MORRISON & QUITELY ON SUPERMAN IN 2005?

[MattBrady]

A persistent rumor apparently grew legs and a cape yesterday evening, as a leaked solicitation for March’s issue of Wizard strongly suggested that Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely will team to tackle Superman sometime in 2005.

The solicitation for the issue reads:

WIZARD: THE COMICS MAGAZINE #162

WIZARD #162 IS OUR SUPER MEGA-COMICS SPECTACULAR! BETTER THAN ULTIMATE SUPERMAN FROM DC!

Artist Frank Quitely (New X-Men) and writer Grant Morrison (JLA) join forces for their highest profile project to date. Hear from the new creative team that will take Superman to new heights in an exclusive Wizard Q&A interview.

In an attempt to add some official note to the apparent confirmation of the rumor (as Wizard has advertised that “intentional disinformation” would be spread via the internet in regards to big DC announcements for 2005), Newsarama contacted DC Comics for comment, but a spokesperson for the publisher said they could not confirm that such a project is in the works.

Previously, in an August interview with Newsarama, Morrison had said "I'm also working on a 12-part series featuring one of DC's main characters. You'll hear more about that shortly, I imagine."

[divebomb]

Cant wait

[UX-Gal]

Why is everyone giving iconic characters to Morrison so he can destroy them?

---UX
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/they_are_the_incredibles

[TcPark]

Does this mean Supes gets biker gear! Just Kidding...I'd deffinately pick this up, Morrision would be great to play with the little looked at Sci-Fi aspect of Big Blue (he is an alien, love to see Grant explore his alien background/culture). If it's anything as honest and touching as his We3 mini (read this if your not) it is sure to be a classic, if it's not all just a hoax that is.

[Nabeshin]

Originally posted by UX-Gal
Why is everyone giving iconic characters to Morrison so he can destroy them?

---UX
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/they_are_the_incredibles

I agree with that. His strength is his...uniqueness. It does not fit on mainstream superhero books, in my opinion. At leaast what I have read of his didn't.

[Lex]

Originally posted by UX-Gal
Why is everyone giving iconic characters to Morrison so he can destroy them?

Don't you mean "so he can make them awesome?"

Yeah, I think that's what you meant.

[aphterburn]

Originally posted by UX-Gal
Why is everyone giving iconic characters to Morrison so he can destroy them?

---UX

Yeah right. Morrison has two classic runs on "iconic" characters with X-Men and JLA both of which he took to their respective next levels. The majority of any complaints come from his run on NXM where he refused to make the readers comfortable and play stat quo, which caused endless bitching and moaning of which we still hear to this day.

[Brian Langlois]

Originally posted by UX-Gal
Why is everyone giving iconic characters to Morrison so he can destroy them?

---UX
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/they_are_the_incredibles

Yep, I agree with you 100%. If this is true I will drop my Superman books for a while until another writer comes in and cleans up whatever mess he makes. Seriously, I don't know who makes these decisions. I prey it is untrue.

[Brian Langlois]

Originally posted by aphterburn
Yeah right. Morrison has two classic runs on "iconic" characters with X-Men and JLA both of which he took to their respective next levels. The majority of any complaints come from his run on NXM where he refused to make the readers comfortable and play stat quo, which caused endless bitching and moaning of which we still hear to this day.

The reason for that is because he screwed up the X-Men so bad they are still picking up the peices. At least with JLA he wasn't allowed to change the characters too much because they all had their own books. His characterizations were still way off the mark though. I don't know where those guys he had claiming to be the X-Men came from but I'm glad Marvel woke up and is at least trying to undo the damage.

There is nothing "classic" about anything Morrison does.

[Darth Presley]

Originally posted by MattBrady
... Wizard has advertised that “intentional disinformation” would be spread via the internet in regards to big DC announcements for 2005..

I really don't think that entities that imagine themselves as news/journalism organs should be involved in spreading "intentional disinformation" - that's just childish and unprofessional. How can anything be taken seriously from these people?

By advertising they are willing to do this, they become little more than lapdancers for DC and show contempt for their readers and the internet.

Don't they have anything better to do? like reporting real news and stories instead of being snarky publicist shills?

[Ras Al Ghul]

I'm curious. Superman as a creative property has needed a shot in the arm for YEARS, with only little smidgen (smidgens!) of creativity here and there (Action #775, Emperor Joker, Superman: Secret Identity). Be this in continuity or an "ultimatization" or whatever, could someone please save this icon?

