The best Grant Morrison stories are journeys. We travel with the characters to new places or to new levels of understanding. The Invisibles was a race to the end of the world. New X-Men moved through the lives of the X-Men, transforming them along the way from superheroes to people. His Batman run has torn …
New X-Men #114-116 Writer: Grant Morrison Penciller: Frank Quitely Inker: Tim Townsend (114-115), Mark Morales (115-116), Dan Green (116) Colorist: Brian Haberlin (114-115), Hi-Fi (115-116) Publisher: Marvel Comics In 2001, the X-Men were both everywhere and nowhere. Bryan Singer’s X-Men film had been released the previous year and was a commercial and critical success. It showed that superhero films …
Teaming with frequent collaborator Frank Quitely, Morrison delivered a twelve part epic that pays tribute to Superman stories of the silver age, a time it seems more and more that the modern comics industry would rather forget. While other stories before and since tried to update Superman for a modern age, “All Star Superman”, in typical Morrison fashion, is enamored with the wild, weird days of Silver Age comics, and unflinchingly brings the “anything can go” attitude that defined them to modern readers.
Jupiter’s Legacy #3 Writer: Mark Millar Artist: Frank Quitely Colorist: Peter Doherty Publisher: Image Comics After a three month absence, an issue of Jupiter’s Legacy comes out, and it doesn’t disappoint. Mark Millar throws decompression to the wind and instantly delivers on the plot developments he teased in the last issue. The ideological conflict between Utopian, who …
Jupiter’s Legacy #2 Writer: Mark Millar Artist: Frank Quitely Colors/Letters: Peter Doherty Publisher: Image So Jupiter’s Legacy is basically Game of Thrones with superheroes. There is conflict between members of different families who have power through their superhuman abilities, celebrity status, or political cunning. Each member has superpowers, but has varying degrees of the other powers. Jupiter’s Legacy might not have a …
Jupiter’s Legacy 1 Writer: Mark Millar Artist/Cover: Frank Quitely Colors: Peter Doherty Published by Image Comics In Jupiter’s Legacy, two legendary comics creators come together to tell a multi-generational superhero epic for the 21st century. The story isn’t as dark and dystopian as Watchmen or Dark Knight Returns, and it’s not as sentimental as Kingdom Come. It is also is a …