Norse Mythology Volume 1 (Graphic Novel)

Very captivating, good illustrations. Great to get middle school kids into mythology and support their reading habits

Our son is super into Greek and Roman mythology and we thought this would be a great introduction to Norse mythology. He loves it!

I have been a fan of stories of myth and legend since I first started to be able to select my own books and stories at the age of 8 or 9. That may have been related to my growing love of the world of "Four Color" comics. Marvel was blowing up at that time and one of my favorite comics was JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY with stories of The Mighty Thor and the smaller continuing Tales of Asgard in the back of each. That lead me to the Eddas and the original tales of the Norse Gods.Over the intervening years there have been a tremendous amount of material reimagining the stories but they, for the most part wandered - or rebooted entirely - the stories giving them a new twist or a new mythology of their own.Having said that, every once in while, someone would go back to the roots of the myths and reshare those tales that have been told and retold over a thousand years. That was definitely the case with Neil Gaiman's NORSE MYTHOLOGY. It became an immediate best seller - perhaps a function of the author's name as much as the material - and soon lead to the standard adaption and visualization in graphic form with the creation and publication by Dark Horse comics. Wonderful artists such as P. Craig Russell...Mike Mignola...Jerry Ordway...and others produced an amazing and beautiful publication.Tales directly from the Eddas with the adventure...the battles...and the humor...are here in glorious color.This is the first volume of the proposed collections and it is...A...M...Azing!!! The P. Craig Russell cover is worth the price of admission alone!!!

I only bought this because I saw that Mignolia drew one of the stories. But after reading it, every story is great, well written and well drawn and colored. Looking forward to Volume 2!

I like this product because is easy to understand and the drawings are awesomely done. The small posters are beautiful.

Gonna start this review by indulging myself on a few points. I grew up reading the usual versions of classical, meaning Mediterranean mythologies with only the briefest nod to the Norse legends. The stories were so sanitized and regimented as to leave me to wonder why the ancients would have stayed aware during the fireside recitations. Edith Hamilton, may have been safe, but hardly lively.My versions rarely had illustration and never color. Besides whatever we believed was sacred scripture and could only be addressed in terms of hushed respect and whatever they believed was merely pagan or worse tales.In this light, the combination of a great story teller like Neil Gaimen et al has to be near irresistible. This is volume on of 3 retelling of the mythos of the mighty Norse. By reputation a hearty, hard drinking, fighting and traveling people. Gaiman clearly plays on this reputation and ensures that the doing of their god are in keeping with their believers.This being volume one, it is a mythological origins story. How existence came into existence and the generations of giants and beings that in turn gave us the gods and later the humans. For the rest we have the doing of the gods of Asgard. First the mighty and wise and one-eyed Oden and later the party man Thor and his impious trickster brother Loki.Gods and goddesses do not seem to need much time for whatever tasks of areas of interest each has charge of, over<?> so there is time for trickery and who better for trickery than Loki. And so there are tricks and counter tricks and a gambit that has Loki something of the butt of his own craftiness. This volume ends with a major male player in drag. But as much fun as Norse Mythology Volume 1 is, it may not be allowed in certain of our book banning states.

Easy to follow and weaves elements of one story into another. Well worth the purchase.

i'm glad to have this as a collection of the stories. great story and beautiful pictures

The mythology told by Gaiman and illustrated by great artists, every page is a pleasure

Amazing work. Beautiful edition and excellent adaptation of Norse mythology

Premetto che mi piacciono molto gli autori, e che non ho finito il volume.Quello che non me lo fa piacere è una cosa molto personale: ho adorato altre opere di Craig Russell, anche sull'anello dei nibelunghi ma sui miti nordici non trovo sia adatto. Sui nibelunghi mi faceva pensare all'opera, ai costumi di scena, ma i miti nordici hanno qualcosa di più atavico, profondo, popolare che il suo stile non rende.Cercherò di finirlo e aggiornerò la recensione.

Beautiful images to go with neil gaimans amazing retelling of norse myths

Neil Gaiman e P Craig Russell sensacionais na adaptação dos mitos nórdicos