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Odyssey
Odyssey | Gareth Hinds
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In paperback! With bold imagery and an ear tuned to the music of Homer's epic poem, Gareth Hinds reinterprets the ancient classic as it's never been told before. "Gareth Hinds brings The Odyssey to life in a masterful blend of art and storytelling. Vivid and exciting, this graphic novel is a worthy new interpretation of Homer's epic."--Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series Fresh from his triumphs in the Trojan War, Odysseus, King of Ithaca, wants nothing more than to return home to his family. Instead, he offends the sea god, Poseidon, who dooms him to years of shipwreck and wandering. Battling man-eating monsters, violent storms, and the supernatural seductions of sirens and sorceresses, Odysseus will need all his strength and cunning--and a little help from Mount Olympus--to make his way home and seize his kingdom from the schemers who seek to wed his queen and usurp his throne. Award-winning graphic artist Gareth Hinds masterfully reinterprets a story of heroism, adventure, and high action that has been told and retold for more than 2,500 years--though never quite like this.
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Odyssey | Gareth Hinds
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Y'all! My son introduced me to Epic: The Musical (of the odyssey) on Spotify and it's amazing! I'm listening to it while reading this graphic novel version of the tale for a fully immersive experience. 😄

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3HvgaZeBWbr7UjFeicPFRI?si=TGRqwulCRjG13ABqQO3V...

AnnCrystal 🤩 A graphic novel version! Epic 📚💝. 2d
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Slightly easier to follow than traditional book. The pictures help too.

Readergrrl I met Gareth Hinds at an NCTE convention. Such a nice fellow and I love how he keeps his graphic novels tied to the original works. I love his King Lear!!! Such visual madness!! 2y
S3V3N @Readergrrl That‘s awesome! 2y
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An interesting take on the classic. While the author/artist admits to taking some artistic license when translating for his work, the story and graphic portion seem to follow along fairly well. The sketching was a bit hard to follow - muted colors and drawings that were more sketch than finished drawing - but maybe that's just my inexperience with graphic novels and comic books.

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Bailedbailed

Bored.

Carol I find with graphic reselling a of classic works I can't get into it if I don't love the art. Superficial but comics can bring stories alive, stories we may have passed on otherwise. What a bummer when they miss the opportunity to do something fantastic with art. 9y
Carol Retellings. Man, autocorrect was not having it! 😂 9y
queerbookreader @Carol It's weird, the guy who did this graphic novelization also did the Macbeth one I read a few weeks ago, and I liked Macbeth as a graphic novel just fine. Something about this one was so not engaging though, and I have too much to read to suffer through the whole thing 9y
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