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Monday, April 04, 2005
Morrison thoughts
Part 1
Part 2
Just to follow up on those reports with my personal reactions to the matter, I must say it made me like a better reader of Grant Morrison's work and put in me a desire to read some of his works over again, certainly Seaguy and The Filth. His talk of 5th Dimensions and fiction suits may be off-putting to some, but it's easier to get into when you see that he's just simply exploring what life as a comic book creator is like with the teachings his uncle gave him.
Morrison maintained throughout that all this stuff he talks about comes down to the situations we all experience in life and emotions we have about those situations. When one person asked about an ancient race of humans to be found, Morrison went on to say that you can change the scenery behind you from the boring to the fantastic but the human drama will always be there.
That's why the Morrison books I love the best never lose sight of things like friendship (Seaguy and Chubby), trying to get comfortable in your own skin (a lot of Doom Patrol) and youthful rebellion (Invisibles and Marvel Boy) as well as other issues we all have to go through in life. Morrison just processes that stuff in his work with nutty concepts like Danny the Street and a nasty chimp assassin.
Grant Morrison is a lot like his work. Seemingly too weird and too odd at first, you soon find out that he and his characters are just trying to make their way in a world where people are always going to desire to communicate with each other and that communication takes on all kinds of different forms, some more pleasant than others. We all try to wrap our heads (bald or not) around this crazy thing called life.
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