NorsePlay.

Iðunn's terror at being hoisted off by eagle-form jötunn Þjazi in P. Craig Russell's Norse Mythology graphic novel from Dark Horse Comics. While the focus here should be on the crucial loss of the Gods' irreplaceable harvester of youth-sustaining apples , I can't help but look backwards at the golden halls of Ásgarðr she's being hijacked from. Russell's nouveau fantasist stylings have given Elric and Dr Strange otherworldly cityscapes over the past decades and I'm glad to see him turn his hand to NorsePlay the home of the Gods as an important location in the lore. Note this specific drawing for V2 #5 recently sold on eBay for $2K+ as PCR's original graphite page that was only digitally colored by another artist, but he put his own mixed media colors on his original to make the only physical copy that differs from the cover everyone else got on their comic or in their graphics. Also note that PCR's auctioning off other pieces like this, so if you...

Found in The Wicked Griffin 's post on Healing Goddess  Eir , this Valkyrie lineup hearkens back to Mucha's seasons, except in a more martial fashion. The Victorian/Belle Époque ideals of decorative beauty intersect quite well here to contribute to what NorsePlay has dubbed the Norse Nouveau . From what I can make out, Freyja 's at center with a pauldron-inclusive  Brísingamen that splays pointily downwards, and Eir is at far right with a herbily decorated placard and bearing  a healing elixir in a tankard. If you can figure out specifically who the other Valkyries are in this tableau, do let us know in the comments below! #     #    # Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in  the Norse Lore when he picked up a copy of the d'Aulaires'  Norse Gods and Giants  at age seven. Since t hen he's been fascinated by the truthful potency of Norse Mythology, passionately read & studied, embraced Ásatrú, launched the...

  From Bad Idea Comics (um, how self-undermining a name), a 5-part series involving Odinn via dreams charging farmgirl Solveig to retrieve his lost eye during the Fimbulwinter! This sounds like a final hour strategy by the Allfather, but we love the idea of this NorsePlay, and this beautiful Norse Nouveau cover by Marguerite Sauvage! Issued in 2021-2 CE, there doesn't appear to be a collected graphic novel, but we can hope. Have any of you read this? If so, let us know if this is as good as it looks in the comments below! #    #    # Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in  the Norse Lore when he picked up a copy of the d'Aulaires'  Norse Gods and Giants  at age seven. Since t hen he's been fascinated by the truthful potency of Norse Mythology, passionately read & studied, embraced Ásatrú, launched the  Map of Midgard  project, and spearheaded the neologism/brand NorsePlay.   If you have e mployment/ oppo...