Saturday, June 07, 2008
Comic Art
As we continue to romp through the denizens of Asgard as presented by Marvel and the New Gods published by DC, both the masterworks of Jack Kirby, we today complete Thor's constant companions, The Warriors Three, by looking at the ladies man - Fandral The Dashing. I must admit to a bit of a loss at how to describe Fandral, he is essential but somehow useless. Even this is a dated reference, but do you remember the TV show "The A-Team?" Dirk Benedict's character "The Face" was just there to look pretty - pretty much his whole job. That is how I think of Fandral. I must also admit to finding his resemblance to DC's Green Arrow fascinating. Interestngly, it was a Jack Kirby rendered Green Arrow that the Post Office chose to immortalize.
Of course, there is also the fact that any good battle group needs a swordsman. Thor had his hammer, Hogun his mace, Volstagg his girth and Fandral his sword. Which points out the real resemblance that both he and Green Arrow have - Errol Flynn. The interplay between movies and comics is hardly new, and visual storytelling is visual storytelling.But I digress, Fandral was always the man you wanted by your side in battle and the local brewhouse. He may have always attracted the most beautiful ladies, but he left plenty of extremely attractive oes in his wake looking for companionship. I fact some of the funniest scenes I remember are women trying to get close to Fandral by cooing on to Hogun who is almost completely immune to such things.
The Warriors Three, as here completed by Fandral, we the stuff of boyhood adventure, and homage to simpler days when instead of aliens we fought trolls and giants and prowled the woods in search of mystery and good times. A boy and his friends. What could be better.
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