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Grant Morrison: The Filth

  
  

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Haus about we all give each other a big lovely huggle?
15:13 / 17.01.02
quote:Originally posted by Flux = Civilized Satanist:
I've encountered Momus a few times (I've seen him at at least three openings

The two traditional ones and...your nose?
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
15:14 / 17.01.02
quote:Originally posted by The Haus of Rain:


The two traditional ones and...your nose?

No, my left ear.

Gallery openings, Haus.
 
 
Haus about we all give each other a big lovely huggle?
15:20 / 17.01.02
I guessed. I was intentionally misunderstanding for comic effect. For funnies. And later, post-funnies huggles.
 
 
Ethan Hawke
15:25 / 17.01.02
For some reason Haus (or rather, the Haus suit) has always reminded me of Momus...the classical allusions, polylinguism, the Bataille affectations, the ambisexuality, the witty put-downs....I'm not sure if that is a compliment or what....

Let us start a Momus thread somewhere else...
 
 
yawn - thing's buddy
06:59 / 18.01.02
momus is yet another glasgow (well paisley actually) boy from the same era as Grant Morrison, Bobbie Gillespie, Mary Chain Reid Brothers etc.

A bumper crop I think.
 
 
H3ct0r L1m4
15:13 / 18.01.02
Taking it back to THE FILTH, I remember Grant saying Weston was not attatched to it anymore sometime in his website. He did 2 or 3 issues and that was it.

There should have been more plot info and some image to go with that press release.
 
 
Abraxas
13:40 / 20.01.02
Some more details from the man hinself have been revealed at Newsarama:

quote:“Basically, we're not announcing any details about The Filth until issue one hits the stands,” responded Morrison. “As for what it's about - it's just me doing the kind of mad comics I like to read. It should speak for itself and I’d prefer it that way. All I can say is that it's taken two years of hard, dirty research but I’ve written 12 of the thirteen issues and I’m more excited about this than about anything else I’ve done for a long time. It's set here and now, in the present day but I don't think people will know quite what to expect from one issue to the next. Fans who've only ever seen Chris Weston draw biplanes and World War 2 tanks should prepare themselves for the kind of dark, kitchen sink surrealism he does better than anyone else. I like to think this will be Chris' breakthrough project and elevate him to the pantheon of top stylists where he belongs.

And the following also sounds quite promising:

quote: The writer also told us about a new web venture that launches this weekend that will serve as a preview site for his upcoming creator-owned work, and that teaser images from The Filth would likely premiere there soon.
 
 
H3ct0r L1m4
14:37 / 20.01.02
So, where the is thenew site's url? Didn't see it anywhere.
 
 
I, Libertine
16:36 / 22.01.02
[jest]Heh. Could this be it?[/jest]
 
 
H3ct0r L1m4
01:05 / 23.01.02
Oh, my...

well, much probably.
 
 
Axl Rose
05:35 / 23.01.02
quote:Originally posted by Rizla Year Zero:
What's with this 'Momus' character he's always going on about though? Had a look at his CDs in the shop and they all looked a bit wanky..
I've never heard Grant praise Momus, but that's terribly cool. Momus is wanky is all the good senses of the word. I quote, from the song "Coming in a Girl's Mouth":

"or, is there in this thrilling ritual something Messianic, some sort of baptism by sperm? Like my cock is John the Baptist saying 'one day someone greater than me shall cum,' or some Moses who leads an entire nation across her tongue..."

the fact that he writes these lyrics into mega-catchy alt-pop songs is unforgiveable and therefore irresistable.
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
19:02 / 23.01.02
Teaser images from The Filth:





I thought this was pretty good news too, in a not-beating-things-into-the-ground sorta way...

quote:“So...not much else to say about it at the moment, other than to point out that, in spite of what the Vertigo promo may say, The Filth is not 'psychedelic' in any way, it doesn't feature much in the way of espionage, and there are no extra dimensions, occultists or drug trips involved at any time throughout. The prosthetically-enhanced dolphins, however, are genuine.”

[ 23-01-2002: Message edited by: Flux = Hasu Kid ]
 
 
H3ct0r L1m4
01:16 / 24.01.02
I liked Grant revealling less about it and the Weston pics, although they looked a little bit rushed. Or maybe that's the book's looks.
 
