Grant Morrison
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Grant Morrison, MBE (born 31 January 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer and playwright.
He is known for his nonlinear narratives and countercultural leanings in his runs on titles including, but not limited to, DC Comics's Animal Man, Doom Patrol, Batman, JLA, Action Comics, All-Star Superman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Vertigo's The Invisibles, and Fleetway's 2000 AD.
He has also served as the editor-in-chief of Heavy Metal and currently operates as an adviser for the magazine.
He is also the co-creator of the Syfy TV series Happy! starring Christopher Meloni and Patton Oswalt.
Early life
Grant Morrison was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1960. They were educated at Allan Glen's School where their first portfolio of art was rejected by their careers guidance teacher, who encouraged them to work in a bank. Their first published works were Gideon Stargrave strips for Near Myths in 1978 (when they were about 17), one of the first British alternative comics. Their work appeared in four of the five issues of Near Myths and they were suitably encouraged to find more comic work. This included a weekly comic strip, Captain Clyde, an unemployed superhero based in Glasgow, for The Govan Press, a local newspaper, plus various issues of DC Thomson's Starblazer, a science fiction version of that company's Commando title.
Personal life
In a 2011 interview, Morrison stated that they and their wife Kristan had no children. When asked if they regretted this, Morrison replied, "Slightly but I don't know. Every time I think of it I think of the reality of it. I really like kids and I get on with them and it's that aspect of it but I see people with actual kids. The trauma and the trouble. And if I'm worried that my cat is sick it's the thought of everyday worrying about a kid would be even more hellish."
Morrison uses singular they pronouns. In a 2020 interview with Mondo2000, Morrison mentioned that they "had been non-binary, cross-dressing, 'gender queer'", from the age of 10 years old, "but the available terms for what I was doing and how I felt were few and far between". Speaking later of the article, Morrison said that they hated being perceived as only recently coming out: "I'm 62 years old — I had my sexuality shit figured out a long time ago!" Morrison has said that while they never requested they/them pronouns, they have nevertheless come to accept them as a "badge of honor."
Morrison later said they rejected labels and that "I said that if I had been doing now what I was doing back in the 1990s I would be viewed as non-binary or gender queer. Suddenly it was taken up by the fan press and I was awarded the label 'they/them'. I never asked for it. I come from a generation where that just doesn't matter, even being labelled at all is anathema to me. I can't live in a box. I'm going to let down anyone who sticks a label on me. It will drop off quite naturally."
Career
Morrison spent considerable time in the early 1980s touring and recording with their band The Mixers, occasionally writing Starblazer for Washington D. C. Thomson and contributing to a number of UK indie titles. Morrison submitted a proposal involving the Justice League of America and Jack Kirby's New Gods, entitled Second Coming to DC Comics, but it was not accepted. Morrison began writing The Liberators for Dez Skinn's Warrior in 1985, and moved to Marvel UK the following year. They also wrote comic strips for Doctor Who Magazine, the last one being a collaboration with a then-teenager Bryan Hitch, as well as a run on the Zoids strip in Spider-Man and Zoids. Morrison's first of several two- or three-page Future Shocks for 2000 AD appeared in 1986.
Morrison's first continuing serial began in 1987, when they and Steve Yeowell founded Zenith.
Morrison's book Zenith brought them to the attention of DC Comics, who had asked Morrison to work for them. Morrison's plans for Animal Man, a little-known character from DC's past, as well as a 48-page Batman one-shot that would eventually become Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, were accepted.
Morrison was brought to life by the "British Invasion" of American comics, as well as writers like Neil Gaiman, Peter Milligan, Jamie Delano, and Alan Moore, who had begun the "invasion" with his work on Swamp Thing.
Morrison, after impressing with Animal Man, was invited to take over Doom Patrol, the start of their bizarre take on the superhero genre with issue No. X. In 1989, the country's 19th century was at 19 years old. Those that were not familiar with Morrison's Doom Patrol include topics such as fatheraism and Jorge Luis Borges' writings. In 1989, DC published Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth as a 128-page graphic novel by Dave McKean. "Arkham Asylum was a huge success in 1995, with 182,166 copies in hardcover and another 85,047 in paperback."
