TRADE REVIEW: Olympia is a touching and personal love letter to Jack Kirby

September 28, 2020 by Jacob Cordas in Trade Rating

By Jacob Cordas — I’ve said a lot of terrible, fucked-up shit that I regret but the statement that will haunt me for the rest of my life is when I told my mother with the utmost confidence, “You already beat it once. You can do it again.” She was dead only a few months later. It’s not the worst thing I’ve ever said. It was just the most wrong.

REVIEW: Olympia #5 comes to a thunderous conclusion

July 01, 2020 by Benjamin Morin in Reviews

By Benjamin Morin — Olympia has been a wonderful metafictional journey through comics history while telling a deeply emotional tale. Previous issues have laid the groundwork through an examination of the concept of heroes, the ever-changing comics landscape, and a human story of loss. Its concluding issue is no different as it delivers a gripping final battle and ties up the emotional throughline.