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The Candlemaker, one of the last "big bads" in Grant Morrison's run, is the big bad this season. Doom Patrol: The Dysfunctional Superhero Show Showrunner Jeremy Carver seems to be refining the themes he played with back when he was running the US remake of the BBC's Being Human for the SYFY Channel The canvas of Morrison[...]

Although "Umbrella Man" is the most obvious example in recent memory, this idea of undercover agitators is not new to modern discourse. The cover of JLA: Tower of Babel by Grant Morrison, Mark Waid, Howard Porter, and Mark Pajarillo. In the 19th century France, Eugène-François Vidocq (also known as the father of modern criminology), turned to nefarious[...]

And Generations III #1-12, which begins in the year 1925 and jumps to 100 years in the future in each story, while featuring characters from future timelines and Jack Kirby's New Gods. Superman by Grant Morrison Omnibus HC Feb 16, 2021 Grant Morrison, one of the greatest storytellers of his generation, weaves the history of Clark Kent's[...]

Famously Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in 1939 and now its a thousand issues later. A special 144-page $10 issue will attempt to highlight the "Detective" in Detective Comics as Batman and his allies will have seven times the space to fill with mysteries to solve, taking them from the seediest corners of Gotham[...]

One upon a time, a long time, ago, Grant Morrison wrote the Zoids comic book strip for British publishing spinoff Marvel UK, based on the wind-up modular toyline Appearing as a back-up strip in the Secret Wars weekly Marvel UK title, it later took the co-lead in the Spider-Man And Zoids weekly comic book The[...]

When it does, David Wiener (Homecoming, The Killing), Grant Morrison (Batman, Justice League), and Brian Taylor's (Happy!) take on Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World will finally be making its way to our screens The story of John the Savage (Alden Ehrenreich) originally started as a series for USA Network, but with Peacock looking for content[...]

Today's The Green Lantern: Season Two by Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp see Hal Jordan and co get a little neatnik with the language. As the comic suddenly resembles some of the madder superhero comic books at the time where the writers went a little left-field The Steve Gerbers, the Arnold Drakes, even Stan Lee on[...]

A few weeks ago, Bleeding Cool quoted The Green Lantern artist Liam Sharp as saying that the second twelve-issue season of the comic by Liam and Grant Morrison had been truncated to eight issues. Sadly not 8 this time. — Liam 'Sharpy' Sharp (@LiamRSharp) January 19, 2020 Bleeding Cool suggested that this might be in order that the[...]

But one of the few issues that people remember was New X-Men #121 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely Which saw Jean Grey and Emma Frost team up to go inside the mind of the captured Cassandra Nova to discover what was going on They found a trapped Charles Xavier in there, and learnt the relationship[...]

This Wednesday sees the release of the first issue of The Green Lantern Season 2 by Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp This series has been a real high point in DC Comics' lineup over the past couple of years But enjoy it while you can Bleeding Cool reported that Green Lantern would be one of[...]

Clemente, editor at Marvel Spain, presenting editorial 2020 plans, Akira Comics, Madrid, 6-8pm. Marvel & DC Comics Event, Dallas Marriott Downtown, Dallas, Texas until Sunday. And a happy birthday to… Henry Barajas, DOO of Top Cow Grant Morrison, writer of Zoids. Jonathan Baylis, writer of So Buttons. Former 2000AD editor, Jonathan Oliver. Paty Cockrum, Marvel production designer, founder of the Dave & Paty Cockrum[...]

A comics publisher recently undergoing its own restructuring, he sells himself as a photographer done good but is also the son of multi-billionaire David Steward, Chairman and Founder of World Wide Technology, Inc, with vast potential resources and funding opportunities to draw upon. Jason Aaron (Down) Lead writer from Marvel of The Avengers, Aaron has been[...]

From the early days of National Lampoon and Julie Simmons-Lynch to Kevin Eastman's run to the direction Grant Morrison and I took it in, each has brought their own stimulating aesthetic and unique voice to the magazine I'm really excited to see what new places Matt takes it." Medney says that he will look to build on the[...]

It was only the other week that John Constantine was bemoaning comic book continuity over in John Constantine: Hellblazer, written by Si Spurrier, in a way that looked as if he was talking directly to DC Comics publisher Dan DiDio. For Green Lantern: Blackstars #2, Grant Morrison said "It's my cruellest portrayal of Superman that I've[...]

