The Brothers Lionheart and Katla

A scene from the end of Astrid Lindgren's Brothers Lionheart, an "other world" style fantasy for kids that deals with premature death and some other heavy topics.

Couldn't get the scan to come out with all the nuances in the wash for the sky, so alas you're only getting this crappy photo. I will see if I can make a better scan/photo one of these days...

Thinking of doing a memorial day post on my blog, and decided that Astrid Lindgren's book was a surprising but good choice for an illustration commemorating those who die in war--unfortunately I can't really talk much about why that is the case w/o spoiling all the twists and turns in the book, but I'll see if I can find something appropriate to say for my blog...

EDIT: Got the blog post done, here it is! vikingsbooksetc.wordpress.com/…