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admonition : bear spoilers forImmortal Thor#9!Thorhas leaped head teacher first into the “ art ” versus “ content ” public debate , take a Sir Frederick Handley Page out ofDisney ’s playbook in the cognitive operation . In Marvel ’s newImmortal Thor , Dario Agger , the top dog of the malevolent Roxxon Corporation , has thrown in with the Enchantress . Together , they have hatched a architectural plan to enslave Thor , and it add up to a read/write head inImmortal Thor#9 . Along the way , it explore nontextual matter versus content .
Immortal Thor#9 , write by Al Ewing and draw by Ibraim Roberson , start with Thor confronting the Enchantress and Dario Agger , the Minotaur . The Enchantress is unfazed by Thor , as if she sleep together something the roar God does not . She has create a enchantment , and she call it an “ art . ”
Then , Agger ’s skull appears in the sky , evidence them he prefers the term “ content . ”
Agger then asks Thor if he “ is content . ” The Enchantress then hands Thor a comic Christian Bible starring him .
He hear that she has cast a spell that will basically turnThor into a slave of Roxxon .
Immortal Thor Launches Head-First Into ‘Art vs. Content’
Thor Is Now Fighting Business Executives, Not Loki
In just 22 page , Ewing and Roberson succinctly tot up up the “ art ” versus “ depicted object ” debate currently bother in the entertainment industry . As cyclosis platforms become more omnipresent in society , sure corporation have begun referring to show and movies on their services as “ content . ”
This recording label has fray many artists the wrong way . They experience it dehumanise their work , and turns it into yet another good to be exploit . This new label has also coincided with the raise of IP - driven blockbuster movie franchises , such as the MCU.Immortal Thor#9 calls out the relationship between art and commerce .
Although Dario Agger is one of Thor ’s newer enemy , Roxxon itself is 50 old age former , first appear in 1974’sCaptain America#180 .
Al Ewing ’s late yield of Immortal Thor incorporate one of the character ’s Hellenic adventure , from 1978 ’s Thor # 272 , in a radically novel way .
In addition , the move towards calling it “ art ” over “ content ” has also come at a time when the corporatization of metier is at an all - time highschool . Studios regularly offset completed projects because of a taxation write - off . Some studio have also begun using AI in movies and TV , a move that further disenfranchised artists . InImmortal Thor#9 , Dario Agger becomes a tie-up - in for medium executives Bob Iger and David Zaslav . Agger has no interest in art , he only wants to develop more wealth and mightiness , and the issue picture readers his terrifying endgame : a desolate , corporal hellscape run by Roxxon .
Thor Is Now an Employee of Roxxon (Yes, Really)
Just Like “Content,” Thor is Now Corporate
Thor is key to Agger and Roxxon ’s plans . Immortal Thor#9 reveal that gods , like Thor , are susceptible to story - telling deception . The spell Enchantress meander taps into this , and Thor walk right into hers and Agger ’s bunker . The duo intend to remold realness in Roxxon ’s favor , and Thor is their first victim .
solicitation for future issues ofImmortal Thorhave divulge a Roxxon - second variant of the Thunder God . The “ artistic production ” versus “ content ” debate inspired by studio likeDisneyis not potential to die down in society anytime soon , nor will it in the Page ofImmortal Thor .
Immortal Thor#9is on cut-rate sale now from Marvel Comics !
Immortal Thor#9 ( 2024 )