Morrison continued contributing to British independent publications while writing St. Swithin's Day for Trident Comics while working in America. The anti-Margaret Thatcher protests on St. Swithin's Day were contentious, sparking limited tabloid press reactions and a complaint by Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Teddy Taylor. The controversy raged when The New Adventures of Hitler appeared in Scottish music and lifestyle magazine Cut in 1989, due to Adolf Hitler's use as its lead character. In Fleetway's 2000 AD spin-off title Crisis, the strip, which was unfinished when Cut folded, was reprinted and finished.
Morrison scripted two plays staged at Oxygen House in Edinburgh Fringe. One, Red King Rising (1989), was concerned about Lewis Carroll and Alice Liddell's fictional friendship. The other, Depravity (1990), was about British occultist Aleister Crowley. They were given a Fringe First Award, the Independent Theatre Award for 1989, and the Evening Standard Award for New Drama.
In issues 6–10 of Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Morrison returned to Batman with the "Gothic" story arc. Morrison revived Kid Eternity in DC with artist Duncan Fegredo and Dan Dare, and artist Rian Hughes. In Fleetway's Revolver, Morrison portrayed Dare's promising future with Thatcherism.
Based on an investigation of alleged motives for the serial killer John's murders, he wrote Bible John-A Forensic Meditation for Fleetway's Crisis in 1991. The story was based on similar themes to Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's From Hell, which used cutting-up techniques, a Ouija board, and collage rather than traditional panels.
Morrison, a Glaswegian comic writer Mark Millar, and John Smith were all invited to revive 2000 AD with the title "The Summer Offensive" in 1993. Morrison wrote Judge Dredd and Well and Truly, and co-wrote the controversial Big Dave with Millar.
In 1993, DC Comics published several of Morrison's creator-owned publications, including the steampunk mini-series Sebastian O and the graphic novel The Mystery Play. Kill Your Boyfriend, an artist Philip Bond one-shot from being released in 1995 as a Vertigo Voices one-shot. Morrison co-written with Mark Millar in 1996 and wrote Flex Mentallo, a Doom Patrol spin-off with art by Frank Quitely, and then returned briefly to DC Universe superheroics.
Morrison was given the Justice League of America in 1996, a comic book that brought the DC "Big Seven" superheroes of the DC universe together into a team. This run was extremely popular, and it brought the title back to best-selling status. In addition to plotting several of the multiple crossovers, Morrison wrote several issues of The Flash with Mark Millar, as well as DC's crossover event of 1998, DC's DC One Million.
Morrison's three volumes of the creator-owned The Invisibles are the first and perhaps most important work. The Invisibles were a collection of political, pop-, and sub-cultural references. The work was inspired by Robert Anton Wilson's books, Aleister Crowley, and William Burroughs' Thee Temple is the product of chaos magic in Thee Temple ov Psychique Youth, tapping into pre-millennial tensions. In 1998 Morrison's millennial short story collection Disco 2000, there are strong thematic links between the two works, although no concrete connection to The Invisibles has been made. Morrison said that a large portion of the Invisibles' text was provided to them by aliens abducted in Kathmandu, who told them to spread this word to the world by a comic book at DisinfoCon 1999. They later confirmed that the experience they referred to as the "Alien Abduction Experience in Kathmandu" had nothing to do with aliens or abduction, but that there was a journey in Kathmandu that The Invisibles would try to explain. The title was not intended to be a huge business success to begin with. (Morrison actually begged readers to participate in a "wankathon" rather than focusing on a magical symbol, or sigil, in an attempt to raise profits). The characters were relocated to America when the series was relaunched with volume two. Volume three came with issue numbers as they decreased, signaling that the series would be complete at the turn of the new millennium in 2000. The final issue did not appear until April 2000 due to title shipping's tardiness.
