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Grant Morrison On The Mark Millar Question
The Mindless Ones blog has just completed an interview with Grant Morrison, over his new book Supergods, beset a little by speaker interference and a roadside cherry picker But through the white noise came some elucidation. "The S is a serpent and there is a Curse Of Superman…" "There's something quite predatory about the superhero ideal" Oh and[...]
Wednesday Runaround – Who Watches Grant Morrison?
The fools. Stan Lee's New Venture Will Develop Superhero Films for Asia | The Wrap Movies Panda Media Partners, a joint venture of Lee's POW! Entertaintment and Fidelis Entertainment, has joined the merger and acquisition boutique Ricco Capital Holdings to create Magic Storm Entertainment, which will develop and produce a new franchise of Lee's superheroes to appeal[...]
Grant Morrison Talks Superman In Action Comics (VIDEO)
A scarily angled video shot ogf Grant Morrison's address to the Hero Complex Film Festival at the weekend. There we go A scarily angled video shot ogf Grant Morrison's address to the Hero Complex Film Festival at the weekend. There we go A scarily angled video shot ogf Grant Morrison's address to the Hero Complex[...]
Jim Lee And Geoff Johns Talk DC Relaunch On Stage In LA
There's the sense that Lee and Johns are well aware of the scope of what they're attempting. Grant Morrison gave commentary on the Action Comics relaunch via video  To no one's surprise, he's promising an unexpected and fundamentally new take, and "a ridiculous voyage into the unknown"  Morrison's video should be available online soon. The event ended[...]
Grant Morrison's Superman – The Liberal Activist?
The official blurb for Action Comics #1 by Grant Morrison and Rags Morales gives us the impression that we're heaing for a Year One approach… This momentous first issue will set in motion the history of the DC Universe as Superman defends a world that doesn't trust their first Super Hero. Why does that sound[...]
DC Relaunch: Grant Morrison And Rags Morales On Action Comics 1
DC Comics have just confirmed to the LA Times Hero Complex blog that Grant Morrison and Rags Morales as the creative team on September's relaunch of Action Comics. But, in a move that is either audacious or desperate — or a bit of both – DC Comics is making a break, at least in numbering,[...]
DC Relaunch 2012: Batman Inc #1 Next Year
DC's Source blog decided to announce a new Batman Incorporated #1 for next year, by Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham, on their own Source blog (rather than letting IGN have first dibs) along with a statement from Grant Morrison; "Batman, Incorporated will continue through to Issue #10 and August's shocking season finale that changes the[...]
Complete All Star Superman Hits Paperback In October
All Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely is a wondorous thing But the big collection, Absolute All Star Superman can be a bit hefty –  and out of print And the two separate paperbacks are a little… separate. Well in October, DC are putting out both volumes in one paperback A perfect holiday present[...]
Grant Morrison's 2002 Performance Piece For Steve Cook (VIDEO)
From designing 2000AD for the nineties, working on current Vertigo books, albums for Asian Dub Foundation and DC Universe Legacies. Back in 2002, he had an exhibition of his work, called Alternity, and long-time collaborator Grant Morrison provided a performance piece, with music by Ysanne Spevack, to open it It has never been publically seen[...]
Flex Mentallo Collected For The First Time (If You Don't Count The Italian One)
DC's Graphic Content blog has confirmed what Grant Morrison rumoured earlier this year, that DC Vertigo is to finally collect the Flex Mentallo comic DC were initially sued by Charles Atlas over copyright and trademark issues regarding the book, but the case was dismissed by the judge However as part of the letters presented to[...]
We3 Hardcover To Be Deluxe But Not Absolute
Awww… Despite Grant Morrison's assurances that We3 would be produced in an oversize slipcased Absolute format nest year, it seems that it's been scaled back to the standard Deluxe Hardcover size The page count, 144 on a previously 66 page story does indicate that the increase of 33 pages is a shoo in. But, after Absolute All[...]
