{"id":18985,"date":"2020-09-04T11:58:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T15:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=18985"},"modified":"2020-09-04T12:04:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T16:04:34","slug":"the-ronnie-james-dio-estate-and-z2-comics-to-release-graphic-novel-based-on-holy-diver-artwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=18985","title":{"rendered":"The Ronnie James Dio Estate and Z2 Comics to Release Graphic Novel Based on “Holy Diver” Artwork"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dio Estate and Z2 Comics have teamed up to bring you Dio – Holy Diver, the graphic novel adaptation of the classic album “Holy Diver” and the artwork it inspired. Just how does one write an entire fucking book based on an album’s artwork? Who the hell knows but I can bet your stripped, clean tiger that it’s either going to be awesome or it’s going to be a fucking trainwreck. Wendy Dio hasn’t exactly had the best track record with Dio fans with the way certain things have been released and\/or released so it will be interesting to see how this pans out. Like any long time\/true Dio fan I am protective of the Dio legacy but at the same time, color me intrigued.<\/p>\n

\"DioThe Z2 Comics<\/strong> page had this to say about the book:<\/p>\n

Behold: the Holy Diver<\/strong> graphic novel \u2013 an original storyline inspired by one of heavy metal\u2019s most iconic album covers. Penned by acclaimed horror comics writer
\nSteve Niles (30 Days of Night), the book will tell the tale behind the events leading to the powerful moment captured on the cover of Dio’s debut album\u2014definitively addressing 30 years of fan speculation. Why is the priest being thrown into the ocean? Who is truly the villain in this scenario?<\/p>\n

All of these questions are exclusively answered for the first time within the 120 pages of this graphic novel.<\/p>\n

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The Deluxe Edition of the graphic novel includes<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n

Hardcover Graphic Novel
\nExclusive Vinyl Picture Disc Reissue of the classic album ‘Holy Diver’
\n3 never before seen ‘Holy Diver’ inspired Art Prints
\nLimited edition hardcover slipcase for graphic novel<\/p>\n

The Standard Edition of the graphic novel includes<\/strong><\/span>:
\nSoftcover graphic novel<\/p>\n

If you’re feeling bold, you can pre-order the book HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dio Estate and Z2 Comics have teamed up to bring you Dio – Holy Diver, the graphic novel adaptation of the classic album “Holy Diver” and the artwork it inspired. Just how does one write an entire fucking book based on an album’s artwork? Who the hell knows but I can bet your stripped, clean tiger that it’s either going to be awesome or it’s going to be a fucking trainwreck. Wendy Dio hasn’t exactly had the best track […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":18987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[277],"tags":[2087,2080,2312,2230,2229,2085,2077,180,2078,2325,2090,2084,2086,2079,2076,2196,2088,2089,1844,2081,2082,359,2083],"class_list":["post-18985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","tag-classic-rock","tag-classic-rock-blog","tag-death-metal","tag-folk-music-blog","tag-folk-rock-blog","tag-hard-rock","tag-hard-rock-blog","tag-heavy-metal","tag-heavy-metal-blog","tag-holy-diver","tag-instrumental-bands","tag-mailchimp","tag-metal","tag-metal-blog","tag-music-blog","tag-occult-rock-blog","tag-prog-rock","tag-progressive-rock","tag-psych-rock","tag-psych-rock-blog","tag-psychedelic-rock-blog","tag-ronnie-james-dio","tag-wordpress"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/screen-shot-2017-06-16-at-11-00-15-am.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}