Several aspects of Morrison's The Matrix, 1999 film, can be traced back to the film's popularity, according to critics. On the first viewing of the film, Morrison was immediately struck by the similarity to their own work.
Frank Quitely illustrated Morrison's graphic novel JLA: Earth 2 in 2000. Morrison's last mainstream work for DC was until recently, when they turned to Marvel Comics. Morrison, a writer at Marvel, created the six-part Marvel Boy series, and Fantastic Four: 1234, their take on another major superhero team. They began writing the main X-Men title in July 2001 and renamed New X-Men for their run, with a lot of the artwork on display. Morrison's resurrecting of a major superhero team was a commercial success, with the ranking advancing to the No. 1 spot. Morrison, a one-store location, and established as the kind of creator whose name on a title would guarantee sales. In the guise of new character Xorn and an addiction to the power-boosting drug "Kick," the villain Magneto was depicted infiltrating and defeating the X-Men.
Morrison's new creator-owned venture, Vertigo: The Filth, a 13-part mini-series, was released in 2002. Morrison sold the screenplay Sleepless Knights to DreamWorks, with Guillermo del Toro as the director. Morrison was preparing for the sequel to the Marvel Boy mini-series at the same time, but the scheme did not come to fruition. Vertigo produced three Morrison mini-series in 2004. Sea, We3, and Vimanarama are among the attractions on offer. Morrison resurfaced in JLA with the first story in a new anthology collection, JLA Classified.
Morrison's collection Seven Soldiers, which included the Manhattan Guardian, Mister Miracle, Klarion the Witch Boy, Bulleteer, Zatanna, and Shining Knight. The series features seven interlinked four-issue mini-series as well as two "bookend" volumes – total, there are 30 issues total. The editorial vice president of DC Comics, Dan DiDio, was enthralled by Morrison's proposal for revitalizing many of DC's boring characters. In the aftermath of the Infinite Crisis, DiDio ordered them to help sort out the DC Universe in the unofficial name of "revamp guy." Morrison was one of the writers on 52, a year-long weekly comic book collection that began in May 2006 and ended in May 2007.
DC launched All-Star Superman, a 12-issue story arc by Morrison and Frank Quitely, beginning in November 2005. The series isn't so much a remake or a remake of Superman, but it does have an out-of-continuity "iconic" Superman for new readers. In 2006, All-Star Superman was named for the Best New Series, the Best Continuing Series Eisner Award in 2007, and several Eagle Awards in the United Kingdom. In 2008 and 2009, it received three Harvey Awards in 2008 and the Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series. Morrison and Quitely worked on pop star Robbie Williams' album Intensive Care in the same year, delivering intricate Tarot card designs for the packaging and jacket of the CD.
Morrison provided an outline and script for two video games, Battlestar Galactica (2003) and Predator: Concrete Jungle (2005), both produced by Vivendi Universal. We3 was selected by New Line Cinema as a film writer in 2006, with Morrison attached as the screenwriter. Morrison created the adaptation of With CFP Productions, the following year, Morrison wrote the sequel to
Morrison was voted No. 2 in 2006 when he was nominated as the No. 1 in the United States. Comic Book Resources' 2nd favorite comic book writer of all time. Morrison began writing Batman for DC in issue No. 68 the same year. Damian Wayne's character was revived by 655, signaling the start of a seven-year-long relationship with the character in a variety of films. The authority and Wildcats were relaunched by the author of DC's Wildstorm imprint, as well as Gene Ha and Jim Lee respectively. WildC.A.T.S. Following one issue, the Authority was suspended after two weeks, and went on hiatus. The Authority was to blame for 52 and Morrison was dissatisfied with the reports: "I saw the studies on issue one and I thought, 'fuck this.'" It came to an end without Morrison's participation in Keith Giffen's The Authority: The Lost Years.
