Supergods, by grant morrison, is an impressionistic overview of comic heroes and an attempt to rediscover the magical essence that inspired nearly 75 years worth of superhero storytelling. That line, from the first chapter of comicbook writer grant morrisons supergods. Grant morrisons supergods explains what masked vigilantes, miraculous mutants and a sun god from smallville can teach us about being. National bestseller what masked vigilantes, miraculous. Divided into four sections based on the ages of comics golden, silver, dark, and a final.
Grant morrison, mbe born 31 january 1960 is a scottish comic book writer and playwright. His long list of credits as a comicbook writer include jla, new xmen, seven soldiers, animal. What masked vigilantes, miraculous mutants, and a sun god from smallville can teach us about being human reprint by morrison, grant isbn. Supergods by grant morrison penguin books australia. Troy, from deconstructing comics july 16, 2012 ad, provided some interesting insights into grant morrisons book supergods what masked vigilantes, miraculous mutants, and a sun god from. Otherwise, my book agent is keen for me to write some fiction so ill probably try that as soon as ive wrapped up the monthly comic book work early next year. Grant morrison as comic book writer and 70 years of the superhero genre. Popular culture is so far beyond that moment when comic. The main message i took away from supergods is that grant morrison needed an editor on this book. Grant morrison is one of the most popular and acclaimed contemporary writers of any genre. Supergods, rather, is a sleekly designed tome delivered to us from the future.
Supergods, like its author, celebrated comic book writer grant morrison, is a complicated book. Supergods, his new prose book on the subject of superheroes, isnt the. A morrison artistic memoir would be a fine thing, as would grant morrisons. Supergods by grant morrison, 9780099546672, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. This is no primitively rendered golden age superman.
Comic books secret identity revealed in supergods bounding tall buildings but grounded in the times, superheroes provide a snapshot of human anxiety and aspiration. Its a very short book, only 48 pages long, but one of the best superhero comics ever, and one of the first examples of. He is also an awardwinning playwright and screenwriter. 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, allstar superman, green lantern, the flash, vertigo s the. San francisco chronicle a personal and erudite history of the medium by one of its most intelligent and articulate practitioners. Nor is it some druginduced phantasmagoria from the 60s. In this exhilarating book, morrison draws on history, art, mythology, and his own astonishing journey to provide the first true chronicle of the superhero. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Praise for supergods grant morrison is the antimatter to the often mundane world of comics supergods is the finely tuned deathray. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Morrison saw american comics and their heroes as a means of escapse and as a means of stimulating the imagination. His long list of credits as a comicbook writer include jla, new xmen, seven.
From what seem to be almost arbitrary and even laughable. But when he was born in 1960, morrison writes, he joined the continuity, and supergods turns in its second half from fictional superheroes to the reallife superhero grant morrison. Morrison has been one of the most successful and innovative comic book writers of the last 2 decades, but what makes this book so much fun is that morrison is also so much morea jet. Our world in the age of the superhero by grant morrison. His long list of credits as a comicbook writer include jla, new xmen, seven soldiers, animal man, doom patrol.
Morrison writes with such flair, humor and insight that supergods may be the seasons most winning exploration of pop culture and the creative process. In the title of supergods, grant morrison seems to be promising an exploration of what masked. In supergods, grant morrison probes superhero myths wired. His long list of credits as a comic book writer include jla, new xmen, seven soldiers, animal man, doom patrol, the invisibles, we3, the filth, and batman. Grant morrison is one of the best comic book writers to have ever held a pen, so naturally i was curious to read his history of the american comics industry. Its an autobiography told through comic books and a history of. Theres nothing cool anymore about acknowledging the coolness of comic books. Our world in the age of the superhero by morrison, grant isbn.
What masked vigilantes, miraculous mutants, and a sun god from smallville can teach us about being human, grant morrison sets about unpacking what comicbook heroes mean to our. Grant morrison at the edinburgh book festival full and uncut. Grant morrison explores supergods the acclaimed writer takes his love for and history with superheroes and turns them into a prose book thats part history, part critique and part personal. Grant morrison from one of the most acclaimed writers in the world of comics comes a thrilling and provocative exploration of humankinds great modern myth. What masked vigilantes, miraculous mutants, and a sun god from smallville can teach us about being human by grant. For grant morrison, one of the most acclaimed writers in the world of comics. Supergods by grant morrison, 97808129884, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
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Ive just begun reading grant morrisons supergods and wanted to share the introduction with any nonreaders or nonbelievers. It functions both as morrisons revealing personal memoir, as well as a. The current vogue in the world of what used to be known as fourcolour funny. Grant morrison is a very smart comics writer who writes very smart. Superman was conceived as a symbol of strength and. According to supergods, superman comics say less about superman than they do about clark kent. Click download or read online button to get supergods book now.
Thats the thrusting thesis of celebrated comics writer grant morrisons debut book, supergods, out tuesday stateside. Beginning with schuster and seigels adolescent creation of superman in 1938, grant morrison charts the history of the superheroes to their modern, multiplex incarnations. What masked vigilantes, miraculous mutants, and a sun god. In 2011, his experience and insight into the myths and traditions of comics resulted in the release of the new york times bestseller book, supergods, a groundbreaking psychohistoric mapping of the. Grant morrison loves, knows, and understands superheroes. Grant morrisons supergods is ostensibly an autobiography of a comic book writer with rockstar status.
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