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ABOUT
GRANT MORRISON: |
Grant Morrison is widely regarded as one of the most original
and inventive writers in the comic medium and he was the first
comics writer to be included as one of Entertainment
Weekly's top 100 creative people in America. His credits
include the highly influential The Invisibles, St.
Swithin's Day, Arkham Asylum, Doom
Patrol and Animal Man. More
details here.
If you know of any other comic-related reading
recommendations made by Grant Morrison in interviews or articles
we would love to hear from you. Please provide a scan and/or
link if possible.
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RECOMMENDED READING: |
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by Warren Ellis & Bryan Hitch
"The Authority is
the first great superhero team book of the 21st century. Beside it everything
else seems pale and stale and repetitive. Be honest."
From the introduction
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by Garth Ennis & Warren Pleece
"I'm quite prepared to endorse this book
at the top of my voice and until my throat is raw. True
Faith is a thing of beauty and a joy forever. True
Faith is a glorious, anarchic assault on the values that
made Britain great. It's probably even a scathing indictment
of something or other. Above all, it's a bloody good laugh and
if you can't see the funny side of crucified alsatians, burning
churches and mass murder then you're probably well enough to
go home. As for me, I'll stay here and gloat over this ruthless,
shameless desecration of everything that normal, decent folk
hold dear."
From the introduction
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by George Herriman
"Krazy Kat is so organic, so unique, that to attempt to write critically
about it would be like writing a dissertation on a tree. Better
simply to look. Certain aspects of the aesthetic experience lie
beyond the limitations of vocabulary."
From a review, ARK #29 |
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by Rian Hughes
"Try a death tango in the upper levels of the stratosphere
with smoky Cyrillic logos wrapped around your fuselage and raw
Letraset moire crackling away in the rearview and then maybe
you'll earn my respect the way Rian Hughes earned my respect
long ago."
From the introduction
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by Brendan McCarthy
"One of the fabled Seven Wonders of the Artistic World, Swimini
Purpose collects and remixes almost thirty years of Brendan McCarthy's
unequalled imaginative output into a kaleidoscopic autobiography
that is part comic book concept album and part psychedelic grimoire.
A truly original pop artifact, Swimini Purpose has become, quite
simply, my favourite book ever."
From the advertising blurb
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by Doug Moench & others
"By turns hysterical and
terrifying, The
Big Book Of Conspiracies is the seminal reference work
for anyone interested in the labyrinthine secret world of corrupt
tycoons, shady government operations, alien interventions and
plots against freedom. Not surprisingly, it fills in a lot
of background material which may help you to understand the
world of The Invisibles a little
more."
From The Invisibles Vol 1 #18
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by Alan Moore & David
Lloyd
"What do you do when you see the country becoming more
and more obnoxious, and run by people who are obviously incompetent
or evil, and you desperately want to make some kind of response,
but you're too frightened to go and blow up the Houses Of Parliament,
because all you are is a writer... I think V
for Vendetta is a great comic strip. Again there are elements
of that which seem to have dated badly, but I don't think that
matters, because that was Alan Moore's response to what he felt,
it was the only thing he could do. I suppose it would be better
if we took up Molotov cocktails and stormed the Houses Of Parliament,
but it's unlikely."
From an interview, The Comics Journal #176
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by Steven T Seagle & Teddy Kristiansen
"Most writers have been content
to overlook the tensions and contradictions of the Superman character
but Seagle, slight of build and keen of eye, dares to challenge the Man of
Steel and everything he stands for to a knockdown-dragout wrestling match
in this spellbinding and timely book. Part savage deconstruction,
part tribute to the enduring qualities of the Superman character,
part tender and awkward human drama, It's
A Bird… has as many
scintillating facets as raw jewel Kryptonite. With luminous and
expressive art by Teddy Kristiansen, it defies genre categories
and poses question about the relationship between man and superman
which are hard to answer but important to consider here at the
dawn of the 21st century. It's also about as mordantly accurate
a description of what it feels like to write superhero comics
for a living as anything I've read."
From the introduction
Read an interview
with Steven Seagle at Underground
Online.
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by Art Spiegelman
"Maus, for instance, that's as good as any novel
or theatre production."
From Writers On Comic Scriptwriting |
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by Bryan Talbot
"Ultimately, what makes The Adventures of Luther Arkwright
important and perhaps seminal, is that it represents an uncompromised commitment,
a refusal to diminish the work to suit the requirements of any large company.
From beginning to end, Luther Arkwright has been under
Bryan's control… I think that posterity will certainly look back on Luther
Arkwright as one of THE great watersheds in British Comics history."
Review in ARK #28 |
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by Bruce Timm
"Who gave us a Batman with all
the excitement, grit and edgy pulp romance of modern comics and
none of the psychological hang-ups, setting the template for the
super-hero action movies of the 21st century? Who raised the bar
for serious comic book animation even higher than the Fleisher
Brothers' Superman cartoons of the 40's?
Whose brilliant and much-imitated designs primed the mass mind
for the coming of the super-men into every area of the media? Need
I say more? Ladies and gentlemen, Mister Bruce Timm, Modern Master
deluxe!"
From the introduction |
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