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Alex Wilson writes; Happy #4 hits shelves February 20th, written by Grant Morrison and featuring the art of Darick Robertson This Image comic is the conclusion to this short four-issue mini-series I have to say I am disappointed that this Christmas series is finishing in the second months after Christmas. My over all impression of this issue[...]

Batman Inc 8 print copies are out in the wild early: The retailer who had Amazing Spider-Man 700 on eBay weeks early has posted the covers of Batman Inc 8.

12 will be Grant Morrison's final issue, and the end of his long running arc on Batman. There have been concerns that Death Of The Family may lead to a death of a regular Bat character… but is it possible we were looking in the wrong comic? Most-Read Comic Stories Today – Death Of The Family, Spider-Man So[...]

Bleeding Cool had already reported on higher than expected advance reorders on Batman Inc #8, Grant Morrison coming closer to the end of his run on the Batman titles. But I understand that DC Comics sales representative have been calling stores to tell them that they may have underordered. That they are expecting sizeable media coverage of the[...]

As we told you a couple of weeks go, Grant Morrison and Rags Morales are getting an extra issue to finish his run on Action Comics, with Andy Diggle and Tony Daniel's first issue delayed a month We wrote; So expect some kind of retro solicitation to come down the pipe Once they've worked out exactly[...]

It's already hit the UK and it will be washing over the East Coast in about four hours time… Marvel are putting Grant Morrison's New X-Men with Frank Quitely, Ethan Van Sciver, Igor Kordey, Marc Silvestri and more… every issue except, for some reason, the annual. That run still informs the current X-Men comic books even[...]

Grant Morrison's extended Action Comics run provides us with another DC Comics April surprise, kind of  But one wonders if that screws up the impetus behind that month's Action Comics #19 gatefold cover for that particular issue of Action That looks like a relatively specific bit of action in Action Well, I'm sure they'll work[...]

Although Andy Diggle and Tony S Daniel are lined up to start their Action Comics run with issue 18, I understand that Grant Morrison and Rags Morales will need one more issue to finish their story Which means Diggle and Daniel's debut will be delayed to April and issue 19. So expect some kind of retro[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Rich Johnston People understand Hollywood feuds exist, but find it strange similar behaviour might be exhibited in a

But they didn't tell us everything. Like the Animal Man Omnibus collecting Grant Morrison's 25 issue run, a modern masterpiece. Or Sandman beginning a run in the Omnibus format. How about Jeph Loeb, Ed McGuinness and Michael Turner's initial run on Batman/Superman getting the Absolute treatment? There's the Solo Omnibus with a legion of fantastic artistic names, their[...]

This winter set limited series, written by Grant Morrison and featuring the art of Darick Robertson, arrives at stores just before Christmas but this is the third installment of a four book series In this issue we find our brooding hero riding a train out of town instead of helping save a young girl who[...]

I recently wrote an article for Bleeding Cool Magazine #2, entitled Comic Book Feuds, looking at some of the more prominent comic industry feuds of late, and they included Alan Moore and Grant Morrison. I may have to do some last minute editing however, as Laura Sneddon has compiled for The Beat, a fisking of a[...]

But what about… The Invisibles? At the previously referred to Dundee Comics Day, Grant Morrison told the crowd how he'd already been asked Laura Sneddon reports for The Beat; Asked whether Morrison was ever tempted to return to works like The Invisibles, close to many a readers heart, the writer revealed that such an offer had been[...]

This is the classic Etta Candy character from Wonder Woman. And this is the current version of the character. At the Dundee Comics Day recently, Grant Morrison talked about his new Wonder Woman book Laura Sneddon reports for The Beat;  Like All-Star Superman, this is his definitive take on the character, and the writer has also worked to[...]

Happy #2 by Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson has a Father Christmas variant cover by Cameron Stewart It's just that no one seems to have mentioned it Or put it online Or anything So here you go And you can read the Bleeding Cool review from last week right here… Happy #2 by Grant Morrison[...]

Thomas Allard writes for Bleeding Cool; A few months ago, I wouldn’t have entertained the possibility of a convention changing my life; It would have been

This panel, which focused on the ways that comics and music inform each other, featuredGerard Way, Jimmy Urine, Grant Morrison, Darick Robertson, and J.H Williams III. The panel kicked off with the debate, "Which came first, music or comics?" and the consensus seemed to be comics Most of the panel joked about being lonely or sickly[...]

Grant Morrison, Robert Kirkman, Jonathan Hickman, Jason Aaron, and J.H Williams III discussed everything from approaches to writing to creative direction, giving the audience insider's tips along the way. The first topic was approaches to writing: structured writing versus a freer style, equated to "playing like a kid." Grant Morrison encouraged the "feels right" emphasis to[...]

MorrisonCon, curated by Grant Morrison and Ignition Sequence, was held September 28th-30th at the Hard Rock Hotel inLas Vegas, featuring a small but impressive guest list, including Grant Morrison, Robert Kirkman, Darick Robertson, Jason Aaron, Jim Lee,Gerard Way, Jonathan Hickman, Frank Quietly, J.H Williams III, Chris Burnham, and surprise celebrity guests Max Landis, James Gunn,[...]

Congratulations Grant Morrison! Today presented with an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II for services to film and literature But will he take his medal to Dundee Comics Day this weekend? Hope so! Congratulations Grant Morrison! Today presented with an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II for services to film and literature But will he take his[...]

Happy, written by Grant Morrison with art by Darick Robertson, is an interesting tale of murder and fantasy Morrison has had a long love of magic in his stories and this comic is no exception It combines territory that seems fairly new to Morrison, crime stories, and throws it in with what could be considered[...]

Sorry for the delay on this one. A convention happened. But here's how retailers were reordering comics last week. Again, special covers and subsequent

The first issue of Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson's miniseries Happy was released only last month, but there are already plans in place to bring the story to the big screen Actor and musician RZA, who is now making the move into directing, is attached to helm the project, with Reginald Hudlin of Django Unchained[...]

The first thing that you see as you walk into the Muse and Artist Hall at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is a 7 foot tall banner with Grant Morrison's face and the MorrisonCon logo Waiting attendees took turns having their picture taken in front of the banner While waiting for[...]

Assembling a conglomeration of fellow musical MorrisonCon guests, we investigate the musical muse, how the creation of a narrative form such as comics compares to the creation of musical structures, the challenges of translating melodic sounds to the printed page, and also talk about what albums we've been rocking out to lately. Featuring: Gerard Way, Grant[...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHWNhr_JkYE It was that kind of evening it seems. More MorrisonCon videos are starting to spill out, including thee from

  Akira The Don performed at MorrisonCon. This is what happened to him on his first day... Friday couldn’t have been anymore herculean and glorious

New Final Crisis pages feature "Captain Carrot fighting zombies" etc. Stephanie Brown and Kathy Kane "still exist" in Chris Burnham's mind "What Happy is about is, I just got so mad at Simon Fuckin' Cowell." – Grant Morrison All that happened in Batman Inc vol 1 "still exists in our heads" – Grant Morrison Jim Lee "still has hope"[...]

At their live drawing panels at MorrisonCon, Frank Quitely draws Fat Superman for Bleeding Cool's Schedel Luitjen... and then Jim LEe speed-draws the

TJ McDonald is keeping Bleeding Cool informed from MorrisonCon. Just as in Watchmen, the cover to Pax Americana (DC, with Frank Quitely, out next year) is the first panel of the issue's story "Great watchmen reference here" "The Question will be back in Grant Morrison's Pax Americana" "Multiversity is ready, but Grant is waiting for Frank Quitely[...]