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New Morrison Non-interview on Newsarama

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23:38 / 13.02.06

I wouldn't say I'm a sex god. Maybe a sexlord.

Anyway, I regret calling Grant a fucking asshole. That was precipitous. It's just... well, I had to take a hard look at myself and admit something kind of embarrassing, but I feel like Grant never talks to me any more. I feel spurned.

01:18 / 14.02.06

I was the gent in the 'I Heart Cock' shirt.

01:20 / 14.02.06

Qualyn, is it that Grant isn't talking to you anymore, or is it really that you're just not listening?

01:27 / 14.02.06

>> Hypothetical ATOM story. Alien Invasion in the carpet of the White House.

Love this idea. Would love to see it written and published - maybe some JLA Secret Files-type anthology book would be a good home for it? DC editors, are you listening??

Our Lady Has Left the Building

06:21 / 14.02.06

Whilst I loved Doom Patrol/Animal Man/Invisibles I would rather Grant did other new stuff rather than revisiting his old hits. Somewhere around now Mason Lang is recruiting Kay Challis for his Invisibles cell, King Mob is meditating on his Archon-destroying gun, Jack and Reynard are fucking shit up. What more could we possibly know?

Our Lady Has Left the Building

06:22 / 14.02.06

OTOH, trannie-Jimmy Olson?

15:54 / 14.02.06

I was the gent in the 'I Heart Cock' shirt.

haha... there you go L.Dones. We were just about standing next to each other. How very 7soldiers of us to have a "team up" and not even know it...

I wonder were Bulleteer was at that moment.

17:55 / 14.02.06

The Invisibles definitely should continue in some form... but only after 2012. That being said, if anything does come out before then, I would love to see:

- the further adventures of Division X!
- what happens to Olga Tannen...
- Boy living a normal life, knowing the things she does.
- Fanny starting to put on some weight...
- Reynard's initiation.

And isn't Robbie Williams interested in producing an Invisibles feature film? Any mention of that at the WonderCon?

18:08 / 14.02.06

no after2012. That would really kill the work (unless GM has the coolest brain in the world).

I'd prefer to see the rest of Edith's diary.

18:10 / 14.02.06

The Invisibles definitely should continue in some form...

Why? Do you think that it was incomplete in some way?

19:39 / 14.02.06

Yes - the art. Wasn't always top notch, particularly the jam in vol. 3. It often got in the way of understanding the story, so I do find it somewhat incomplete in that sense. But that's forgivable, and not the reason why I want more.

GM certainly possesses a cool enough brain to explore the post 2012 world, and I for one think that would be extremely interesting & a whole lotta fun. It's not so much about revisiting, retreading, or repeating. It's about what comes next. Not to ruin the integrity of the 7 original volumes, they'll always be there and you don't have to get whatever else may come. For those of us who'd enjoy more though, I say bring it. Sandman: Endless Nights was great and took nothing away from the original series. Why would this project be different? Have faith in the Moz.

Also, visiting some of the secondary characters (like Olga and Division X) would just be cool.

And If JHW 3 is on board? Either alone or with some other top artists like FQ, man, WHY NOT have more?

20:46 / 14.02.06

Why? Do you think that it was incomplete in some way?

I think many of Grant's fans read his stuff, not so much because it's really really good, though most of it is, but to communicate with him because he's an interesting man and makes them feel special.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

20:51 / 14.02.06

See, I'm with Jack on this one. Once upon a time, I thought it would be really great if there were more Star Wars films.

(Yes, I know, Doctor Who is an example of it working... but a rare one, I'd say).

Imaginary Mongoose Solutions

21:25 / 14.02.06

While I'd hate to see a "continuation" of the Invisibles, as such... the format he mentioned (comparing it to Endless Nights) would probably be interesting. Little vinettes from various points in Invisibles history that has little or no bearing on the core story (much like Endless Nights' existence has no effect on Gaiman's Sandman run) would be interesting, I think. So long as he stays away from exploring "key points in history" or some shite.

On the other hand, maybe the best idea would be a glorious 40 dollar hardcover edition of "The Further Adventures of the Invisibles" which when opened would reveal nothing but a shiny mirror.

21:44 / 14.02.06

which when opened would reveal nothing but a shiny mirror.

YES

22:59 / 14.02.06

The Invisibles is a great philosophical/sci-fi/action comic when read, but to the man who's writing it it's a powerful, transformative diary that has a profound effect on his life.

If Grant's thinking of revisiting The Invisibles then you can bet it's for more of a reason than just being a cool idea.

Regrettable Juvenilia

09:31 / 15.02.06

I'd like to see The Invisibles continue much in the same way Sandman has: as a series of increasingly tenuous and poor spin-offs written by hackish fans of the original work. Because, you know, I like money!

09:43 / 15.02.06

DING DING DING

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

09:59 / 15.02.06

he's an interesting man and makes them feel special.

To be fair, some of them are special.

