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• JLA Deluxe Vol. 1

  Posted Thursday, January 22, 2009 1:22 AM by alandaviddoane | 0 Comments Tags: Grant Morrison, JLA, DC Comics The Justice League as a concept was worn out and creatively bankrupt at the time Grant Morrison and Howard Porter came along and reinvigorated the series, starting with a new #1 and the simple idea of bringing back the original seven team members, which Read More...

• Batman: The Black Glove

  Posted Thursday, January 08, 2009 2:00 AM by alandaviddoane | 0 Comments Tags: batman, Grant Morrison The three issues comprising "The Black Glove" storyline by Grant Morrison and JH Williams are three of the best issues of Batman since, at least, Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli cranked out Batman: Year One fifteen or twenty years ago. Over Read More...

• We3

  Posted Monday, October 27, 2008 5:22 AM by alandaviddoane | 1 Comments Tags: Grant Morrison, frank quitely, we3 I probably talk too much about the ability of the comics artform to touch on our humanity; yet, locked as we are inside our own heads for a century or so, each of us longs to reach out and touch the life of another. We long for companionship, interaction, Read More...

• The Wonders of Morrison and Moore

  Posted Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:41 AM by alandaviddoane | 0 Comments Tags: The Filth, Grant Morrison, jla: earth 2, alan moore, promethea I read a good deal of Grant Morrison's work before really becoming convinced of his more sublime gifts. I read his JLA pretty much from the beginning, but saw most of it as entertaining but impenetrable eye-candy; as is the case with Warren Ellis, Read More...

• Grant Morrison's "The Filth"

  Posted Monday, September 15, 2008 8:27 AM by alandaviddoane | 1 Comments Tags: graphic novel, The Filth, Grant Morrison The Filth at first seems like a narrative black hole, infinitely dense and powerful, but very hard to perceive by just looking at it straight on. There's a sense that there's a whole other graphic novel composed of scenes cut out of this one. Read More...