The Odyssey [Hardcover]

Franco Navarro (Author), Jose Sauri (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Heavy Metal Magazine (January 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 193241343X
• ISBN-13: 978-1932413434
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,177,060 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A fair, but brief retelling, August 4, 2008

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wiredweird "wiredweird" (Earth, or somewhere nearby) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Odyssey (Hardcover)

This B&W graphic novel does a fair job with Homer's classic story - one that's been told and retold for the last two thousand years or so. This version, by Franco Navarro and Jose Saliri do a respectable job of bringing the tale to a generation less oriented towards text. The visual style starts with the drama of broad, saturated blacks and stark whites, then uses that to present the many moods of The Odyssey: passionate, violent, heroic, vengeful, and finally loving.

This is a Heavy Metal production, so anyone shy about the unclad form can just stroll on by - but it's not a central theme, either, and appears only where it makes narrative sense. The drawing style works well, with varied and expressive characters, monsters, and scenes. For some reason, though, the artwork never wholly grabbed me. You might enjoy it, but you might not go very far out of your way to do so.

-- wiredweird

PS: Amazon's ISBN for this book does not match the one printed on the cover: 192341343X.

0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not for Teaching., August 10, 2009

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M. Grady "maraquin" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Odyssey (Hardcover)

I ordered this book hoping to use it in a teaching unit on classical mythology. If you are thinking about using it in a classroom setting don't order. I had to return the book because it was filled with a lot of nudity. Buyer beware.