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Advance Review: Jupiter’s Legacy #1 – A Brave New World
“The characters of Jupiter’s Legacy appear to live in our real world, forced to confront their own impact or lack thereof, while their children seemingly squander their talents. The argument of might versus right is reminiscent of the dividing line of old between Xavier and Magneto, but hopefully it will avoid wandering down the path already taken.”
Source: Advance Review: Jupiter’s Legacy #1 – A Brave New World
Remember and get your tickets for Dundee Comics Day on the 28th - with Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, Cameron Stewart, Frazer Irving, Rian Hughes and Peter Doherty :) It's going to be legen-wait for it-DARY.
Direct link for tickets
(Tickets include the Saturday Dave Gibbons Creating Comics Workshop)
Sunday 28th October 2012
10.30am Registration 10.55am Opening
Session One
11.00am A conversation with Grant Morrison
12.00pm Break
Session Two
1.00pm Cameron Stewart
1.30pm Frazer Irving
2.00pm Break / book signing by Cameron Stewart, Frazer Irving and Grant Morrison
Session Three
3.00pm Frank Quitely
3.30pm Rian Hughes
4.00pm Peter Doherty
4.30pm Break / book signing by Frank Quitely, Rian Hughes, Peter Doherty & Grant Morrison
Session Four
5.15pm Roundtable discussion with Grant Morrison and his collaborators
Photos of Frank Quitely from Baltimore Comic Con, taken by the brilliant Seth Kushner.
Source: Caption Vox: Frank Quitely
My latest interview with Grant Morrison is up on the New Statesman today. We chatted about Wonder Woman, finishing Action Comics and Batman Inc, stepping away from DC monthlies, his MBE, Happy, Multiversity, Before Watchmen, MorrisonCon and more. Enjoy!
“[The] guy that ate Supergods!” Morrison laughs. “Cooked it and ate it on the basis that it was my fault that people couldn’t find alternative comics in their local comics stores. And I was standing in the way, pretending to be the face of alternative comics, and how I actually stood for corporate this or corporate … you know, I’m the man – again as I say, I’m a freelance writer, I’m not on staff at any company. But this guy ate the book!”
That’s quite impressive.
“It certainly is! His shit must have looked like a William Burroughs cut-up!”
Source: Grant Morrison: Why I’m stepping away from superheroes
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On what Grant was wanting to see from Frank Quitely at MorrisonCon:
“Well they wanted, they had this big idea, they said we want Frank Quitely to come on and design an entire universe.” he laughs. “I went, what the fuck?! You've gotta be joking! And then I told them about this thing... he draws these grotesques, these anatomical creatures who've got like heads hanging between their legs, but they all work. And he's got like years of work on this stuff – he calls them the Bumheids. It's them sitting smoking and having tea and everything, but everything’s wrong, it's all in the wrong place, and legs coming out the top. So I kind of want to divert it... he won't have time to create a future world, but he has created this alternate reality where people have arses for faces!”
Bumheids!
Some random pencil sketches for y'all - cheers to those who e-mailed 'em in!
Batman, Captain America, Dream (of the Endless), Dr Strange, Emma Frost, and Flex Mentallo.
Dundee Comics Day: Grant Morrison & Friends
With MorrisonCon coming up at the end of September, there are more than a few UKers wishing they could make the trip to Vegas. And even if you are going to the entertainment capital of the world, chances are you’ll be up for this too!
The facebook page for Dundee Comics Day, an annual event in the home of comics, has published the promo image for this years event in October. And guess who the star guest is?
The one day event is a favourite amongst many comic creators and artists, and has in the past featured such people as Warren Ellis, Bryan Talbot, John Wagner, Alan Grant, Rian Hughes, and Frank Quitely, but this year looks to be something special.
Announcements on other guests and tickets to follow.
A lovely friend of mine sent me a couple of Starblazer issues written by Grant Morrison this week - including his first one, #15, Algol the Terrible which Morrison also did the artwork for.
And Algol is of course the star that is also known as the Demon Star, the name deriving from the Arabic ‘ra’s al-ghūl’. Page 1 above shows the enemy spacecraft with the demon’s head emblem. Synchronicity!
Starblazer was a wee small format comics anthology in the UK, alongside sister publication Commando (which is still going strong today).
Morrison did his own artwork for other comics too: his Near Myths stories, and his Captain Clyde strip. He switched to writing only when he made the jump to mainstream comics for the sake of time.
Cover image to Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's (classic?) Batman and Robin #1
First printing, second printing, sketch variant, and original pencils.
Boo-yah.
Pencils and finished version of Frank Quitely's variant cover to Madame Xanadu #6, an issue that also featured Death of the Endless.
From Shimura in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.37-39 by Robbie Morrison and Frank Quitely, set in future Japan in the world of Dredd.
Quitely has done a few stories in the Meg, which is a monthly British comic anthology that's been running since 1990, sister publication to 2000 AD.
An early example then of the manga influence on Quitely's artwork.
Pencils and finished page of that awesome Damian vs Pyg fight in Batman and Robin #3
Some of the original pencils from issues #14-15 of The Authority by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely, which nicely illustrate the level of detail in the art.
Sometimes I think pencils show up the finished art a little, though in cases like All-Star Superman of course you get everything complimenting each other to make a greater whole.
We3 is one of my favourite comics: a beautiful story, some wonderfully innovative pages and panels, and a must-read for all comic fans.
Unfortunately it also makes me cry. Every damn time. Even a picture of the animals makes me sniffle ;___;
Someone asked for the Superman kiss. I assume they mean this because it's the only one that matters :D /runsaway
By the by, if you don't own All-Star Superman you should amend that asap.
This is one family you do not mess with. Srsly.
Cover to Batman and Robin #16
You'll often hear it said by UK comic reviewers, and by Quitely himself, that Dudley D Watkins is a real influence on Quitely's art. Watkins was a prolific Scottish comic artist, creating art for The Beano, The Dandy, The Beezer and Topper. His character Desperate Dan has his own statue in Dundee, while The Broons and Oor Wullie (Quitely's sketch above!) continue to this day - they're still Scotland's bestselling Christmas annuals!
I'm pretty sure we need a sketch of Damian sitting on a bucket - yes?
You’re welcome.
Grant Morrison, frequent collaborator with Frank Quitely on mind-bending comics like Flex Mentallo, JLA: Earth 2, The Invisibles, New X-Men, We3, All-Star Superman, Batman and Robin, and Pax Americana.
Grant is pretty much the top writer in comics of the last two decades, and also finds time to play with My Chemical Romance, write screenplays, Supergods, and a bajillion comics.
The new Glasgow Boys then?
