Cover Contest 10/7 - 10/13: Thunderbolt & Lightening, Very, Very Frightening Me

[Zelena]

Thank you for the honorable mention, Iron Maiden and congratulations to the winner, Shalla Bal!

[kjn]

Congratulations to Shalla Bal, and thanks to Attila Kiss for the vote!

[ed2962]

Congrats, Shalla Bal!

[Kirby101]

Congrats to Shalla, qand thanks for the two vote for my Marv cover.

[Javasaurus]

Congratulations on the win Shalla Bal!

And thanks to ChadH and worstblogever for your votes!

[Surf]

Awww, Richard looks so gosh darn cute trying to be badass in his pixie boots!

IKR lol. Ya know, we let Dick's costume with the green underoos and boots rock WAAAYYYY to long. I mean from his inception through all the way to at least the early 90s. Sure alot of cats fight crime with their thigh meat out but that old school Robin look is kind of jarring now. Hell, I remember Jason Todd's debut and he wore the same **** and nobody batted an eye and Perez made the Titans huge prior to that. I don't think Tim Drake ever did, I feel he had the boy combat jeggings out the gate. Poor Dick even got killed in the near speedos and boots. Denny O'Neil might not have had to push that story in lieu of a pair of tights.

[CaptCleghorn]

Congratulations to Shalla bal for a marvelous cover which did a mighty job of showing the dark, stormy night. I love the townsperson with the lantern in the background. We do learn from this cover that although Wanda is extremely powerful, she has yet to master the use of the simple buttons on her coat.

Here we go again. Peak of the week, what has the captain learned, and talking about myself in the third person. I was struck by the Peanuts strip and Snoopy's oft-quoted start for his novel. The start was considered a very poor beginning to a story, and yet, here we are, celebrating the covers showing dark stormy nights effective starting the story. And if you don't think covers start stories, read Watchment again. I mean the individual issues, not any collected reprint editions (or 'graphic novel'). That irony can be pretty ironic sometimes. The captain's a math major; they didn't need to be able to properly define irony more than BSing threir way through a HS English essay.

And thanks to Riv86672 for the much appreciated vote. Scott Taylor gets an Honorable Mention thanks for remembering the frogs.

[kjn]

And thanks to Riv86672 for the much appreciated vote. Scott Taylor gets an Honorable Mention thanks for remembering the frogs.

A frog-themed contest is way overdue…

[nx01a]

Yay, Shalla!

[Iron Maiden]

Congratulations to Shalla Ball

And thanks for doing the tally, WPP!

[Riv86672]

And thanks to Riv86672 for the much appreciated vote. Scott Taylor gets an Honorable Mention thanks for remembering the frogs.

No sweat, thank YOU. It’s been forever since I watched The Thing!

[Scott Taylor]

Congrats Shalla!

Thank you for the vote, Paul!

A frog-themed contest is way overdue…

Facts! I was just watching Ragnorok the other day and noticed a reference to Loki turning Thor into a Frog. But I don't recall if that was actually something that happened in the comics as part of all that frog monkey business or not.

[kjn]

Facts! I was just watching Ragnorok the other day and noticed a reference to Loki turning Thor into a Frog. But I don't recall if that was actually something that happened in the comics as part of all that frog monkey business or not.

In the original Norse myths I can't remember any stories where Thor is transformed (well, except for when he is disguised as Freyja in Þrymskviða). Loki, on the other hand, transforms himself at least to a horse, a horsefly, and a salmon. Frogs were also not unknown to the Vikings, but I can't recall any Norse myths involving them.

[Scott Taylor]

Yah mainly I remember talking horses being part of the Norse myths.

I've read different retellings of Norse mythology, be interested if you had a recommendation.

[MRP]

Yah mainly I remember talking horses being part of the Norse myths.

I've read different retellings of Norse mythology, be interested if you had a recommendation.

I'd go with D'Aulaires if you haven't read it already. It's a great starting point. Then Snorri Sturlson's Edda as a baseline. Finally, Gaiman's recent retellings are wonderful and fairly true to the source material. If you want to go for a deep dive, read a couple of the Icelandic sagas in translation. The Nibelungenlied is another of interest, it's the source of Wagner's Ring cycle and other adaptations (if you are looking for a comics version, the P. Craig Russell adaptation is the best, but the Roy Thomas/Gil Kane version has its merits as well).

-M