10:11 / 15.02.06

Fly, you're being uncharitably reductive.

10:28 / 15.02.06

I do wanna see more invisibles stuff.
But it wasn't exactly a linear narrative the first time around, so we really don't need to see what happens afterwards.

Personally I would love to see other soldiers in the invisible army, working throughout time towards the conclusion we have all read. Stories throughout history, period pieces. GM once said that the Invisibles was gonna give him to chance to write about everything.

I was thinking of a 50's era, US-based arc looking at the straight-up citizens (including ladies in flower print dresses and ugly glasses - straight out of a Larson's Far Side cartoon)experiencing the UFO mania of the time (for the first time); fighting against McCarthy-era paranoia, clandestine Feebs in long dark coats and stetsons, etc; expanding their minds and experiencing the feeling that they were changing the world forever, moving towards unimaginable liberty, and transcendent society.
(The fact that I am a cynic at heart, and the character I most identified with was Sir Miles doesn't mean I won't enjoy them trying (and failing, hahaha))

I mean the x-files, and parts of Invisibles drew themselves straight from those fears (now cultural icons).

Or is that an argument against focusing on that period?

10:33 / 15.02.06

I want to see who'd win in a fight out of King Mob and Batman. In a prestige format with silver foil on the cover. Or maybe gold.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

10:38 / 15.02.06

Invisible Crisis?

10:44 / 15.02.06

Why worry about this possible (he only said he had some ideas) new Invisibles stuff? I don't think GM would be capable of producing a bad Invisibles story, let alone publishing one.

And as for speculation, think about the artists he might bring in: Quitely, Yoewell, Bond, Weston, Jiminez, Stewart etc.

...and dare I even dream about it: Brendan McCarthy!

If this actually becomes a reality, in whatever form, it could turn out to be the most consistent Invisibles volume.

10:48 / 15.02.06

Because consistency is what art is all about! Especially comics! Every month, on time, month in, month out: that's the lofty goal to which comics can aspire.

10:49 / 15.02.06

Yes, surely it's impossible to overmine a seam of pure shiningest gold?

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

10:54 / 15.02.06

it could turn out to be the most consistent Invisibles volume

Or, y'know, it "could be" pants. Or even wildly inconsistent. Maybe one panel could be drawn by Quitely, the next by some bees.

I know we're all just speculating here, but "being the most consistent" is a really narrow speculative branch to crawl out on when we don't even know if the thing will ever exist.

The Natural Way

11:34 / 15.02.06

Still, I'm not going to be overly cynical about it. Could well be good, if it happens.

Another thing: I fucking DIG floral dresses+Greg Larson glasses. Very, very cool.

12:49 / 15.02.06

Jack, is that your bullshit detector or "correct answer" sound?

I imagine JHW3 may be up for one of the "near" future creator-owned GM stuff, like INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN or SUPERTRENDY YOUNG DOCTOR [that may carry things on thematically, like THE FILTH did], rather than an actual INVISIBLES spinoff.

14:43 / 15.02.06

I for one could like the new Inv stuff if it was in that vein with KM's-end-of-the-world sort of writing and on that Sandman hardcover manner. And all art by FQ. Not exclusively about everybody's end of world (cause that's a cool imaginative effort the reader has to do it alone as he understand the work and the characters, I always thought)

Or I could just go with the entire vol3 redrawn by Quitely, or just some "Edith's Diaries".

But nothing that would redefine the story or important things about it. Or about post2012 (that would REALLY kill the work for me). But who knows if GM could redefine a whole bunch of stuff that we loved and make them better... I mean, it could be Invisibles without the SM, the 90's rave vibe, or the brit feel, Kali's punk, drugs or whatever. It could be on the glam noir psychedelia fetish or whatever GM thinks it's('ll) be trendy and appropiate. It could be Invisibles completely unrecognizable and tottaly not-invisibles but it could be the perfect Invisibles for 2008.

Who knows?

15:04 / 15.02.06

Jack, is that your bullshit detector or "correct answer" sound?

If you don't knoow me by no-o-owwww...

Haus of Mystery

16:27 / 15.02.06

I don't really see the problem with new Invisible stuff. It was always a very malleable text, and once we all realised that 5-D squidom wasn't awaiting us at the end it becomes just another 'continuity' to play in. It needn't be a money thing, or a running out of ideas thing.
zzzenith.com was far from that, and many people balked at the idea of that.

16:28 / 15.02.06

It's Jack Fear. It's what he does. He's the best at it.

16:53 / 15.02.06

INVISIBLES 2012: ATTACK OF THE 5-D SQUID

Professor Silly

21:05 / 17.02.06

...besides, the Invisibles trades include one-shots published outside the series--and they are inserted here-and-there...not at the end.

So if new Invisibles material comes out, it will probably do the same: fill in a few blanks, enrich the story, and be in the long run entirely unnecesary while enjoyable.

Personally, I don't care which characters he writes, so long as he keeps up his quality.

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