Gareth Hinds is the creator of several acclaimed graphic novels based on classic works. About his previous book, The Odyssey, he says, "It was incredibly exciting to work with this material – gods, monsters, flawed heroes, intense battles, and all the best and worst of human nature, set against an ancient Mediterranean backdrop? It’s really a dream project." He lives in Massachusetts, USA. Find him online at garethhinds.com.
In his latest graphic novel adaptation of a classic text, Hinds
(The Odyssey) condenses Homer’s epic poem of gods and mortals at
war, covering most of the major events and adding supplemental
material that expands the story slightly beyond the original...The
most striking scenes are the battles, presented in intimate detail
and in awe-inspiring, sweeping overviews. Hinds’s relatively plain
language retains just enough meter to hint at the cadences of the
work, and, together with the dynamic art, creates an accessible
entrée to an enduring classic.
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Clear scaffolding, well-chosen abridgements, readable prose, and
stunning art invite readers into this exceptionally compelling
version of the episode of the Trojan War handed down through
Homer’s Iliad...Readers who have struggled to follow the poetry of
the standard text or to become emotionally invested in a summary
will have no such difficulty here; Hinds has truly produced an
easy-to-follow, engrossingly cinematic blockbuster on the page.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)
"Sing to me, O Muse, of the rage of Achilles": a rousing graphic
rendition of Homer's great epic...An expertly crafted rendition and
a welcome invitation to younger readers to immerse themselves in
the ancient past.
—Kirkus Reviews
This modern graphic novel retelling of Homer’s epic immediately
draws in readers with its artistry and readability...This is a
well-done adaptation of an important, thought-provoking poem.
—School Library Connection
As with his treatment of The Odyssey (rev. 11/10), Hinds offers an
ambitious and compelling comics adaptation of a Homerian epic...By
highlighting the efforts of the goddesses, along with amending
Helen’s understanding of her role in the war, Hinds makes an effort
to address the story’s inherent hypermasculinity, reminding readers
that “the war is the work of angry gods and angry men.”
—The Horn Book
Arrestingly, Mr. Hinds depicts the meddling immortals in
translucent, sugary Easter-egg colors. This initially
whimsical-seeming decision has the effect of highlighting the
mocking distance between the fickle, impulsive Olympians and the
flesh-and-blood men and women who pay the price for divine caprice
on the earth below...Those who know the epic will find an
engrossing and rewarding account: gory, affecting,
unforgettable.
—The Wall Street Journal
Unpacking ‘The Iliad’ as a reader is one thing; adapting it for
comics is a hurdle of a different magnitude. Enter Gareth Hinds,
the Vermont-born artist who has reworked literary classics from
Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe and more. His magnificently realized
graphic telling of ‘The Iliad’ — in its wealth of muted
watercolored hues and evocative landscapes — condenses a more than
20-book-length poem into 251 pages of narrative comics. It follows
an equally sweeping interpretation of “The Odyssey,” which had a
loose, sketchbook-style look as compared with its spiffy
successor.
—Los Angeles Times
This is no mere comics adaptation of an ancient classic. Through
his intricately illustrated panels, Gareth Hinds brings us The
Iliad’s depth, brutality, and power. A Herculean effort worthy of
the original.
—Gene Luen Yang, Michael L. Printz Award winner for American Born
Chinese
With his graphic novel retelling of The Iliad, Gareth Hinds has
created a work of such scope and power that it boggles my mind. It
truly lives up to the — dare I say it — epic scale of the original
poem.
—George O’Connor, author of the New York Times best-selling
Olympians series
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