Discover your comics 8: 1066:William the Conqueror

[Crom-Cruach]

Gather Round skalds, troubadours and men of tongue for I bring of a great tale!

1066: William the Conqueror


Publisher: Le Lombard
Type/Genre: Historical Rendition
Original Language: French
Writer:Patrick Weber
Artist:Emanuele Tenderini

Description: King Edouard the Confessor of England is gravely ill even as unrest plagues the kingdom of England. Distraught and with not many years to live, he must choose a successor. There are two choices, his son in law Harold Goodwinson or his nephew the Duc William of Normandy. He chooses the normand and for that choice England's history would be changed forever as the two great warrior would meet on one of the greatest battles in the history of the High Middle-Ages: The battle of Hastings!

This story is a one shot

What makes this a good comic: This is an important historical event told in comic form done right. The story is well narrated, the art fits the style perfectly and it allows someone unfamiliar with medieval history to actually learn something. The attention to historical accuracy and detail is as well impressive. No sugar coating or alteration. It tells the events as scholars teach them and makes it entertaining

Can I get this in the U.S?: Le Lombard ships worldwide

Final Verdict:
Story:4/5
Art: 4/5

Buy this now!

[jakefury]

Exalt for a nice review!

[Crom-Cruach]

thanks!

[jakefury]

my pleasure. so was Harold really shot through the eye with an arrow?

[Crom-Cruach]

Jun 4, 2012 21:35:25 GMT -5 @jakefury said:

my pleasure. so was Harold really shot through the eye with an arrow?

Truthfully nobody knows for sure. According to Guy, Bishop of Amien who wrote the oldest version of the events we still have, he was killed by four knights (one of which was likely the Duc of Normandy). It was in only later accounts that the story about him being shot in the eye started popping up.

If the Tapestry of Bayeux is currently correctly interpreted. It is possible both versions are partly true, in that Harold did get an arrow in the eye. But he survived and kept fighting. Then William and three other knights surrounded and killed him.

In any case, in the comic he is killed by an arrow in the eye.

[jakefury]

very interesting, regardless of the actual events.

[Crom-Cruach]

Jun 4, 2012 21:46:56 GMT -5 @jakefury said:

very interesting, regardless of the actual events.

indeed my good man.

[Power NeXus]

Is it Marvel?

If it's not Marvel then it's probably really stupid.











































































Don't mind me. I'm just trying to see if I can give Crom an aneurysm.

[Crom-Cruach]

Jun 4, 2012 22:06:14 GMT -5 Power NeXus said:

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Don't mind me. I'm just trying to see if I can give Crom an aneurysm.

no aneuryms, just a healthy smite to the heathen.