It takes a dissection of the superhero genre even further. I contend that Flex Mentallo is superior to Watchmen. It had everything: deconstructionism, metafiction, with groundbreaking art by frequent Morrison collaborator Frank Quitely. I found issue 3 at discount, and spent years hunting down the full story. One of the random things I was into seeking back in the day was Flex Mentallo, a strange Vertigo piece about a corny superhero. Grant Morrison has since further written Superman in such titles as All-Star Superman, Action Comics, which you can see my opinion thereof by following that link. To me, the peak was the One Million crossover about time travel to 853rd Century. Then the following arc about the 5th dimensional beings left me well and truly mindfucked. When I got to the Rock of Ages graphic novel, I was astounded. I was marginally interested, being that I followed everything important that was DC at the time, and the first volume was okay. I think you would be missing out if you did that.Īnyhows, I am a great fan of both so what’s wrong with that?Īs for me, I personally first came across Grant Morrison in my teens (though the story gets more interesting in my twenties), because of the huge phenomena that was JLA in the 90s. There’s a lot of overlap in themes, yet if you want to be an anti-mainstream purist you can skip Morrison. Unfortunately, if you’re a Grant Morrison fan then you must be an Alan Moore fan as well but the reverse isn’t necessarily true. One hates all things mainstream, and the other is just fine with utilizing corporate characters as tools to tell the important stories. One seems to be a misanthropic old man, and the other apparently has lot of fun as a writer. Yet, one is a mess of hair and the other is bald. They both deconstruct the nature of the superhero like no other. My personal all-time favorite.įirst things first, comparisons with Alan Moore are inevitable. Presenting the master of the Postmodern Superhero. I won’t inundate with more pictures, however, I’m not that much of a fanboy.įor more here’s an particularly awesome video from 2000’s DisinfoCon introducing the tenants of chaos magic and how to do a masturbation sigil:Īnd now my blog begins. I met him at Comic Con the following year as well, at events far more crowded, and he was still very nice. Low-key event that it was, we got to chat personally for a few and he was nice enough to take a picture with me. Seriously, you must youtube some videos of him immediately. I was ecstatic to hear that Grant Morrison would be there. Sadly, most people weren’t concerned about the workshop part. It was an odd event in Echo Park, with many experimental bands playing at various stages, and at the same they had a workshop on the occult. In 2005 or 2006 I met comic book writer Grant Morrison at a music festival in Los Angeles.
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