Surfer

A funny thing happened on The Marvels‘ way to streaming. Despite releasing in theaters to widespread disinterest in November, once the MCU sequel hit digital people suddenly started giving it some much-needed positive attention. Sure enough, upon its arrival on Disney Plus, the film that seemed destined to become the most forgotten and least-viewed Marvel Studios production earned itself a surprising groundswell of popularity and some enduring chart-topping powers. “Hey, I wish I saw this in cinemas,” said a whole bunch…

Surfing has a steep learning curve that has discouraged its fair share of newcomers. You may be tossed around by waves, yelled at by locals or hit by an errant surfboard.Pete Gustin experienced these usual surfing perils and overcame it all with an additional hurdle — he’s legally blind. Not only can he not see what’s coming but he also can’t study how others do it.“I learned it very slowly,” he said. “I didn’t watch surf videos growing up and had no idea what surfing was.”Despite all that, six years after his first…

If you believe the casting rumors the Fantastic Four may have found its surprise villain in the form of Anya Taylor-Joy. Ask the internet, and there’s only one role she could be playing: a gender-switched Silver Surfer. This is due to claims that Taylor-Joy is being eyed to play a female antagonistic role in Matt Shakman’s reboot of Marvel’s First Family, news that is following just days after it was similarly rumored that there will be a female Silver Surfer in the film. So, sure, this could well be what happens, and…

Pedro Pascal as Mr. Fantastic? Javier Bardem as Galactus? You thought those Fantastic Four casting reports were crazy. Try this one on for size: Anya Taylor-Joy as Silver Surfer. OK, let’s establish some context. Insider Daniel “RPK” Richtman has shared that Taylor-Joy is being eyed by Marvel Studios to play a female villain role in the upcoming Fantastic Four reboot. Although the scooper doesn’t necessarily specify which part she’s allegedly up for, this news comes just days after it was widely rumored that Silver…

Well, well, well. Look who came back to 2007’s Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. News hits that the MCU could be taking some unorthodox swings with the Silver Surfer in their upcoming Fantastic Four adaptation, and all of a sudden you come crawling back.  You probably feel pretty silly right now, don’t you? Thinking back to 16 years ago, when you and your little buddies got such a big kick out of making fun of Tim Story’s sequel to a 2005 origin story that Keith Phipps of The AV Club called “a garish…

Once upon a time, 57 years ago and 62 years before the dawn of the MCU, comic book artist Jack Kirby needed to fill some pages.  Having recently read about a jazzy new trend called “surfing,” Kirby drew a guy on a surfboard. Then, realizing the limits that surfing puts on storytelling, he made it a space surfboard. This is the actual story of how the Silver Surfer came to be. Today, human adults – the same kind of human adults that were actively working to put a man on the moon 57 years ago – are furiously and…

Another day, another unexpected Fantastic Four rumor. We’ve only just got our heads around the idea of Pedro Pascal potentially being our Reed Richards, and now it’s possible Silver Surfer could be female. To be clear, unlike the Pascal casting — which was reported by Deadline, although Marvel declined to comment on the story — this is very much just a rumor. However, according to self-styled scooper Jeff Sneider of The Hot Mic podcast, the Fantastic Four’s frequent ally will be portrayed as a woman once they make their…

Back in 2022, comic creators Ron Marz and Ron Lim reunited for a Silver Surfer: Rebirth 5-issue miniseries. A year later, Marvel has announced that the duo are continuing the adventures of the Sentinel of the Spaceways with a sequel miniseries, Silver Surfer Rebirth: Legacy launching in September. No additional members of the creative team were mentioned in the press release. As comic fans are well aware, comic creator Jim Starlin handed the reins of the writing duties for the Silver Surfer ongoing title to rookie writer…

When Awake pro-rider Flo Garbaccio set foot on his electric hydrofoil board in Miami earlier this month, he was intent on landing the world’s first eFoil backflip. To do so, it would take more than his countless hours of surfing experience – it would take some seriously innovative technology too. The feat took place while the team behind the Swedish electric surfboard company Awake was filming a series of extreme athlete videos on their VINGA S eFoil. That board features the company’s…

Image: Taurin Clarke/Marvel ComicsNorrin Radd has a long, long history in the realm of the Marvel Cosmic—but a new chapter in his tale isn’t just going to bring the Silver Surfer down to earth, but introduce a major new hero to the Marvel Comics universe.Silver Surfer: Ghost Light, by writer John Jennings and with art from Valentine de Landro, is a brand new five-issue miniseries set to kick off early next year. Although he’s spearheading the title, the Silver Surfer isn’t the biggest mystery of Ghost Light—the titular…