 
The Natural Way
07:39 / 24.01.02
Actually, I think the art looks fucking great.
 
 
yawn - thing's buddy
08:17 / 24.01.02
me too.

I don't know if I've mentioned this before but Chris Weston is a much like a latter day botecelli.
 
 
yawn - thing's buddy
08:24 / 24.01.02
Has anyone noticed the similarities between Botecelli and Chris Weston?

Their art, I mean.

Don't know if I've mentioned it before.
 
 
Lennox The Grey Man
14:15 / 24.01.02
Way to go, Space Boy!

l e n n o x
 
 
Eloi Tsabaoth
18:45 / 24.01.02
It's got that Red Meat look to it. I'm interested to see if the whole book's going to be in that style, or if these are just promo designs...
 
 
Captain Zoom
19:23 / 24.01.02
Yay!

Zoom.
 
 
Our Lady of The Two Towers
08:30 / 26.01.02
quote:Originally posted by yawn:
I don't know if I've mentioned this before but Chris Weston is a much like a latter day botecelli.

What, you mean it takes 20 questions to work out what he's drawn?
 
 
uncle retrospective
19:30 / 30.01.02
More bits from the filth at:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=852
 
 
Captain Zoom
20:02 / 30.01.02
Y'know, if this is coming out in the spring, they're cutting it close. It's not in the new Previews, and that's stuff for April. Did I miss it somewhere, or has there been a definite release date for it?

Zoom.
 
 
The Natural Way
10:19 / 31.01.02
Right, on the basis of all this fun stuff, I can safely say I'm pooing myself w/ excitement over this book. And, dare I say it, I think I might be on the verge of becoming a Weston fan...

Still, he should stay away from fashion. He's not good w/ fashion.
 
 
yawn - thing's buddy
08:26 / 01.02.02
I love all this 'hand' shit.

check out todays metro (free newspaper) for photo of German satanist doing the same hand shit thing.
 
 
yawn - thing's buddy
12:39 / 01.02.02
runce: I reckon you may have to eat yor hat once Weaston unveils his hauty couture.

ps. that other pic with the garbage truck with teeth looks 'ace'. Also it looks very gibbons.
 
 
the knowledge +1
04:15 / 05.02.02
 
 
Captain Zoom
16:23 / 28.02.02
So the latest Previews lists all these new things coming out from Vertigo, and finally the Filth has been mentioned. No release date, but at least it's in print now. They claim no info will be released until #1 "hits the streets".

It's a'coming.

Zoom.
 
 
Sandfarmer
18:53 / 28.02.02
Is this going to be a color comic? The images so far look very good in black n white.

I can't wait.
 
 
Murray Hamhandler
00:39 / 01.03.02
Here's some more for you here!
Arthur Sudnam
 
 
matsya
03:47 / 01.03.02
gotta tell you, there's nobody whose art makes me retch more than chris weston. well, that's a lie. how about: chris weston makes me retch as much as any comic artist ever could.

that's better.

i was thinking of something along the lines of "i'd rather buy 32 individual pages smeared with dogshit than a comic drawn by chris weston", but that's going a bit far, isn't it?

still, he does draw very ugly things. very ugly static things. with hideous sneery faces.

m.
 
 
The Natural Way
06:27 / 01.03.02
You mean wobbly, sillyputty faces, surely?

I don't know, I'm not Weston's biggest fan either (fashion, etc.), but I kinda like what I've seen of his Filth stuff. I get the feeling his distorted naturalism-gone-wrong is totally in tune with what Grant's trying to do with the book.

[ 01-03-2002: Message edited by: You and Runce ]
 
 
matsya
06:33 / 01.03.02
yeah, well.

i'll believe it when i see it. I've looked at the promo images and it don't do much for me. nor does the precis, for that matter.

chris weston. *shudder*

m.
 
 
yawn - thing's buddy
06:58 / 01.03.02
you wrong
 
 
Elijah, Freelance Rabbi
14:15 / 02.03.02
those last pics, were those folks being attacked by caligraphy pens?
 
 
Captain Zoom
14:37 / 02.03.02
Okay, I really gotta admit to horrible fanboy glee at those preview images on Comicon. It's going to be so good.

Zoom.
 
  

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