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MAD MENTAL CRAZY! The True Life of the Fabulous Zenith, Part 2

06/30/2013 12:00 pm by Laura Sneddon

MAD MENTAL CRAZY! The True Life of the Fabulous Zenith, Part 2

Last week I began my in-depth look at the history of Zenith and its attached legal dispute. As before I shall add my disclaimer: that this in no way speculates on who is right and who is wrong, and that it seeks only to bring you the facts, histories and quotes at my disposal – […]

Filed Under: 2000AD, Comics, Grant Morrison, News, Top News Tagged With: 2000AD, creator rights, Grant Morrison, Mad Mental Crazy!, steve yeowell, zenith

MAD MENTAL CRAZY! The True Life of the Fabulous Zenith

06/23/2013 12:00 pm by Laura Sneddon

MAD MENTAL CRAZY! The True Life of the Fabulous Zenith

  Once upon a time there was a comic strip named Zenith. The creators created, the publishers published, but not a contract was there to be found. 21 years later, Rebellion are going to the printers – but who owns what? Laura Sneddonhttp://www.comicbookgrrrl.com

Filed Under: 2000AD, Comics, Grant Morrison, News, Top News Tagged With: 2000AD, creator rights, Grant Morrison, Mad Mental Crazy!, steve yeowell, zenith

Zenith by Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell is Back!

05/29/2013 7:01 am by Pádraig Ó Méalóid

Zenith by Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell is Back!

Once more, I’ve dragged myself away from my usual obsessive witterings about Marvelman to write about another, different, long-lost British superhero. Right now, as you’re reading this, the Internet is about to explode/has already exploded with the news that Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell’s Zenith is finally being reprinted by British publishing company Rebellion. Zenith […]

Filed Under: Breaking News, Collectibles, Comics, Grant Morrison, News, Top Comics, Top News Tagged With: 2000AD, Comics, Grant Morrison, News, Top Comics, Top News

Is Grant Morrison’s Zenith going to return?

05/03/2013 12:15 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Is Grant Morrison’s Zenith going to return?

At last weekend’s C2E2 the Rebellion/2000 AD crowd was out and represented by marketing man about town Michael Molcher. Snapping a pic of him and his fellow boothworkers you could not help but notice that they were wearing T-shirs baring the logo of Zenith, which is, after Marvelman, perhaps the greatest “lost” superhero of UK comics. Created by Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell, with original character designs by Brendan McCarthy , it first appeared in in 2000 AD #535 in August 1987, and ran for four story arcs, or ‘phases,’ which finished up in 2000 AD #805 in October 1992. It ran in about 80 issues of the comic; the first three phases were collected in five volumes by Titan Books between 1988 and 1990. Phase Four has never been reprinted.

Filed Under: 90s Comics, Grant Morrison, Top News Tagged With: 2000 ad, Grant Morrison, rebellion, Top News, zenith

Review: Action Comics, the Grant Morrison Edition

03/26/2013 4:00 pm by Laura Sneddon

Review: Action Comics, the Grant Morrison Edition

Grant Morrison’s run on Action Comics has been met with both high praise and no small measure of bewilderment. But this is a legendary run – you just need to think five dimensionally. Laura Sneddonhttp://www.comicbookgrrrl.com

Filed Under: Comics, DC, Grant Morrison, Reviews, Top News Tagged With: Action Comics, andy kubert, Brad Walker, DC, Grant Morrison, Rags Morales, Reviews, Superman

The Legal View: Wertham was right

03/20/2013 4:54 pm by Jeff Trexler

The Legal View: Wertham was right

Tonight in SoHo, a panel of comics all-stars will discuss the Carol Tilley’s Seducing the Innocent, which purports to expose industry bete noire Fredric Wertham as a fraud. What’s more important for us today, however, is understanding why he was right. Jeff Trexler

Filed Under: Commentary, Culture, Grant Morrison, News, The Legal View, Top News

Review: Batman Incorporated #8 – The Boy Wonder Returns

02/27/2013 4:00 pm by Laura Sneddon

Review: Batman Incorporated #8 – The Boy Wonder Returns

(Spoilers!) Well, we can’t say that we didn’t know it was coming. From early on in the run, Grant Morrison has said in interviews and at convention appearances that his six year Batman run would end in heartbreak. Laura Sneddonhttp://www.comicbookgrrrl.com

Filed Under: Comics, DC, Grant Morrison, Reviews, Top News Tagged With: Batman, Chris Burnham, Comics, DC, Grant Morrison, Reviews

Review: Completely Happy!

02/25/2013 4:00 pm by Laura Sneddon

Review: Completely Happy!

The concluding issue of Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson’s Happy! has finally made its way to the shelves, and has seemingly divided critics right down the middle. It’s perhaps no surprise to anyone who has seen my Happy earrings that I loved it, but let’s have a proper look… Laura Sneddonhttp://www.comicbookgrrrl.com

Filed Under: Comics, Grant Morrison, Image, News, Reviews, Top News Tagged With: Comics, Darick Robertson, Grant Morrison, Happy!, Image, Reviews

Morrison v Moore — the Comics Version

11/26/2012 3:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Morrison v Moore — the Comics Version

Via Millarworld — in case you have been sleeping and missed Grant Morrison’s thoughts on Alan Moore. We don’t know the credits for this, but it’s pretty awesome.

Filed Under: Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, History, Top Comics Tagged With: Alan Moore, feuds, Ghost Bucket, Grant Morrison, History, Joe Hunter

The Strange Case of Grant Morrison and Alan Moore, As Told By Grant Morrison

11/24/2012 7:36 pm by Laura Sneddon

The Strange Case of Grant Morrison and Alan Moore, As Told By Grant Morrison

by Laura Sneddon–Over the last few weeks, my good friend Pádraig Ó Méalóid has been writing a series of articles about Alan Moore and Superfolks, which became an edgeways look at the long running friction between Moore and fellow writer, Grant Morrison. While Moore has previously spoken out about his thoughts on Morrison in various interviews, Morrison has generally kept quiet on the issue. There have been occasional barbs of course, and plenty of praise, but very little on the actual facts of the matter.

Filed Under: Comics, Grant Morrison, History, Interviews, Top News Tagged With: Alan Moore, Comics, Grant Morrison, History, Interviews

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