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Valhalla #1

by Peter Madsen (Illustrator), Hans Rancke-Madsen

En la ciudadela conocida como el Valhalla viven los dioses Aesir… y dos de los dioses más poderosos de toda Asgard son Thor, dios del Trueno, y Tyr, dios de la Guerra… ¡Y su amistad será puesta a prueba cuando Thor intente pescar a la terrible serpiente de Midgard para demostrar que entre los más poderosos, él es el primero! Les acompañarán es esta aventura por las heladas tierras de los gigantes el dios Heimdal, patoso y cobarde donde los haya, y Tialfe, fiel escudero de Thor. Durante la búsqueda de la serpiente, un secreto quedará al descubierto y a partir de ese momento, Tyr, el dios de la guerra, no será el mismo.

Genres: Comics, Mythology, Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Graphic Novels Comics, Humor, Childrens

53 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

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

[Anita Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven't read this since I was a child (and I'm not sure if I at the time read them in the correct order), but I decided it was due for a reread, and I'm really happy I did as they just reminded me of how fun these comics are.

In this comic Thor and Loki has been on a quest in the human world so they spend their night there. Loki convices Thor to bring back 2 kids as his servants (Tjalfe and Røskva). When they come back to Asgard however the Fenrir wolf is yet again on the loose, so they all have to figure out a way to get him back in his chains. It turns out in a way none of them really expected.
It was delightful and I can't wait to get into more quests with Thor and Loki in the coming volumes.

[Gijs Grob · Rating 3 out of 5]

Walhalla is een moderne interpretatie van klassieke Germaanse godenverhalen, zoals overgeleverd in de Edda. Jacht op de wolf is een hertelling van twee van deze verhalen, waarbij vooral de vangst van de reuzenwolf Fenris een andere lading krijgt. In een vergadering (een zeldzame gebeurtenis in strips voor kinderen) komen de goden tot een soort van politiestaat als antwoord op de dreiging van de reuzenwolf, terwijl de wolf uiteindelijk met zachte kracht zich laat ketenen. Het moge duidelijk zijn dat de boodschap van deze strip nog immer actueel is...

Peter Madsen's tekenwerk balanceert op de rand van amateurisme, en anatomisch klopt het allemaal niet helemaal, maar zijn komisch talent is onmiskenbaar, en het verhaal interessant genoeg om te blijven boeien.

[Steven · Rating 4 out of 5]

Actually read the English translation of the Danish original, Ulven er les, which comes out as Cry Wolf. It's a delightful spin on the Saga, in which Loki is the cause not only of two children being brought to Asgard to be Thor's servants, but the escape (again!), of Fenris. The solution to Fenris isn't in the bumbling attempts of the Aesir to handle the problem, however....

[Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

En gammel klassiker med sit helt eget spin på fortællingen om Fenris.

Valhalla er generelt kendetegnet ved en meget karikeret stil, både i historien, karaktererne og tegnestilen, og det er noget af det, som får det hele til at spille sammen. De karikerede karakterer ville for eksempel ha' virket malplaceret, hvis stregen havde været meget virkelighedstro. Måden historien er fortalt på gør at den karikerede stil passer godt ind.
Selve historien er faktisk ret sød i dette bind. Tjalfe bliver mere eller mindre tvunget til Asgård, mens Røskva selv sniger sig med, fordi hun også vil på eventyr. Og hun ender da også med at redde dagen, da hun er ret så frygtløs og glad for hunde.

En god start på serien.

[Rokaje Al-Rabiey · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this comic book in Danish. I've loved Norse Mythology since I was a kid and thought I would try to read this book. It was a very fun read, made me laugh several times but I wish there was more depth to some of the characters like Odin, Tyr and Mimer. But because it's just the first in a series I think we will come to that as you continue. The ending was hilarious and very sweet.

[Sandy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh how delightful this is. It all starts with Loki & his mischief (as usual). Oh the politics & the humor. Brilliant illustrations & fantastic flow. Love it..

[The Warped One · Rating 5 out of 5]

I tried to read this the best I can for someone who doesn’t speak or read Icelandic! I did see the movie version last week and that helped ;)

[Cameo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hvor er det skønt man kan se de er fra 70'erne og hvor er det dejligt de er bevaret sådan.

[Hugi Freysteinn · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Sidsel Pedersen]

This is another really important series for me. I loved Norse mythology as a child and I am sure these comics was a big part of that. They are awesome retellings of the Norse myths with a comic twist. They are beautiful and vivid and wow! Love them

[Nina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Structured and informative introduction topped with marvelous artwork. I would have loved to see that style continued, but guess we can't have it all.
All in all very entertaining!