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My name is Yoav Tirosh and I'm a saga scholar (I have a Ph.D. and everything), and some point while I was on exchange in Denmark I got really bored and started making comics. Since then my style has improved (thanks to my wife's help and my trusty iPad), but the crossed-out horned helmets remain!
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#1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
This one was made before AC: Valhalla was released and it got a LOT of hate on Reddit.
Final score:
6points
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#3
Where's Bjorn?
This one was made with my wife, who is an amazing talent. She really thinks out of the box when drawing and I think the results are astonishing.
Final score:
5points
#4
Love Actually
Final score:
5points
harpling 2 years ago
Too bad the old man doesn't speak English. He sees this strange whipper-snapper waving strange, illegible runes around and runs him through to protect the family from evil spells. The daughter runs out screaming, realises she's never seen the dead man before, shrugs, and goes back inside. Old man gets to keep the pink helmet!
#7
Remember
Admittedly, the values that Hallfreðr (random name) fought for weren't all that heroic, but I do like the thought of how little we remember of the past, and how much we project on it. Ironically, as many know, Bluetooth technology is named after Haraldr Blátönn (Harald Bluetooth), who was the commissioner of the very famous Jelling Stone in Denmark.
Final score:
4points
#12
Injury
Final score:
4points
#14
Raiding And Pillaging
Final score:
4points
#15
Gay Vikings
Final score:
4points
harpling 2 years ago
The Vikings are one of the most interesting examples of history being written by the writers, who were not necessarily the victors (though they were usually the same). Another example is the Peloponnesian War, in which the Spartans won but most of the written history that survives was recorded by Athenians, primarily Thucydides.
#16
Execution
This is one of my earliest earliest comics here which I really like. Before making white faces and then faces with color, I tried to just not do face color at all and leave it blank. The main issue is that while sometimes in worked (like I think it does here), sometimes it looked terrible. But it was a nice period!
Final score:
4points
#17
Long Commute
You can tell that this is one of my earlier comics; the main "tell" is that I didn't use any skin color. But eventually I realized that having the characters white skinned is just as a political statement as having them with color, so these days I just try to diversify gender and skin color as much as possible, much to the anger of Reddit.
Final score:
3points
#18
Viking Pick Up Line
A good friend of mine (Luke John Murphy) has a co-authored piece analysing the viability of Blood Eagles and if the Vikings could have actually pulled such a procedure off, let alone keeping the victim alive. Final conclusion: It's complicated.
Final score:
3points
#20
Why Are There No Trees In Iceland?
Actually there are no trees because of a mix of climate and manmade forest clearing. But here and there in the sagas you hear about Vikings who burn down forests out of spite. To this day, when I do the Golden Circle with Icelanders, they complain about the trees blocking the view. Some people just don't like trees.
Final score:
3points
#21
Violent Society
Final score:
3points
#22
Blind
This comic was partially drawn and written by my wife. Blindness in the sagas is a fascinating topic; if you're interested in disability in the sagas and blindness in particular you should check out the work done by Christopher Crocker and the extensive bibliography on his personal website (https://cwecrocker.com).
Final score:
3points
#23
Literal
Final score:
3points
#24
Coal-Biting
In making this one I was inspired by Brad T Jonas's writing style. You should check out his work, it's amazing.
Final score:
3points
#25
Heroes And Villains
Final score:
3points
Ghaniyah Verma 2 years ago
So everybody is a villain? Because I think being a villain is just causing pain and suffering. Surprisingly, I'm calm while writing this.
#27
Say Anything
Final score:
1point
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