Heavy metal feels so right for the character of Thor, I can easily imagine the Nordic Legends like an 80's comic while the sounds of a metal guitar solo plays from the sky.

@hunterchamberlain6738

5 жыл бұрын

I honestly thought I was the only one who was thinking of that during the video lol.

@haloplayer9855

5 жыл бұрын

That's why I was so hyped for Ragnarok and was so disappointed with what we got

@hunterchamberlain6738

5 жыл бұрын

@@haloplayer9855 Same. But it's ok, I got all of those things in that Nic Cage movie Mandy. Which Matt Draper also made a video about, check it out if you haven't already, it's amazing!

@exarkun3263

4 жыл бұрын

Totally. I usually never listen to music when I'm reading comics but I read this story with some Lunar Shadow, Visigoth and Eternal Champion in the background and it was incredible.

@elbraymundo

3 жыл бұрын

This is why I wish the theme/needle-drop from Thor Ragnarok was Twilight of the Thunder God rather than Immigrant Song. I love me some Zepp, but hoooooooly shit how good would that have been?

With the whole "Unworthy" thing and Donny Cates's retcon in his Venom run, Gorr's arc becomes much more brutal and soul-devastating. I really love what Jason Aaron has done with Thor and this video is an excellent analysis and summary of what made that first saga so great to begin with.

@DzustComics

5 жыл бұрын

If you ask me that was one of the best retcons in comic history. It just tied multiple threads together so elegantly by just building on the mystery of certain characters!

@Pablo-ze6un

5 жыл бұрын

@@DzustComics Definitely. I don't know if it is a hot take, but I think Cates is the best writer regarding retcons or connections, because he uses continuity in his favour, not ignoring one bit but instead embracing it, resulting in a much more epic and big story.

@MrJole777

4 жыл бұрын

Apart from the female thor shit it's actually an ok story ngl.

@hopebringer2348

4 жыл бұрын

What retcon?

@na.meless

3 жыл бұрын

@@Pablo-ze6un tbh Ewing is better at retcons

It would be awesome if Marvel wanted to make a 4th Thor movie and they adapt Jason Aaron's God Butcher story. It would be amazing!

@thefancasthub6862

3 жыл бұрын

@Onyx Boy, do I have good news for you.

@camdenmarr1783

3 жыл бұрын

Christian Bale has been confirmed to play Gorr in "Love and Thunder" which is going to be awesome

@spondonkashyap3949

3 жыл бұрын

You prophet

@uncannydcmarvelous5732

2 жыл бұрын

@@camdenmarr1783 and the first merch/promo art of him as Gorr is out and is... a bald Christian Bale on white/grey paint xD

@cavc94

2 жыл бұрын

So far, this comment has aged very well.

*Reads Jason Aaron’s Thor run while listening to God of War (2018) soundtrack*

I just finished Godbomb after reading God Butcher about a year ago. The whole story is amazing. It's like the perfect mix of Tolkien Medieval Fantasy and Metal Sci-Fi. Thanks for another great vid!

I met Jason Aaron through a mutual friend in 2012 or 2013, and we joked around for about five minutes in total before he had to do something. He had a long beard at the time and I asked him if anyone ever mistakes him for Alan Moore. He immediately started laughing and said without a hint of sarcasm that no one had ever asked that before, "maybe because I don't wear a ton of rings." A month later, he did a TV interview where he made a joke about everybody always mistaking him for Alan Moore and I was like, "hmm?"

The most consistent channel on KZread by far. When I say consistent I mean consistently great videos.

That was such an epic story. I never read any Thor comic books but this so different from typical Marvel capes and tights. This is a great video Matt! You’re editing keeps getting better and better.

@MattDraper

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks as always! This is a perfect first Thor comic. I also recommend JMS’s run to start with if you want to get into Thor comics.

“God of Thunder” got me into Thor, and now he’s one of my favourite Marvel heroes! Great video, was actually hoping you’d cover God Butcher/Godbomb!

Jason Aaron’s run on Thor has been soooo good

@tayojones9460

5 жыл бұрын

Until he turn Jane into Thor and took the original Thor's hammer from him.

@AlessandroAltosoleChannel

4 жыл бұрын

with jane it becomes even better.

"heavy metal" are exactly the words I've used to describe this story arc

Incredible video, definitely the best YT comic channel. I like how you make a fine tune into your style to fit the selected topic of the video, you make editing and sound fitting to the comic in question. Is more like a tematic video or something like that.

