Hägar The Horrible: The Adventures Of Hägar
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What happens when a fearsome Viking warrior can't even get back into his own home? Welcome to the hilariously chaotic world of Hägar the Horrible, where the greatest threat to the marauding Norseman isn't an enemy army — it's his own family. The Adventures of Hägar chronicles the laugh-out-loud domestic and battlefield misadventures of Hägar, a lovably bumbling Viking who pillages distant lands by day and struggles to survive the sharp tongue of his wife Helga at home. Set against a backdrop of medieval Norse life rendered in vibrant comic strip panels, the book presents a brilliant collision between epic Viking mythology and the utterly relatable frustrations of everyday domestic life. Dik Browne's genius lies in his masterful subversion of the heroic archetype — Hägar is at once a sword-swinging conqueror and a hen-pecked husband, a figure who argues that the mightiest warriors are not immune to life's smallest indignities. First syndicated in 1973, the strip became one of the most widely read comic strips in the world, beloved for its sharp wit, warm characterisation, and impeccable comic timing. Browne's clean, expressive linework and perfectly crafted punchlines ensure that every page delivers a fresh burst of laughter — leaving readers eager to see what impossible situation Hägar will blunder into next.
Author: Dik Browne
Format: Paperback
Published: 1977, Egmont/Methuen
Genre: Cartoons & comic strips
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What happens when a fearsome Viking warrior can't even get back into his own home? Welcome to the hilariously chaotic world of Hägar the Horrible, where the greatest threat to the marauding Norseman isn't an enemy army — it's his own family. The Adventures of Hägar chronicles the laugh-out-loud domestic and battlefield misadventures of Hägar, a lovably bumbling Viking who pillages distant lands by day and struggles to survive the sharp tongue of his wife Helga at home. Set against a backdrop of medieval Norse life rendered in vibrant comic strip panels, the book presents a brilliant collision between epic Viking mythology and the utterly relatable frustrations of everyday domestic life. Dik Browne's genius lies in his masterful subversion of the heroic archetype — Hägar is at once a sword-swinging conqueror and a hen-pecked husband, a figure who argues that the mightiest warriors are not immune to life's smallest indignities. First syndicated in 1973, the strip became one of the most widely read comic strips in the world, beloved for its sharp wit, warm characterisation, and impeccable comic timing. Browne's clean, expressive linework and perfectly crafted punchlines ensure that every page delivers a fresh burst of laughter — leaving readers eager to see what impossible situation Hägar will blunder into next.