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The full interview is up on Newsarama, but here are a couple of my favorite quotes.
(on Frank Miller's upcoming book, Batman vs. Al Qaeda)
(on the internal monologue pioneered by Frank Miller)
The whole article is gold, though. Morrison proves again and again that he really deserves to be in the top-tier of comic book writers. He's one of the best comic writers out there these days, and easily one of the few with the best, most long-reaching vision. Plus, he doesn't fawn over everything Frank Miller puts out.
The guy's an ace.
(on Frank Miller's upcoming book, Batman vs. Al Qaeda)
Grant Morrison said:And while we're on that subject...Batman vs. Al Qaeda! It might as well be Bin Laden vs. King Kong! Or how about the sinister Al Qaeda mastermind up against a hungry Hannibal Lecter! For all the good it's likely to do. Cheering on a fictional character as he beats up fictionalized terrorists seems like a decadent indulgence when real terrorists are killing real people in the real world. I'd be so much more impressed if Frank Miller gave up all this graphic novel nonsense, joined the Army and, with a howl of undying hate, rushed headlong onto the front lines with the young soldiers who are actually risking life and limb 'vs' Al Qaeda.
(on the internal monologue pioneered by Frank Miller)
Grant Morrison said:Well, I still intend to do 'Miller'-style first person narrative captions which give some insight into Batman's thought processes but it seems more 'realistic' to imagine Batman as a hardcore fightin' man who wouldn't even notice his injuries until long after the fight was over, so no more of that 'MY BACK SPLINTERS INTO A THOUSAND SHARDS OF AGONIZED BONE. HE'S GOOD. HE'S YOUNG. HE'S TOUGHER AND YOUNGER THAN ME. AND TOUGHER. DID I MENTION TOUGHER ? MUSN'T BLACK OUT...' In Batman #657 we see some of the pulp noir narration and non sequitur imagery that goes through Batman's mind during a fight and keeps him from being distracted by his aches and pains.
The whole article is gold, though. Morrison proves again and again that he really deserves to be in the top-tier of comic book writers. He's one of the best comic writers out there these days, and easily one of the few with the best, most long-reaching vision. Plus, he doesn't fawn over everything Frank Miller puts out.
The guy's an ace.
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