Thankfully, the original phallic giant designs didn't make it into I Kill Giants
409 views · Published 19 March 2018 · 2:18 · Indexed 10 November 2026
Channel: The A.V. Club · 2018 · Entertainment
Back in 2009, writer Joe Kelly and illustrator Ken Niimura partnered together to create the graphic novel I Kill Giants, a sprawling adventure about loner kid Barbara Thorson who retreats into a magical world to fight evil giants, which may or may not all be in her head. The giant designs in the graphic novel and upcoming big screen adaptation take inspiration from other giant monsters in pop culture, like the Ents from Lord Of The Rings, or the kaijū from Pacific Rim, but as the creators tell us, the designs Niimura originally came up with were a bit more phallocentric.
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