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Rafael Grampá Creates New Gay Superhero For Brazilian TV – The Gay Laxyus
As we've noted, all current media seems obsessed with a gay Green Lantern or a Gay X-Man or usually both. None more than Brazilian TV programme Fantastico, which recently ran a piece on the companies' news, mixing up Alan Scott and Hal Jordan on the way, bringing in Wertham allegations against Batman and Grant Morrison's Playboy[...]
Why MorrisonCon Is Worth The $767 Admission
Find somewhere to crash and save youself another $100. You'll get a limited MorrisonCon edition of Grant Morrison & Darick Robertson's Happy each Should be able to flip that on eBay for $100 straight away Should get even more for the hardcover program guide/sketchbook, especially if you can get them signed and sketched through the show. Which[...]
Monday Runaround – Walking With Gods In Punisher Bunny Slippers
GrantWatch: Preorders on Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods are open. DoctorWatch: Simon Rohrmuller's prints for Big Wow Comic Fest… InterviewWatch: Excelsior interviewing the Marvel Universe, one at a time. FootWatch: When The Punisher has to wear Bunny Slippers… This is Computo the Comic Link Conqueror speaking I come for your women But for now I merely collate comic-related bits[...]
Sneak Peek: Grant Morrison – Dinosaurs Vs Aliens For Free Comic Book Day
Grant Morrison writes;   We also get a description, and a naming, of some of the central cast.   And, to recall that this isn't just about the dinosaurs, we also get a look at the aliens… Dinosaurs Vs Aliens: Free Comic Book Day should be available at all participating comic shops on Free Comic Book Day, Saturday, May the[...]
Now Grant Morrison Tackles DC, Siegel And Shuster In Action Comics?
What's going on? It's not the only Grant Morrison metafiction kicking off today, in Animal Man, we get a flashback to a certain arc from another universe… Indeed But for full Morrismania, check out Boy Chimney in Dial H Looks like he stepped right out of Doom Patrol And could well be the character find of[...]
"Gayness Is Built Into Batman" – Grant Morrison In Playboy
The new issue features an interview with Grant Morrison, talking superheroes This is the kind of thing he says… For me, Superman has the same problems we do, but on a Paul Bunyan scale If Superman walks the dog, he walks it around the asteroid belt because it can fly in space When Superman's relatives visit, they[...]
Jack Of All Trades by Dave Wallace: The Essential Morrison & Quitely
This week, I'm going to be taking a slightly different tack to the usual discursive columns: the recent long-awaited release of Flex Mentallo in hardcover has inspired me instead to provide a rundown of my favourite other books by the unique creative team that is Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, as well as an indication[...]
What Happens WIth Grant Morrison In Vegas, Stays In Vegas
So much for the San Francisco Bay Area… Grant Morrison's MorrisonCon with Isotope Comics is happening in Las Vegas at the end of September Grant, an assembled entourage of comic creators and a select group of comic fans. Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Tom Jones, Siegfried And Roy and now… Grant Morrison It works, doesn't it? [...]
The Morrison Con Is On
And today I'm thrilled to get to start satisfying some of your curiosity. As the name implies, MorrisonCon is a convention curated by Grant Morrison, an intimate gathering featuring some of the industry's most exciting comic creators hand-picked by Grant It is a weekend long celebration of these creators' work and people like you and me[...]
All Star Superman On The New iPad Ads
What's more, they're reading Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely comics. That can't be a bad thing can it? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEngFNb5CRU[/youtube] According to the New iPad promotional video, kids still read comics What's more, they're reading Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely comics. That can't be a bad thing can it? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEngFNb5CRU[/youtube] [...]
Image Expo Day One by Peter Svensson
Grant Morrison is going to be doing a miniseries with Darrick Robertson called "Happy!" We're getting that third Phonograph volume that we've all been hoping for (Or at least I have.) And the parking situation at the Oakland Convention Center is worse than San Diego You are strongly recommended to take public transit BART has[...]
Grant Morrison, Darick Robertson, Mark Millar, Frank Quitely, Steve Niles, Howard Chaykin,Tony Harris, Scott Morse, Brian Wood, Ming Doyle, Nick Spencer, Riley Rossmo Announcements At Image Expo
Here's a very quick roundup: Happy by Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson  iFanboy has more on this one, with Morrison saying this may be the first of several Image books:  "Beyond that, there are big plans to do more books at Image and I have several ideas lined up!" Jupiter's Children by Frank Quitely and Mark Millar,[...]
