Don’t know about you, but I always try and take the window seat while flying. Amazing what you can see out there if you keep your eyes open. Even if you don’t see the Allfather on his eight-legged steed galloping past the window, you can see his handiwork in the mountains and oceans below. It’s much more interesting, not to mention healthy for the soul, to gaze out the window and marvel at the beauty of Midgard, instead of watching whatever drivel is playing on that little screen in the back of the seat in front of you. Also, if you happen to be flying over the ocean, you can stare at that endless blue and contemplate how your Viking ancestors made the same trip over 1000 years ago – in longships!
Posts Tagged sleipnir
Hey, folks, I’m taking a respite from OAF this month. Three reasons: First, I’ll be adventuring in Iceland the first ten days of August and I don’t have an archive of toons built up to run the site on auto-pilot. Second, I need to take a little time when I get back to upgrade Word Press and make some site improvements to restore my missing navbar and help prevent the meltdown that happened a week ago from happening again. And third, I just need a break! I need to reflect on the toon a bit, figure out where it’s going, and decide what I want to do next. Send me some email if you want to weigh in on this subject. My apologies to those of you who depend on their twice-weekly Odin fix to make it through the week without going ballistic with a battle axe. In the meantime, please check out the archives or hit the random button on the right to find something you might have overlooked. OAF is pushing 300 comics now!
See you in September!
– Vato
This one makes it all worth while.
Panel three. A full frame, full panel explosion in glorious comic book magenta and orange.
Yeah!
I mean, this is the kind of stuff I drew in fourth grade when I should have been learning how to do “useful” things like spell and multiply.
Napoleon Dynamite would be all over this — Odin’s eight legged horse tromping a space ship… sweet! — although he might criticize the shading on the eight legs of my eight legged horse.
Yeah, I know what you’re saying: Where’s the eight legs, Vato?
Sadly enough, my horse drawing skills still remain at the fourth grade level (along with my math skills). But trust me, those eight legs are there. Check out this comic for proof (yes, I recycled the image; it took me all day to draw, so I don’t even need Odin’s wisdom to know I should use it more than once).
Loki wonders if Sif has hair below to match her golden mane up top. She promptly reminds him that years ago he transformed himself into a mare and let a horse ravish him. Loki promises Sif that sex with him will never be boring…
What man cannot agree with Odin’s sentiments about the need for powerful, personal transportation? Unfortunately, even our fastest cars on Midgard pale to the sheer spectacle of Odin’s eight legged horse, Sleipnir.
Those not overly familiar with Norse mythology might be disturbed to learn that Loki was Sleipnir’s mother.
Midnight. Jotunheim. A strange star appears in the sky. Or is it a comet? Neither… it’s Odin, arriving in glorious war god style on his eight-legged horse Sleipnir (just for the record, it’s a real son of a bitch to draw those eight legs). The giants, none too bright, are not sure what hit them. Do comets snort? No, but people apparently snort Comet. Or are at least interested in people who do snort Comet, or the act of snorting Comet. That’s right, I’m talking about the cleaning product here folks. Shortly after I posted this webcomic, I started getting hits from Google on people looking for information on snorting Comet. If you are one of these people and have arrived at this site in error, please, before you go, leave a comment. I really want to know the extent of your brain damage before you ship off for the Land of the Dead (you aren’t going to end up in Valhalla by inhaling the stuff you find under your sink). Read the comic too. You might just be warped enough to like it.