[COREMARK]

Personally I think Morrison is an awesome writer, New X-men was one of the best books of recent years. Of course there are laways the old school fanboys who never want any changes and love reading the same old rehashed crap month after month. These are the guys who still think Claremont and Byrne are great creators. Anyway I really hope this is one rumor that pans out as I would love to see the WE3 team take over Supes for awhile.

[robnor]

Originally posted by Brian Langlois
The reason for that is because he screwed up the X-Men so bad they are still picking up the peices. At least with JLA he wasn't allowed to change the characters too much because they all had their own books. His characterizations were still way off the mark though. I don't know where those guys he had claiming to be the X-Men came from but I'm glad Marvel woke up and is at least trying to undo the damage.

There is nothing "classic" about anything Morrison does.

oh come on...

thats a fair opinion..to be sure..and im not telling you your opinion is wrong, but can you at least acknowledge that he TRIED to do something different. something NEW. i hadnt read an issue of xmen in so long cause it was the same old boring crap. but whats boring crap to me is what some people (you i guess) love to read all the time.
but one thing to keep in mind...you say marvel "finally woke up and is at least trying to undo the damage". that implies that they fired him or removed him from the book. to my understanding, the man was done. he wrote what he wanted..said what he wanted... he left cause he wanted to. not cause they let him go. im sure marvel would still have him if he was interested in staying.

im really looking forward to this project.

rob

[J.C. Bakken]

Originally posted by UX-Gal
Why is everyone giving iconic characters to Morrison so he can destroy them?

---UX
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/they_are_the_incredibles

Before I read any further, I've yet to see you make a positive comment about anything. Does everything piss you off?

[C.Kent]

Originally posted by Brian Langlois
The reason for that is because he screwed up the X-Men so bad they are still picking up the peices. At least with JLA he wasn't allowed to change the characters too much because they all had their own books. His characterizations were still way off the mark though. I don't know where those guys he had claiming to be the X-Men came from but I'm glad Marvel woke up and is at least trying to undo the damage.

There is nothing "classic" about anything Morrison does.

I think we'll have to just agree to disagree. Morrison's X-men run was the greatest run of its history. try reading it again over the course of a week.

As for the JLA, let me remind you of something.
Prior to Morrison, the JLA consisted of Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Fire, Guy Gardner, Martian Manhunter and whoever else. Now I liked those stories just fine, but that was not the JLA. Morrison took what was iconic about those characters (even worked with a Blue Superman) and saved the francise. I can't wait to see him write some "normal" (i.e., non-Blue) Superman stories .

I would think that a member of HEAT would appriceate JLA's return to the big seven. What didn't you like?

[DocBrass]

I can see it now....
UBER MAN!

read the angst of the New Uber Man!
see him leap tall buildings! see him being chased by Luthor's Hell Hounds!
see his threesome with Lois and Wonder Woman!

[TheScantronman]

If Morrison can make an Electro-Superman seem iconic, then the man can go to town on the REAL Superman.


Morrison rocks.

[BlueThunderArmy]

Originally posted by robnor
im sure marvel would still have him if he was interested in staying.

This is 100% true. Have we forgotten already how upset Joey Q was when Morrison went exclusive with DC?

I'm excited for this project–I've slowly been dropping Superman titles from my list and this is certainly something to bring me back.

[Brian Langlois]

Originally posted by robnor
oh come on...

thats a fair opinion..to be sure..and im not telling you your opinion is wrong, but can you at least acknowledge that he TRIED to do something different. something NEW. i hadnt read an issue of xmen in so long cause it was the same old boring crap. but whats boring crap to me is what some people (you i guess) love to read all the time.
but one thing to keep in mind...you say marvel "finally woke up and is at least trying to undo the damage". that implies that they fired him or removed him from the book. to my understanding, the man was done. he wrote what he wanted..said what he wanted... he left cause he wanted to. not cause they let him go. im sure marvel would still have him if he was interested in staying.

im really looking forward to this project.

rob

Yes, Marvel did not fire Morrison, but what is the first thing they did after he left? They brought back the costumes, resurrected Magneto, lightened up the books, and started writing superhero action again. There was obviously a decision to distance themselves from Morrison's run. People obviously have divided opinions on this but a lot of folks don't care for Morrison's take on superheroes. He can stick to Vertigo and stuff like that. As far as doing something NEW, well that it certainly was. I'm not against trying new things, as long as those things make sense as a natural revolution of the franchise and are respectful of the stuff that came before it. Morrison's X-Men was neither.