Really awesome video. This one hit close to me for two reasons. I too was raised and live in the south, and was raised in a religious community. It was rare to find a person who would openly refer to themselves as an athiest. As a child I was told that you believe in God, do good things for others, and pray regularly, and you will go to heaven. But when I would ask why, I was told that I wasn't allowed to wonder why and that I should put all my focus into those practices. Being told versions of that answer up into my adult years had slowly wore me down and while I never considered myself a religious person to begin with, I became curious as to what it means to be a god, and how that influences multiple cultures and societal issues. I don't consider myself to be an athiest because denying divine existence just because I can't see it just seems silly, so I find myself falling into the agnostic category. I feel that based on multiple interpretations of a "God" throughout religion, that we should do good things because it's a good thing to do and not because we will get some divine reward. But that's just my opinion. It's brilliant to think that Thor, a literal god, had the existential question of "Is there a purpose to my existence?". I have struggled with that question for a good chunk of my life, and I think that, we should all strive to put purpose into our lives, and not wait to be told what our purpose is. Also, I dug the Heavy Metal vibes! I gotta check this series out! Thanks for the great video and I can't wait to see what's next!

Amazing video on an amazing book. It's depth like this, that makes comics such a fascinating medium! It also confirms my suspension, that Jason Aaron and I have a lot in common in terms of faith and you just might be the first youtuber to pronounce Assad Ribic correctly!

Wonderful videos! But there hasn't been a new one for three weeks. I'm worried. Please keep up the good work!!

awesome work matt, as always

The time travel is my favorite part of the story cause at first the way the story is told it makes you think Gor won’t be stopped until Thor is old and then nope time travel 3 Thors are working together.

I've been a fan of Esad Ribic's artwork since I saw those beautiful covers from him for the early 2000s Wolverine run by Greg Rucka. The man is a master. But I didn't get the full view of his talent until The God of Thunder. That's easily one of my all-time favorite comic book runs on the basis of the artwork itself. I've been a fan of Thor my entire life. The first two comics I bought as a kid were Legends of the Dark Knight #122 and Thor #500. I was very glad that Aaron delved into the epic nature of Thor's history instead of trying to minimize it and make it smaller in scope and stakes just to make it more comprehensible for the reader. Epic and big - that's how I like my Thor stories.

So quick to click play when I saw you had a new upload

Great video as usual!

Dude, I love your channel! Subscribed.

Your channel is amazing.

From a heavy metal fan all I can about this video is one word, Beautiful.

I just wanted to say this video had a serious effect on me. I never had an appreciation for comic book Thor, I always thought he was a very boring character and I had only read stories where he was stuck with characters I liked more at the time. But this comic, this art, this story. Everything about it is so awesome. I still think about Old King Thor, hoping it's something that does come to pass and isn't something that might come to pass. In short, this video made me appreciate comic book Thor, a character I thought I would never like, so thank you for showing me what I have been missing out on.

@himathegreat2987

2 жыл бұрын

Same man, me too

Matt, I love the work you do, especially your comic videos & I'd like to recommend a comic that could be worth your time. It's called Mr X, I've never actually read the comics but it's very obscure & I believe nobody has gone over it. Love the video & keep up the good work!

Damn I want to read this comic now wow Thor absorbing the necrosword reminds me of when Thor took a supernova to the chest in Avengers Infinity War

@mrboerger1620

4 жыл бұрын

He died but he took it

@Isai314

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

This is why I loved Thor: Ragnarok, it was a mix of Jack Kirby's sci-fi and heavy metal fantasy, which was just my cup of tea

@mayotango1317

4 жыл бұрын

What? That movie is a joke. A Adam Sandler movie.

@mickjameson4384

4 жыл бұрын

That piece of shit has nothing in common with this brilliant story.

@somanshudev

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Also Thor disassembled Ragnarok storyline is badass..

@hellothere_24

Жыл бұрын

@@mayotango1317 Maybe he meant the comic

@NEON-XMV

8 ай бұрын

@@hellothere_24 Yes

Love the use of Magic Sword in the opening! It fits perfectly!

Jason Aaron's run on Thor is my Thor like readers from the 80s has Walt Simonson's Thor for them!

This for me is the peak of Jason Aaron’s amazing run on Thor. While the rest of Aaron’s run is pretty great, nothing for me topped this arc and the one shot that followed. Can’t wait to read War of the Realms! Will Jason Aaron’s Thor run be another video series like your Swamp Thing and Hellboy videoes?

@MattDraper

5 жыл бұрын

I think I’d like to do a loose series on it. Probably Jane Thor’s story and then the final Thor series and War, if I find a take on it.

good story. thanks for posting! i enjoyed your narrative.

This is a fantastic video! (I always thought if I made a comic channel the first thing I’d do was make a video about The God Butcher😂) Liked Subbed and Shared👌🏾😭🔥

My favorite run on Thor. I love the blend of medieval/epic fantasy, sci-fi, and dystopia. I'm digging the heavy metal vibes.

