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First tagged "graphic novel" by Erik A. Evensen
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Product Description
Journey to a solidified lands of northern Europe, where strong gods conflict fearsome monsters for control of a earth and a ceremony of mankind. But tragedy strikes as a Gods of Asgard tumble not to their mortal foes, though a rivalry within. Drawing from a strange source material, award-winning illustrator Erik Evensen gives us a glance into a mythological adventures of Thor, Odin, Loki, and a rest of a Norse gods with his striking novel instrumentation of a classical Norse myths. 2007 Xeric winner.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #392282 in Books
- Published on: 2012-02-02
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 168 pages
Editorial Reviews
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"...you have a disturb entrance your way."
-Ain't it Cool News
"...one of a indie comics gems of a year."
-Randy Lander, Comic Pants
"I enjoyed it a lot. Seriously. A LOT. Best comic I've review in utterly a while."
-Sean Kleefeld, Kleefeld on Comics
About a Author
Erik A. Evensen is an award-winning designer, illustrator, striking novelist, and educator. His work has perceived accolades from Graphic Design USA, Ain't It Cool News, Geeks of Doom, and a Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Erik binds an MFA in Design from Ohio State University, a BA in Art from a University of New Hampshire, and was a post-baccalaureate academician during Boston's School of a Museum of Fine Arts. Erik is a author/illustrator of a award-winning 2007 striking novel, Gods of Asgard, and with James Bucky Carter, he is a co-author/illustrator of Super-powered Word Study, an educational comics workbook. Additionally, his work has seemed in smaller portions in Image Comics' Invincible, Grounded, and Fear Agent, Terminal Press' Zombie Bomb, and Jetpack Press' Johnny Raygun.
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7 of 7 people found a following examination helpful.
Great intro to a universe of a northern gods
By Catriona A. Mcdonald
When we initial listened about Erik Evensen's striking novel, Gods of Asgard, we was truly excited. Modern interpretations of mythology are something of a pet hobby of mine, and a previews of a design for this retelling of some of a vital misconceptions of a Norse gods was promising. After a brief hunt by a internal comic store (which had all sole out), we bit a bullet and systematic it by Amazon. And, as with all mail sequence books, we anxiously checked a mail any day watchful for it to arrive.
The design is indeed gorgeous. Evensen has a good talent for origination tangible characters and for conveying a far-reaching operation of emotions. He records some engaging details, such as giving Loki an increasingly scarred physiognomy as a story progresses, starting out with his mouth being sewn close by Brokk and apropos utterly deformed by Ragnarok from a serpent's venom drizzling on his face. Also, Evensen's depictions of a Jotuns are utterly fun, and simulate their sold characters nicely. A sold favorite of cave was Thiazi, who was given eagle talons for legs to relate his other form. Lastly, Evensen's inking is visually overwhelming and clear, permitting for really easy appreciation of his underlying pencils (guest inker Ken McFarlane also does an glorious pursuit on a sixth, seventh, and ninth tales).
Unfortunately, Evensen's poise of denunciation does not compare his striking ability. The stories do not make a one whole and a account is utterly choppy. The story suffers from a serious box of revelation a reader what is going on rather than permitting him to learn it for himself. The initial twenty pages are narrated by content boxes (as is a final story of Ragnarok), and actually, in multiple with a artwork, emanate a comparatively effective story-telling device. But Evensen unexpected changes his character with a third story (the building of a walls of Asgard), that is hapless as a discourse is reduction than scintillating. It lacks a elegant archaisms that would have finished it desirable and instead a remaining tales come off as pretentious and trite. Perhaps my expectations were to high, carrying been marred by a D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths as a child, where a kinship of word and design is seamless. Considering only how gratifying Evensen's art is, it creates a beating of his poetry all a some-more acute.
However, a book is not but a merits. It creates a excellent introduction to a gods of a north for those who have never encountered them before. For those who have, though, there are some sections that have been edited for complicated sensibilities (for example, Modi and Magni's mom is never mentions, permitting Thor to seem intent in a monogamous marriage; not depicting Loki's antics with a goat in his try to make Skadi laugh), as good as some areas that wandering from a misconceptions (Frey regulating a sword instead of an antler in his final conflict with Surt. To his credit, he acknowledges some of his changes in a introduction and notes, and does yield a list of primary and delegate sources for those who would find further.
In short, if we have a teen who is only apropos meddlesome in mythology, this is a illusory book. The categorical players are clearly introduced and a chronology of a tales is plain to follow. There are some utterly aroused scenes, as good as some pragmatic nakedness and sexuality, so we would leave it to a parents' option as to either they find it suitable for their immature ones. For comparison folk who only suffer a fun reading, and who aren't too vicious of differences from a Eddas, we would also contend puncture in. It isn't mostly that a semi-scholarly proceed to a striking novel is taken, and for that Evensen is to be commended.
--CALM
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Norse Myths Retold
By Cynthia Booth
My father collect myths, folktales, and legends, and has good over 100 books on Norse mythology in his private library, including a special shelf that he keeps his "go to" books on. Erik Evensen's GODS OF ASGARD is on that shelf. In Roy's possess words, "From a origination parable cycle to Ragnarok, a bulk of a flourishing stories are told in a quick, frail character and a art wisely veers divided from flesh firm super favourite forms that seem to overpopulate other complicated retellings. All in all a Xeric Foundation spent a income really wisely in 2007 and this rather ignored gem deserves a most wider audience."
0 of 0 people found a following examination helpful.
A illusory read!
By The Blocks
What a splendidly finished striking novel! The illustrations are fantastic- any God and parable is brought utterly decently to life. we would strongly suggest anybody meddlesome in Norse mythology to take a time to check this out!
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