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Name some common themes in Morrison's work

 
 
Jack Denfeld
22:02 / 21.03.02
Common themes, and influences I guess.
 
 
kid coagulant
22:08 / 21.03.02
lovecraft...jung...pkd...
 
 
Jack Fear
22:56 / 21.03.02
Sacred architecture, in two varieties:

(1) A building or structure as a collector of, or trap for, spirits. See ARKHAM ASYLUM, the Sagrada Familia cathedral in DOOM PATROL, and his LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT story GOTHIC...

(2) Angles or geometry as a gateway to the spirit world, through which entities can pass in or out: the Omnihedron of worlds in ZENITH phase III, Flex Mentallo turning the Pentagon circular in DOOM PATROL, the chaospheres in KID ETERNITY...

Also Language makes the world: or t least the worldview. Freedom and intellect limited by limitations of language. DOOM PATROL's Pale Police (who speak only in anagrams) and Men From N.O.W.H.E.R.E., who can speak only in acronyms and fear and hate novelty: the 64-letter invisible alphabet of INVISIBLES v.3: the Cyphermen of v.1 who interpret the glossolalia of the Head of John the Baptist as commands and orders, because they are incapable of interpreting it any other way.
 
 
Mikaël
04:22 / 22.03.02
http://www.TheModernWord.com/borges/borges_infl_morrison.html
http://www.popimage.com/profile/morrison/012501morrison_guide.shtml
 
 
RadJose
06:36 / 22.03.02
when i read the invisibles i always see this
VOL 1 references Literature
VOL 2 references Movies
VOL 3 references Televison
and the whole series references band culture (see the cells as band... it makes sence)
 
 
The Natural Way
06:50 / 22.03.02
Transcendence...always w/ the transcendence...
 
 
yawn - thing's buddy
06:50 / 22.03.02
incest.
 
 
Sax
06:50 / 22.03.02
Plagiarism.
 
 
deja_vroom
06:50 / 22.03.02
goo.
 
 
I, Libertine
06:50 / 22.03.02
Surprised no one's mentioned plain old Conspiracy...

Literary Theory
Neurolinguistic Programming
Gnostic religion
 
 
The Planet of Sound
10:22 / 22.03.02
Cats. The nature of reality versus fiction. Surreality versus reality. The beautiful outsider versus the ugly insider. Control and freedom. Beauty and Ugliness. Transgression. Experience. Psychedelics. Pop culture. People with stars or moons for heads.
 
 
Big Talk
10:52 / 22.03.02
blank pages.
adolescence.
groffian birth images.
multiple personality disorder.
 
 
gozer the destructor
11:14 / 22.03.02
Robert Anton Wilson
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
11:46 / 22.03.02
Nanotechnology!

Paralyzed genius authority figures with a lot of secrets which turn up to cause trouble for their students.

[ 22-03-2002: Message edited by: Flux = Not Ready For This Jelly ]
 
 
grant
13:51 / 22.03.02
Secret teachers/teachers with secrets. (Mister Six, Prof X)

Geometrically progressing layers of complexity (Two-Face in Arkham Asylum, throwaway lines in Marvel Boy, NXM, the entire run of Invisibles)
 
 
Chuckling Duck
16:12 / 22.03.02
Powerful, pervasive, militant organizations that try to impose conformity on the world, but are themselves deviant or alien from the perspective of the average person. (Doom Patrol, Sebastian O, Invisibles, Marvel Boy, JLA, etc.)
 
 
Steve Block
18:14 / 22.03.02
Meta fiction and music. Each Zenith episode was named after a song in the first arc. And from Orquith and Animal Man to Sebastian O and Flex Mentallo, the meta fictional element is at the forefront. Rebellion is another common theme.
 
 
Nietzsch E. Coyote
06:57 / 23.03.02
Magick
 
 
Ganesh
08:56 / 23.03.02
quote:Originally posted by yawn:
incest.


Mmm, particularly brother-sister.

Faintly hypochondriacal use of illness/infection metaphors. Insects and hive-mind identities. Dimensions 5+.
 
 
rizla mission
11:51 / 23.03.02
off the top of me head;

General teenage rebellion, revolution, non-conformity etc.

Mad gnostic and Lovecraftian horror images as metaphors for psychological / societal things (or maybe that's just me).

'time is speeding up': representation of rapid technological/societal development through 'information overload' writing style (see Marvel Boy and We're All Policemen).

Narratives that are fast-paced and idea-heavy to such an extent that they're sometimes almost impossible to follow.

Constant pop culture referencing.
 
 
seamonkey
14:43 / 23.03.02
William S. Burroughs; memetics; occulture; game-like structure of reality; playing with the readers' expectations...
 
 
quinine92001
18:31 / 23.03.02
sonic disruption, bondage, cut ups, piercing fetish,Maya Deren, Alice in Wonderland, gloves, hand of glory, eyes
 
 
Big Talk
22:51 / 23.03.02
futurism.
hegelian? synthesis/non-duality.
developmentalism.
martial arts.
silver age comix.
'internal consistency', rather than 'continuity'.
nostalgia.
 
