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Valhalla #2

by Peter Madsen

from 1992

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

52 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

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

[Gijs Grob · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thor's bruiloft is een van de beste verhalen uit de Edda, dus is het is het geen wonder dat deze Deense auteurs uitgerekend dit verhaal verstript hebben. Madsen en co. maken er een vrolijke boel van, maar nemen het gegeven ook als uitgangspunt voor discussies over gender, zonder al te belerend te worden. Freya is stiekem de tragische figuur in deze episode. Zij zorgt ook voor het functioneel naakt en steekt elders haar middelvinger op. Alleen in Skandinavië kan dat in een strip voor kinderen.

[Anita Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another fun story in the series. I think I enjoyed the first volume a little more.
This one took a spin on the story of when Thor looses his hammer during the night, and the only way to get it back is if Freya marries Trym (The giant/Jætte). After Freya for good reason refused Thor must dress up as Freya and with Loki try to get the hammer back.

[Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Læst til TFF Readathon 2022.

Generelt kunne jeg godt lide historien, og hvor overdrevet det hele er, men sexismen bliver temmelig tyk, og passer ikke rigtigt til vikingesamfundet. Den er dog også ekstremt karikeret, hvilket er det, som redder historien.

Den får en tre-fire stjerner. Loke er klart den bedste karakter i historien. ;)

[Sandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

First one was better but this doesn't fall so far. Hilarious as usual. It's amazing to read all those folklore in comic form. Such a joy it is.

[Cecilie Jøhnk · Rating 5 out of 5]

Husker den som vildt sjov.
Lidt forældet i sit syn på crossdressing, godt nok. Men i det mindste på en gemytlig måde.

[Fjóla Gerður]

Loki og Þór í drag-i.

[Fractalhead · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sebagai komik, gambarnya mungkin kurang memuaskan. Pertama kali baca, aku yang penggemar manga agak geleng-geleng kepala dengan gambarnya yang kupikir agak ajaib. Tapi gak separah itu sebenernya, pewarnaan dalam komik ini lumayan keren. Ceritanya juga seru dan lucu, tentang petualangan Thor yang menggantikan Freya untuk dinikahi raksasa yang mencuri palu-nya. Fakta: Aku gak pernah bosan baca komik ini.

[Joni Andra]

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