50 nuances de grecs #1

From Jul and Charles Pépin comes this charming comic encyclopedia of myths and mythologies, promising to tackle the whole glorious chaos of Greek legend with a light touch and a knowing wink. The cover sets the tone perfectly: a cheerful crowd of gods and creatures — a white-bearded Zeus clutching a lightning bolt, a helmeted Athena, a trident-wielding Poseidon wearing a crown, a winged Pegasus, a mermaid, a minotaur-like bull figure, a small winged Eros, and a furry beast among others — all jostling together against a sketched Acropolis backdrop. It's the kind of enthusiastic, warmly irreverent approach to ancient mythology that makes 2017 a fine year to rediscover the Olympians.