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Grant Morrison Wants To Make A Superhero Out Of You
At a Warner Bros Burbank event to celebrate Grant Morrison's work at DC (including Action Comics biscuits, right), he talked about the upcoming Multiversity series And how it is intended to turn the reader into a superhero. Oh balls, I'm just going to cut and paste and bold out some rather intriguing bits from MTV's report… Discussing[...]
BC Mag #4: Life In The Gutters
Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Rich Johnston There has been all sorts of fuss over the announcement, then retraction that Orson Scott Card was to write
Grant Morrison And Yanick Paquette's Wonder Woman Earth One – Friday Trending Topics
A double page splash from Grant Morrison and Yanick Paquette's upcoming Wonder Woman Earth One, joining the original graphic novel series Superman Earth One and Batman Earth One on the shelves And hopefully plumping up a Wonder Woman entry in next year's Essential DC catalogue… Most-Read Comic Stories Friday: Here Comes Wonder Woman Earth One By Grant[...]
Grant Morrison Explains Batman's Life In Three-And-A-Half Minutes
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fut9DHWzi50[/youtube] Batman's entire history in three-and-a-half minutes, as explained by Grant Morrison to Kevin Smith, with illustrations… [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fut9DHWzi50[/youtube] Batman's entire history in three-and-a-half minutes, as explained by Grant Morrison to Kevin Smith, with illustrations… [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fut9DHWzi50[/youtube] Batman's entire history in three-and-a-half minutes, as explained by Grant Morrison to Kevin Smith, with illustrations… [...]
Here Comes Wonder Woman Earth One By Grant Morrison And Yanick Paquette
A double page splash from Grant Morrison and Yanick Paquette's upcoming Wonder Woman Earth One, joining the original graphic novel series Superman Earth One and Batman Earth One on the shelves And hopefully plumping up a Wonder Woman entry in next year's Essential DC catalogue… Here's what we might be looking forward to… So Marston had all[...]
The Return Of Grant Morrison And Steve Yeowell's Zenith?
Zenith was 2000AD's first superhero strip, published in the eighties, written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Steve Yeowell It basically got Morrison his gig on Animal Man, and the rest is history. Serialised over a number of years, it was collected in paperback, but then it seems a new printing was suddenly halted It seems[...]
A Rush Of Happiness – Happy #4 Review
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[...]
The Death In Death Of The Family? Sunday Trending Topics
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[...]
DC Comics Warn Of Massive Media Blitz On Batman Inc #8
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[...]
Grant Morrison's New X-Men For 99 Cents An Issue On ComiXology
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 And More Action – Thursday Trending Topics
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[...]
Grant Morrison Gets One More Issue Of Action Comics
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[...]
BC Mag #2: Comic Book Feuds
Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Rich Johnston People understand Hollywood feuds exist, but find it strange similar behaviour might be exhibited in a
Sandman, Solo And Grant Morrison's Animal Man Get Omnibuses
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[...]
Tuesday Review: Happy #3
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[...]
Fanboy Rampage: Grant Morrison Vs Alan Moore, Round Eight
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[...]
Grant Morrison Turned Down "Before Invisibles"
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[...]
Etta Candy To Return As An "Immense Girl" In Grant Morrison's Wonder Woman
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 Gets A Very Merry Variant Cover, Out Today
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[...]
MorrisonCon In Pictures
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
MorrisonCon on Music: The Sound of the Atom Splitting
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[...]
The Empty Page: MorrisonCon Writers on Writing
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 Part One – MorrisonCon Takes Over
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,[...]
When Grant Morrison MBE Went To Meet The Queen
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[...]