Tag: Thunder God Thursday

• October 22, 2012

  Metal Monday, Music, Thunder God Thursday

  Thunder God in New York

  Jon Mikl Thor, born in Vancouver, BC, started out as a bodybuilder in the 1970s and moved into the theatrical world of heavy metal. His shows featured feats of strength to the adoration of screaming fans. But as he tells it, taking the God of Thunder as your stage name doesn’t grant you immunity from…
• October 18, 2012

  Metal Monday, Music, Thunder God Thursday

  Thunder God Thursday: Jon Mikl Thor

  I first had the opportunity to talk to Jon Mikl Thor back in 2005, while he was in the midst of a gruelling tour and had recently suffered an onstage accident in which he was nearly electrocuted. Despite that, he was very upbeat about his music career and made for a great interview. The only…
• August 30, 2012

  Thunder God Thursday, Writing

  Thunder God Thursday: Chadwick Ginther’s Thunder Road

  Full disclosure: I’ve not only read Chadwick Ginther’s Norse-mythology-infused novel set in Manitoba, Thunder Road, I got to do so in my capacity as freelance copy editor.  So I felt, having had a part in its production, I shouldn’t interview Chadwick about his book. But, I figured, there was nothing wrong with hosting him as…
• April 12, 2012

  Graphic novels / comic books, Thunder God Thursday

  Norse code

  ONE of the reasons Stan Lee and Jack Kirby were able to cast ancient Norse gods as modern comic-book superheroes was that they were comparatively unknown, Richard Wagner and the names of our weekdays notwithstanding. Here, then, are a few terms so you can tell your Asgard from a Hel in the ground.