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kirbymuseum:

The Avengers has already grossed over 200 million dollars overseas, and is on track to make an insane amount of money when it opens in the US this weekend. When you go see it, why not take a portion of your ticket price and help us open a pop-up Jack Kirby gallery in the neighborhood where he was born? 

You can read our detailed appeal for funding here. 

We’ve got plenty of original Jack artwork to hang on the walls, not to mention other artifacts from Jack’s life. The more money we raise now, the more we can do, and the longer we’ll be able to keep the doors open! We’d like to be more than just a gallery, though. We’ll have lectures from comics pros, host or sponsor art lessons for kids, and work with other local NYC historical organizations to educate folks about what it was like growing up in Jack’s neighborhood during the depression.

We’ve been fundraising for the gallery since September, but we haven’t yet reached our goal. We’ve got a few announcements to make in the coming months that should help us get there, and with any luck, and if folks help us get the word out, we’ll be open by the end of the year. Every little bit helps, and if you can’t donate, please help us spread the word!

By the way, how cool is this Jack self-portrait? My reliable sources tell me it was inked by Mike Royer and colored by Tom Ziuko! I believe this version of it appeared in the Jack Kirby Collector around 1997…

Whether you already loved “The Avengers” comics or discovered them with the movie, you should help give back to the artists that made it possible.

So what would happen if you pitted the Joker versus Loki?

Well, it’s not going to end well for whichever city they’re fighting in. Buildings are going to burn. The Joker is a man and Loki is a god, so I’d have to say that Loki would take the Joker down. [Smiles.] To Chinatown.

Tom Hiddleston talks Loki, the ‘Crazy, Gothic Rock Star’

The hardcore fans — the fanboys, the comic-book geeks — they’re the reason these movies get made. They’re the ones that see it two, three, four times. If we didn’t have that loyal fanbase, I’d be unemployed. So you have to make sure they’re happy, but the way you try and do that is to become a fan. You have to read as many comic books as you can and see the character through their eyes and try to understand what they expect. … going online and checking, everyone’s going to have a different opinion.

Chris Evans on fan expectations.

If Woody Allen were directing “The Avengers,” how would he direct a fight between Loki and Thor?
[Laughs]. We would do one take and he would say, [affecting a high-pitched, soft-spoken American accent], “Okay, let’s do one more. Maybe a little faster.”

How would he change the dialogue?
He wouldn’t. But he’d say, [reverting to his shy Woody accent], “Okay, make something up. Maybe make it funny.”

Tom Hiddleston talks Loki, the ‘Crazy, Gothic Rock Star’

The Korvac Saga

This is the “2001: A Space Odyssey” of “Avengers” comics; a futuristic computer technician gains god-like cosmic awareness (seriously) and travels backward in time to reshape the Earth into his vision of a utopia. The Avengers team-up with futuristic cosmic heroes — and probably the next team to get a movie — the Guardians of the Galaxy for a consciousness-expanding battle of life, death, rebirth and more death.

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At one point, Tony Stark calls Thor “Point Break.” What would Thor’s reaction be if he sat down and watched “Point Break?”

I’ve seen that movie about a hundred times, by the way. It was one of the few tapes we had on video recorded off TV. I even remember the commercials that were in the middle of it. Thor would probably go, ” That’s pretty similar to my haircut.” Bodhi’s hair… maybe motivated by Thor’s, who knows?

Chris Hemsworth with the best answer ever?

Are you up for more “Captain America” and “Avengers?”

[Laughs] Whether I am or not, they’ve got me. I’m contractually obligated. But luckily I had a fantastic time doing them and I can’t wait to do the next ones.

Captain America, Chris Evans on working on “The Avengers.”

I blush to say it, but are you aware there’s a “F-ck Yeah, Tom Hiddleston” tumblr?

[Smiles] I am.

And that there’s also a “F-ck Yeah, Tom Hiddleston’s Voice” tumblr?
I’m not aware of that one. That’s incredible. I was informed yesterday that there’s a Twitter account for my laugh. Very hard to get used to things like that. Pretty amazing.

Does it make you self-conscious?
No. Can’t be. Otherwise I’d have to roll over and push up the daisies.

Tom Hiddleston talks Loki, the ‘Crazy, Gothic Rock Star’

Avengers Assemble Volume 1

After toiling in poor reviews and dwindling sales for years, this ’90s relaunch brought old-school, pulpy, comic-book fun back to the franchise. With colorful and detailed art illustrating a massive team-up of Every. Avenger. Ever. (A 30-plus grouping from Black Panther to Beast to Scarlet Witch), readers will be treated to a fantasy-filled Arthurian adventure.

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