Comments on: Morrison: ‘Just do good books’

By: Shaun

Shaun — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:33:04 +0000

Oh, and is A-S Superman #12 EVER going to come out?? I’m sorry to see it end, but I still want to read it!

I just think it’s mind boggling, though hardly surprising, that one of the few bonafide successes at DC the past couple of years – both creatively AND commerically – would end after just 12 issues.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:27:53 +0000

Good interview, and I’ve liked most of what I’ve read from Morrison in the past, from Arkham Asylum to We3 to JLA to All-Star Superman. But I wish he’d taken his “Just do good books” mantra to heart when it came to taking over Batman. Sorry Grant, it’s just not been a good run.

I don’t know where he’s taking Bruce Wayne in Batman RIP, but I just don’t care to know either. I’ll come back someday when Bruce is (hopefully) back to being himself, (hopefully) being Batman, and Bat-Mite, Damon, and Jason Todd will be nowhere to be found.

By: Ranald

Ranald — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:00:52 +0000

It’s a very strange reading of the phrase ‘save the planet’ though. No one expects pollution and even nuclear war to literally split the planet in half or anything; people are just calling for ‘saving’ the biosphere in more or less the shape we evolved in and hence find comfortable and livable.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:29:59 +0000

Also, I think he’s trying to get across that we’re not really “saving” the Earth, but just limiting our damage. The planet can save itself as long as we’re doing what we’re supposed to do.

By: Jason M. Bryant

Jason M. Bryant — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:28:21 +0000

Evie, I think the point he’s making is that the environment will recover when we’re gone. Nothing we’ve done, or are capable of doing, will cause more damage than the catastrophe that wiped out the dinosaurs. That wasn’t even the first mass extinction. So he wasn’t really commenting on environmentalism, he was just making a comment on the irrelevance of humans compared to the entire history of the world. We may mess things up, but the planet will go on.

By: Vlastion

Vlastion — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:25:11 +0000

GM is totally right here.
Kirkman’s notion that Marvel and DC should do kiddie’s stuff while everyone else does more mature, creator-owned work is idiotic both in theory and in practise.

On a different note, does anyone think GM looks kinda like a camp German fitness instructor in that photo?
“I am Hans. I vill make you buff”.

By: Evie

Evie — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:37:14 +0000

I agree with him about the comics stuff, but I have an impulse to kind of throttle him on that environment stuff… cuz yeah, exactly, without us it’s been fine, but with us is a different story. Anyway.

By: ejulp

ejulp — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:34:19 +0000

“I’d rather read a good Green Lantern story by someone who cares than work my way through a ‘creator-owned’ project that’s been created solely to appeal to lowest-common-denominator movie executives.”

Exactly correct…at least for fans of the medium.

I have a question for anyone that’s read this article, as much as I love Morrison styled interviews, he’s been kinda spoiling upcoming plot points for Final Crisis rather casually over the last few months, are there spots in this interview that get heavy in spoilers? I’m a big baby about liking to be surprised, lol…won’t cause to stop buying anything, but still.

By: Richard Pachter

Richard Pachter — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:09:11 +0000

Great interview. Read it this morning and linked to it from my own humble site. Dan did a very nice job.

Grant is always a hoot and eminently quotable. My favorite line: “Why not set time and space right?”

By: Ben Morse

Ben Morse — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:22:52 +0000

The quality of this interview was head and shoulders above ones I’ve seen conducted elsewhere, with Grant, Dan. Kudos to you.

By: Dan Phillips

Dan Phillips — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:55:05 +0000

I’m glad you guys enjoyed the interview. Morrison is always a treat to interview, and usually delivers a compelling answer almost regardless of whether your questions are any good. He’s obviously extremely intelligent, and has a lot to say about his work and the industry in general.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:41:19 +0000

Even though I can probably count the number of Morrison books I’ve enjoyed on one hand, I agree with everything he just said. Well spoken, sir.

By: Ryan Higgins

Ryan Higgins — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:51:17 +0000

Have I ever said I love Grant Morrison? I love Grant Morrison.

By: Simon DelMonte

Simon DelMonte — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:39:48 +0000

Morrison gives the best interviews. Every time I read about RIP and FC, I feel like the comics are going to be great, even though I am more likely than not to stop buying FC. And I like that he has a sense of perspective even when waxing poetic about his own work. That sense of perspective is while his take on the Kirkman Kontroversy is one that make so much sense to me.