Grant Morrison has had a fractious relationship with Alan Moore, most publically over a magazine column that ran back in the eighties While Morrison has attempted to walk those statements back a number of times since, Moore has never been so inclined to join him in that journey As Morrison said  After all the things I've[...]

The Green Lantern was relaunched with much aplomb a year ago, from Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp, ostensibly as a cosmic police procedural series but it wet rather weird, rather quickly. Currently on a break for the Green Lantern: Blackstars mini-series, The Green Lantern returns with a Season Two for 2020, which will run through the[...]

It's known as 5G, the fifth generation of the DC Comics Timeline. But is this the first time DC Comics tried? Let's go back ten years, before Flashpoint and the New 52, that was what Grant Morrison was teasing. Back in the noughties, we saw the Death of the New Gods, as The Source of the Source[...]

It also reveals that Blackstars #2 will be a "roast" of modern comics, according to writer Grant Morrison, who also said that it will feature the "cruelest portrayal of Superman" that Morrison has ever done. Check out the press release and preview below. Cosmic Vampire Princess Countess Belzebeth is back! The Darkness of the Blackstars Continues! Next Target:[...]

Which means Starblazer #45 'Operation Overkill' from 1981 by Grant Morrison and Argentinian illustrator Enrique Alcatena. And #71 'Jaws of Death' by D Broadbent and Mick McMahon from 1982, at full-size artwork rather than the originally published digest-size But still in black-and-white. With their original cover art by Keith Robson and a new wraparound cover by Neil Roberts. Bonus[...]

Earlier this week, Bleeding Cool looked at a reference in House Of X #5 that replayed a classic scene from Chris Claremont and Marc Silvestri's Uncanny X-Men from the eighties. Well, a big thanks to Bleeding Cool reader Danny Devlin, who picked out another from House Of X #2, which took a scene from Grant Morrison[...]

Coming from Boom Studios in December… Grant Morrison and Dan Mora have put together a widescreen Klaus comic book in time for Christmas 2019 with The Life And Times Of Joe Christmas And they are turning the comic book on the side to do – the last time Grant did this was for the New[...]

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[...]

The deeply flawed Doctor O formed a team to fight his nemesis Anathema, which sets off decades of fights, deaths, revenge and betrayal. Martin Eden Eden was inspired by Chris Claremont's classic X-Men comics run and Grant Morrison's feel for Pop sparkliness They're not a copy of the X-Men so much as following the spirit of those[...]

What if the Green Lantern Corps never existed? That's the new reality of the DC Universe in Green Lantern: Blackstars, a mini-series by Grant Morrison and Xermanico spinning out of Morrison and Liam Sharp's The Green Lantern, as it prepares to take a small break between its two year-long seasons. And it suggests that The Green Lantern[...]

So after a long wait, Marvel finally published House of X #1, the first issue of what's set to be a multi-year X-Men run, with the entire line guided by

Written by David Wiener, Grant Morrison and Brian Taylor (Happy!) and based on Huxley's influential work, Brave New World imagines a "perfect society" that achieved peace and stability – but at a cost: the prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family, and history itself. DFree-Shutterstock.com As citizens of New London, Bernard Marx (Lloyd) and Lenina Crowne (Brown Findlay)[...]

Written by David Wiener, Grant Morrison and Brian Taylor (Happy!) and based on Huxley's influential work, Brave New World imagines a "perfect society" that achieved peace and stability – but at a cost: the prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family, and history itself. Netflix/YouTube Originals/SYFY/CW/BBC America As citizens of New London, Bernard Marx (Lloyd) and Lenina Crowne[...]

Sax's fresh start will be tested by a familiar enemy: Sonny Shine, who is on a mission to Make Easter Great Again (MEGA) with the help of his demented Easter Bunny henchman. Written and executive produced by Brian Taylor and comic book writer Grant Morrison, the SYFY series was based on Morrison and Darick Robertson's comic book series, and starred[...]

Fans of the original Grant Morrison run on the comics were pleasantly surprised by how much of that material was used in the Doom Patrol television series. But exactly how much was used? Let's take a look… DC Universe Showrunner Jeffrey Carver worked on SYFY's remake of BBC series Being Human In adapting Doom Patrol, he kept the premise[...]

Sax's fresh start will be tested by a familiar enemy: Sonny Shine, who is on a mission to Make Easter Great Again (MEGA) with the help of his demented Easter Bunny henchman. Written and executive produced by Brian Taylor and comic book writer Grant Morrison, the SYFY series is based on Morrison and Darick Robertson's comic book series, starring Christopher Meloni, Patton Oswalt,[...]