Comic Books

> > 40
NORTHLANDERS #40

In the middle of a long Scandinavian winter, a solitary hunter stalks the forest for what seems like weeks on end. His elusive prey starts to take on added significance as the hunter descends into helplessness and despair, to the point that the skills of even this seasoned outdoorsman are put to the ultimate test. Lavishly illustrated by Matthew Woodson, whose illustrations have appeared in Wired, Spin, Penthouse, Glamour and more, “The Hunt” is destined to be one of the most memorable Northlanders stories to date.

Written by BRIAN WOOD
Art by MATTHEW WOODSON
Cover by MASSIMO CARNEVALE

Price: $2.99
iFanboy Community Pick of the Week Percentage: 4.4%

Reviews

UserAddedSpoilers
AmirCat05/13/11NoRead Review
191
Pulls
Avg Rating: 4.5
 
Users who pulled this comic:
 

Comments

  1. Avatar photo PozrDu says:
    May 9, 2011 at 2:54 pm

    New arc.  I’m in!

  2. Avatar photo AmirCat says:
    May 9, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    @PozrDu  me 2

  3. Avatar photo north72 says:
    May 9, 2011 at 3:21 pm

    Based on the solicits for 41, this is a one-shot.

  4. Avatar photo MacAoidh says:
    May 9, 2011 at 3:48 pm

    Wasn’t super impressed with the last issue, when Brian Wood goes narration heavy it absolutely kills the books for me, but this looks appealing. Love a good Northlander one shot.

  5. Avatar photo Malecema says:
    May 9, 2011 at 3:53 pm

    One shots are fine but I would like to see this title take on a story that’s more than 1-3 issues long.  Give me a 6+ issue arc where I can actually develop some sort of attachment to the characters.  These stories are over before I can latch on to anything.

  6. Avatar photo USPUNX says:
    May 9, 2011 at 4:17 pm

    @malecema: agreed

  7. Avatar photo MegaPhilip says:
    May 9, 2011 at 5:02 pm

    @USPUNX  I’m with you guys but I LOVED “The Girl in the Ice” and I also really enjoyed “Siege of Paris” but if I understand it right there will be this and another one-shot then another epic-type storyline.

  8. Avatar photo AmirCat says:
    May 9, 2011 at 5:07 pm

    @MacAoidh  – Surprisingly, I love reading text.

    IMHP – Brian Wood is one of the most well rounded writers working today.

  9. Avatar photo AmirCat says:
    May 9, 2011 at 5:08 pm

    One more … you add up originality, being prolific, and just quality work … I would put him up there with Garth Ennis and Alan Moore.

  10. Avatar photo OnASunday says:
    May 9, 2011 at 6:47 pm

    Brian Wood won’t get his due for years because he doesn’t express any interest in superheroes (aside from DV8, which was awesome.)

  11. Avatar photo alextastic says:
    May 12, 2011 at 6:44 am

    @Malecema

    a 9-part arc begins in issue #41. : D

    http://brianwood.tumblr.com/post/5347316198/ 

  12. Avatar photo north72 says:
    May 12, 2011 at 8:48 am

    according to that link, it would begin with #42

  13. Avatar photo origamikid says:
    May 13, 2011 at 1:54 pm

    I really enjoyed this issue as my first issue of Northlanders (went back to my shop today and picked up the first trade though!)

    While it really gripped me I had some issue with the dialogue, as sparse as it was. Just felt a little.. off. for this sort of book. Atleast what my expectations of this type of book are.

  14. Avatar photo MacAoidh says:
    May 14, 2011 at 7:21 pm

    You know how I said I don’t like narration heavy BW? It’s very hard to do, he’s not very good at it and tends to drag it out far far too long. Well… 🙁

    This could’ve been an absolutely incredible issue without any narration and maybe a small bit visual/dialog exposition. As it was, an ok issue.

    @origami: the series varies a lot, but that wasn’t a very indicative issue.

Leave a Comment