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Zenith Hardcover To Ship In About Two Weeks
Rebellion got the copies early from the printers so will be sending them out early. After all, the Sláine 30th Anniversary hardback art book is coming in very soon and they  need to free up the warehouse space due to the expectation on that. Next move, Grant Morrison.   The limited edition Zenith hardcover from Rebellion,[...]
Grant Morrison, Stripped
Gary Gray, our Senior Scottish Correspondent, writes; Grant Morrison opened his talk at this years Edinburgh International Book Festival with openly acknowledging his debt to Alan Moore How strange considering how fractured their relationship has been in recent years Morrison revealed that his own route back into comics was by reading Alan Moore's comics in Warrior[...]
VIDEO – Grant Morrison Talks At Edinburgh Book Festival's Stripped
Laura Sneddon's full interview with Grant Morrison is on YouTube, as part of Edinburgh Book Festival's Stripped event, and why he's at the show. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJjWcOVBQkw[/youtube] Highlights include the word that Morrison listened to heavy metal music when writing Batman, he describes Annihilator with Frazer Irving as his "next Big Personal Thing" which will be followed by "something[...]
Grant Morrison Sent Zenith Legal Letters Without Response *Updated*
I don't know what to do at this stage." – Grant Morrison That was from today's Guardian newspaper, Grant Morrison talking to Laura Sneddon about a number of matters Rebellion had previously assured me they had not received any such communication, though that was over a month ago. But the article is mostly about his upcoming Wonder[...]
Grant Morrison To Talk About Zenith In Tomorrow's Guardian Newspaper
All stirring stuff. Well, tomorrow, that will seem but peanuts, because I've learned Grant Morrison will be talking to Laura Sneddon about, amongst other things, Zenith. Recently, Rebellion announced (and pre sold) collections of Zenith in hardcover direct to consumers Grant Morrison has for years stated that Rebellion do not have the publishing rights to do that[...]
When Batman Killed The Joker At The End Of The Killing Joke – Grant Morrison Talks To Kevin Smith
From the new Fatman On Batman podcast with Grant Morrison talking to Kevin Smith about The Killing Joke. And no, I hadn't gotten that either. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wQ2x0OKBjU[/youtube] And now I'll never see it differently again. Here's that page, the recoloured version. I always knew it was meant to be non-continuity, the Batmite reference was enough for that, but dammit[...]
Rape, He Wrote.
Those two things are not equivalent, and if you don't understand, you shouldn't be writing rape scenes. Which, and this is important, is not stating that people, even in superhero comics, shouldn't be writing about rape, but they should try to have a better understanding when they do so. But exactly how unique is this to Millar?[...]
Readying Zenith
Proofs of the Zenith hardcover as they arrive at Rebellion. I understand that there are legal moves afoot from Scotland. Everyone stand around in the
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes To Batman Inc #13
A preview page of Batman Inc #13 reveals a last minute change from Jason Todd as Wingman on the left, replaced by Dark Ranger on the right in the finished
Frazer Irving's Grant Morrison's Annihilator
Frazer Irving first drew Grant Morrison's comics for Seven Soldiers with Klarion, Since then, he's been seen on Batman Inc and the like And now he's drawn the cover for Annihilator for Legendary. Announced last year, no publication date has been announced But here's the bumf. Hellraising screenwriter Ray Spass has one last chance to restore himself to[...]
Grant Morrison Announces The Launch Of His "18 Days" Saga As Motion Comics Serial
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfhxqEsLW70[/youtube] By Eric Rezsnyak In his only panel appearance at SDCC 2013, legendary writer Grant Morrison discussed his new video-comic project, "18 Days" Friday afternoon, and gave insight into his creative process, his views on an increasingly connected world, and why super-heroes no longer make sense in a Western civilization arguably in decline. Morrison has been talking about the[...]
Grant Morrison To Write For Vertigo Again
He emailed; In Shelley Bond's intro, she goes on about how Vertigo is still awesome and all, and as part of that mentions that certain old Vertigo stalwarts were going to be doing Vertigo books. Like Grant Morrison. Have I missed something, or is Grant still lined up to do a Vertigo book again? Is Warcop finally coming?[...]
A Forgotton Jam By Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, Melinda Gebbie, Grant Morrison, Bryan Talbot, Clive Barker, Mark Buckingham, Glenn Fabry, Duncan Fegredo, Hunt Emerson and Phil Elliott
Contributors to the print include Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, Grant Morrison, Bryan Talbot, Clive Barker, Mark Buckingham, Glenn Fabry, Duncan Fegredo, Melinda Gebbie, Hunt Emerson and Phil Elliott The artists' proof he's reproducing it from has been on his wall for nearly a quarter-century, but until now it's been published only in the programme for[...]
Anatomy Lessons – All Star Superman #10
Brandon Thomas writes for Bleeding Cool For my money, All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely is the most potent, enduring portrayal of Superman that comics has ever produced. Everything anyone needs to know and understand about the character is explored in great depth somewhere in its twelve issues, and as storytellers, Morrison and Quitely produced[...]
Andrew Hope Is Writing Fantomex, Not Marvelman
But Andrew is being a very naughty boy. I think he's actually talking about Fantomex, a character based on Fantômas and introduced into the Marvel Universe by Grant Morrison in New X-Men That number of years he talks about being eleven We are old. And Fantomex was recently officially trademarked by Marvel, which would indicate an ongoing[...]
The Curious Case Of Brendan McCarthy's Paradax… And Zenith
In tone, it was throwaway, sexy, breezy, a bit like a catchy pop single disguising a big fuck-off statement (like the Sex Pistols' singles)… Strange Days was a bit 'left-field' from the straighter 2000AD world and soon the 'groovier' people in comics (like Grant Morrison) were gravitating over to our scene rather than the 'Alan Moore[...]
First Review: The Complete Zenith Hardcover
One of superstar-writer Grant Morrison's earliest creations, the celebrity-pop-star-wunderkind-cum-superhero saga has of late been endlessly dogged by disputes over who owns the rights to republish the stories originally printed in the pages of 2000AD – meaning that TPB printings of some of the earlier Zenith stories have long been out of print (and commanded ridiculously[...]
Chris Ware, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Joe Sacco, Posy Simmonds, Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Paul Cornell And More At Edinburgh's "Stripped" Event
Chris Ware, Joe Sacco, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Paul Cornell and Posy Simmonds are taking are part in Stripped as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Other names include Denise Mina, Paul Gravett, Melinda Gebbie, Warren Pleece, Roger Gibson, Chris Riddell, Jon Naught,  Stephen Collins, Robin and Lorenzo Etherington, Robbie Morrison, Jim[...]
Creators Take Sides Over Zenith
A couple of weeks ago, I heard that Grant Morrison had sent a cease and desist notice to Rebellion over their declared intent to collect and publish The Complete Zenith, by Morrison and Steve Yeowell exclusively via their website and not through comic stores or distributors in a thousand-copy limited edition. However, talking to Rebellion representatives,[...]
Red Hood And The Outlaws #21 – Is It Me Or Is That Just A Bit Meta?
Is it me or does this kind of conversation happen usually about the time someone knocks on a door and Grant Morrison is standing there Or in this case James Tynion. Of course, the question is, is James writing about himself… or his bosses? Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London Currently hosting Jason Atomic's Satanic Mojo, inspired[...]