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The Odyssey

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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.

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.