Thursday, September 8, 2011
Grant Morrison: Of SuperGods and Supermen
Words: Christopher Irving
Pictures: Seth Kushner
“I think we were taking it seriously but, at the same time, we weren’t taking it seriously,” Grant Morrison says. The subject is the European comic book crowd of the 1980s. “We saw in superhero stories a vehicle for our ideas about politics, sex and religion but we brought a quite dark sense of humor too. It’s hard to say…
“Back then we brought influences from outside comics, from music and cinema, poetry and theater. American comics had become formulized, but we had grown up loving the stuff [from before] and we just wanted to get our hands on it to apply all the influences that we had—like the punk stuff. American comics were given a little bit of a jolt, because we loved this material and we were able to come up with a different angle on it. We revitalized the scene, for at least a few years. American creators learned from that, and their comics became just as good. Right now, I think comics across the board are better than they’ve ever been, and there are a lot more great writers coming in.”
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