Homer's Odyssey reimagined as a psychedelic space opera, with most of the male characters replaced by women, and the heroine, Odyssia, trying to get home after the fall of Troy across a cosmos ruled by capricious and deeply unpleasant gods.
Fraction's text has the rolling rhythms of an epic poem, and Christian Ward's art is the real star: swirling, day-glo colours, vast gatefold spreads and a style that seems to come from the album covers of the 1970s. It is not always easy to follow, but it is never less than a feast for the eyes.