DC Comics revealed that Morrison will write Final Crisis, a seven-issue mini-series that will debut in 2008 with J. G. Jones handling the art at San Diego Comic-Con. Morrison announced that the sequel to 2004's Seahawks, Seam of Mickey Eye, will be published in 2008.
Morrison announced that they would be working with Virgin Comics to produce "webisodes" (short animated stories) based on the Mahirata; this would not be a literal translation; rather, "Like the Beatles" (short animated stories) based on the Mahrrata; it would not be a direct translation; "Like the Beatles took Indian music and created psychedelic sounds; a book of psychedelic sounds. I'm converting Indian storytelling to a western style for people raised on movies, comics, and video games. Morrison and Frank Quitely introduced the Batman and Robin series in August 2009.
Batman No. 1 is no. 26. Morrison returned to the crown and a partnership with an art team made up of Tony Daniel, Frank Quitely, Andy Kubert, and David Finch. The separate stories in this series brought together to show that Batman's legacy is far-serving and will continue into the future. Grant Morrison will no longer be associated with Batman and Robin at San Diego Comic-Con International 2010. Introducing Batman Incorporated, a new series starring revolving artists that began with Yanick Paquette. Batman Incorporated, a more team-oriented Batman book based on Morrison's book "Batman and Son" and the Final Crisis, with Bruce Wayne establishing a worldwide Batman franchise all around the world. The DC Universe was revived in 2011 and the series suffered from slowing down and was ended after eight issues; to close the void, a prestige book with two issues and a synopsis were published, which capped the tale so far. In mid-2012, Chris Burnham on art was released in a second volume of the comic, which was scheduled for 12 issues. In 2013, Morrison departed from the Batman franchise. In Batman Incorporated No. 1, they killed Damian Wayne's character. No. 8 was published in April 2013 and the final issue was No. (Sept. 2013) 133 (Sept. 2013)
Morrison began with artist Sean Murphy in 2010 and introduced the eight issue Vertigo series Joe the Barbarian in January. Morrison felt that the story would prosper from an additional two issues despite being originally a six-issue series. When he stops taking his medications, the titular Joe begins to hallucinate a fantasy world populated with his toys and other fantasy characters.
Following the closure of Virgin Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, and Liquid Comics, the two companies have announced a joint effort to publish a hardcover of illustrated scripts of Grant Morrison's Mahbhrata-based, animated series 18 Days with illustrations by artist Mukesh Singh, which was announced in August 2010. They are the subject of a one-length documentary titled Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods. Morrison's film includes extensive interviews as well as a number of comic writers, editors, and consultants with whom they have collaborated closely. Sequart Company's Talking with Gods line was launched in 2010 at the San Diego Comic Con.
Bonnyroad, a science fiction television series developed by Morrison to the BBC with director Paul McGuigan and Stephen Fry, was another 2010 project.
Morrison appeared in "Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Morrison was announced as the writer on the upcoming Action Comics No. 3 in June 2011, as part of DC Comics' massive rewrite of its entire superhero line. Morrison's return to the Superman role after the conclusion of All Star Superman is shared by 1 working with artist Rags Morales.
Random House Spiegel & Grau in the United States and Jonathan Cape in the United Kingdom published Morrison's review of superheroes, Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Superhero in July 2011.
Morrison has written a screenplay for a film called Sinatoro. They appeared on the screenplay Dinosaurs vs. Aliens for Sam Worthington's production company, Full Clip Production, in 2011 and revealed that they would continue to work with them on a screenplay based on the 2000 AD story "Rogue Trooper."
Morrison was named Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for contributions to film and literature.
Morrison's first-ever Image Comics creator-owned work was released in September 2012: Happy! Darick Robertson, a singer from Darick Robertson. MorrisonCon took place at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in the same month. A few comics industry guests, including Robert Kirkman, Darick Robertson, Jason Aaron, Jim Lee, Gerard Way, Jonathan Hickman, Frank Quitely, J. H. Williams III, and Chris Burnham, were among the few notable comics industry celebrities on display, including Robert Kirkman, Darick Robertson, Jason Aaron, Jim Lee, Gerard Way, Jonathan Hickman, John Hickman, J. H. Burnham.
