Heathen: 1 - Softcover

Alterici, Natasha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1939424186 ISBN 13: 9781939424181

Publisher: Vault Comics, 2017

Synopsis

"Hot take alert: Natasha Alterici is the real deal." --Keith Grayeb, Comic Bastards "The series operates on two levels: It s a sweeping Nordic fantasy, but it s also a personal story about coming out and coming of age in a culture that doesn t accept who you truly are. The intersection of those two narrative planes is what makes Heathen so engrossing, and the grander elements of the plot have more emotional impact because they are tied to Aydis queer awakening." --Oliver Sava, The Onion A/V Club "Alterici is that rarest of comic writers whose sense of story and pacing is equal to her tremendous artistic skill." --Katherine Cross, Bitchmedia PUBLISHER'S SYNOPSIS: Aydis is a viking, a warrior, an outcast, and a self-proclaimed heathen. Aydis is friend to the talking horse Saga, rescuer of the immortal Valkyrie Brynhild, and battler of demons and fantastic monsters. Aydis is a woman. Born into a time of warfare, suffering, and subjugation of women, she is on a mission to end the oppressive reign of the god-king Odin.

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Review:

COMIC BASTARDS -- Hot take alert: Natasha Alterici is the real deal.



ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY -- Alterici's innovative saga - about a queer Viking woman who is exiled for her sexuality and reacts by declaring war on Odin himself - initially came out in digital form only. Now, interested readers can catch up on the story's beginning in one place with its first trade collection.


THE ONION A/V CLUB -- The series operates on two levels: It's a sweeping Nordic fantasy, but it's also a personal story about coming out and coming of age in a culture that doesn't accept who you truly are. The intersection of those two narrative planes is what makes Heathen so engrossing, and the grander elements of the plot have more emotional impact because they are tied to Aydis' queer awakening.


BITCHMEDIA -- Alterici is that rarest of comic writers whose sense of story and pacing is equal to her tremendous artistic skill.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vault Comics
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1939424186
• ISBN 13: 9781939424181
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112
• Editor: Martin Charles, Rutledge Rebecca, Grace Kristen