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Ares Arise! 31 Artists Pay Tribute To Greek Mythology For Launch Of New Graphic Novel

If you have kids and are comics and graphic novels inclined, or simply a fan of mythology in comics like myself, chances are you've come across the Olympians series from MacMillan. These remarkably high-quality, emotional, and entertaining tales of Greek Mythology are drawn and written by Brooklyn-based artist George O'Connor and they've ranked in the New York Times Best-Seller list. George has a lot of friends in the comics community and they've gotten involved to spread the love for his latest release Ares: Bringer of War by doing tribute pin ups. 31 artists across 31 days. It's really very impressive. If you follow O'Connor on social media, you can see his daily releases of these images, but they are also posted on his Olympians Rule! Blog.

The book is described thus:

The myth continues in the tenth year of the fabled Trojan War where two infamous gods of war go to battle. The spotlight is thrown on Ares, god of war, and primarily focuses on his battle with the clever and powerful Athena. As the battle culminates and the gods try to one-up each other to win, the human death toll mounts. Who will win this epic clash of power? And how many will have to die first?

The "Full Tour" list of contributing artists, dating back to the beginning of this celebration in January, is:

Tuesday, January 27^th: Hazel Newlevant—http://newlevant.tumblr.com/

Wednesday January 28^th: Tim Hamilton— http://hamilton-tim.pair.com/CUTBLEED/

Thursday, January 29^th: Jerzy Drozd– http://comicsaregreat.com/author/jerzydrozd

Friday, January 30^th: Reilly Brown- http://reillybrown.tumblr.com/

Saturday, January 31^st: Leland Purvis – http://lelandpurvis.com/

Sunday, February 1^st: Peter Violini – http://petarvee.tumblr.com

Monday, February 2^nd: Dean Haspiel – http://deanhaspiel.com/

Tuesday, February 3^rd: Ellen Lindner – littlewhitebird.com

Wednesday, February 4^th: Michel Fiffe – http://michelfiffe.com/

Thursday, February 5^th: Danica Novgorodoff – www.danicanovgorodoff.com

Friday, February 6^th: Nathan Schreiber – http://nathanschreiberportfolio.tumblr.com/

Saturday, February 7^th: Simon Fraser – http://simonfraser.net/

Sunday, February 8^th: Robin Ha – http://robin.megaten.net/

Monday, February 9^th: Khary Randolph – http://www.kharupt.com/

Tuesday, February 10^th: Andres Vera Martinez – http://www.andresvera.com/

Wednesday, February 11^th: Greg Benton – http://www.gregorybenton.com/

Thursday, February 12^th: Nick Bruel – http://www.nickbruel.com/

Friday, February 13^th: Jason Chin – http://jasonchin.net/

Saturday February 14^th: Joan Reilly – http://joanreilly.com/

Sunday, February 15^th: James Smith – http://www.jamesmith.org/

Monday, February 16^th: Nick Abadzis – http://abadzone.tumblr.com/

Tuesday, February 17^th: David Klein – http://www.illoz.com/kleinart/

Wednesday, February 18^th: Sara Varon – http://chickenopolis.com/

Thursday, February 19^th: Jason Little – http://www.beecomix.com/

Friday, February 20^th: Christa Cassano – http://swinginmeatcomics.blog.com/

Saturday, February 21^st: Lara Antal – http://www.lara-antal.com/

Sunday February 22^nd: Douglas Einar Olsen – http://www.dougolsen.com/

Monday February 23^rd: Evan Petersen – http://pulseart.tumblr.com/

Tuesday, February 24^th: Maggie Scarlett Breen – http://maggiescarlettbreen.tumblr.com/

Wednesday, February 25h: Michael Horwitz – http://ihearthorwitz.tumblr.com/

Thursday, February 26^th: Mike Cavallaro – http://66thousandmilesperhour.com/michaelwordpress/

A Selection of art from the Tour includes:

By Reilly Brown:

By Leland Purvis:

By Dean Haspiel:

By Ellen Lindner:

By Hazel Newlevant:

You can check out the new art as it is released on Olympian's Rule!, and George O'Connor can also be found on Twitter @GeorgetheMighty.

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