Thor-ly Mythed

Do they have a building occupancy fire code in San Diego? Because if the “Bermuda Rectangle” is so packed that one can’t move, it’s a disaster waiting to happen. Wimpy John, who surely has been to these things before, is no help whatsoever escorting Holly through the crowd. When who should arrive on Holly’s cue: not God (who must be too busy tormenting the folks back in Westview), but a god, the God of Thunder; or maybe the God of Fluster, judging from Holly’s reaction.

Hey, being your host for the last couple weeks has been excruciating fun! Get ready for Beckoning Chasm’s turn in the barrel. See ya in the comments! —TFH

17 thoughts on “Thor-ly Mythed”

  1. “There’s only one God, ma’am, and he doesn’t help anyone in this comic.”

  2. What is Holly doing in panel two? Dancing? Signaling for a lane change? Trying to push people back with her armpit funk? (Which is probably the only thing that could overpower con stench…)

  3. The SDCC sure looks like a lot of fun, I’ll tell you what. Obviously when TB was at the SDCC he saw a dude dressed up like Thor and he thought it’d be hilarious to somehow work him into the story and (zzzzzzz)….oh, um…yeah. I would have assumed that Holly would be adept at maneuvering her way through dense crowds, what with regularly working the Montoni’s dinner rush and all. But nope, she’s an imbecile when it comes to that too.

    I’m assuming she’ll need at least two more weeks for this to play out. Then I figure there will probably be a week of Holly whining about failing to get #115, then another week where she actually obtains it, then another week where she gloats and/or gives the collection to Cory. That’s five more weeks right there and it’s a low-ball estimate, as it’ll probably be more like seven or eight. Ugh.

  4. So, let me get this straight.

    Holly and John are caught in a human crush. Then [Thor appears] and they have enough space to make their way toward the merchants they so assiduously seek.

    Where’d all that space come from? Well, either Holly somehow found herself in the line queued up to see “Troll 2”, with the original cast on stage for Q&A, including George Hardy, DDS. And she was too stupid to note this, and besides, you can’t piss on hospitality, I won’t have it! And Thor, truly seeing that the lady was vexed, did indeed ply his skills to gently push her out of the line and into the open space. Whereupon, the lady Holly did thank Thor, truly, for his gallantry, by Odin’s beard!

    Or…maybe Thor just flat out murdered a bunch of people, to make space so that Holly might approach yon merchant so that Corey Winkerbean, thug-lite, might have his comic satisfactions addressed. By Odin’s beard!

    Of course, both those options are too interesting for Funky Winkerbean, so it’s probably just that Holly got lost, Thor said, “Look, there’s an opening, stupid. Take three steps to your right.” And Holly did (because a man told her to).

    Incidentally, I sure hope that all movies, plays, stories, etc, just have a point where the direction is [Thor appears].

  9. Batom Inc. is featuring Marvel properties quite a bit. I hope there’s a cease and desist on the way.

    Perhaps Stan Lee needs to be made aware of this blatant disregard for Marvel’s trademarks, patents, and copyrights.

  10. @bigd1992: Given that the House Of Ideas is property of the House Of Mouse, I’d be more inclined to let Disney’s lawyers have their way with him.

  11. Paul Jones: I think it’s a safe bet that nobody at Batiuk’s Comic-Con will cosplay anything (American or otherwise) that happened after about 1980. Maybe a Fourth Doctor, if he’s feeling particularly esoteric.

  12. @TheDiva: Oddly enough, that’s almost a relief. Given his inability to understand Bleedball, I’d hate to see the mess he’d make of people cosplaying as, say, Heavy or Pyro.

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