Morrison published Annihilator, a key creator-owned book that debuted in September 2014 as part of Legendary Comics' massive foray into the market, as part of Legendary Comics' big debut into the industry. Annihilator was inspired by Thomas Ligotti's writings and other nihilistic scholars' work and played with the possibility of the satanic archetype. Ray Spass, a monstrous Hollywood screenwriter, appears in his attempts to finish the script for the upcoming tentpole blockbuster, while coming into contact with the character he's writing about: the diabolical Max Nomax, the Devil himself.
Morrison's second Image project ever unveiled in the creator-owned name Nameless was unveiled in February 2015 by Morrison, with frequent collaborator Chris Burnham. Nameless, a tale of apocalyptic cosmic horror, tried to explore the subject from a new angle, with different influences, rather than leaning to its legendary founder, H.P Lovecraft, who wrote on everything from the Tarot to The Qlippoth.
Morrison began their best creator-owned project of the decade in November 2015, collaborating with BOOM! For the first time, Susan Mora and Ed Dukeshire performed Klaus at the studio. It's been Morrison's longest creator-owned project, centered around the reimagining of Santa Claus as part of a sprawling superhero storyline.
In 2014 and 2015, Morrison's The Multiversity Project in Washington D.C. was published. It included the return of President Calvin Ellis, the black Superman from Earth 23 who was previously seen in Action Comics vol. 93, in some of the 52 worlds in the DC Multiverse. 2 No. 2 is a no. The framing for the entire series was the number 9. The Society of Superheroes is a pulp version of the DC characters; The Just – a look at celebrity kids by Frank Quitely; and Mastermen, which includes a fascist version of the Justice League; and The Soldier – a comic collection of the Justice League. And Ultra Comics.
Morrison was editor-in-chief of the science fiction and fantasy comics magazine Heavy Metal for two years, from 2016 to 2018. They wrote Industria, The Rise and Fall of Empires, a frequent collaborator and a longtime friend Rian Hughes during the time. The Smile of the Absent Cat with artist Gerhard, as well as Mythopia, Beachhead, Option 3, Nihilophilia, and several others were included in other strips, including Beyond the Word and the Fool. During this period, Morrison wrote several journal pieces for the magazine, as well as occasional prose articles for Ahoy Comics' backups.
Morrison co-created the Syfy TV series Happy in 2017. Christopher Meloni and Patton Oswalt co-starred in the televised series in 2019.
Morrison and artist Liam Sharp published The Green Lantern, a new Green Lantern book for DC Comics in November 2018. Following the success of the first season of The Green Lantern, a second season was announced, but before that, a Blackstars mini-series dealing with the conclusion of Season One was released in November 2019.
Morrison's "Season Two" began in 2020 and concluded in March 2021 with the release of their third and final volume of the Wonder Woman: Earth One series.
Morrison co-created and produced the Peacock Streaming Service's 2020 television series Brave New World, which had been designed for adaptation.
It was revealed in early 2021 that Proctor Valley Road, a Morrison-designed comic, would be published. The UCP, NBCUniversal's division of Universal Studio Group, will also adapt the series for television.The first issue was published by Boom!
In March 2021, there was a studio in March 2021.Morrison would write a four issue series called Superman and the Authority, illustrated by artist Mikel Janin in March 2021, and would be released by DC in late 2021.
Morrison revealed in a 2022 newsletter that they had proposed plans for future episodes of Doctor Who's Series 8 of Doctor Who to Steven Moffat. A child version of The Doctor was included in the story, as well as a new potential villain. No one was commissioned, but Morrison's villains were able to buy the rights to them (which they declined). Morrison released Luda, their first fiction book, later this year.
Awards
- Inkpot Award
- Order of the British Empire (MBE)