Tag: Walt Simonson

If you’re one of the lucky 120,000 mortals who will cross the rainbow bridge to enter the doors of Comic-Con International this year you’re going to want to bring home some treasures to prove you were there. Here’s one that you should pick up if you are worthy (and if you can spare $100 in Midgard money): “Walter Simonson’s The Mighty Thor Artist’s Edition” from IDW Publishing and Marvel. This is a pretty fantastic book that collects up seven issues from Simonson’s landmark 1980s run on Marvel’s thunder god — but instead of reprinting the familiar panels from the published issues this 12-inch-by-17-inch hardcover edition presents the stories as scans of the original black-and-white art. There are two versions of the 176-page edition, one with Beta-Ray Bill on the cover, which can be ordered for home delivery or pickup at Comic-Con, and a second variant version ...

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 ...