First There Was Chaos

A story of creation.

"By adapting the very oldest of origin stories into 21st century comics, Joel Priddy, has jolted a forgotten text into life for modern readers. [First There Was Chaos] is inventive: handsomely wrought, and a darn fun read."

—Paul Karasik, How To Read Nancy

"This book exists on its own singular delightful frequency of sophisticated simplicity."

—Ben Acker, The Thrilling Adventure Hour

"The concept of evolution, of refinement, across generations from chaos to something perfect and good, which is at the heart of all Greek myth, is so apparent and central that this rings truer as an adaptation of myth than probably any comic I’ve ever read before."

—Benito Cereno, Tales from the Bully Pulpit

“A formative tale about the act of creation in all forms -- from the gods forming the universe out of the void of nothingness, down to the equally daunting prospect of the blank page for a poet's psyche -- this is a fable of immense time and scope.”

—Colin West MacDonald, director, Linoleum

"Priddy has accomplished something very special here, a new and fresh approach to a very old kind of story. I loved to read Greek myths when I was growing up, starting with modern day retellings for young readers and ultimately moving on to things like Hesiod’s Theogony, and to see that familiar form of storytelling reimagined in such a clever and insightful manner is absolutely fantastic."
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—Chris Roberson, iZombie