Don Lawrence's first masterpiece, from the artist of
The Rise and Fall of The Trigan Empire
comes the epic historical fantasy of Karl the Viking!
"Lawrence [is] celebrated for his richly coloured, highly detailed visions of fantastic worlds." - The New York Times
Originally serialised in Lion,
Karl the Viking
is a sweeping historical fantasy story of an orphaned Saxon boy, adopted and raised by the viking Eingar after his raid on Britain. Upon coming of age Karl succeeds Eingar and leads his tribe into battle in Britain against wild tribes of Picts, and re-connects with his old Saxon family, gaining an ally in his cousin Godwulf, and making an enemy of the Earl of Eastumbria.
These fast-paced stories were drawn by Don Lawrence shortly before he revolutionised painted comic art with
The Trigan Empire
, when he was already a master of pen and ink, and his
series was the pinnacle of black and white comic art.