This arc is epic. Can you cover Donny Cates Venom run (mainly Absolute Carnage or King in Black) or his first Thor arc, The Devourer King?

Once again, you've given me another Thor run to check out.

One of my favourite stories and runs in comics from The House of Ideas in the past few years.

I remember reading this many summers ago...its so interesting to be reading the Thor comics now and see how some ideas from this story have developed over the past 5+ years. Wild. p.s. have you read Karnak by Warren Ellis? great little 6-issue run

@MattDraper

5 жыл бұрын

I’ve heard great things about Karnak, but I haven’t read it. I’m actually reading Black Bolt by Ahmed right now and it’s really incredible!

@ellisowens5189

5 жыл бұрын

@@MattDraper I've also heard great things about his run on Black Bolt. If you aren't reading it already, his current run on Miles Morales is 5 pretty solid issues so far.

I think this is my favorite comic book story in 2010s this made me fan of Thor, made me follow a run from start to finish for the first time, and made me question Gods, Beliefs, Change and being worthy.

I really love your videos and wish that I had the time and equipment to make what you make. I understand that you must have a LOT of recommendations from fellow subscribers such as myself on what your next videos should focus on, but I have some ideas: Eric Powell's The Goon or Hillbilly My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Scott McCloud's Zot! or The Sculptor Gerard Way's Young Animal or Umbrella Academy Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol or Animal Man Young Animal's Milk Wars Cave Carson Brian K. Vaughan's Saga or Y: The Last Man Jeff Smith's Bone Scott Pilgrim Just some ideas that I think would make great content for your channel! Love your stuff! Keep it up, dude!

@MattDraper

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I have some video ideas for several of these already. Waiting on Vol 2 of My Favorite Thing until I make a video. Appreciate it!

By Odins gleaming nipples, regardless of many others criticisms of Aarons run on Thor, the God Butcher storyline has so MANY brilliant aspects and is one of the BEST Thor storylines EVER. The artwork is brain-meltingly amazing. It explores Thor psychologically in ways not seen before. Like fear. Thor essentially has ptsd from Gorr. Like some prisoner of war years later from torture. And that short bit right before entering the cave again where he muses on the long memory of a god and how after a millenia you obviously forget important things. How his thoughts conclude on it are simply brilliant.

yess these videos are acctual god bombs i mean underrated would be a understaitment

This is one of my favorite Marvel runs. I wish the movie had been more faithful to the source material

Starting with a 3 Thor epic and I have a feeling Aaron is gonna end his run with another 3 Thor epic. I love this run, Ribic being one of my favorites being a major reason. I have big posters from 3 of the different covers: the 3 Thors (10:28), Thor charging up (6:27) and King Thor vs Galactus.

Great as always my dude. Now when are you gonna do one of Donny Cates books? God Country maybe?

@MattDraper

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I haven’t actually read God Country, but I’ll add it to my To Read list!

@marioramunno4180

5 жыл бұрын

@@MattDraper based off the books you've done videos on I really think you'll like it

13:14 *Bill And Ted Guitar Riff*

The irony that out of Jason Aaron's run on Thor his first 2 arcs were the best is perplexing. Looking at his later works with Avengers I feel like he struck a perfect medium with what he's best at with Gorr then went topsy turvy afterwards with Jane having high highs and very low lows and Thor Odinson upon return the War of the Realms being underwhelming

Thor had been my favorite character since I was 9 yrs old. I bought this entire series from my LCS. It's one of the absolute best, most captivating comics I've ever read. nd this is an excellent analysis.

Gorr, is by far the best Thor villain, I loved the run on Thor, great stuff.

Kirby, Simonson, & Ribic are easily the three best Thor artists (I mean, these are 3 great artists alone) Aaron's whole run was essentially about believing in one's self

Will you do an essay on Aaron's full run someday?

Good job, Matt! Are you gonna do a video for Batman’s 80th?

@MattDraper

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I don’t have plans. I’m sure I’ll get around to another Batman video soon, but not sure about the timing.

I wanna see you do a video of Constantine or Swamp Thing

@uncannydcmarvelous5732

2 жыл бұрын

He has few videos on Moore's Swamp Thing run.

Good video. I didn’t care much for Jason Aaron’s Thor run. The art was exceptionally nice though.

This is my fave thor story

First Thor story I read, being following it since then. Not related but thoughts on Zdarsky's DD so far?

@MattDraper

5 жыл бұрын

I haven’t read it yet, waiting on the first TPB to come out.

