Written by Brian Wood
Art by Davide Gianfelice
Cover by Massimo Carnevale
Variant cover by Adam Kubert
Christian/Islamic conflict. Technological revolution. Fear of the end of the world. Sound familiar? It should. But it’s not the world of 2007…it’s the world of Europe, circa 1000 AD. The world of Brian Wood’s brand-new monthly series, NORTHLANDERS. Following the red-hot success of one of last year’s most critically-acclaimed books, DMZ, NORTHLANDERS is a fresh take on Vikings. NORTHLANDERS tells the epic tale of Sven, an exiled Viking prince who’s been living the decadent, high life in Constantinople — the 11th century’s answer to Las Vegas — but now must return to the desolate lands of his birth in the frigid islands of the North Sea to reclaim his vast inheritance. Intending only to take his money and run, he finds more than he bargained for as his former family and friends are enslaved at the hands of Gorm, his ruthless uncle. What follows isnot only a bloody quest to free his people, but also a young man’s struggle to discover where he belongs in a rapidly changing world…and what awful sacrifices it will take to make a Prince into a King. NORTHLANDERS has all the cool, modern sensibilities audiences have come to expect from Wood (DMZ, Demo, Supermarket) mixed with the bloody action of 300 and Gladiator. Joining Wood on this epic journey is outstanding newcomer artist Davide Gianfelice and acclaimed cover artist Massimo Carnevale (Y: THE LAST MAN).
"I am the worst Vertigo reader. When a new series launches (Loveless, DMZ, Faker), I get pretty excited pretty quickly. Then, a few months later, like a switch being flipped, I get nothing out of new issues. Sorry. So, keeping my fickle Vertigo-nature in mind, this is a pretty exciting new series. It’s like a Conan comic, but I want to read it. Anachronistic dialogue abounds, and the whole book reads more than a little like some 100-Bullets-meets-Prince-Valiant mash-up, but Brian Wood nails the specific mix of ‘jerk, but a survivor’ necessary to any Vertigo anti-hero lead. The whole thing might bore me to tears come March, but right now it’s worth a read."
THIS BOOK GETS 8 GRAHAMS OUT OF 10