 
Nietzsch E. Coyote
23:23 / 23.03.02
Terrence McKenna.
Timewave Zero and DMT Tykes
 
 
Monkey Boy Z
04:50 / 24.03.02
Growing up.
Authority vs freedom.
Letting go.
That reichian-vomit-healing thing.
It's all a game!
Betrayal.
Skepticism.
Objectivity.
Accepting other points of view.
Sex.
Sex.
Sex.
We will not do as we are told!

mbz
 
 
Seth
10:48 / 24.03.02
Hairstyles. Lots of care and attention paid to minor and secondary characters. Deus ex machina narrative conceits (bless his little heart).
 
 
glassonion
12:05 / 24.03.02
men getting younger [house of heart's desire; zenith phase iv; marvel boy.]
 
 
rizla mission
12:41 / 24.03.02
druggy psychedelic nonsense (for better or worse).

Oh, and if we're also doing 'influences', Lyndsey Anderson's films "If.." and "O Lucky Man" have had a massive impact on GM's work I think - some scenes from Invisibles Vol.1 are taken from "O Lucky Man" practically word for word.

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yawn - thing's buddy
12:02 / 25.03.02
sub-alan moorisms (hogarden suggested this, so don't blame me)
 
 
Big Talk
23:06 / 25.03.02
suicidal ideation.
paracetamol.
sunspot madness.
next gen kids.
stochastic drift (i.e SI's derive, Burrough's cut-up, etc).
tarot.
trains.
gangsta rap.
corporate/mechanistic culture.
 
 
Robot Man Reformed
13:24 / 26.03.02
"Name some common themes in Morrison's work."

Conspiracies that he seems to write into our reality. Admittedly, this wasn't his original idea but I seem to recall that version 2 had this, which I'm bringing here in it's entirety as I did not feel good about starting yet another thread about it.

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Contacts: Dr. Boyd E. Graves 619-584-0542
Dr. Benjamin Sanders (954) 462-2289
US Senator Bill Nelson (202) 224-5274
US GAO / Larry Solomon (202) 512-3000
US Congressman James Traficant / Att: Anthony (330) 743-1914

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US SENATOR CONFIRMS LABORATORY BIRTH OF AIDS

(Florida) US Senator Bill Nelson confirmed the evidence of the laboratory birth of AIDS, according to a statement from leading HIV researcher Dr. Benjamin Sanders Friday.

“Senator Bill Nelson of Florida just called . . he confirmed everything you said,
or ever have said, is true,” according to a statement from Dr. Sanders to Dr. Boyd E. Graves. “He (Senator Nelson) encouraged me not to give up my research . . Here is a photo of my caller ID to show the time and date of the phone call.”

International human rights activist Boyd Graves has diligently petitioned the judiciary, the international medical community, and members of Congress for the immediate review of 15 years of ‘missing medical history’ called the U.S. Special Virus program (1962-1978) and its 30 year old HIV Research Flow Chart.

“The 1971 AIDS Flow Chart is irrefutable evidence of the United States' resolve to create a "special" virus
that depletes the immune system.” Says Dr. Graves.

Dr. Sander’s and Senator Nelson’s acknowledgment of the US Special Virus program represents a growing delegation of both politicians and medical professionals being re-educated to the true origins of AIDS. Dr. Graves’ grass roots campaign for the review of the mostly secret US AIDS program has resulted in a flurry of calls and letters to members of Congress and an ongoing investigation by the U.S. General Accounting Office.

The US Special Virus program spent $550 million dollars to develop and proliferate HIV/AIDS in conjunction with stealth population control laws signed by the Nixon administration, according to his landmark legal battle, Boyd E. Graves v. The President of the United States of America, U.S. Supreme Court Case No. OO-9587. The case demands, ‘review’, ‘de-activation,’ and a global US AIDS apology.

The missing $550 million tax payer dollars is the focus of the current US General Accounting Office investigation initiated by Ohio Congressman James A. Trafficant July 23, 2001. According to GAO Chief Quality Control Officer Michael Gryszkowiec, the GAO investigation into the US Special Virus program will conclude and report in late April 2002.

Although the U.S. Supreme Court denied the peoples’ petition without comment June 4, 2001; Dr. Graves announced plans to refile the complaint for U.S. global AIDS apology on behalf of every innocent US Special Virus victim and their families.

“We must let nature determine the finish line, not man,” says Dr. Graves. “We are greater than any federal virus program. We are the human race.”

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gozer the destructor
13:29 / 26.03.02
Language or words effecting reality and vice versa (was it burroughs who popularised this idea/started the virus?) and also

"Try to remember" "No one understands me"
 
 
Ganesh
14:03 / 26.03.02
'Foxy'.

Green and red lights.

Games and game-playing.
 
  
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