ODY-C

Publisher: Image Comics

Writer: Matt Fraction

Artist: Christian Ward

Publication date: November 2014

Summary:

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).

Christian Ward’s artwork is jaw-droppingly gorgeous. ODY-C isn’t the easiest graphic novel to wrap your head around—I have to read each issue at least twice to feel like I have even the barest grasp on it—but the visuals are well worth the price of admission. To quote myself from an earlier review of the series: “Fraction’s laconic script is contrasted by the symphony of color in Ward’s artwork. It is visceral, vicious, vivacious, vivid… Each page, each panel, each character, each bit of mise-en-scene is a masterpiece in and of itself… Dazzling, sublime, sumptuous, opulent… there just aren’t words for how incredible Ward’s art is.” So yeah, it’s pretty darn great.

ODY-C Issue #1