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During the Viking Age, various types of trolls lived alongside humans – and one troll tracker knows all about them (maybe). This comic-guidebook-of-sorts provides a look into the world of trolls, from the powerful Jötnar, to the stubborn Gildigífr, to the foul, foul Brunnmigi. Just remember to read all the presented information with a grain of salt – after all, this is ‘An Incomplete and Likely Inaccurate Bestiarum Vocambulum About Trolls According to Totra Þórgríma Hrímhildarsdóttir, Otherwise Known as Tatterhood’.
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This page (and a few others) could maybe be considered NSFW? I guess that all depends on if you consider trolls to be closer-to-humans than ape-like-creatures and then consider humanoid nonsexualized ‘nudity’ as offensive?
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Are jǫtunn trolls? Giants? Giant trolls? Completely separate in their own category? According to Tatterhood, “yes.”
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Troll names are fun – some of them are “real” (referenced in sources), others I created.
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There’s considerable comparisons and overlap with different creatures from different areas – and since Tatterhood has done a lot of travelling, she’s seen a lot of the similar ones. So while these are what she has named the ‘trolls’ she’s encountered, you may call them something different!
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I just had to create a page featuring other creatures for the excuse to draw a friggen giant Nordic snake!
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Do all trolls turn to stone in sunlight? That’ll be answered* in a few pages.
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This was the first troll I drew for the book – and the one I’m the happiest with.
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Double page today!!!
The majority of the page spreads have overlapping images, but I cut them up for online reading. This one, however, needed to be read in full!
You can always view the pages how they were meant to be, side-by-side, by buying a real copy of Trolls, hint hint.
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Here I’m just taking a jab at “trolls-crosses” – which I came across for the first time overseas in a gift store. I thought it was strange that I had never heard of them before in my research, so I went and looked them up. I could not find any excavations or sources talking about them; apparently it’s less of an ancient-amulet-of-protection and more of a modern jewelry piece from the late 90s.
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Honestly, the drawing of Bokki makes me so sad. I can draw far better goats.
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Nothing starts off a morning better than a revenge defacing.
In a few weeks, on Sunday, November 5, 2017, from 1-7pm, I’ll be at Canzine Vancouver! Come on out to the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts to check out some comics, talk about vikings and goats and trolls, get some free mini-mini comics and hi-fives. BTW Canzine is FREE to attend! So you have no excuse! Unless you live in Toronto and can’t come to Vancouver – but in that case, you can check out Canzine Toronto THIS weekend! Rachel will be there, so go! GO!
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There’s little I love more than drawing spoon-fighting.
(Drawing goats is a close second)
In a week and a half I’ll be at Canzine Vancouver! Sunday, November 5, 2017 check out the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts from 1-7pm for all your comic and zine needs! Free AND awesome to attend!
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Chapter: Trolls
One thing I struggle with is contrast – what looks right on my monitor looks too light on my phone, too dark on my other monitor, and way too dark when printed*. Hopefully when you view this page, the blood isn’t too dark for you.
*Though I change my files for printing so they don’t end up being dark – you can see for yourself in person this Sunday! I’ll be at Canzine Vancouver Sunday, November 5, 2017 from 1-7pm at the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. Free, fun, full of goats and vikings. I’ll have Trolls, Corpse Door, Nameless, Blood in Their Mouths, free mini-minis, and a big ol’ smile! See you then!
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My favorite half-of-a-panel in Trolls is Bokki with his li’l butt popping out of frame, wagging his tail.
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And that’s it for Trolls – thank you for reading! If you would like a physical copy, feel free to get one here!