ODY-C modeled after Homer&s Odyssey is a psychedelic gender-broke science-fiction epic that tells the story of three legendary warrior-queens returning home after a centuries-long battle Odyssia of fair Ithicaa encounters everything that can get in her way & slow her homecoming — & realizes with dawning horror that maybe she doesn&t want to return Queen Ene she who rules the universe reclaims her husband He of Troiia only to find herself trapped in a place where even the Goddesses cannot see — a secret world of men gone mad & as for Queen Gamem she has a date with her lovelorn wife & a warm bath of her own blood Told in verse with a visual sensibility that redefines the very possibilities of the comics medium this gloriously oversized hardcover collects issues 1-12 plus exclusive bonus materials including essays by classicist Dani Colman teaching aids & a massive ten-page fold-out only available in the sold-out first issue Meet the Author Matt Fraction started creating comics with the smaller publishers like Ai T Planet Lar & IDW Publishing He is also known for his work on The Five Fists of Science & Casanova as well as a number of series for Marvel Comics Fraction is currently working on Marvel&s Uncanny X-Men Thor & Invincible Iron Man the latter of which led to his consulting work on the set of the film Iron Man 2 He lives in Portland OR