@liverusrock6789

5 жыл бұрын

@@MattDraper You in for a ride man, the first arc is vídeo worthy

Jaason aarons thor, and donny cates venom put together are akin to listening to master of puppets and reign in blood back to back. Metal AF.

YES!

@MattDraper

5 жыл бұрын

🤘🤘🤘

3:49 it’s Arnold!

Stop making me interested in Marvel. Love Your Videos

I like how older Thor looks like his dad Odin.

would’ve been cool if Gorr had an encounter with the guy who made his Necrosword, but sadly he’s dead

@smashmaster521

4 жыл бұрын

Venom: Hold my beer

Anyone watch with subtitles? “Ribbit Jizz” lol

I'm now more excited for Thor Love and Thunder.

Incredible story, Thor's a great character to explore mythos wise.

@bluemindstudios3256

Жыл бұрын

Mcu: let's make him a joke

@mrawesome669

Жыл бұрын

@@bluemindstudios3256 truly awful, Hollywood's in the gutter creatively these days.

will you ever do a video on Neil Gaiman's Sandman?

@MattDraper

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, it’s not on the schedule right now but I’d like to eventually.

@charliecoke7396

5 жыл бұрын

@@MattDraper Awesome!

Thor is just a big cinnamon bun and I love it

I'd say they should do a movie of this but they'd just fuck it up

Thor is my favorite Marvel character ever! 2. Doctor Strange 3. The Thing (Fantastic Four) 4. Mister Fantastic (Fantastic Four) 5. The Human Torch (Fantastic Four) 6. The Invisible Woman (Fantastic Four) 7. Spider-Man 8. Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)

Honestly, am not fan of Marvel's Thor, I always saw him as childish interpretation of Norse Mythology, But damn that art style is really tempting. Am wondering if I could jump into this comic with the knowledge that I only watched the first Thor movie? Also I think it's time that Matt should receive sales commission from Marvel and DC, the dude really knows how to get you into comics.

@MattDraper

5 жыл бұрын

I agree about the sales commission. I would very much like a little money. You can jump right into this without needing to read anything beforehand! Aaron’s comics that come after start to require more backstory, but God Butcher/Godbomb is very self-contained.

@smashmaster521

4 жыл бұрын

Jason Aaron's Thor is incredibly newcomer friendly, and is in fact the reason I'm a fan of the character.

2:55 weight a minute aaron said thor is immortal isn't he just long-lived

@AlessandroAltosoleChannel

4 жыл бұрын

it's still immortality because you don't die of age

Anyone else coming to this vid in preparation for Thor: Love and Thunder?

@uncannydcmarvelous5732

2 жыл бұрын

Oh boy, the big contrasts...

*tips fedora*

Hoho *YES*

@MattDraper

5 жыл бұрын

🤘🤘🤘

Becoming more fascinated with faith after he lost his... mmm sure

Take a look at Black Bolt (written by Saladin Ahmed), it is a great comic winner of an Eisner for best new series. It focus on the socialization problems that black bolt suffers from being incapable of speaking. Is a very emotional based comic that also have great sci-fi and space opera elements that it is pretty impressive ( especially if you remember that it is Ahmed first comic). Pay attention to issue #7 that I consider the best issue from 2017, it's really great.

80’s heavy metal fantasy fits like a glove for Thor. Shame that Jason Aaron’s Thor run nosedived after Jane Foster took over...

@shanelorrison5224

4 жыл бұрын

Josey Kaiser - I stopped buying Thor a few issues into that series. The revelation of Jane Foster as Thor was my last issue.

TWO HAMMERS

@MattDraper

5 жыл бұрын

🤘🤘🤘🔨🔨

As interesting as this all seems, I don't think I'll be able to look past all the *_edge_*

@smashmaster521

4 жыл бұрын

What edge? This story is wholesome and pure.

Oe does not mean O its an Ö like a grown

Christian Bale will rock this role. Cant wait to see him as Gor the God Butcherm

7:00 God bless those pagans.

To me, it’s just “Kratos” vs Thor.

HEAVY METAL INDEED

@MattDraper

5 жыл бұрын

🤘🤘🤘

@ThatOneGuy7550

5 жыл бұрын

@@MattDraper the video was amazing, Matt! Also loved that Scott shouted you out in the most recent episode of NerdSync, major props

Heavy Metal? Not Power Metal? Well I'm Dissaponited

God butchering must be a hard job this guy probably gets paided too salary

I always hated Thor until I read this story

@smashmaster521

4 жыл бұрын

May I ask why? Just curious.

in my mind worshipped and religion not really need this days only yourself believe

@MutantsInDisguise

Жыл бұрын

At least your postmodern mind, lol.

Becoming more fascinated with faith after he lost his... mmm sure