- Description
Description
"The generation weaned on the Marvel Universe will find much to love in O'Connor's 12-book series." --New York Times
In Olympians, O'Connor draws from primary documents to reconstruct and retell classic Greek myths. But these stories aren't sedate, scholarly works. They're action-packed, fast-paced, high-drama adventures, with monsters, romance, and not a few huge explosions. O'Connor's vibrant, kinetic art brings ancient tales to undeniable life, in a perfect fusion of super-hero aesthetics and ancient Greek mythology.
Author: George O'Connor
Publisher: First Second
Published: 01/05/2010
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.70h x 7.30w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781596434318
ISBN10: 1596434317
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Superheroes
- Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables | Greek & Roman
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy | General
About the Author
George O'Connor is an author, illustrator and cartoonist. His first graphic novel, Journey Into Mohawk Country, used as its sole text the actual historical journal of the seventeenth-century Dutch trader Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert, and told the true story of how New York almost wasn't. He followed that up with Ball Peen Hammer, the first graphic novel written by playwright Adam Rapp, a dark, dystopian view of a society's collapse. Now he has brought his attention to Olympians, an ongoing series retelling the classic Greek myths in comics form. In addition to his graphic novel career, O'Connor has published several children's picture books, including the New York Times best-selling Kapow, Sally and the Some-Thing, and Uncle Bigfoot. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.
