tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post8466240554835517538..comments2024-03-29T02:32:15.437-04:00Comments on Remarkable: Grant Morrison's New X-Men 137Geoff Klockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-40559665119295275842010-04-10T14:02:17.940-04:002010-04-10T14:02:17.940-04:00I've said it before and I'll say it again,...I've said it before and I'll say it again, in real life, GM comes across as one giant douche.<br /><br />BTW, I'd have to say, Dust survived the post-Morrison era rather nicely...prob one of his longer lasting legacies, after Scott/Emma.wwk5dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-47642945300129885592007-04-13T23:53:00.000-04:002007-04-13T23:53:00.000-04:00Geoff, I wanted to reassure you that it's okay for...Geoff, I wanted to reassure you that it's okay for you to have a bad mood if you don't like this stuff. I commented on it previously, mostly because it amused me. It's hard to make sarcasm or dry humor come across in print. ;-) But keep writing what you feel; I (and others, hopefully) have no problem with you calling something out as bad.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13867868039166531163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-89240505028877842682007-04-11T22:21:00.000-04:002007-04-11T22:21:00.000-04:00Thanks for the quote and the link, Streebo.And I a...Thanks for the quote and the link, Streebo.<BR/><BR/>And I agree, Geoff. He is very smart with PR.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-31516274873992776262007-04-11T17:52:00.000-04:002007-04-11T17:52:00.000-04:00Streebo, David: I am with David here, Morrison wan...Streebo, David: I am with David here, Morrison wants Quentin to look cool, and he kinda does. And as for your "seeds" idea, that is a very nice way of saying Morrison invents great ideas and does nothing with them (e.g. "Dust"), which I think is pretty much a crime. <BR/><BR/>Also you have to wonder how seriously to take Morrison here. I LOVE Grant Morrison but that does not mean everything he says in interviews happened. In the interview where he says he was kidnapped by aliens he also says that a comic book writer has to give the impression of being cool so people will buy his comics. He is a genius, but part of that genius is that he is very smart with PR.Geoff Klockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-60525287653253018402007-04-11T17:28:00.000-04:002007-04-11T17:28:00.000-04:00Oops. Clickable link:Morrison InterviewOops. Clickable link:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.popimage.com/content/grant20045.html" REL="nofollow">Morrison Interview</A>Streeboramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13246099190675220076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-35497841179326587582007-04-11T17:26:00.000-04:002007-04-11T17:26:00.000-04:00David - I pretty much agree with you. I think Mor...David - I pretty much agree with you. I think Morrison intends to bring a punk against-the-grain sensibility to whatever he designs. (I'm doing my best not to say "post-modern") I remember spotting Quentin's call back to the "FUCK U." written on the forehead of the rebellious student at the end of The Invisibles. I thought that was a nice touch.<BR/><BR/>Troy - Here is the link to the Morrison interview:<BR/><BR/>http://www.popimage.com/content/grant20045.html<BR/><BR/>"During the period of writing The Filth, which coincided in part with my tenure on New X-Men, I was so distressed and affected by what was happening and by the 'dark' material I was trying to process and resolve, that I hurled myself at a 3rd floor balcony in a hotel on Sunset Boulevard only to be hauled back by Kristan, scarred my chest and stomach with a jagged metal broom handle, and slashed at my own wrists ineptly but with sheer class, using a broken champagne bottle. Among many other idiotic and self-mutilating tangos with madness, designed, you might think, to look good in the biography (please, please, please don't try this at home, folks. the people on stage are professionals and experts, we are assured.). I was NOT MYSELF for a lot of the time and prey to all manner of obsessive disorientations."Streeboramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13246099190675220076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-21900049884411548762007-04-11T12:55:00.000-04:002007-04-11T12:55:00.000-04:00streebo: What was up with Morrison's mental healt...streebo: What was up with Morrison's mental health during that period? Was that when his dad died? Or something else?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-48563026413062497882007-04-11T06:03:00.000-04:002007-04-11T06:03:00.000-04:00I'm pretty sure that Quire is supposed to (visuall...I'm pretty sure that Quire is supposed to (visually) look cool. It's just that Morrison has a different sense of what's cool than, say, Liefeld. Check out Morrison's own drawing of future style on the last page of the second-to-last issue of <I>The Invisibles</I>.David Goldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12988083380983768496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-46745194514552197992007-04-11T04:43:00.000-04:002007-04-11T04:43:00.000-04:00Even though you bring up many valid reasons for th...Even though you bring up many valid reasons for the weaknesses in Morrison's X-Men run - I must admit that these were the first X-Men books I picked up since the atrocious Executioners Song crossover in the early 90's. <BR/><BR/>I enjoyed almost everything in Morrison's run as long as it wasn't drawn by Kordey, and even then, I still liked Phantomex. <BR/><BR/>I know I'm setting myself up for a tongue lashing - but I liked Quentin Quire and his gang. No matter how lame they were. They were doing their best to play the Clockwork Orange gang card - and had no idea what to do with it. I loved how they adopted their gang colors from the old newspaper clipping about mutants. I love how they are utterly not cool. I read every X-book on the stands at one time - and it seemed that every issue featured some new super cool killer mutant that more often than not was someone related to Wolverine's past. Every character was made to seem important. Every month was an endless parade of new "cool" characters: Gideon, Deadpool, Cable, Feral, Shatterstar, Gambit, and on and on and on. Quentin Quire and his gang seemed to be the antithesis of this ultra-cool mutant mentality. I liked them for this reason alone if nothing else. <BR/><BR/>There are a lot of great characters and ideas in Morrison's run that weren't played out as strongly as they could have been. Characters like Quentin Quire, Jumbo Carnation, and the U-Men all contain the seeds to become powerful parts of the X-Men universe. I wonder if the weakness of the overall stories can be attributed to Morrison's poor mental health at the time?<BR/><BR/>I would humbly like to second Geoff's recommendation for Morrison's All Star Superman. It is the best superhero book on the stands today!Streeboramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13246099190675220076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-21612469500130675592007-04-10T14:06:00.000-04:002007-04-10T14:06:00.000-04:00If you have the cash you can get all of morrison's...If you have the cash you can get all of morrison's run in one big hadcover volume, though I think you should spend the money on something perfect. Get the All Star Superman collection and issue Seven, both of which are out Wed. Or get WE3.Geoff Klockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-78459145215140265482007-04-10T00:31:00.000-04:002007-04-10T00:31:00.000-04:00I have to say that I wish I had read this run of b...I have to say that I wish I had read this run of books. I have half heartedly looked for it, but as I am still getting back into comics, it is all overwhelming.Kyle Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357250888692234136noreply@blogger.com