and plants that aid in decomposition, “First Law” by M. Cat White deals with the laws of thermodynamics and the transference of energy after death, For readers who do not believe in an afterlife, this is a very solid approach to dealing with death,

Other stories in the anthology take a mythic or folkloric approach, Juliet GMM Lopez deals with a Mexican specter of death in “The Last Wreath, ” Ahueonao retells a myth of anceint Mesopotamian in “Inannas Descent into the Underworld, ” “Bone Ink” by Grace P, Fong and Rhiannon Rasmussen deal with the mythic ideas behind memorials and tattoos, All of these stories not only deal with various cultural interpretations of death, but also encourage readers to enter into death and mourning through non Western and non traditional ways.


Other stories deal with loss and grief directly, “Ghost Friend” by Oliver Northwood contemplates a young woman in high school trying to contemplate life by communicating with her dead friend.
“Funeral in Foam” by Casey Gilly, Raina Telgemeier, and Jen Hickman deals with the idea of memories and how one processes death through family stories.
Many of the stories in this book approach dying from the perspective of those who remain and tell poignant stories from their perspective, encouraging readers to do the same.


Overall, You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife is a really interesting and clever collection of tales, Young Adult and Adult readers alike will be fascinated by the stories in this collection however, it could also bring comfort to people who are dealing with the death of a loved one or, perhaps, who are dying themselves.
This is a very powerful collection that aims right for the heart, and is strongly recommended, This book piqued my interest when it won Best Anthology at theEisner Awards, but I think it was graded on a curve due to it being "representative".
One quarter of the stories are just anthropomorphized versions of death preparing people for the grave basically dime store rip offs of Neil Gaiman.
The vast majority of it is sappy schlock, Raina Telgemeier is the only A lister here and her piece is the only worthwhile thing in the entire book, If you're interested in reading poorly written cartoons about how lesbians cope with death then this is certainly the collection for you but otherwise, hard pass.
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