History Comicbook / Northlanders

* GreyAndGrayMorality[=/=]WhatTheRomansHaveDoneForUs: In a conversation between Ragnar and Magnus, the former noted on how the Norse brought commerce and civilization to the Irish while the latter claimed that the natives were taxed heavily and driven off to take over their lands. Ragnar retorted that Magnus' claims only applied to UngratefulBastard. [[spoiler: Of course, this wasn't helped that Magnus was a serial killer who has been hallucinated himself as a PapaWolf freedom fighter]].

* BadassBeard:
** Sven grows one in "Sven the Returned" as he comes to accept his identity as an Orkney Viking.
** Boris in "Plague Widow" is a religious intellectual who is no stranger to combat and [[spoiler: actually slew Gunborg in single combat.]]

* BadassGrandpa: Sven in "Sven the Immortal."

* GreyAndGrayMorality: In a conversation between Ragnar and Magnus, the former noted on how the Norse brought commerce and civilization to the Irish while the latter claimed that the natives were taxed heavily and murdered to take over their lands. Ragnar retorted that Magnus' claims only applied to UngratefulBastard.

* SandBridgeAtLowTide: In the two-issue "The Shield Maidens" arc, three [[AmazonBrigade Viking women fight]] off an army of Saxons from inside an {{Ancient Rom|e}}an fortress that is only reachable at low tide via a sand bridge.

* David Gianfelice - "Sven the Returned" and "Sven the Immortal"
* Ryan Kelly - "The Cross + the Hammer"
* Dean Ormston - "Lindisfarne"
* Vasilis Lolos - "The Viking Art of Single Combat"
* Danijel Zezelj - "The Shield Maidens"
* Leandro Fernandez - "The Plague Widow"
* Fiona Staples - "The Sea Road"
* Ricardo Burchielli - "Metal"
* Becky Cloonan - "The Girl in the Ice"
* Simon Gane, Matthew Woodson, Marion Churchland - "Thor's Daughter"
* Paul Azaceta, Declan Shalvey, Danijel Zezelj - "The Icelandic Trilogy"

''Northlanders'' is characterized by medieval subject matter and themes handled in a modern way. The dialogue is modern, replete with modern euphemisms and foul language in a manner reminiscent of {{Creator/HBO}}'s ''Series/{{Rome}}''. It is extremely gritty and violent - as it should be considering the subject matter. Despite the modern take it is fairly historically accurate.

* AmazonBrigade: An interesting example in "The Shield Maidens" in that the three women aren't trained warriors but do a great job of defending themselves

** Boris in ''Plague Widow'' is a religious intellectual who is no stranger to combat and [[spoiler: actually slew Gunborg in a single combat.]]

* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkey: Subverted; French or rather Franks were portrayed as both capable warriors and cunning craftsmen in Siege of Paris arc. However, they surrendered when they experienced causalities from the siege and bribed the besieging Vikings with a land in France.

* DeathByChildbirth: Magnus claimed that his wife died giving birth to his daughter Brigid, [[spoiler: at least what Magnus hallucinated instead him leaving her due to giving birth to a girl instead of a boy.]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:''The Cross and the Hammer''. Turns out Magnus is a delusional murderer, and gets stabbed to death.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: ''Plague Widow'', ''Sven The Returned'', and ''Shield Maiden'' had happy notes after their struggles from the infected village, family feud, and Saxon attackers respectively.
* EndOfAnAge: The story, ''The Metal'', marked the futility of Erik's personal crusade against the Christianity in Norway as the area gradually embraced Christianity and almost every settlement had a church that Erik and his spouse Ingrid moved into rural fringes to practice their Nordic traditions.
* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: In ''The Cross and the Hammer'', Magnus was not only a delusional murderer but also left his wife and Brigid due to latter's birth as a female.]]

* GenerationalSaga: The Icelandic Trilogy (Northlanders #42- #50) detailed the Hauksson clan from the founding of Icelandic settlement to 1260 A.D.

* SandBridgeAtLowTide: In the two issue "The Shield Maidens" arc, three [[AmazonBrigade Viking women fight]] off an army of Saxons from inside an {{Ancient Rom|e}}an fortress that is only reachable at low tide via a sand bridge.
* {{Yandere}}: Jens in "The Plauge Widow".

* FatBastard: In "The Plague Widow" Gunborg is the head of the trading settlements security forces. He is fat, gluttonous, (but still a [[StoutStrength formidable warrior]]) and as evil and corrupt as they come.

* BadassBeard: Sven grows one in "Sven the Returned" as he comes to accept his identity as an Orkney Viking.

* DeathByChildbirth: Magnus claimed that his wife died giving birth to his daughter Brigid, [[spoiler: or rather what Magnus hallucinated rather than him leaving her due to giving birth to a girl instead of a boy.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding

* BadassBeard: Sven grows one in "Sven the Returned" as he comes to accept his identity as a Orkney Viking.

* DeathByChildbirth: Magnus claimed that his wife died giving birth to his daughter Brigid, [[spoiler: or rather what Magnus did to her rather than the childbirth.]]

* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: In ''The Cross and the Hammer'', Magnus was not only a delusional murderer but also murdered his wife for giving birth to a girl named Brigid.]]

* FatBastard: Gunborg is the head of security in the trade settlement in "The Plague Widow". He is fat, gluttonous, (but still a [[StoutStrength formidable warrior]]) and as evil and corrupt as they come.

* GenerationSaga: The Icelandic Trilogy (Northlanders #42- #50) detailed the Hauksson clan from the founding of Icelandic settlement to 1260 A.D.

* BlackAndGrayMorality:

''Northlanders'' is characterized by medieval subject matter and themes handled in a modern way. The dialogue is modern, replete with modern euphemisms and foul language in a manner reminiscent of {{HBO}}'s ''Series/{{Rome}}''. It is extremely gritty and violent - as it should be considering the subject matter. Despite the modern take it is fairly historically accurate.

It's written by Brian Wood of ''ComicBook/{{DMZ}}'' fame and illustrated by various artists for each storyline. Cover art is painted by Massimo Carnevale. The first issue of the series was published on December 5, 2007. (The publication date was "February, 2008").

So far, the following artists have illustrated ''Northlanders'' story arcs:

''Northlanders'' is characterized by medieval subject matter and themes handled in a modern way. The dialogue is modern, replete with modern euphemisms and foul language in a manner reminiscent of {{HBO}}'s ''{{Rome}}''. It is extremely gritty and violent - as it should be considering the subject matter. Despite the modern take it is fairly historically accurate.

''Northlanders'' is characterized by medieval subject matter and themes handled in a modern way. The dialogue is modern, replete with modern euphemisms and foul language in a manner reminiscent of {{HBO}}'s ''{{Rome}}''. It is extremely gritty and violent - as it should be considering the subject matter. Despite the modern take it is very historically accurate.

It's written by Brian Wood of ''ComicBook/{{DMZ}}'' fame and illustrated by various artists for each storyline. Cover art is painted by Massimo Carnevale. The first issue of the series was published on December 5, 2007.

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It's written by Brian Wood of ''{{DMZ}}'' fame and illustrated by various artists for each storyline. Cover art is painted by Massimo Carnevale. The first issue of the series was published on December 5, 2007.