Be Saved By Grant Morrison's Batman… Or Not
Tomorrow at 7pm, the Comic Book Alliance auctions go up on eBay. And pride of place will be the appearance in Batman, Inc #4 Not only will your name be used, but your likeness will be drawn by Chris Burnham (not Yanick Paquette – consider this an art change announcement, I guess.) Grant Morrison says; The winner will have[...]
Grant Morrison To Write You, Frank Quitely To Draw You
The Comic Book Alliance, basically the UK equivalent of the CBLDF and HERO with a proactive role improving the lot of the comics, has got a huge amount of very desirable material up for auction. First on the block is a role, both name and likeness, in an upcoming issue of Batman, Inc, courtesy of Grant[...]
A Comic Show – The Insanity Of Batman
BATMAN: INCORPORATED 1 GRANT MORRISON! Batman Inc! CEO Bruce Wayne Superhero here to put vigilantes back to work and save the economy! #2 BATMAN: THE RETURN 1 GRANT MORRISON! I know this book is gonna be awesome, but this release schedule is all out of whack! The order of events is: Return[...]
A Comic Show: Katie Couric's Vomit
BATMAN: RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE 6 GRANT MORRISON! The timestream's time slips made this book late, but BATMAN INC will fix the continuum and the economy next week! See how he came back to be in Batman & Robin 16! #2 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 648 DAN SLOTT! NO LONGER THREE TIMES A WEEK![...]
Bonnyroad On Undetermined Level Of Development Hell At BBC
Oh bloody hell. A BBC source emails Bleeding Cool to tell us that Bonnyroad, the Grant Morrison/Paul McGuigan/Stephen Fry sci-fi/supernatural TV drama in the works is… well… still in the works But is not slated for any kind of production for at least the next twelve months POssibly even the next twelve months. The blame is down[...]
A Comic Show – The Violence Against Penis Motif
ROBIN GRANT MORRISON! THE ROAD TO BRUCE WAYNE'S RETURN BEGINS HERE, WITH DEATHSTROKE, TALIA, and DAMIAN vs DICK! THE BOYS: VOL 07, THE INNOCENTS GARTH ENNIS! The Boys and Supers don't mix Best Book Ever: INVINCIBLE ROBERT KIRKMAN! Creator owned super heroes are Indy! Where in Walking Dead it's the characters that move the[...]
Dynamite To Publish Grant Morrison's and Mukesh Singh's 18 Days – Behind The Scenes
An epic based on the Indian story of Mahbharata, written by Grant Morrison and animated by used-to-be-Virgin-now-Liquid Comics and Perspective Entertainment. Well it seems that Dynamite has the rights to publish a behind-the-scenes volume, compiled of Grant Morrison's scripts for the series, with story bible, character notes and illustrations by Mukesh Singh making up the package[...]
Lying In The Gutters – 22nd March 2010
Guardians Of The Globe – Chase Variant? And, just as Image start to reveal the real members of their new superteam, my own Image co-creation gets a little annoyed. Bubbling Under: The accidental swiping of 2000AD fan art… by 2000AD, the war against comics piracy takes a new turn, Finding out about new NBC show Team Comicana,[...]
BONNYROAD – The New Grant Morrison/Paul McGuigan/Stephen Fry Project
The New Grant Morrison/Paul McGuigan/Stephen Fry Project is called Bonnyroad. Bonnyroad is the name of the new Grant Morrison/Paul McGuigan/Stephen Fry project for BBC Scotland. It is, presumably about a road That is a bit bonny. Stephen Fry is the modern Renaissance man, actor, writer, director, presenter, documentary maker, stand up comedian, technology advocate and generl wit[...]
Frazer Irving Finally On Batman And Robin
It's an age since I first heard rumours that Frazer Irving was to draw Grant Morrison's Batman And Robin. Initially I think it was meant to be after Frank Quitely's run Then after Philip Tan's run.  Then it was announced by DC that he would join the book after Cameron Stewart's run. Well now DC have announced, again,[...]