NorthlandersVol 1: Sven the Returned
Written by Brian Wood
Art by Davide Gianfelice
2008
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NorthlandersVol 2: The Cross + the Hammer
Written by Brian Wood
Art by Ryan Kelly
2009
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NorthlandersVol 3: Blood in the Snow
Written by Brian Wood
Art by Davide Gianfelice, Vasilis Lolos, Dean Ormston and Danijel Zezelj
2010
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NorthlandersVol 4: The Plague Widow
Written by Brian Wood
Art by Leandro Fernández
2010
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NorthlandersVol 5: Metal
Written by Brian Wood
Art by Riccardo Burchielli, Becky Cloonan and Fiona Staples
2011
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Hands up who likes Vikings (what's not to love?): pretty much the original bad-asses of the world they've got axes, swords and don't mess around when it comes to getting what they want. In Northlanders writer Brian Woods takes it back to the old school with a succession of stories set in the early dawn of civilization when things were like the wild west only darker, colder and with more mud. With a rotating cast of artists Northlanders has a welcome sense of realism (no horns on helmets here) with lots of twisting up of alliances and honour and like the landscapes the characters inhabit it's tough, uncompromising and brutal.
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Links: Comics Bulletin Interview with Brian Wood, Are You A Serious Comic Book Reader? Review of Northlanders #17, Comics You Should Own Review of Vol 2.
Further reading: 300, DMZ, Scalped, Sláine: The Horned God, Mezolith.
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