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Do you like Animal Man? Of course, you like Animal Man Created by Dave Wood and Carmine Infantino in 1965, he was revived by Grant Morrison, Chas Truog and Doug Hazlewood in the eighties for DC Comics as part of what would one day be Vertigo Comics The first superhero to throw a jacket over a spandex[...]

But there are other angles to consider amongst the grid of bifurcated storytelling reminiscent of another Grant Morrison run, that on Animal Man. As the Flash does something rather special, after an encounter with The Stillness, that takes him out of space and time. And that reminded me of that Animal Man run, too. A Flash, able to[...]

Once upon a time, back in the eighties, Buddy Baker – Animal Man – came home to find his family slaughters, his wife and kids laid out on the kitchen floor, a direct result of his superheroic actions He didn't take it very well but after descending into some meta-madness and encountering his writer, Grant[...]

Chas Truog, artist on one of the most seminal superhero comic books published by DC Comics in the eighties, Animal Man, with Grant Morrison has been revealing pages from an issue that… wasn't Writing to Facebook, he tells us about – and shows us – Animal Man: The Lost Issue, dubbedDominion". Page one – I got[...]

It also takes shots at Marvel business practices, and that's rich considering that this book is $5.99 with several variant covers. Gerry Duggan shows up in the comic at about this point, and the book tries to get meta about how meta it's being, referencing Grant Morrison's Animal Man At this point, I came dangerously close[...]

Scripted content became key. No one understands this more than writer Grant Morrison (Animal Man, We3), who is currently developing and executive producing Syfy's adaptation of his and Darick Robertson's graphic graphic novel Happy! In his previous dealings with Hollywood, Morrison's usual MO is that he goes in already expecting to have to dial back whatever[...]

And yes there are a ton of problems with that including the 'White Savior' trope. Grant Morrison tried to fix some of this when he brought the character into his Animal Man run Djuba is captured, brought to America and infected by anthrax B'wana Beast comes to rescue him but fails and contracts anthrax himself[...]

But from Vertigo proper it was the mighty Y The Last Man. Dan Jurgens – liked Swamp Thing prior to moving to Vertigo and also after, so basically … Swamp Thing. The fans got in on that stuff, too, and they wanted Animal Man and Hellblazer on the list. An that was that to finish it all up! //c[...]

Hill's proof is that in his first adventure the devil saves two people trapped in a jungle by a megalomaniac, introduces fruit into their diet and teaches them about sexuality… he refers to the devil as a cross between Animal Man and Dr Ruth. Horns is in theaters now. [youtube]http://youtu.be/4czMOF0rnIU[/youtube] [...]

Keene had interesting news about why he isn't part of the creative team for DC's current Futures End weekly series and how he almost wrote Animal Man and Booster Gold projects. Hilton Collins: You've written Doom Patrol #16 and DCU Halloween Special in the past, and you were originally to be part of Futures End How[...]

This week, I start at the beginning with his first work with DC Comics, Animal Man *Heavy spoilers below, naturally. Let's imagine for a moment that you live in some sort of bubble dimension where you've never read or heard of any of Grant Morrison's work, and your only knowledge of the character Animal Man is[...]

Marvel #2 continued the well executed inclusion of a new Muslim female hero to the Marvel Universe. Over at DC I loved the final issue of Animal Man and the Goodnight Moon/Goodnight Animal Man children's books story that Lemire both wrote and drew Jeff's first volume of Green Arrow is out now too Forget the first[...]

And China, being the ever present hipster, has neither Hawkeye nor The Walking Dead on its chart. Shocker. Instead, Animal Man and Deadpool are number one and two, with a whole bunch of fairy tales occupying the lower regions of the chart I think Deadpool would make for an excellent fairy tale character Don't you? United States The Walking[...]

So any other kids making a name for themselves this week? I know Animal Man is being cancelled But could we have a spinoff right here? It could be a Terminator Or it could just be some extreme body modifation fetish It's comics, either is as likely. I dunno, maybe toasted in a bun with some jalepeno sauce[...]

