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jlroberson (jlroberson) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-19 17:05:00

Current location:	Seattle
Current mood:	evil
Current music:	Robert Wyatt, "'Round Midnight"
Entry tags:	creator: grant morrison, theme: blackmail, title: near myths

Time To Embarrass Grant Morrison

From NEAR MYTHS #2, a reason nobody should ever feel badly about their early work. Whenever I look at an early page and wince, I think: well, at least it wasn't as bad as GRANT MORRISON's early work. An excerpt from a 5-pager, though if I can I'll post the other two; I'm unsure so let me know. Ladies and gentlemen, from 1978, written AND drawn by Glaswegian comics megasexystar Grant Morrison, "Time is a Four-Letter Word."
Morrison, by the way, has claimed he wasn't yet on drugs at this time.

Note the date on the calendar.

I have more NEAR MYTHS(just his stuff) scans, by the way, unless the ransom of my weight in gold--which isn't that much; I mean really--is paid,* I may post bits of them too! This includes the first appearance of Gideon Stargrave, leading me to believe that, between Morrison and Talbot, NEAR MYTHS would not exist but for Jerry Cornelius books. Oh, to prove the graveness of my threats, here's the, er..."cover."(click image to embiggen)

*In English this is called a "joke."
All artwork and story(except cover) (c)1978 Grant Morrison.

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	kamino_neko 2009-07-20 12:57 am UTC (link)
	No comment on the Morrison story (although the fact that he included his middle initial amuses me for some odd reason), but that cover...I can't help but think someone traced a picture of Havok, then altered it slightly. The head...things wouldn't be so bad, if not for the circles on the chest.... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jlroberson 2009-07-20 01:14 am UTC (link)
	FEAR THE GREEN WRATH OF...KRAIMER! He'll come into your house without asking! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	volksjager 2009-07-20 01:04 am UTC (link)
	Wow, I never knew Morrison could draw. Well I suppose all boys have to have their messogenistic period before they get laid. I totally agree with you about Jerry Cornelius . GM makes tons of references to him and Moorcock in The Invisbles. Why do you think there hasn't been any interest in any of the Cornelius books being made into films or TV shows ? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aaron_bourque 2009-07-20 01:41 am UTC (link)
	Wow, I never knew Morrison could draw. Couple years ago, DC published a new version of his Arkham Asylum: A Serious House One Serious Earth, including annotations and thumbnails of the rough draft. Those thumbnails were by Morrison. They included a "deleted scene" of Robin at the police station. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jlroberson 2009-07-20 01:47 am UTC (link)
	He also often does the designs for his characters. SEVEN SOLDIERS has a section of those. Almost all the final versions deviate, but in a number of cases his were the better ones. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-07-20 02:08 am UTC (link)
	wow, I had no idea. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ex_stig213
2009-07-20 06:01 am UTC (link)

It's seen as a given among creators that Grant will give you a sketch of his ideas as well as a script. See also Final Crisis' Orrery of Worlds, NXM: Here Comes Tomorrow's storyboards, and the cover to Batman #666 as well as many others. Reportedly, Batman RIP started at a design level with a Morrison sketch of that cover with Batman's face being ripped in half by a sunshiney love scene, later reproduced by Alex Ross.

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	btravage.livejournal.com 2009-07-20 02:34 am UTC (link)
	misogynistic? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	darkknightjrk 2009-07-20 03:09 am UTC (link)
	...Needless to say, the drugs helped. (Reply to this)

	ashtoreth 2009-07-20 03:11 am UTC (link)
	The writing isn't quite as bad as his current work, but I do not hate the art! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jlroberson 2009-07-20 03:18 am UTC (link)
	Meow! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	icon_uk 2009-07-20 07:18 am UTC (link)
	I can't imagine Morrison being overly embarrassed by this. He is the guy I remember seeing coming into AKA Books and Comics in Glasgow all excited because he'd got a gig writing the Zoids comic for Marvel UK. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	greenmask 2009-07-20 10:43 am UTC (link)
	Grant Morrison wrote Zoids? omg need. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-07-20 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	As you wish, so mote it be! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	greenmask 2009-07-20 11:16 pm UTC (link)
	You are a hero. A HERO! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	halloweenjack 2009-07-20 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	Man, Grant sure liked him some Jim Starlin, didn't he? Also, "I am corn maiden and it is come to May Day." Heh. Also, as far as early work, I'm not sure than anyone could beat Dave Cooper, who worked for the infamous Barry Blair at Aircel, publisher of more shitty comics than you could have imagined existed. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	halloweenjack 2009-07-20 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	Eh, that should be embarrassing early work. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	psychop_rex 2009-07-21 03:11 am UTC (link)
	This isn't all that embarrassing - I've seen worse. At least there are interesting concepts involved 'chronal overflow' is not something I've heard of a lot. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jlroberson 2009-07-21 03:50 am UTC (link)
	You might if you had the mag and flipped just a few pages over to read Bryan Talbot's LUTHER ARKWRIGHT. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-07-21 07:36 am UTC (link)
	Oh. Well, I've read a bit of him, actually, but not those parts. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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