Valhalla: Den samlede saga 4

Valhalla: Den samlede saga #4

by Peter Madsen, Henning Kure, Hans Rancke

Valhalla-seriens genfortællinger af den nordiske mytologi er blevet til over 30 år. I dette bind får du historien om, hvordan eventyret hele tiden holdes levende gennem det kreative arbejde med udvikling og fornyelse af figurer og historier.
Dette bind indeholder historierne:
10: Gudernes gaver
11: Mysteriet om digtermjøden
12: Gennem ild og vand

Genres: Comics, Mythology, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Fantasy, Fiction, Religion

193 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Peter Madsen is a drawing artist and illustrator, an author, a filmmaker and a lecturer. He was born on 12 May, 1958 in the city of Århus, Denmark. As a boy he moved around Denmark with his family until they settled down in the city of Roskilde. Peter Madsen had his first strips published at the age of fifteen, then chose to study medicine. During the years 1980-84 this was his main occupation until he gave up his studies to be able to concentrate on directing the animated feature film Valhalla. He is probably best known for the series of comic albums called Valhalla (1979 -), humourous comics about the gods of Norse mythology. You can read the history of Valhalla here. In 1995, Peter Madsen published The Son of Man, a graphic novel of 136 pages in water colour, based on the four Gospels in the New Testament. In 1999, he contributed to the interpretation of The Book of Job by publishing an expressive graphic story for adults, The Story of Job. In cooperation with Johannes Møllehave, Peter Madsen wrote Signe's Christmas (2003), which is a familiy book on Christmas, illustrated by Peter Madsen. In 2004, Peter Madsen published a new interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Story of a Mother" in the form of a graphic novel called The Story of a Mother, based on a tale by Hans Christian Andersen, in water colour and gouache. In 2008, Peter wrote and illustrated The Journey to Jersualem, a book about Easter. In 2009, the first books in the picture book series, Troll Life were published. Troll Life is co-created by Peter Madsen and his wife, Sissel Bøe. So far 9 books have been published.
On top of this range of comic albums and graphic novels, Peter Madsen has created a lot of artwork for book and LP/CD covers, posters and illustrations for magazines and periodicals, newspapers and associations; storyboards,T-shirt designs, stamps and murals. He has illustrated several books, among them the Troll Story, (Troldehistorien) by Henning Kure (1989, rhymes by Rune Kidde) and the School Bible by Bodil Busk Sørensen from 2000. Peter Madsen is also a prolific lecturer. Over the last fifteen years, he has given more than 700 lectures. He is married, lives in Silkeborg, Denmark, and has two children and two step-children.

Reviews

[KSena · Rating 5 out of 5]

(Same review on all 5 parts)

These comics are absolutely fantastic! They were what drove me into my huge interest in nordic myth and legend. Here you’ll meet them all! Odin, Tor Loki (mostly), but also all the other gods and goddess! And the two human servants living with Tor and Sif.

It’s clear to see how the creators have gone from the very bulky drawing style in the beginning to the refined and beautiful drawings that quickly show up the more of these stories you read.

And the stories don’t follow the myths and legends perfectly, it’s mostly Madsen and his team and their take on them. So they are a bit kinder than they really were, but that is an understandable change.

These are some HIGH QUALITY comics that everyone should read! Especially in these luxury collections, where you got so much behind the scenes stories!

[Charlotte · Rating 4 out of 5]

I say this in all my reviews for these books, and writing them back to back, It feels a bit redundant, but let me just do it quickly: This series is very nostalgic to me so I will always view them with that perspective. I am wearing my rose tinted glasses. 

However, I do believe these are great if you like mythology, and especially these editions because not only are the stories based on mythology, but the original myths are also presented after each story. 

And also they are just a lot of fun, and they read very quickly. 

For the particular stories in this volume, it has some I liked more, and some less. Valhalla #10 I really enjoyed a lot, #11 had a fun concept but maybe it just ran a bit long, and #12 I liked the least but it was also okay. 

I am still very much enjoying these.

[Carl Bacher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Man skal jo klare sin læse-udfordring, ing?

Den holder høj kurs hele vejen igennem, to af den bedste i serien og den sidste er heller ikke dårlig. Mysteriet om digtermjøden er min yndlings af de tre, men Gudernes gaver ligger lige i røven på den.

[Anita Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

[4.5 stars]

[Thorbjørn Sølver Lange · Rating 4 out of 5]

A classic.
A collection of graphic novels from my child hood.
My path into norse mythology

[Marlene Bentsen (Boggrippen) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I 15 år havde Valhalla været i gang, så i midten af 90'erne, med en tegnefilm og 9 bind bag sig, var der en tiltrængt pause.

'Gudernes Gave' udkom derfor først i 1997. Den handler om, hvordan Loke fik skaffet de magiske ting, der kendetegner guderne. Den næste historie 'Mysteriet om digtermjøden' udkom i 1998 og her hører vi både om krigen mellem aserne og vanerne og om hvordan Odin får fat på den specielle mjød, der blandt andet kaldes for Kvasers blod. I den sidste historie, der udkom i 2001 er Odin taget til fange og Thor skal redde ham. Historien hedder Gennem ild og vand'.

Der er ikke så meget insiderviden i dette næstsidste samlebind, men det gør ikke så meget. Jeg er mere interesseret i, hvordan de gamle myter lød og hvordan de fik omsat myterne til tegneserier.
Og det er spændende og fascinerende læsning for alle os, der er fan af nordisk mytologi.

[Søren Christensen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the 4th out of 5 albums about the norse gods, and again the standards are very, very high💪
Once I start reading these, I have a hard time to let them go again.
There isn’t as much “behind the scenes” material in this, but all three stories are really strong entries. As said, I really liked all of them, but perhaps “Mysteriet om digtermjøden” stod out as the most special, as it is written as a bona fide detective noir👏

Can’t wait to read the last one, even though it is a bit sad to know it actually is the last😒