![]() ![]() The next couple of years could change all that. The closest he’s come to recognition is when a few lines from his Superman run were mangled by Russell Crowe in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel. He also worked closely with Brian Taylor in adapting his “Happy!” miniseries into the SyFy show, and while that production has not run away with the ratings, it has gained a tenacious fanbase. Morrison is not a name that rings any bells with the mainstream audience. While technically checking all the boxes of superhero comics they tended to venture into odd mentalities with characters struggling inside a crumbling society. “Animal Man,” “Doom Patrol,” “ The Invisibles.” These three titles exploded onto the market when DC Comics was looking to reach a more adult market with their Vertigo subdivision. However, the obsessive/hipsterish Morrison acolytes (myself included) are always eager to point potential readers to his trippier and more obscure pieces of sequential entertainment. He’s recently launched into a reinterpretation of Hal Jordan in a new monthly series, “The Green Lantern.” If you have a character struggling to find sales, snatching Morrison onto your payroll is a decent way of resecuring relevance. The Scottish born creator is responsible for redefining the Man of Steel in “All-Star Superman,” as well as Batman and the Joker in “Arkham Asylum.” Actually, he also radically altered the X-Men shortly after Bryan Singer strapped them all in leather for his cinematic interpretation. When it comes to comic book creators, Grant Morrison is about as notorious and celebrated as they come. ![]()
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