Vikings, Samurai, and a Time-Traveling Map: How I’m Building a Bloody, Battle-Ready Comic with Time Map

I’m making a comic, right? Not just any comic. We’re talking Vikings throwing down with samurai. Swords, blood, top knots, berserker rage—the whole damn buffet. Now, to make that kinda madness feel real, you gotta do research. Not a little. I’m talking ridiculous, down-the-rabbit-hole, “what the hell was the political situation in Kamakura Japan in 1185, because that’s when and where my tale unfolds?” kind of research.

Enter the MVP: Time Map.

This bad boy? It’s not just a map—it’s a freaking time machine with attitude. You pick a year, any year—bam—the map shifts. Borders redraw. Kings rise. Empires fall. You’re zooming across continents and centuries like a historical hitman with a vendetta. Wanna know who ruled Mongolia in 1275? Done. Curious what the political boundaries looked like when Ragnar was still raiding? Boom, it’s all right there.

Over 500,000 high-res scanned maps. That’s not a typo. That’s history flexing.

You need to drop a fictional warrior into the chaos of a real war? Or rewrite the Battle of Hastings with a katana in the mix? Time Map ain’t just useful—it’s your damn co-writer.