Walt Simonson quote from his interview in COMIC BOOK ARTIST #10
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Monday, July 17, 2017
"In the '60s and the early '70s, I read a lot of SF, so I'm fairly well-versed in that material. And I had an interest in fantasy starting with the Lord of the Rings, I read a lot of fantasy in the '70s. Classic stuff: Lord Dunsany, E.R. Eddison, Mervyn Peake. Later work by Michael Moorcock. Besides Tolkien, Ballantine published about 60 or 70 volumes of an Adult Fantasy series, and I read that entire series. So I have a real interest in what Tolkien called secondary world creation, one of the things we do in comics. Because mainstream comics has this large shared universe-even though we all curse continuity under our breaths and sometimes, deservedly so, as far as I'm concerned. I like part of what it bestows-a rich complexity in the material that you can really mine and work. In a way, that helps to create stories worth re-reading because it enlarges them. It depends on the writer of course and the way you use the material, but it's such a fertile field for the imagination, I think it's one of the reasons I've stayed with mainstream comics for a long time."
Friday, July 7, 2017
What's more racist - a Thor Shrine or a statue of a Confederate General?
(It's a trick question. Inanimate objects can't be racist, only people's perceptions of them based upon their own learned subjective biases.)
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
ON SALE TODAY $19.99
From PPW. The Thor Wood Warriors Action Figure stands 8-inches tall! Packaged in faux-organic window box packaging, this solid wood hand-painted action figure comes fully articulated to sit, stand, flex, and fight anywhere toys go on adventures.
Monday, July 3, 2017
JACK KIRBY DOES JOHN BUSCEMA A FAVOR
Just before leaving Marvel to work exclusively for DC, Kirby had Surtur burn down Asgard making it possible for John Buscema to design his own Realm Eternal when he took over the art chores on THOR.
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
THE PERFECT THOR COMIC TO GIVE SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER READ A THOR COMIC
THOR GOD OF THUNDER #18 features a self-contained story that you don't have to have any prior knowledge of Thor or Marvel Universe History to appreciate. It takes place over one week's time in 894 in a Viking village and Asgard. The cover is by Esad Ribic.
The impressive interior art is by Das Pastoras.
The impressive interior art is by Das Pastoras.
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Monday, June 19, 2017
Have you met Thor's trio of good-looking grandaughters?
from THOR GOD OF THUNDER #22
(art by Esad Ribic)
How many of their inherited weapons do you recognize?
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