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Tag Archives: Grant Morrison
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne TPB Review
2011, DC Comics
Story: Grant Morrison
Art: Chris Sprouse, Frazer Irving, Yanick Paquette, Cameron Stewart, Ryan Sook, Lee Garbett
Like Superman and Captain America before him, Batman was always going to best the Grim Reaper and return to the DCU – even though technically he was never dead. It was more a question of when (re: how long DC could … read more
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Tagged Batman, DC Comics, Grant Morrison, graphic novels, superhero comics, Superman
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Joe the Barbarian #1 (of 8) Comic Review
DC/Vertigo, $0.99
Story: Grant Morrison
Art: Sean Murthy
Colours: Dave Stewart
Joe the Barbarian is part of an increasingly popular genre; the adult kid’s book. Joe’s spacious attic bedroom is one that every adult wishes they lived in as a child (as opposed to every current child wishing they had), with 80s action figures lining the floor and a toy … read more
Batman: The Black Glove TPB Review
2008, DC Comics
Writer: Grant Morrison
Pencils: J.H. Williams III, Tony S. Daniels , Ryan Benamin
Inks: J.H Wiliams III, Tony S. Daniels, Jonathon Clapton, Mark Irvin, Sandu Forea, Saleem Crawford
Colours: Dave Stewart, Guy Major
A combination of camp murder mystery and drug-trip mindfuck, The Black Glove expands on the tangled events of Batman & Son. Neither of … read more
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Tagged Batman, DC Comics, Grant Morrison, superhero comics
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Batman and Son TPB Review
2007, DC
Writer: Grant Morrison
Art: Andy Kubert, Jesse Delperdang, Guy Major, Dave Stewart, John Van Fleet
Grant Morrison’s nineties runs on titles such as Animal Man and Doom Patrol showcased not only the virtually limitless scope of his imagination, but his ability to take franchises that were long considered embarrassments by publisher DC, and make them hot property. Though … read more
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Tagged Batman, DC Comics, Grant Morrison, graphic novels, superhero comics
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WE3 Graphic Novel Review
2004, DC / Vertigo
Writer: Grant Morrison
Art: Frank Quitely
Colours / inks: Jamie Grant
I’ve always considered Grant Morrison the Philip K. Dick of the comic medium. But writers both are inhumanly creative, incomparable to almost any other writer of their period. Like Dick, Morrison writes to pay the bills, churning out radically inconsistent work with unnerving regularity; and … read more
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Tagged Frank Quitely, Grant Morrison, graphic novels, Vertigo Comics
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