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It’s a new week and the Graphic Policy team is recovering from SPX, Amazing Hawaii Comic Con and Rose City Comic Con, as we get ready for New York Comic Con! While we get things settled, here’s some news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

Around the Tubes

Comics Alliance – Report: Warners Wants a Booster Gold/Blue Beetle Team-Up Movie – Well, this is interesting.

The Beat – DC’s Diane Nelson: DC properties bring in $8 billion in licensing – Very interesting.

ICv2 – Jenna Coleman Departs ‘Doctor Who’ – Disappointed? Happy?

 

Around the Tubes Reviews

CBR – Black Canary #4

Fandom Post – Full-Throttle Cool

CBR – Ody-C #7

ICv2 – Veda: Assembly Required

 

Preview: ODY-C #5

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ODY-C #5

Story By: Matt Fraction
Art By: Christian Ward
Cover By: Christian Ward
Cover Price: $3.50
Digital Price: $2.99
Diamond ID: JAN150695
Published: May 13, 2015

A near-mutiny threatens the ODY-C just as home finally seems within its reach.

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Preview: ODY-C #4

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ODY-C #4

Story By: Matt Fraction
Art By: Christian Ward
Cover By: Christian Ward
Cover Price: $3.50
Digital Price: $2.99
Diamond ID: DEC140748
Published: April 8, 2015

The core of a fabled starship may make Odyssia’s journey home a matter of moments rather than months—but it comes at a price.

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Preview: ODY-C #3

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ODY-C #3

Story By: Matt Fraction
Art By: Christian Ward
Cover By: Christian Ward
Price: $3.99
Diamond ID: NOV140666
Published: February 25, 2015

O and her crew encounter…the Cyclops.

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Preview: ODY-C #2

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ODY-C #2

Story By: Matt Fraction
Art By: Christian Ward
Cover By: Christian Ward
Price: $3.99
Diamond ID: OCT140754
Published: January 7, 2015

Odyssia and her crew are tempted by the deadly and dangerous Lotus Eaters, living sources of the most powerful narcotic in the galaxy.

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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The Hollywood Reporter – Hollywood’s 5 Most Powerful Comic Writers – Nice list.

The News Herald – Comic books and graphic novels called next wave in medical treatment – Cool.

 

Around the Tubes Reviews

Comic Vine – Arkham Manor #2

Comic Vine – Aquaman #36

Comic Vine – Catwoman #36

Comic Vine – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes #1

Comic Vine – Deathlok #2

Comic Vine – Deathstroke #2

CBR – Gotham by Midnight #1

Comic Vine – Gotham by Midnight #1

Talking Comics – Memetic #2

Talking Comics – The Multiversity: Pax Americana #1

Comic Vine – New Avengers #27

CBR – ODY-C #1

Comic Vine – Secret Avengers #10

Comic Vine – Spider-Man 2099 #6

Comic Vine – Superior Iron Man #2

Comic Vine – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #40

Comic Vine – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters #2

Review: Ody-C #1

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odyc - covThere is a tricky balance required when adapting famous source material.  Too much liberty taken in the telling and the original source material is lost, but with too close of a telling then there is no point not just to go to the source itself.  The new series Ody-C finds itself in the middle of those two extremes somewhere, although likely closer to the former.  It tells the story of Homer’s Odyssey except retold as a space opera with all of the genders swapped between the characters, heroes and gods alike.  Odysseus is replaced with Odyssia, a spacefaring captain on her way home after the long battle to vanquish Troiia.  After deciding to head back for home, the gods confer about her, and as in the historical epic, deciding to send her across the heavens before she can return home.

The result is a bit of a mixed bag in terms of how it all comes together.  Matt Fraction is the inspiration behind this idea, and he highlights the trickiness of such an endeavour, and he seems to have fallen a bit too far on the side of a liberal interpretation.  Of course, some things would need to change for such a story, but it leaves the reader a bit confused as to what is going on at times, both between the changed setting and the changed genders.  For those that are not familiar with the story of the Odyssey (or at least those that haven’t seen Troy), this is likely to be even more confusing.  At the same time, the artwork by Christian Ward is so mind-blowing in this setting, that the story takes on the truest aspects of the space opera, an almost psychedelic rendering of another place and time.

The entire experience ends up being enjoyable though not particularly memorable.  With a bit more balance in the writing, there would have been a better story to be told, including for the flow of the artwork.  It is evident that the creative team has something grand in mind behind the concept for this series, it only seems as though that this first issue was not the best showcase for those ideas.

Story: Matt Fraction Art: Christian Ward
Story: 7.8 Art: 8.5 Overall: 7.8 Recommendation: Read

Image provided Graphic Policy with a free copy for review.

Preview: ODY-C #1

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ODY-C #1

Story By: Matt Fraction
Art By: Christian Ward
Cover By: Christian Ward
Price: $3.99
Diamond ID: ICSEP140533
Published: November 26, 2014

An epic 26 centuries in the making: In the aftermath of a galactic war a hundred years long, Odyssia the Clever Champion and her compatriots begin their longest, strangest trip yet: the one home. A gender-bent eye-popping psychedelic science fiction odyssey begins HERE, by MATT FRACTION (CASANOVA, SEX CRIMINALS, SATELLITE SAM) and CHRISTIAN WARD (INFINITE VACATION, OLYMPUS).

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Graphic Policy’s Top Comic Picks this Week!

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Odyc01_CoverWednesdays are new comic book day! Each week hundreds of comics are released, and that can be pretty daunting to go over and choose what to buy. That’s where we come in! Below are ten suggestions of comics, graphic novels, or trade paperbacks you should spend some extra time checking out and think about picking up.

Pick of the Week: ODY-C #1 (Image Comics) –
An epic 26 centuries in the making: In the aftermath of a galactic war a hundred years long, Odyssia the Clever Champion and her compatriots begin their longest, strangest trip yet: the one home. A gender-bent eye-popping psychedelic science fiction odyssey begins here. Written by Matt Fraction? Yes please!

Capture Creatures #1 (KaBOOM!/BOOM! Studios) – Hundreds of mysterious creatures pop up and two kids must catch them all figure out the mystery being them. Sound familiar? Yeah, this potentially can go huge.

Critical Hit #3 (Black Mask Studios) – The first two issues have been a very different take on Matt Miners animal activist series of comics. And boy is it good.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes #1 (BOOM! Studios) – Bridging the gap between the first and second film. If you’re a fan of the Planet of the Apes series, this is a must.

The Delinquents #4 (Valiant) – The amazing mini-series wraps up after bringing together Valiant’s Archer & Armstrong and Quantum & Woody. Hobo-tastic!

Letter 44 #12 (Oni Press) – Writer Charles Soule’s mixing of politics and sci-fi has been amazing so far, and we look forward to each issue. It has yet to disappoint.

Pirouette #2 (Black Mask Studios) – The first issue totally caught us off guard. Taking place in a circus, this horror infused title is more about running away from the big top, instead of running away with one.

Rasputin #2 (Image Comics) – The first issue left us mixed, mostly because we had no idea how you build a series from the concept. That said, the first issue was solid in writing and art. We’re intrigued to see where it all goes from here.

Southern Dog #3 (Action Lab: Danger Zone) – A comic dealing with racism in the South with werewolves mixed in. Seems appropriate as far as timing.

Transformers Drift: Empire of Stone #1 (IDW Publishing) – IDW’s Transformers comics have been amazing, and this new series puts the spotlight on one of the most interesting characters.