The Beat is pleased to offer exclusive looks at full first chapters from manga publisher Saturday AM’s catalog of comics featuring diverse creators and characters. Today’s look is at Danish cartoonist Fred Tornager‘s Gunhild, a part of the publisher’s Saturday Brunch line, which follows an orphaned fire Jotun on a quest to become a god.
Here’s how Saturday AM describes Gunhild:
In the world of Norse mythology, humans revere the mighty gods and fear the mystical, nature-wielding Jotuns, and Gunhild is a fire Jotun. Abandoned by her own kind and raised in a human girls’ orphanage, Gunhild wishes to prove to her peers that she’s more than a little troublemaker. Every step of the way, it becomes clear that Gunhild must fight for what’s right and follow her own sense of justice, seeing as no one else will fight for her.
Gunhild’s quest leads her to meet all the famous gods she’s heard about in schools, like Odin and Thor, though the one she’s most interested in is the mischievous Jotun god Loki, who’s chained up in a cave hidden in a location known only by the gods.
Her travels lead mainly to many foes, but a few enemies become friends, persuaded by Gunhild’s unwavering determination and burning passion for her own cause. Being a tiny Jotun against a big, powerful world, Gunhild must fight smart and learn a trick or two from Loki to earn the title of godhood.
Certainly, Gunhild will stop at nothing to forge her own fantastic path and make her dream come true.
Check out the exclusive look at the full first chapter of Gunhild below. The series is serialized in Saturday AM’s Saturday Brunch digital magazine, and a print edition including the first ten chapters of the series is available in stores now.
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