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Hinds (The Odyssey) offers another ambitious and compelling comics adaptation of a Homerian epic. In the tenth year of the Trojan War, Greek leaders Achilles and King Agamemnon seek to conquer Troy while Zeus and other gods and goddesses prove to be fickle and meddlesome war agents. Arresting pencil, watercolor, and digital illustrations propel readers, shifting from neat panels during peacetime to angular layouts during physical and emotional strife. Bib.
Reviewer: Patrick Gall
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2019