Odins væddemål

Valhalla #3

by Peter Madsen (Illustrator)

Valkyrjur hafa það hlutverk að velja hugrakka bardagamenn í lið Óðins sem mun að lokum verja heim goða gegn jötnum. En Óðinn er ekki ánægður með kappana sem þær útvega honum og veðjar við þær að sjálfur geti hann farið til Miðgarðs og fundið þrjá vaska menn sem slái öllum öðrum við. Verkið er þó flóknara en Óðinn ímyndaði sér og hann tefst við leitina. Á meðan hrifsa bræður hans til sín öll völd í Valhöll og gera afdrifaríkar breytingar.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Fiction, Mythology

56 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Peter Madsen is a drawing artist and illustrator, an author, a filmmaker and a lecturer. He was born on 12 May, 1958 in the city of Århus, Denmark. As a boy he moved around Denmark with his family until they settled down in the city of Roskilde. Peter Madsen had his first strips published at the age of fifteen, then chose to study medicine. During the years 1980-84 this was his main occupation until he gave up his studies to be able to concentrate on directing the animated feature film Valhalla. He is probably best known for the series of comic albums called Valhalla (1979 -), humourous comics about the gods of Norse mythology. You can read the history of Valhalla here. In 1995, Peter Madsen published The Son of Man, a graphic novel of 136 pages in water colour, based on the four Gospels in the New Testament. In 1999, he contributed to the interpretation of The Book of Job by publishing an expressive graphic story for adults, The Story of Job. In cooperation with Johannes Møllehave, Peter Madsen wrote Signe's Christmas (2003), which is a familiy book on Christmas, illustrated by Peter Madsen. In 2004, Peter Madsen published a new interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Story of a Mother" in the form of a graphic novel called The Story of a Mother, based on a tale by Hans Christian Andersen, in water colour and gouache. In 2008, Peter wrote and illustrated The Journey to Jersualem, a book about Easter. In 2009, the first books in the picture book series, Troll Life were published. Troll Life is co-created by Peter Madsen and his wife, Sissel Bøe. So far 9 books have been published.
On top of this range of comic albums and graphic novels, Peter Madsen has created a lot of artwork for book and LP/CD covers, posters and illustrations for magazines and periodicals, newspapers and associations; storyboards,T-shirt designs, stamps and murals. He has illustrated several books, among them the Troll Story, (Troldehistorien) by Henning Kure (1989, rhymes by Rune Kidde) and the School Bible by Bodil Busk Sørensen from 2000. Peter Madsen is also a prolific lecturer. Over the last fifteen years, he has given more than 700 lectures. He is married, lives in Silkeborg, Denmark, and has two children and two step-children.

Reviews

[Juho Pohjalainen · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first Valhalla comic I read, when I was a little, and I think I still like it the best.

[Matti Karjalainen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Niin se on lapset, että minun nuoruudessani ei ollut mahdollista tutustua norjalaisiin jumaltaruihin Rick Riordanin kirjojen kautta. Ei semmoisia oltu keksittykään! Meidän piti mennä kirjastoon ja lainata Peter Madsenin Valhalla-sarjakuvia.

Ja hyvä niin! Sarjan kolmas albumi "Odin lyö vetoa" (Semic, 1988) sai ajattelemaan, että loputkin suomennokset voisi lukea uudestaan, sen verran miellyttävä oli tämä paluu lapsuuden suosikin maailmaan.

[Sandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gossip at it's finest form.. Hilarious

[Anita Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this edition Odin makes a bet with the Valkyries that he easily will be able to find the 3 most powerful warriors and bring them back to his army. While Odin is away in Midgard his 2 brothers takes over Valhal, and makes changes that none of the Gods and Goddesses particularly agree with.

[Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

4½ stjerner

Odins væddemål fra 1982 er endnu er Valhallaklassiker, hvor Odin indgår et dumt væddemål med Valkyrierne i et øjebliks vrede. Han indser snart hvor dumt væddemålet er, men Odin er også en stædig rad, og han har tænkt sig at vinde uanset hvor lang tid det må tage.
Tingene går stille for sig i Asgård, men snart hører Odins to skøre og paranoide brødre om hans forsvinden, og så laver Ve og Vile ellers rav i den.
Til sidst bliver de andre guder nødt til at narre Odin til at vende tilbage, så de kan komme af med både Ve og Vile og jætterne i Asgård og få tingene tilbage til deres normale tilstand.

Den karikerede stil passer godt til de gamle myter, hvor tingene ofte er ret overdrevne, og der er fyldt godt med humor ind i fortællingen om Odin på den ene side, og Ve og Vile på den anden. Og så bliver andre gamle fortællinger også refereret undervejs, hvilket kun er et plus.

[Rikke Knudsen · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.75

[Hugi Freysteinn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Góð bók

[Fjóla Gerður]

Hættu að mansplaina Óðinn og viðurkenndu að valkyrjurnar vita betur.

[Topimiring · Rating 5 out of 5]

OK