[JONAS]

I loved Morrison's Doom Patrol and JLA. Flex Mentallo is in my opinion one of teh best comics to have been published in the US/UK. Awsome.
New X-Men was not my cup of tea....and those outfits?? Last time I checked Glasgow was quite a fashion place...but Morrisons Mutants ware prancing around in Michael Jackson out-fits (look at the Bad album cover or the Thriller video.....you know you have em' in that closet...)

Superman could be awsome, though!!! Bring it on.

[SpyGuy]

Before the nonsensical Morrison-bashers start counting horsemen of the Apocalypse, I'd like to offer up a couple of points...

First, I think a Morrison-Quitely run on SUPERMAN (presuming they take over on the title following Azzarello and Lee) could be spectacular if we see stories along the lines of Grant's run on JLA and art along the lines of Frank's run on THE AUTHORITY. Imaginative, huge-scale plots combined with equally imaginative, huge-scale art could potentially produce some of the best Superman stories in years.

Second, would a Morrison-Quitely SUPERMAN run be any worse than what we're getting now? In ACTION COMICS, Chuck Austen has Superman battling a Gog-aumented repo-man. Over in ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN, Greg Rucka seems far more interested in writing Mr. Mxyzptlk and the hormonically-imbalanced Lupe Leocadio than he is in writing Superman. And the actual SUPERMAN title? Well, Jim Lee's artwork is stunning as always, but has been rendered ultimately pointless by Brian Azzarello's bland, interminably-unending storyline.

So at this point, I think the positives far outweigh the negatives here. Time to sit back, get comfortable and enjoy the trip...

[Aaron]

Man that's one fugly Superman.

[Brian Langlois]

Originally posted by C.Kent
I think we'll have to just agree to disagree. Morrison's X-men run was the greatest run of its history. try reading it again over the course of a week.

As for the JLA, let me remind you of something.
Prior to Morrison, the JLA consisted of Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Fire, Guy Gardner, Martian Manhunter and whoever else. Now I liked those stories just fine, but that was not the JLA. Morrison took what was iconic about those characters (even worked with a Blue Superman) and saved the francise. I can't wait to see him write some "normal" (i.e., non-Blue) Superman stories .

I would think that a member of HEAT would appriceate JLA's return to the big seven. What didn't you like?

We certainly will have to agree to disagree as the greatest X-Men run ever is of course the Claremont-Byrne run of the early 80's.

As for the JLA, I don't really care who is a member. In my estimation Blue Beetle and Booster Gold etc. are great heroes who served the League well. Thie characters were handled properly and they made the League a fun read. Then here comes Morrison and the idea that the League has to be only the big names. Blue Beetle and Captain Atom get asked to leave the League so there would be room for Kyle Rayner? Look he may have had the name, but that doesn't make him JLA material, especially when those other guys were 10-year veterans. Then Morrison proceeds to write the characters the way he WANTS them to be, not the why they had been protrayed in their respective books and he really went nuts with the villains. The League isn't about the big names, it's about being real heroes, not sitting around on the moon like the Gods of Olympus waiting for someone to attack you. Morrison just doesn't have a good handle on superheroes and should stay away from the icons.

To add, my favorite League incarnation was the Sattellite era. You don't need big names to be big heroes.

[Rich Johnston]

Was this the first rumour inkling?

http://www.comicbookresources.com/co...g&article=1914

Shame Hyperclan never happened/was delayed for other projects...

And from Waiting For Tommy

http://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/tommy23.html

GRANT: SUPERMAN should be selling a million, yes. In fact, the comic should be selling lots more than a million - perhaps a million six hundred thousand two hundred and fifteen or thereabouts. The Superman symbol - like the Mickey Mouse head and the Coca Cola logo - is one of the single most familiar and instantly recognisable brand logos on the planet, but there does seem to be an inexplicable unwillingness to exploit the obvious potential. Comics have yet to find a zealot willing to market today's very different product to new demographic areas. I have to drop the blame squarely into the empty coffers of the promotional departments at the major companies. Unfortunately, I only have time to write the stories and have no real control over imaginative marketing and promotion. If I did, Superman WOULD sell millions.

RICHARD: Well then, is there any truth to the rumour that Superman is indeed where you're headed shortly? And is that only because DC refused to publish LeSexy?

GRANT: I just completed New X Men #152 so I'm not 'headed' anywhere at the moment. Your sources are shite, Johnston.

RICHARD: They usually are. Most people don't notice.

[fredeur]

But, it is an old rumor Morrison and Quitely on Supeman? No?