Thursday, May 7, 2009

Viking gag

While I twiddle my thumbs waiting for my copy of The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún to arrive, please to enjoy a cartoon from the reliably oddball Dan Piraro. I wonder at what age Vikings get their learner’s permit? :)

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6 comments:

  1. LOL! I haven't ordered Sigurd and Gudrún yet. I'm looking forward to hearing what you think!

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  2. Glad you liked the cartoon. I’ve been reading Bizarro since the 80’s, and I met Dan Piraro once. Nice, goofy guy. He used to live in Dallas (where I live).

    I just got my review copy of S&G last night. I’m sure I’ll have a lot to say about it. *diving in*

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  3. Jason

    I just finished a first reading of Sigurd and Gudrun - very good and definately one that needs in-depth studying so will go back at it again. Will blog about it in a couple of weeks after more people have read. Great to talk on line the other night during the launch.

    Thanks, Andy

    NB: Would be good to put the Viking directions in the Fornayaldsagr meter that Tolkien wrote Sigurd and Gudrun in something like -

    Left little lift the ship
    Right reck and rear the boat
    Forward face and ram the rost
    straight sail the ship forward forth

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  4. Hi Andy! I really enjoyed talking with you online as well, however briefly — timezones! what’d’ya gonna do? Pieter deserves a lot of credit for organizing that online release party. It was, like your verse-craft (above), great fun. :)

    I’ve finished reading the introductory material and am just getting started with “Völsungakviða en Nýja” now. More to come on the subject next week.

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  5. Viking didn't wear horned or winged helmets.
    History fail.

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  6. This isn’t history, it’s humor. :)

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