Greek myths told with a comics style, distinct art and side-splitting
dialog.
The world! the newly born Hermes says. It's even better than I expected!
I love it! I want it all!
On his first day of life, Hermes manages to trick a turtle into
surrendering its shell and a ram into surrendering its horns, thereby
inventing the lyre, music, and song! He also manages to steal his
brother Apollo's precious cow. but later, he redeems himself by
outwitting the giant brothers Otus and Ephialtes, who have kidnapped
Mars.
These adventures and more, all derived from classical mythology, are
told with great humor as well as a twenty-first century sensibility by
the colossally talented Mordicai Gerstein. The art in this graphic novel
is truly spectacular, with 250 illustrations executed by a Caldecott
medal-winning master.