Grant Morrison
Grant Morrison
Grant Morrison, MBE is a Scottish comic book writer, playwright, and occultist. He is known for his nonlinear narratives and countercultural leanings in his runs on titles including DC Comics's Animal Man, Batman, JLA, Action Comics, All-Star Superman, Vertigo's The Invisibles, and Fleetway's 2000 AD...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth31 January 1960
years ideas space
I plan years in advance, but I like to leave enough space in the narrative scheme to change things, because I always get my best ideas the closer I come to the end of a project, after I've lived with it for a while.
teenager struggle past
X-Men is not a story about superheroes, but a story about the ongoing revolutionary struggle between good/new and bad/old. The X-Men are every rebel teenager wanting to change the world and make it better. Humanity is every adult, clinging to the past, trying to destroy the future even as he places all his hopes there.
struggle done dozen
There are dozens of unfinished or aborted projects in my files, but I can only assume they don't get done because they're not robust enough to struggle through the birth process.
character mean thinking
I think any writer coming on to 'Batman' should at least attempt to do their own definitive version. What it means to them. Whatever they think that symbol or character can say.
character writing numbers
Your character that you create in your writing not only represents who you are, but also represents a number of people who you've met along the way.
morning stars shining
I will rise from the darkness, shining like the morning star. Illuminated woman am I.
evil wicked behind-the-scenes
I'm the evil mastermind behind the scenes. I'm the wicked puppeteer who pulls the strings and makes you dance. I'm your writer.
dancing week
I was a clubber in the Nineties. I went dancing every week.
strong work-out territory
I prefer working out of strict continuity, because no normal human being can have a firm grip on the constantly shifting bardo-like territory of a comics universe, where entire histories can be erased by a strong enough super-sneeze.
people hell
Whatever you do, make sure you go right to the top, because you sure as hell can't piss upwards on people.
looks hell you-again
I won't tell you again! Don't look back! In hell you never look back!
accomplishment soul want
My greatest accomplishment so far is to keep selling enough that I never want for the labor that sustains my Presbyterian soul.
fire cannons century
A cannon fires only once but words detonate across centuries
thinking symbolism language
Truth speaks best in the language of poetry and symbolism, I think.