Blake Northcott

Norah’s Saga 4: The Prisoner
Review of the Allegiance Arts & Entertainment digital download edition (November 2021)

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Cover design for the expected full graphic novel of Norah's Saga. Image sourced from Facebook.

This 4th episode sees our time travelling heroine, Norah Karlsson still in the world of the Vikings and on the road to capture the Song of the Fossegrim in order to return back to the present day. The journey become further complicated by the appearance of the trickster god Loki who sets up further challenges for Norah and her companions. Loki insists that no cheating or shortcuts be taken, and when an inadvertent aid appears for the trio, he insists on a penalty. Meanwhile, in the present day, the Men-In-Black and their archeologists have found a memorial with a runic marker indicating that it is Norah's gravestone. The saga continues...

Norah's Saga: The Prisoner (stylized as Nørah's Saga: The Prisoner) is the 4th episode of a planned 6-part series by Canadian fantasy / sci-fi writer Blake Northcott and artist Kelsey Shannon for the new Allegiance Arts & Entertainment comics & graphic novels imprint. Issues with the pandemic have delayed the installments, but the series is now expected to conclude by May 2022.

Trivia and Link
Canadian writer Northcott has had an increasingly successful profile in crowdfunded graphic novels and novels in recent years. Aside from her own recent independent projects such as The North Valley Grimoire (2018) and Everglade Angels (2019), she was also the writer for a run of Catwoman for DC Comics. Follow her work and see her list of publications here.… (más)

Norah’s Saga 3: The Troll
Review of the Allegiance Arts & Entertainment digital download edition (November 2020)

Norah's Saga: The Troll (stylized as Nørah's Saga: The Troll) is the 3rd episode of a planned 6-part series by Canadian fantasy / sci-fi writer Blake Northcott and artist Kelsey Shannon for the new Allegiance Arts & Entertainment comics & graphic novels imprint. Episode One was crowdfunded as part of a Founder's Edition package with Bass Reeves and The Futurists, but the ongoing series is available in installments through Walmart stores (U.S. only I believe) and in digital downloads through the publisher’s online store. Issues with the pandemic have delayed the installments, but the series is now expected to conclude by May 2022.

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Cover design for the expected full graphic novel of Norah's Saga. Image sourced from Facebook.

This 3rd episode sees our time travelling heroine, Norah Karlsson, setting out to capture the Song of the Fossegrim on her (still working, but with gradually decreasing battery power) smartphone in order to assist her travel back to her own present day time. With her allies Astrid and Nandor, she evades the warrior Vöslogs, a pit of quicksand and a monstrous troll but ends up stranded on a beach. The scene shifts to the present day, where the 'men in black' from Episode 1 have discovered Norah's purse in an unearthed ancient Viking hoard. The saga continues...

I was a bit disappointed that 7 pages of Episode 3 was taken up by a promo for a standard 'Soldiers & Sorcery' comic "The Saints" by the same publisher.

Trivia and Link
Canadian writer Northcott has had an increasingly successful profile in crowdfunded graphic novels and novels in recent years. Aside from her own recent independent projects such as The North Valley Grimoire (2018) and Everglade Angels (2019), she was also the writer for a run of Catwoman for DC Comics. Follow her work and see her list of publications here.… (más)

Issue 1 of 5

I owned #2469 of 3000
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Who couldn't love Evanescence but what really drew me to it was that I could own a bit of Abigail Larson's art in story format and she does not disappoint!! 5* on that.

Includes two stories:
-- Wasted on You - from the intro "... is about finding the strength within yourself to break through those chains in your mind..." Abigail's art *all the heart eyes* and the storyline encourages you to find the strength within you to make change. It's a nice reminder, encouragement.
-- Better Without You - (You is fear) from the intro "... you can't have the sweet without the bitter..." The story assumes there is life after death and since there is no guarantee, I prefer to live here and now.
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I've already ordered book #2 but I kinda regret that purchase. Hopefully when I actually own and read it, I'll have a change of opinion.… (más)

The book was an easy read. The characters were not well developed. You had to assume what type of characters they were based on their actions. But the actions were inconsistent. There were a lot of editing errors which made it difficult to read the book.

I found it strange that the first chapter was a total disconnect with the rest of the story. It happens a year or 2 into the future. And the book ends abruptly. It was like only part of the story was written. So maybe the first chapter will be explained in a future book that I will not read.… (más)