Thor Reigns Supreme in Ribic's "Thor: God of Thunder" #1 Pages

[CBR News]

Marvel has released a first look at Esad Ribic's interior pages for "Thor: God of Thunder" #1 written by Jason Aaron. The Marvel NOW! incarnation of the Asgardian God begins November 1.


Full article here.

[BrotherUnitNo_4]

I wonder who they're going to get to switch off with Ribic.

So far Hulk and Thor look like they will be treats for the eye.

[randomengine]

There is more action in those two pages than the entirety of Fraction's run.

[josh straightedge]

I hope Marvel does whatever it can to keep Ribic on this. Those pages rock.

[aNamored]

That's much nicer than other Ribic pages/art I've seen and vastly superior to the cover art. Really like the gray washes and details.

Will wait and see if additional art pops up, but this is good. Still unsure if I will jump though.

[John Zaleski]

that's beautitufl

[timeismoney]

I think there will no doubt that Marvel will have the best looking books on the stand with Marvel NOW.

[USERNAME TAKEN]

Yes.

That's all I have to say.

[Rheged]

I know I sound like a broken record, but Esad Ribic is AWESOME!

[Predabot]

Can he do more than 4 issues a year tho'?

Don't get me wrong, I think he's great, but he's not a monthly guy. Putting him on X-force just didn't work, now did it?
Nor do I really think John Cassaday on Uncanny Avengers is going to work either.

Pretty much the only two artists that do detailed work that can actually do a monthly is Larroca ( and I'm convinced that like many other Spanish or latin artists, like Deodato, that he uses assistents), and Greg Land. ( who swipes a bit too much)

I mean, HELL, look at Bryan Hitch and Age of Ultron! It's taken the guy TWO years, to do what amounts to 6 issues!
Detailed artwork without a SHIT( and I do mean SHIT!!!) -load of assistents just isn't feasible, for any sort of frequently released form of entertainment.

This is the number one reason why the French-Belgian market has become predominantly an OGN-market, where there is 1-2 issues a year, at 48 or so pages.
That's a maximum of 96 pages per year, and the best guys can't even do that, they only do 48 pages a year.

So, looking at a monthly... that's 20x12=240 PAGES!!

Not gonna' happen.

[aNamored]

I wonder how much lead time Ribic, Yu and other artists have had. If they are double shipping many titles out of the gate, we can hope at least 2-4 issues are done. The only thing I ask is that whatever fill in artists they get, they are not so incompatable with the main artist.

I'm definitely giving Thor a trial run. The more Jason mentions, the more interested I get.

[ViewtifulJC]

I'm under no illusion that Cassaday or Tony Moore is gonna draw anything after that first story arc. Ya'll better enjoy those first few issues while it lasts, because the inferior fill-in artists are coming. Renato Guedes filling in for Cassaday. Billy Tan filling in for Ribic.

[rsreed13]

Beautiful art. Damn. I already have too many books. And yet, I'm going to be adding this...

[Hulk_Is]

I think there will no doubt that Marvel will have the best looking books on the stand with Marvel NOW.

Nah, I think DC will always best Marvel in that area, IMO.

[DaronK]

Nah, I think DC will always best Marvel in that area, IMO.

Especially when Marvel hardly uses its top guns - McNiven, Coipel...

They do have some top notch guys like Ribic here, but it's hard to compete against Williams III, & Paquette...