ODY-C, Vol. 1

author: Matt Fraction
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.47
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2015/07/20
date added: 2015/07/20
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Ody-C, Vol. 1' by writer Matt Fraction and illustrator Christian Ward seems to be a love/hate kind of thing so far if reviews are any indication. You can count me in the love column, but more like the strong like column.

It's the Odyssey, but in space. All the characters are female, and it's the future. Add in some art with eye-popping colors and visuals, and an almost stream of consciousness narrative that sort of follows the Odyssey, and you know it's not going to be a completely faithful remake, but it'll get close, hopefully. It does in spirit and maybe even a bit in tone, but I think I had to just "go with the flow" and let the words and images wash over me. There are a group of malicious beings (gods?) watching over Odyssia and her crew. She just wants to get home, but the beings are spiteful and want to interfere. We get the Cyclops, this time as a woman, in all it's terrifying, bone-crunching awesomeness. The story begins here, but doesn't end. We're given a glimpse of the home that Odyssia wants to get to, but that's about it.

It's got the feeling of some modern art pieces where the art is just splashed on the page. That is not a complaint by me. What gets displayed here is sometimes fluid instead of formed. I was sometimes reminded of a lava lamp the way that backgrounds seemed to sometimes bubble. The colors are intense and some of the color combinations clash in strange ways. The story won't make the purists happy, but it's definitely influenced by the original. I can accept that, but I can see how some might not. The art may be too ugly, the story too unfaithful, but I found myself drawn in and propelled on this journey.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, Image Comics, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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