As “Nerd Thanksgiving” Approaches, An Appetizer From Marvel and ‘USA Today’
Tonight, it’s preview night for the 40th anniversary gathering of geekdom that is the San Diego Comic Con.
Now spread to five days of comics, movies, TV, games, LARP, awards, auctions and geekstacy, it has become – to paraphrase sports writer Michael Wilbon – “Nerd Thanksgiving“.
And before tonight’s “reception”, USA Today and Marvel Studios delivered an appetizer of mythic proportions, this image from next summer’s “Thor” movie…
Photo source: USA Today/Marvel Studios
Now why does it make your old popGeezer wobbly? Yes, Chris Hemsworth looks pretty “nummy” as the Norse God of Thunder, but that’s not my area of delight.
No, I’m all a-twitter ’cause of the similarity with this image…
Marvel Digital Comics: Journey Into Mystery #83
Stone slab? Hammer time?
While I don’t think Thor will be Dr. Donald Blake in the film – how do you camouflage Hemsworth’s mass? – I’m hoping that USA Today image is when Thor is reunited with his enchanted Uru Hammer.
Rock. \m/