 | Grant Morrison's Supergods |
One of the most popular comic book writers of recent years, Grant Morrison has revitalized the X-Men, given a new spin of Batman and introduced the general public to magick in the Invisibles. From his early days as a cartoonist to his current cult-like status, Morrison has never let go of his vision of the comic book as a magical experience and the superheroes within as modern day deities. Taking a page from one his personal heroes Jack Kirby, Morrison's new book Supergods is getting plenty of press such as NPR.
In Supergods, Morrison writes that Batman was like the Rolling Stones to Superman's Beatles.
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"My parents were anti-nuclear activists, so the big fear in my house was The Bomb," Morrison says. "As a kid I was terrified of The Bomb. You know, it was just this thing that would kill us all." And then he discovered Superman.
"Superman could take the atom bomb in his face and shake it off and only get a tan," Morrison laughs. "I really attached myself to those guys because they helped me make a lot of sense out of that."
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"Batman was cool," Morrison says. "You know, Superman had a boss and worked in a job. And the girl across in the other side of the office didn't like him. Batman has a butler, he sleeps in all day, he's surrounded by all these girls in leather who're constantly chasing him and trying to get off with him and/or kill him."
Looking at modern society, Morrison says it makes sense that Batman has been more popular in recent decades. "In our culture, it's much more aspirational to be a billionaire success than it is to be a farmworker or a newspaper reporter," Morrison says. "We've become the sort of people who would rather have Batman or Iron Man."
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"Good comics are as good as your favorite movie, as good as your favorite record, as good as your favorite TV show and are well worth [entering] the pop culture diet of any smart adult who's living in the 21st century," he says.
Morrison argues that, unlike movies and TV shows with slow production schedules, comic books speak to the moment in a more immediate way. "A comic is on the streets within three months of it being created," Morrison says. "There's very little editorial influence, so you see an artist's work directly on the page."
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