Shoot, almost missed St. Patrick’s day. Wore green– but I always do that (it’s my favorite color). Well, I don’t really know anything about St. Pat, and I can’t claim to be a Celticist (though I did finally buy a translation of the Mabinogion– haven’t had time to read it yet though), but considering how [...]
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St Patrick’s Day Viking Style
Posted in Comics and Drawings, Sagas, Scandinavian Studies on March 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Vikings in the New World
Posted in Comics and Drawings, Sagas, Scandinavian Studies on October 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I completely missed Leif Eiriksson day–a particularly egregious lapse, since my dissertation research in Iceland was funded by the Leifur Eiríksson Foundation. Some Scandinavianist I am. Ah well. I will make up for it by pointing out that, just as Leif Eiriksson Day (October 9th) precedes Columbus Day (October 10th), the Icelander Leifr Eiríksson preceded [...]
Sketches: Outlaws and Giants and Gods (oh my)
Posted in Comics and Drawings, Norse Mythology, Sagas on September 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Since I don’t seem to have much time to post things these days, I thought I’d put up a few sketches– two used in my slides for my course, and then one doodle of a few of the more ornery saga heroes (plus a character of my own). These are all done in ArtStudio for [...]
