Comic depicts societal changes during Viking era
Most of writer Brian Wood’s comics tend to take place either in the present day (”Local”) or in the near future (”DMZ”), so it’s a little surprising to see his latest work take place in the distant past.The Viking past, to be specific, since his new monthly series, “Northlanders,” trades urban landscapes for longboats and swords as Wood and artist Davide Gianfelice introduce us to Sven, a twentysomething warrior who’s come home from Constantinople to reclaim his inheritance and overthrow his evil and corrupt uncle.More