Boy these Transformers: Robots in Disguise are dim. Yeah, yeah Ellen Baker, I know you think that of Animal Man, but to be fair, Mera probably thought the same thing about Aquaman. Sorry Sabretooth in Origin II, all I did was ask what you'd been doing since we all left school I mean you can see[...]

It was probably the surprise hit from the New 52 relaunch, from a character that had never hit the sales highlights and whose critical light had dimmed since the days of Grant Morrison, Peter Milligan and Jamie Delano. But Animal Man did well A lot better than any expected, with Jeff Lemire, Travel Foreman, Steve Pugh[...]

Back in July we let you know that American Vampire's Rafael Albuquerque was taking over Animal Man. Today DC Comics has released a few uncolored preview pages of Albuquerque's work along with an in-house ad that he did for the series The ad will start running in the back of DC comics in the next few weeks[...]

Rafael Albuquerque's Sketch of Animal Man. Jeff Lemire just tweeted: Hey everyone, @rafaalbuquerque is the new artist of ANIMAL MAN!! — Jeff Lemire (@JeffLemire) July 3, 2013 Rafael Albuquerque is best known for his work on Blue Beetle and co-creating American Vampire As to that Jeff also calmed the fears of Vertigo vampire fans; Don't worry about American Vampire folks,[...]

Animal Man had a great twist ending Aquaman also had a WTF ending with Mera! The Movement is modern and relevant super powered young people by Gail Simone, this is the Edge I want! And Swamp Thing was the end of a quick and awesome two part story Snyder can do a great 18 issue[...]

This was how Animal Man #19 ended, the first time around. But a few issues later, after a journey into the very meta narrative of the DC Universe itself, and after meeting Grant Morrison, Buddy Baker came home to a present from his maker. And that is how Grant Morrison left Animal Man. In today's Animal Man, a[...]

Maybe she's just read too much Preacher. As both Animal Man.. …and Swamp Thing come to the end of Rotworld (still not finished though, despite the "Finale" cover lines, Swamp Thing takes to the skies again I do hope he keeps the wings once the Big Red (or Green) Reset Button is pressed. We get a new member[...]

So anyway, in Animal Man #16, out today, Animal Man and his crew go up against Blackfriar Thorn, who seems to have grown a little bit As has his beard Is it me or is it a familiar beard? Maybe there will be some clues in the kind of things he says. Well, he didn't like[...]

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[...]

And if nothing else, a whole host of symbols to figure out… In Animal Man's trip to the future of Metropolis we get a John Constantine who's a little bit, well, heroic in a 1950s sort of ironic way Hmm Still prefer the John who would go down the pub and let the capes sort this[...]

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From the solicitations of Red Hood And The Outlaws #17, part of Death Of The Family • In the wake of "DEATH OF THE FAMILY," Bruce Wayne confronts Jason Todd! • You DO NOT want to miss this! With a brief flashback to Death In The Family… And in Batman #17… dannding with the devil in the pale moonlight. And…[...]

A nice note there, as to how Animal Man and Swamp Thing are interlinked And yes, the Rot does more than kill, it takes over what once was from Kid Flash… To Red Robin…   To the Flash and Supergirl… To Hawkman… To Superboy… you know I really hope they do a toy line of this[...]

I am so ready for Remender! Next week is Uncanny Avengers #1! DC has the horrifying ROTWORLD featuring both the Red and Green Kingdoms! You can still read Animal Man without Swamp Thing, but why deny yourself? The Third Army officially starts here with GL #13 Baz still doesn't have his handgun, maybe Johns was just[...]

And while Boy Chimney may have turned my head in Dial H #1 today, a certain dancing Death also takes my fancy. Over in Animal Man, artist Steve Pugh gets stuck in, creating those rich landscapes and feathered, and textured spot blacks, in the fashion that made him famous on Animal Man back in the nineties[...]

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[...]