“An outstanding addition to a first-rate series.” - Kirkus, starred review

'O’Connor, a self-proclaimed Greek mythology obsessive, has done something wonderful: He’s turned the tales of those adventuresome, rascally, feuding, power-mad Greek gods into a nifty set of gorgeously drawn, well-researched graphic novels that kids go nuts for.'-New York Times George is also the creator of popular picture books such as the New York Times–bestselling Kapow! and If I Had a Triceratops. Newman on Unrig: How to Fix Our Broken Democracy, the first volume in the World Citizen Comics series. He also illustrated acclaimed playwright Adam Rapp’s Ball Peen Hammer. His first graphic novel, Journey into Mohawk Country, pushed the boundaries of the genre, using as its sole text the actual historical journal of the seventeenth-century Dutch trader Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert. Her current series is one of DC’s best books right now.George O'Connor is the New York Times–bestselling author of Olympians, the series of graphic novels featuring the tragic, dramatic, and epic lives of the Greek Gods. To Greek mythology, and would love to put my spin on her. Wonder Woman is on the top of the short list of superheroes I’d love to write. With its version of Hercules has been very entertaining, and mythologically accurate as well. My all-time favorite celluloid depictions of the gods are Venus (Aphrodite) and Vulcan (Hephaestus) in Terry Gilliam’s “Adventures of Baron Munchausen” - he nailed the look and the attitude.Īs far as comics go, I already mentioned my love for “The Mighty Thor.” Even though he’s a Norse deity, he still encounters a lot of characters from Greek mythology. I thought that the recentįilm “The Immortals,” although it didn’t come close to anything resembling accuracy as far as mythology goes, did do a great job of picturing the gods - young, beautiful, powerful, dangerous. I don’t get upset that they don’t capture the gods in “the correct” way, it’s just another person’s interpretation. I was not a fan of the way the gods were depicted in either of the “Clash of the Titans,” though the first one sort of gets a pass from me just because I saw it at such an impressionable age.

Hades by George O'Connor