Dynamite To Publish Grant Morrison's Dinosaurs And Aliens
Dinosaurs And Aliens is a planned movie from Barry Sonnenfeld and Grant Morrison, who has written the screenplay But he's also written the comic. Announced last year, with a Free Comic Book Day comic coming from Liquid Comics next month, I understand that Dynamite will be publishing the full graphic novel in May, drawn by Mukesh[...]
A Very Black Superman
In a preview of Gene Ha's work from an upcoming issue of Action Comics #9, the DC Source has shown us that the Superman of a parallel Earth isn't the old white guy you might once have known, but a rather buff black man. Grant Morrison recently gave us a black superman President in Final Crisis,[...]
The Other Grant Morrison Con
We've already talked aboput the upcoming Isotope/iFanboy Morrisoncon to be held in the autumn, possibly in a San Franscisco area, with Grant Morriosn and nine other creators doing… stuff. But it's not the only Grant Morrison Con going on around then If Con stands for Conference that is Welcome to Grant Morrison And The Superhero Renaissance,[...]
Now Grant Morrison Gets HIS Own Convention
While Millar has a reputation for bombastic bravado that strains at the edges of reality, there are certain steps that he wouldn't take (although these are expected to be tested next week when Mark Millar launches Millarworld Week with Comic Book Resources). However, Grant Morrison has no such qualms! With the comic store Isotope and iFanboy's money[...]
Friday Trending Topics: Revisiting The Strange Visitor From Another Planet
Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert are in the spotlight in what is likely to be one of the most-discussed post-launch books of the New 52. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: A New Superman Origin By Grant Morrison Not only is there an explanation for having a mini interstellar rocket around Jor El's place, but we also find out exactly[...]
For Christmas, Absolute Batman And Robin. Next Christmas, That Is.
Come November 2012, will anyone remember there was a pre-relaunch Batman And Robin? DC clearly hope so, which is why they are releasing the slightly clumsily titled Absolute Batman & Robin: Batman Reborn, featuring Grant Morrison's run on the book with art from Frank Quitely, Philip Tan, David Finch, Cameron Stewart, Andy Clarke and Frazer Irving. It's[...]
Grant Morrison, Stan Lee And Dune Join Free Comic Book Day 2012
If you want these, you may need to try a little harder… They include Dinosaurs Vs Aliens #1 from Liquid Comics by Grant Morrison and Mukesh Singh, an adaptation by Boom! of Frank Herbert's Dune, Stan Lee and John Cassaday creating Elvis comics and the first chapter of the Season One: Spider-Man graphic novel. Here's a list,[...]
Parallel Words by Stephan Burn – When Meta Met Fiction
Stephan Burn writes for Bleeding Cool; Irrespective of whatever differences they may have, Grant Morrison and Alan Moore, what they do have in common is that they are both British luminaries of comics with a keen interest in esoterica and magic More than that, they both pursue theories of a meta-fictional cosmology that has threads running[...]
All 1536 Pages Of The Invisibles In One Omnibus
All written by Grant Morrison, with art from the likes of Steve Yeowell, Jilll Thompson, Dennis Cramer, Chris Weston, John Ridgway, Steve Parkhouse, Kim DeMulder, Paul Johnson, Phil Jimenez, John Stokes, Tommy Lee Edwards, Dick Giordano, Mark Buckingham, Mark Pennington, Michael Lark, Keith Aiken, Marc Hempel, Ray Kryssing, Philip[...]
What If… Grant Morrison Had Hair?
Grant Morrison is one of the more recognisable bald men in comics The angle of his head, his cheekbones, it's unlikely he'd be mistaken for Brian Bendis, say. But 4chan/co decided that enough was enough And they decided they were going to do their best to rectify the situation… [...]
And Finally… Frank Quitely's New Flex Mentallo Cover
For the upcoming deluxe hardcover edition of Flex Mentallo: Man Of Muscle Mystery, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely Out in February… For the upcoming deluxe hardcover edition of Flex Mentallo: Man Of Muscle Mystery, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely Out in February… For the upcoming deluxe hardcover edition of Flex Mentallo: Man Of[...]
Super January: Grant Morrison And Andy Kubert Reveal Superman's New Origin?
 So the cover and solicit blurb for Action Comics #5 has my interest — are they about to dive into some new details on the  Strange Visitor From Another Planet part? ACTION COMICS #5 Written by GRANT MORRISON Art by ANDY KUBERT and JESSE DELPERDANG Cover by ANDY KUBERT and JOE PRADO Variant cover by RAGS MORALES 1:200 B&W Variant cover[...]