Brian Wood, writer of some of our favorite series ever, including but not limited to “Local,” “Demo,” and “DMZ,” has been really busy with his for-hire work lately. He’s been crushing it on his women-centric “X-Men” series, filling the gaps over on “Star Wars,” and even giving us his vision of the great warrior in “Conan the Barbarian” (and he’s also been busy with creator-owned projects “The Massive” and “Mara”).

He’s undoubtedly one of the busiest guys in comics, but now, he’s teasing a new (assumably) creator-owned project inspired by his viking story “Northlanders,” but what started as a thematic continuation of that story, has morphed into something else. We’ll let Brian explain that himself from his Tumblr along with the image that goes with it above:

I always figured I would revisit Northlanders in a new form, do another series on Vikings, make use of the unused stories. I had made it something of a priority, actually, and have been telling people about it. Now, I don’t know. Maybe that’s lazy of me. Also, perhaps dangerous to try and capture past glories. Maybe its better to do something new, to pick a different historical era and create rather than repeat? To do something as out-of-the-box as Northlanders was at the time. So I probably will. I already know what it is. Try and guess.

Honestly, I don’t have the foggiest clue as to what this could be. The teaser image reminds me of a country flag, but besides the obvious “X” connection which clashes with the apparent creator-owned nature of the project, I have pretty much nothing. Ultimately, it doesn’t really matter what it is. Brian Wood is an instant buy for both myself and much of Multiversity’s staff, and we’re eager for the mystery to be revealed.

What’s your take? Any guesses as to what this project could be?

Update: Twitter user Tom Murphy/@FullPageBleed had a great idea that fits, I’d say.