Tag: Olivier Coipel

DAYS OF THUNDER: We’re counting down to the May 6 release of “Thor” with a month of on-the-set reports, exclusive photos and interviews with the cast and crew of the first truly cosmic Marvel Studios film. Today: A Marvel Comics cover gallery. Close your eyes and think of the Marvel Comics character they call Thor.  Now, what do you see in your mind? Is it Jack Kirby’s rangy, hammer-whirling hero from the character’s first appearance in Journey Into Mystery? Or Walt Simonson’s version, thick of sinew but rendered with light, graceful lines that seem to suggest elusive Asgard’s majesty? Or John Buscema’s interpretation of an immortal cosmic champion so powerful and solid that you can almost hear the impact of his footfalls and the crackle of his lightning storms? Or perhaps the image from Olivier Coipel, whose recent work on the God of Thunder evokes ...