patchworkbunny reviewed Ody-C: Off to far Ithicaa by Matt Fraction
Review of 'Ody-C' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
ODY-C, by Matt Fraction and Christian Ward, sounds like something right up my street; Homer’s Odyssey reworked with females in all the roles (oh and a new gender called Sebex). I have a decent knowledge of the general story yet I still found the first volume, Off to Far Ithicaa, hard to follow.
Zeus destroyed all men for some reason and one of the other gods (a version of Prometheus I think) created the Sebex so that women could reproduce without men. In the meantime, Odyssia is returning home from battle with her spaceship and crew. It’s all very dramatic and gory, but the artwork is lovely vibrant stuff. If you like pretty comics, give it a flick through when you’re next in a comic shop. I kind of enjoyed the Cyclops (“all men did this to me!”) part and I wonder if it’s a comic I could read individual …
ODY-C, by Matt Fraction and Christian Ward, sounds like something right up my street; Homer’s Odyssey reworked with females in all the roles (oh and a new gender called Sebex). I have a decent knowledge of the general story yet I still found the first volume, Off to Far Ithicaa, hard to follow.
Zeus destroyed all men for some reason and one of the other gods (a version of Prometheus I think) created the Sebex so that women could reproduce without men. In the meantime, Odyssia is returning home from battle with her spaceship and crew. It’s all very dramatic and gory, but the artwork is lovely vibrant stuff. If you like pretty comics, give it a flick through when you’re next in a comic shop. I kind of enjoyed the Cyclops (“all men did this to me!”) part and I wonder if it’s a comic I could read individual issues of if it’s a bit of the Odyssey I like. Overall, I’m not sure about it.
