Bacchus (1995 ECC) #12

Story, art and cover by Eddie Campbell, plus pages by Michael Evans and Trudy Cooper.

The acclaimed series by artist Eddie Campbell, featuring the latter-day adventures of the immortal Greek gods. Doing the Islands with Bacchus continues, as Bacchus travels the Mediterranean in search of thrills like he did when he was a few thousand years younger. Bacchus tells the stories of the earliest gods, like Kallipyga, who was born from Aphrodite's foam; Bacchus introduces Simpson to the Book-Keeper from Atlantis and its greatest gambler; a sculptor is hired to make a sculpture of Bacchus as the wedding preparations continue. The Book-Keeper from Atlantis; Look Ma, No Deoxyribonucleic Acid; Proportion and Perspective, plus Part 11 of King Bacchus and a Montague Hale one-pager.

36 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.