December 2008
27 posts
Time Out NY on NORTHLANDERS →
Dec 31st
Back when years only had three numbers in them, men lived or died by sword and superstition. After years of blade brawls, Sven—the lead of Brian Wood’s Viking drama Northlanders (DC Comics/Vertigo, $9.99)—decides to change his warrish ways and return to his family’s estate in Orkney. But in the first collected volume of this ongoing series, Sven finds that returning home can be the most...
Dec 31st
DSC_0017, originally uploaded by audreyfwood. Things my kid gets from me, in part: Light sensitivity, in a big way. Sunlight, direct or indirect. In the worst cases it makes her cry. Makes me want to cry, too. She was born with blue eyes and black hair. It’s gradually changed to light brown hair and sort of green/brown eyes, which is what I have. Time will tell on the nose. The nose has...
Dec 29th
Audrey in the Viking/Medieval section of my... →
Dec 29th
DSC_0080, originally uploaded by brianwood. Audrey checking out the Viking/Medieval section of my library.
Dec 29th
What my 2009 looks like, in comics →
Dec 27th
DMZ, another year of stories: 264 pages. Northlanders, another year: 264 pages. Demo, six issue miniseries: 132 pages. The New York Four, the sequel book we signed contracts for, will happen this year.  I’m chatting with DC about format still, but assuming right now it’s not any shorter or longer than the first book: 144 pages. Something Unannounced: 176 pages (might possibly bleed into 2010,...
Dec 27th
Riccardo Burchielli’s DMZ xmas card →
Dec 25th
Riccardo Burchielli’s DMZ xmas card, originally uploaded by brianwood. </p> Originally published at Brian Wood - Comics + Graphic Novels. You can comment here or there.
Dec 25th
Burlington, VT c. 1990 (?) →
Dec 17th
I found a bunch of people on Facebook from my high school years, and with that a lot of photo albums of old local punk rock and hardcore bands that I knew.  Here is a picture of, I believe, local NYHC-style band COLORBLIND, playing some random street in Burlington, VT. I love the mix of skaters, punk rock kids, rednecks, and assorted losers milling about.  Pretty much par for the course. ...
Dec 17th
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Reviews of LOCAL, 140-characters or less →
Dec 15th
Found here.  I hope he does more of these. Local #1: “Intense and beautiful, as any story set in Portland should be. One scene, four outcomes. I want this girl to win & I want you to read this!” Local #6: “Why do I care this much for Megan? The emotional torment is real. I can feel her sincerity even as she does totally retarded things.” ++ Originally published at Brian Wood - Comics +...
Dec 15th
LOCAL- Washington, D.C. →
Dec 13th
</p> LOCAL- Washington, D.C., originally uploaded by funrama. Another masterful drawing of Megan from our book LOCAL. © Ryan Kelly. Originally published at Brian Wood - Comics + Graphic Novels. You can comment here or there.
Dec 13th
IGN on DMZ #37 →
Dec 11th
DMZ #37 Review by Daniel Crown The map is redrawn as Matty finds a new governor in charge of New York. December 10, 2008 - With all of the uncharacteristic optimism swelling within sympathetic liberals these days, Brian Wood finds himself at odds with a unique, mostly conjectural set of complications. As the balance of power has shifted in the United States, and a small number of the...
Dec 11th
This Week: DMZ #37 →
Dec 10th
The start of the four-part, post-election, Parco Delgado-flavored WAR POWERS story. ++ Originally published at Brian Wood - Comics + Graphic Novels. You can comment here or there.
Dec 10th
(found while doing Northlanders research) →
Dec 8th
“I’d like to thank those who’ve listened and enjoyed the story, and since those who don’t like it won’t ever be satisfied, let them enjoy their own misery - Amen.” - The Saga of Gongu-Hrolf ++ Originally published at Brian Wood - Comics + Graphic Novels. You can comment here or there.
Dec 8th
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Q TRAIN to DEKALB →
Dec 6th
</p> IMG_0364, originally uploaded by brianwood. Originally published at Brian Wood - Comics + Graphic Novels. You can comment here or there.
Dec 6th
LOCAL: NPR TOP BOOK OF 2008 →
Dec 4th
NPR’s Best Graphic Novels of 2008 This graphic novel in 12 short stories follows punky dreamer Megan McKeenan as she roams America. Each short represents a different year in a different city, as she takes odd jobs, gets into creepy relationships and lives the extended childhood of many 20-somethings. Though she often lies and gets into dodgy situations, Megan approaches people with the...
Dec 4th
NORTHLANDERS #16 COVER ART →
Dec 3rd
</p> cover+northlanders_16, originally uploaded by brianwood. (© Massimo Carnevale) This is for the final installment of “The Cross + The Hammer”. ++ Originally published at Brian Wood - Comics + Graphic Novels. You can comment here or there.
Dec 3rd