Well, to be more precise, it’s probably going to be a 13-foot high statue of Chris Evans — not that there’s anything wrong with that. As USA Today reports, the 1-ton statue will debut at Comic-Con at the Marvel booth before gong on a cross-country odyssey that will end in Prospect Park, Brooklyn on August 10, with a dedication ceremony.
Why Prospect Park? Because in the movies, Cap says “I’m just a kid from Brooklyn.”
In the actual comics, Steve Rogers was a skinny kid from the Lower East Side, as was his creator, Jack Kirby. But like most Manhattanites, it’s way cooler to be from Brooklyn these days. See you over at The Woods, Steve Rogers.
According to Marvel svp of Licensing Paul Gitter, “For the past 75 years, Captain America has inspired generations of fans serving as the ultimate global icon for freedom, strength and doing the right thing.” He may be surprised to read current comics in that case.
The journey will be worked for all PR value possible:
Marvel’s social-media channels will keep fans apprised of where Cap is along his post-Comic-Con route via Instagram photos as well as Twitter and Facebook updates. Plus Comicave Studios — which designed the statue with Marvel artists — will be selling a limited-edition line of 750 12-inch bronze replicas and 100-made-to-order 35-inch pewter ones for Cap aficionados to show off at home.
The bronze Cap is also a tribute to those who’ve kept Steve Rogers and his story alive sinceJack Kirby and Joe Simon created him in 1941, Gitter says. “We hope that when fans see the statue, they will think back to a favorite comic book, treasured action figure or even be transported back to a special time and place in their lives where Captain America’s values played influence.”
When the statue reaches its final destination it can become shrine of sorts for garbage, dog poop, graffiti, flaming dumpsters and other protests over Marvel’s shitty behavior over the years.
This is why I’m reasonably certain that when archaeologists dig up America in 4000 years, they are going to think that we thought superheros were real and we worshiped them as gods.
Eh… it balances the bad karma from this:
http://www.pophistorydig.com/topics/tag/port-authority-jackie-gleason-statue/
Ralph Kramden and Jackie Gleason who both lived at 328 Chauncey Street, in Bed Stuy.
Yes, Ralph drove a city bus (Madison Avenue), not a Port Authority coach. Tell that to Viacom/TV Land…
It joins a long line of fictional character statues, even of comics characters…
Apparently Heidi is learning from the Outhousers with lines like this
When the statue reaches its final destination it can become shrine of sorts for garbage, dog poop, graffiti, flaming dumpsters and other protests over Marvel’s shitty behavior over the years.
Not sure that was necessary in an article about a statue but hey what do I know?
I’m a Captain America fan an all that but really a corporate brand permanently placed in a public park? Plus, I was a bit unsure about the Brooklyn thing, now it turns out Cap wasn’t from Brooklyn anyway. Oh well, no need letting facts get in the way of a good story.
To be a worthy statue it would have to be from the original Kirby design, anyway,
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