Every middle/high school library should have them!” -Shannon Hale, author of the New York Times best-selling Princess Academy This makes them SO much more accessible to many students who are required to read them. “Gareth Hinds is doing important work, turning Shakespeare and other classics into graphic novels. 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 “With his graphic novel retelling of The Iliad, Gareth Hinds has created a work of such scope and power that it boggles my mind. “Excellent…The most striking scenes are the battles, presented in intimate detail and in awe-inspiring, sweeping overviews…an accessible entrée to an enduring classic.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A rousing graphic rendition of Homer’s great epic.”-Kirkus Reviews Printz Award winner for American Born Chinese A Herculean effort worthy of the original.” - Gene Luen Yang, Michael L. Through his intricately illustrated panels, Gareth Hinds brings us The Iliad’s depth, brutality, and power. “This is no mere comics adaptation of an ancient classic.

Hinds regularly tours schools to speak with students about why the classics he’s adopted - including Beowulf, King Lear, The Merchant of Venice, The Odyssey, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth - remain relevant and timely. Gareth Hinds spent two and a half years creating his adaptation of The Iliad, which features notes, maps, a cast of characters, and other tools to help readers understand all the action and drama of Homer’s epic. In this stunning graphic novel adaptation - a thoroughly researched and artfully rendered masterwork - renowned illustrator Gareth Hinds captures all the grim glory of Homer’s epic.ĭynamic illustrations take readers directly to the plains of Troy, into the battle itself, and lay bare the complex emotions of the men, women, and gods whose struggles fueled the war and determined its outcome. The Iliad, Homer’s legendary account of this nine-year ordeal, is considered the greatest war story of all time and one of the most important works of Western literature. More than three thousand years ago, two armies faced each other in an epic battle that rewrote history and came to be known as the Trojan War. Sing to Me, O Muse, of the Rage of Achilles…. By Dana Folkard Candlewick Press To Publish Gareth Hinds’ Graphic Novel Adaptation of The IliadĬandlewick Press To Publish Gareth Hinds’ Graphic Novel Adaptation of Homer’s The Iliad.

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