Great Odin! Fabio as the Mighty Thor! UPDATED
UPDATE: Mania.com has a very interesting article on this story from 1997! Participants in the project included Mike Mignola and Pamela Anderson!
(This thing is so old, I’m not even sure I was on the web back then.)
I don’t recall seeing this on any of the comics blogs before. Fabio’s name comes up time and again as the perfect living model for The Mighty Thor, but recent casting rumors don’t look good for our pal Fabio.
The Italian actor and model was so enthusiastic about the prospect, that some years ago he went ahead with his own animated version of the Norse legend. Dead in development, apparently.
I know posting this will out me as someone who looks at Fabio’s official website.
It was for reference purposes! Yeah, that’s it!
Anyway, have a gander.
The back of the poster steers dangerously close to plagiarism:
I rather prefer the live action version.
A screen shot of animated Thor and damsel.
I’m kinda partial to this romantic shot, though:
All of these images were pinched shamelessly from the Official Fabio Fan Club website, which I strongly encourage you to peruse.
For reference purposes.
UPDATED: A friend of mine emailed and asked me to add this tale from back in the day.
Here’s my Fabio story.
Was working for one of these small press companies. They were short on funds and could not pay me for a gig. Yeah, ‘aint that normal.
So, I decided to negotiate and take out my fee in merchandise. What the heck, I’m flexible.
They had some Fabio licenses, and so my pay was Fabio. As in merchandise.
Among the booty, a Fabio pillow, which I then used as the cushion on my work chair for years after. I drew many a comic sitting on Fabio’s face.
(I met Fabio at one of those Book Expos, and he was awfully nice and very funny, but all I could think of was my pillow.)
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October 27th, 2009 at 9:21 am
A few years ago there was a promotion running online ( I think it was called Fabio Phone) in which you could fill in a few details about someone you know, and then “Fabio” would call them up with a personal message, before telling them how much he enjoys “I Can’t Believe it’s Not Butter”. Someone pranked my boyfriend with it, and he was shocked when Fabio addressed him by name, and then mentioned that he plays hockey! You could listen to the personal messages online before sending them to your friends, and they were damn funny!
October 27th, 2009 at 10:13 am
OMG! What a scream!
October 27th, 2009 at 11:36 am
[...] creator Colleen Doran points out that apparently at one time the model Fabio developed his own Thor cartoon, with himself as the [...]
October 27th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
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October 27th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
OH MY GOD!
I work at a library (just like stocking books and cleaning the book sale room), and I’ve seen that last cover SO OFTEN. We have like half a dozen copies of that book for sale.
October 27th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
AWESOME! NAKED MEN AT THE LIBRARY! I must go more often!
October 28th, 2009 at 6:23 am
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October 28th, 2009 at 7:06 am
“I drew many a comic sitting on Fabio’s face”
If I had been drinking anything when I read that, I think you would have cost me my laptop…
Great post and comments, but I think you have just accelerated the moral decay of the Interwebs with more than 12%.
October 28th, 2009 at 11:28 am
I deserve kudos at the Scream Awards next year for that one.
October 29th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
okay, question: where’s the background for the poster from? It does look familiar but I’m drawing a blank.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Not a clue.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
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October 30th, 2009 at 2:07 am
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October 30th, 2009 at 2:08 am
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October 30th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
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