I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the HEATHEN by Natasha Alterici & Ashley A. Woods Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!
Natasha Alterici is a writer and artist living in Tulsa, OK who has been working as a freelance
artist for over ten years. Works include Heathen (Vault Comics), Dinosaur Project, Gotham Academy: Yearbook, Grayson Annual, The Lez Film Review, Mixed Signals, Lovers and Other Strangers, Transcience, and a number of others. When not drawing, she enjoys watching cooking shows with her wife and their two cats, Cheshire and Louise.
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Ashley A. Woods is a comic book artist, writer, & creator from Chicago known for her work on the Niobe, Ladycastle & Tomb Raider series. She got her start through self-publishing her action-fantasy comic series “Millennia War” which led to her career in comics and TV. After earning her degree in Film and Animation from IADT, she traveled to Kyoto, Japan where she presented her work in a gallery showcase called, “Out Of Sequence”. Recognized for her female illustrations and designs, her most prominent work is Niobe: She is Life with Stranger Comics.
Her latest work can be seen on HBO's Lovecraft Country, DC’s “Wonder Woman Black & Gold
Jupiter Invincible" with Pulitzer Prize winning author Yusef Komunyakaa which
premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival June 2021.
Title: HEATHEN: The Complete Series Omnibus Edition
Author: Natasha Alterici, Ashley A. Woods (Illustrations), Rachel Deering, Morgan Martinez
Pub. Date: May 17, 2022
Publisher: Vault Comics
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 336
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org
WOMAN. WARRIOR. VIKING. HEATHEN. OUTCAST.
THE GODS MUST PAY…
Born into a time of warfare, suffering, and subjugation of women, and exiled from her village
for kissing another woman, the lesbian Viking warrior, Aydis, sets out to destroy the god-king
Odin and end his oppressive reign. She is a friend to many as she is joined by mermaids,
immortals, Valkyries, and the talking horse, Saga. But she is also a fearsome enemy to the
demons and fantastic monsters that populate the land.
Heathen – The Complete Series Omnibus Edition trade paperback collects the entire twelve-
issue series. Soon to be a movie directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight, Red Riding Hood, & Lords of Dogtown) Perfect for fans of Monstress, Helheim, and Northlanders.
Reviews:
“These declarations of self from women and queer characters fit so elegantly into the
mythology Alterici uses to weave her tale, it reminds us that these narratives belonged there all
along.”- The Mary Sue
“I want epics with female leads, and fortunately HEATHEN fulfills that desire in a big way, while
also adding its own unique touch with themes that are as contemporary as they are timeless.”-
Women Write About Comics
“One look at the cover and I knew this book was right up my alley. If you are into Norse
mythology and aching for a lesbian angle, then this book is for you. If you want a love story that
is more than a romance, a heroine that is truly honourable and fierce, then I urge you to pick
this … up.”- The Lesbian Review
“Natasha Alterici's Heathen, has single-handedly redeemed the disaster that pop culture has
been making of Norse mythology. It’s a smart, funny, feminist, queer and sex-positive take on
the Viking world; one with a wide cast of diverse and endearing characters. Heathen is a must-
read for comics (and mythology) lovers of all sorts and those in quest of superb queer and
feminist comics in particular. RATING: 10/10”- Pop Matter
I'd been eyeballing this comic for a long time now and I am so happy to have been able to read the series in its entirety. The first thing that had me cheering was the illustrations; I am a huge fan of watercolors and bold heavy blacks in comics.
The story follows a lesbian Viking named Aydis who has been exiled from her community and to prove herself, does the impossible by rescuing a long-time cursed Viking queen. Throughout the story, we're introduced to female characters so pure in their motives and so real in their voices that I forgot for a moment that I was reading a comic. Rarely do I see such brave and pure-hearted characters.
This Ownvoices comic will take a spot on my comic shelf and I'll probably pick it up every now and then just to see the beautiful photos and get inspired all over again.
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
2 winners will receive a finished copy of HEATHEN, US Only.
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