Although I was just about the right age for it, for some reason Star Fleet/X-Bomber passed me by. Which is a shame, as it spawned glorious stuff like this, from Brian "Badgers" May and Eddie "Van Halen" Van Halen:
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Saturday, July 08, 2023
I've Seen That Bethor
Thor: Ragnarok (2017):
No, in fact this is from Paul Pope's 2013 graphic novel Battling Boy. There's a clear Thor influence in this part of the comic, so perhaps there's an ur-example that Pope and Taika Waititi are both referencing, but the similarities with the opening sequence of the best Thor film are striking.
(Battling Boy is quite good, by the way, but alas it finishes just as it's getting going and there was never a proper second volume.)
No, in fact this is from Paul Pope's 2013 graphic novel Battling Boy. There's a clear Thor influence in this part of the comic, so perhaps there's an ur-example that Pope and Taika Waititi are both referencing, but the similarities with the opening sequence of the best Thor film are striking.
(Battling Boy is quite good, by the way, but alas it finishes just as it's getting going and there was never a proper second volume.)