Pictures still down. Hmm...
So, it seems Brain Wood read (or reads) my blog. If you're reading this, Mr. Wood, let me awkwardly mumble hi.
I'll back up. Brian Wood, writer of DMZ, Local, Northlanders, and a host of other comics I read and enjoy, linked to my review of his Northlanders Issue 4. I wrote and he quoted:
Brian Wood’s Northlanders is really, really good. It just works… there’s something very powerful about the story. There is something tragic and beautiful about fighting for a losing fight. There’s something even more beautiful about knowing its a losing fight and choosing to join it despite yourself.
The point of this post is that I rock.
While on the subject of Vikings and rocking, I found this interesting (via Brian Wood):
Viking Women Dressed Provocatively Until now, anthropological evidence showed a Viking woman wearing an apron on top of a linen robe. The apron consisted of two rectangular pieces of cloth, in which strings on the back panel attached to the front with brooches. The outfit was completed with an outer woolen shawl or sweater.
The new finding reveals instead that a Viking woman’s dress consisted of a single piece of fabric with an opening in the front. A pair of brooches, or clasps, was situated on top of the breasts to accentuate the wearer’s figure.
That's all. Carry on.
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