Tag Grant Morrison

Time Capsule: DC Direct Currents 31 August 1990

Scott VanderPloeg
April 13, 2016

A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time DC Direct Currents 31 August 1990. Batman: A Lonely Place Of Dying, Swamp Thing, Ms. Tree, plus an interview with Grant Morrison.

Review | Zenith Phase One Apex Edition

Scott VanderPloeg
September 23, 2015

Rebellion’s first foray into original art size books, Zenith Phase One Apex Edition offers up a rare treat for fans and collectors. The Apex Edition is a full size reproduction of the original artwork from Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell’s seminal superhero…

Supergods

Nelson da Rocha
January 26, 2015
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Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human by Grant Morrison, 2011. There are two Grant Morrisons for me and I’m not sure which I like more: First is the…

“Why Lois, What Are You DOING Under that Desk?”

Clint McElroy
March 21, 2013
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It’s time for another update from BIFF SOCKO, TWO-FISTED NEWSHOUND. Biff Socko covers Comic Book News like zits on the A-V Club. Faster than Perry White! Stronger than J. Jonah Jameson! Hotter than Cat Grant! He is…BIFF SOCKO! DATELINE:…

Morrison: “Why I’m stepping away from superheroes”

Danny Champion
March 12, 2013

I just found a post on NewStatesman from September last year and I think it’s worth sharing. NewStatesman is a knowingly highbrow, politically heavy, national media news site with an occasional lean towards pop-culture. Its content is (historically) conceived in a…

Worst of 2012

Anthony Falcone
December 27, 2012
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Every yin has a yang, and I’ve already shared my thoughts on the best of 2012, so here are some of my opinions on the worst stuff that came out this year. Avengers Vs X-Men: Despite being a fanboy’s dream…

Gibson Quarter injects energy, emotion into comic art

Andrew Ardizzi
September 10, 2012
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An explosion rings out across a landscape, the shockwaves of the blast reverberating across an open field as the splintering bits of a small shack litter the country side, joined by the flailing human bodies and dismembered body parts of those too close to the blast's detonation. Meanwhile, elsewhere, a sly little monkey smirks at their misfortune.

Does Marvel Now! Cause Sales To Go Down?

We all know that rebooting a series or creating a “new jumping on point” causes sales to increase, albeit in some cases temporarily, but I often wonder what this does to the sales of a title before the relaunch. Comic…

Batman Incorporated #1

Andrew Ardizzi
May 28, 2012

From 2006 forward, Grant Morrison's name has been synonymous with Batman. Through the main title and his definitive Batman tale, to the depths of certain oblivion through time, back to the re-ascension of Bruce Wayne to the mantle of the Bat, Morrison's Batman opus has garnered a fair and justified amount of acclaim over the last six years. His name was missing, however, from the new crop of "New 52" titles in Fall 2011 when DC relaunched its titles. Moving several months forward, we find Morrison has returned to finish his Batman Inc. story, it leading the way for DC's second wave of "New 52" titles.

Episode #16: Where have all the good ideas gone?

Andrew Ardizzi
February 24, 2012
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Let's face a simple fact. If you look up and down Diamond's top selling books, it's made up of numerous DC titles, some choice Marvel titles, and from there, a selection of niche books which have their cemented places in fans' comic shop pull lists.

Action Comics #1

Andrew Ardizzi
September 12, 2011
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Last week the second wave of DC's New 52 hit shelves, among them the first issue of the relaunched Action Comics penned by star writer Grant Morrison. This week we're taking a look at the first issue of DC's most renowned series.

DC 52 Panel – Robinson helmed JSA title announced

Andrew Ardizzi
August 28, 2011

DC held a panel on Aug. 27 focusing on the DC 52 relaunch, where creators talked about their work, while new projects were also unveiled.

Grant Morrison Gives His Perspective on the DC Comics Reboot

Peter DeCourcy
June 15, 2011

[via the good people at ComicsAlliance.com] Leave your comments below. I have faith in Morrison.. not so much the rest of them.

Auteur Theory

So the DC Comic Solicits were released yesterday to a big underwhelming thud. It’s not that there weren’t any interesting ideas shown; see the wonderful solicit for Wonder Woman. It’s just I’m underwhelmed with a sense of not caring. I…

Suddenly/Meanwhile | Who is Geoff Johns?

Peter DeCourcy
April 19, 2011
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Pete thinks that Geoff Johns needs to put more of himself on the page and then talks about how awesome Concrete is. Pretty typical stuff!

Andrew Ardizzi
March 20, 2011

The second day of Wizard World’s Toronto Comic Con was my first of the three day stretch, and already I have to say that this year’s event is much better than the inaugural event last year. It was too spacious,…

Peter DeCourcy
March 10, 2011

In which Peter takes wild leaps about Grant Morrison's evolution as a comic writer, wonders how is the right way to write a comic, talks up the amazing Emily Carroll and asks you to suggest him some good books.

Peter DeCourcy
February 24, 2011
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So. Did you guys get anything good this week? I know I did. Damn you Scalped – you find a new way to break my heart every time. There’s a strange emotional weight tied to each and every issue of…

Peter DeCourcy
February 8, 2011
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Pete talks about his biggest shame as a Paul Pope fan, his love of Brian McLachlan, showcases Derek Charm's Hanna Barbera Seven Soldiers and babbles about Audrey Hepburn's body type. (It. Gets. Weird.)

Peter DeCourcy
January 27, 2011
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“I thought we had moved on from a time when a non-white Anglo-Saxon character might be seen as unusual.” – Writer David Hine addresses recent controversy over the introduction in Detective Comics of Nightrunner, a French Algerian Muslim recruited by…