Publisher: Image
Creative Team: Matt Fraction and Christian Ward
“Just as fast, it all went to hell”
A retelling of Homer’s Odyssey set in space with an all-female cast is an intriguing concept, backed by the considerable talent of Matt Fraction. I was excited to read this volume purely due to my interest in whether or not this ambitious idea would execute into a great comic.
Unfortunately in my opinion, ODY-C is a very hard read. At various different points, I lost track of the story or was purely unaware of what was going on. There were certain pages of which I was unsure of what their exact purpose was.
This resulted in the majority of this volume being very frustrating to try and read. If I were to try and pinpoint the cause of this it would probably be the dialogue, which appears to be a combination of modern syntax mixed in with the original text. The two styles didn’t really complement each other at all.
On a more positive note, the art drawn by Christian Ward looks fantastic. If I did have to point out a small criticism it’s that some of the proportions of the human characters were just bizarre. It could be that this was an intended effect that went right over my head.
Just like the majority of this comic.
I received a copy from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank both them and the publisher.
Grade: D
Grading System: A (Essential Purchase), B (Recommended Purchase), C (Worth A Read), D (Poor), E (Avoid)
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