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Let's make George Morrison even more famous than he already is.

Alex's Grandma

21:35 / 17.07.04

So, here's the plan.

That everyone writes to their local paper, or ideally a national, very angry about The Filth, because, for example, you've taken your Twelve year old into a comic shop to buy a Spiderman thing for the little guy's birthday, when you were confronted by this utterly disgusting material, etc.

If enough people ( really about twenty, ) wrote into the Daily Mail expressing their fury, ( Greg Morrissey Is A Sick Bag; I Didn't Fight In Two World Wars For This; All I See When I Close My Eyes Is Red, Mate, Red; Why Isn't My House Worth As Much As It Was, ) I suppose there'd be an article about it, possibly as early as page two. It would, let's face it, be pretty interesting to see if this do-able.

Grey Area

22:03 / 17.07.04

You know, last time I checked character assassination was still illegal in the United Kingdom.

Charlie's Horse

22:18 / 17.07.04

I know there lives a saying, 'no publicity is bad publicity,' but if we get Mr. Morrison lynched, stoned, or burnt at the stake for his work, then he won't be able to make the wunderful comics that enhance our lives.

And it'd probably piss his wife right off.

Besides, considering the [pornographic / ultraviolent / 'mature'] comic books in my local store, I don't think The Filth is especially, well, filthy.

So, basically, is this a call for getting GM's stuff shipped out prewrapped in a brown paper bag? I can see some appeal in that - 'Every month is Christmas now...'

Jack Denfeld

22:24 / 17.07.04

No, let's complain about his X-Men run. Normal people don't really understand how comics work, so they'll end up cancelling all the x-men titles regardless of the fact that Morrison only wrote one of them and no longer even writes that one.

Brigade du jour

22:53 / 17.07.04

Dave, the strong streak of perversity in me approves wholeheartedly of your plan!

Still though, I can't help agreeing that it would only backfire. While the Daily Mail itself doesn't have the power to control the flow of comics nationwide, The Sun would soon sniff the smoke of moral outrage and it certainly does have that power.

How's that for sitting on the fence? Trevor Brooking's got nothing on me! Except an FA Cup winner's medal of course.

w1rebaby

23:05 / 17.07.04

Normal people don't really understand how comics work

Well, how do comics work? I always thought they had mint batteries, but my mate tells me it's all osmosis, with eggs and that.

Jack Denfeld

23:18 / 17.07.04

Well, how do comics work?
If you're not familiar at all with comics then this is gonna be like explaining smoking cigars to a paperback copy of Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha". But I'll give it a shot. Please try to follow, it's not that complicated.

Insert ballpoint pen or similar pointed object, under the 7th page of a stack of 23 pages. Lift the 12th page to an upright position. Fill comic book slowly. Do not overfill. ALWAYS CLOSE 7TH PAGE AFTER USE. Wipe comic book and hands dry before igniting.

Hope that helped, and welcome to the club!

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02:06 / 18.07.04

Robot : one of these days i hope to be able to decipher that post, and Dave : That could cause him problems and intefere with his writing!

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02:09 / 18.07.04

What you should be doing is thinking of something more realistic, like getting him to officially change his first name to George.....or something.

the cat's iao

06:46 / 18.07.04

I think that your plan requires the word "infamous"--rather than "famous"--in the title...

Seth

07:55 / 18.07.04

But surely George Morrison is already the most famousest man in the counter culture ever he is mentioned in Parliament and his Technoccult has wide influence I think he is fab I wish he'd return my emails

Alex's Grandma

22:05 / 18.07.04

That could cause him problems and interfere with his writing

Well this is the thing, I don't think it would. This is the same person who wrote The New Adventures Of Hitler, causing a mass walk-out from Cut magazine, who's had questions asked about his work in the House Of Commons on two seperate occasions, and who I think we can safely assume pretty much thrives on tabloid witch hunts, if they're available. And so he should do. Really, and aside from the fact that he's a personal friend of mine ( And NOT of some of the other people on this board who've frankly just lately struck me as being a bit creepy - For the record, I have the largest collection in the world of the stuff that used to be in George's bin, and anyone who thinks otherwise can meet me outside his flat, IF THEY KNOW WHERE IT IS, ) I think he'd probably love it if The Mail was out for his blood.

Oh, and Rob, I don't know if I'm too late, but I think you should be called Neil.

ONLY NICE THINGS

08:39 / 19.07.04

who's had questions asked about his work in the House Of Commons on two seperate occasions

Yeah, but A-Ha had a question asked about them in the House of Commons (Teddy Taylor, Con). Therefore, George Morrison is only twice as countercultural as Morten Harket and an absolute fuckload less countercultural than Saddam Hussein.

Sax

08:56 / 19.07.04

And A-ha made comics come to life in their wonderful "Take on Me" video, gazumping all George Morrison's "breaking the fourth wall" business in Animal Man et al by a decade.

sleazenation

09:32 / 19.07.04

Yeah, but A-Ha had a question asked about them in the House of Commons (Teddy Taylor, Con). Therefore, George Morrison is only twice as countercultural as Morten Harket and an absolute fuckload less countercultural than Saddam Hussein.

On that basis Raymond 'Fungus the Bogeyman' Briggs is the god of counterculture cos he's actually had a motion tabled in the house of commons praising his work... Ok it was praising the utterly devestating anti-nuclear parable 'When the Wind Blows', but I can pretend it was for 'Fungus the Bogeyman'...

11:20 / 19.07.04

And then one of us can don a dodgy false moustache/qualifications and write a sewquel to Seduction of the Innocent, and soon Brit comics will quail before a rigorous code of conduct.

Go on, I love rigorous codes:

A4) If crime is depicted it shall be as a sordid and unpleasant activity.

B1) No comic magazine shall use the word "horror" or "terror" in its title.

C5) Scenes dealing with, or instruments associated with walking dead, torture, vampires and vampirism, ghouls, cannibalism, and werewolfism are prohibited.

4) Females shall be drawn realistically without exaggeration of any physical qualities.

...werewolfism! And the instruments thereof!

sleazenation

11:58 / 19.07.04

For some reason 1) Divorce shall not be treated humorously nor shall be represented as desirable. always stuck as the most...

Regrettable Juvenilia

12:51 / 19.07.04

Hang on, I bought loads of X-Men comics in the 90s that said 'Approved by the Comics Code' and they certainly didn't have any females in who were drawn realistically... Except Moira MacTaggert, because lab coats hide one's figure.

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19:55 / 19.07.04

Sorry Dave, the Neil offer is too late, i'm now Bananaman.

As for the Filth idea, i think that even if we did the complete opposite and sent stuff out praising it, people would read it and then kick up a fuss anyway.

Then again, what the hell do i know, i haven't even read it yet, but hopefully i'll get it in the next month or so. Money situ stinks at the moment.

The Falcon

19:01 / 21.07.04

I think you are very much in need of it.

Haus of Mystery

19:35 / 21.07.04

Sax - OMFG! You're so right! I always loved that band...

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

19:21 / 02.08.04

Let's tell everyone that George is an obsessive player of Manhunt...

...but he's really shit at it.

Yeah! That'll do!

Ria

23:52 / 02.08.04

the outraged parent scenario actually happened, for real, in my old hometown.