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We Don’t Need Another Hero; We Need Garbagemen in Grant Morrison’s The Filth

The Filth #1-13 Written by Grant Morrison Penciled by Chris Weston Inked by Gary Erskine Colored by Matt Hollingsworth Published by Vertigo Comics The world of Grant Morrison and Chris Weston’s The Filth is a perverse one, a world hardly worthy of saving. The good guys fight for the status quo of a bland existence …

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Christ and Coyotes: Grant Morrison’s Animal Man

“Animal Man” (1988) #1-26* Writer: Grant Morrison Penciller: Chas Truog, Tom Grummett, Paris Cullins Inker: Doug Hazlewood, Steve Montano, Mark McKenna Letterer: John Costanza, Janice Chiang Colourist: Tatjana Wood, Helen Vesik Covers: Brian Bolland *The specific details of #20-26 will not be discussed in the below article. If you’ve never read this comic before, don’t …

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Batman and Robin Will Never Die but Batman Incorporated Has To End

Grant Morrison’s run on Batman began full of piss and vinegar. He had the Batman shoot Joker in the face. Or at least, he had someone dressed like Batman shoot the Joker in the face, but it was a big, bold statement as he began a seven year adventure with Bruce Wayne and his son …

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Action Comics Misses Greatness as Grant Morrison Rewrites Old Stories

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 …

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New X-Men “E is for Extinction” Changes Everything for Marvel’s Mutants

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 …

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All-Star Superman is Grant Morrison’s Brilliant Tribute to the Silver Age of Comics

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.

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Zenith: Building a Foundation of Greatness

Zenith Writer: Grant Morrison Art: Stephen Yeowell Publisher: 2000AD Purchase: http://shop.2000adonline.com/products/zenith_phase_1 We all start somewhere, even Grant Morrison. When he was but a wee lad living in Glasgow he published his first comic strip, Gideon Stargrave, for a small publication based out of Scotland called Near Myths. While Near Myths would only last 5 issues, that …

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Arkham Asylum is a Harrowing Look at Madness in the Batman Mythos

Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on a Serious Earth Writer: Grant Morrison Artist: Dave McKean Publisher: DC Comics 25 years ago and well before his celebrated seven year run writing various Batman titles, Grant Morrison and Sandman cover illustrator Dave McKean collaborated on the best-selling and mind bending Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on a Serious Earth. The …

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JLA “New World Order” Returns DC’s Greatest Heroes to their Former Glory in Epic Fashion

JLA #1-#4 Writer: Grant Morrison Penciller: Howard Porter Inker: John Dell Colorist: Pat Barrahy Publisher: DC Comics Even though Howard Porter’s figures take creative license with human anatomy and have horribly dated hairstyles,  JLA #1-#4 (“New World Order”) is an important comic arc and a very entertaining superhero story. It was the first comic done in the “widescreen” format …

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This Christmas, Why Not Get Happy with Grant Morrison?

Happy #1-#4 Writer: Grant Morrison Artist: Darick Robertson Colorist: Richard P Clark Publisher: Image Comics Christmas is a magical time. It’s a time when people come together, put aside their differences and truly, live for the moment. Sure, there are some pessimists who say that the spirit of the holidays has been perverted by the corporate …

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