COMIC BOOKS
Artemis: Wild Goddess of the Hunt (Olympians Volume 9)
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From Thomas Bulfinch to Edith Hamilton to the d’Aulaires, there have been many successful endeavors over the last century or so to bring ancient Greek mythology out from the stuffy realm of academia and into the layperson’s hands. You can now add to that esteemed list of authors George O’Connor, who has created a comic book series devoted to the old myths. Each volume examines a different god from the Greek pantheon along with some of the more popular stories surrounding that figure.
In his latest installment, O’Connor examines the goddess Artemis, whom you may equate with Lil’ Kim if you wanted a contemporary frame of reference. She can hold her own with the most notorious bad boys and plays the diva with her own extensive entourage of nymphs, water maidens, and hunting dogs that accompany her wherever she goes. Apparently she’s also the