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There is Another World: Postmodernism and Identity in Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol

Roque Briones — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 23:00:00 +0000

Grant Morrison’s run on Doom Patrol is certainly not an easy book to recommend. On the surface, it’s a very dense work with dozens of different literary references hiding in every corner, and it can… [more]

Smorgasbord #51: Goodbye, Northampton’s Rose

Tom Shapira — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 11:00:49 +0000

Shawn and Tom consider the legacy of Alan Moore as he prepares to leave comics forever(?); Shawn sings the praises of Outhouser Jude Terror for speaking truth to power; nobody puts Valiant in the corner… [more]

Tim Callahan on Grant Morrison: The Early Years

Mike Phillips — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 11:00:45 +0000

Grant Morrison: The Early Years" title="Tim Callahan on Grant Morrison: The Early Years" style="float:left;" />As part of its ongoing Patreon campaign, Sequart runs a Book / Movie of the Month Club. Patrons get a digital copy of a Sequart book or movie at the beginning of each month, and… [more]

Tarot, Trans-Gender Robots, and Friendly Bandage-People: The Doom Patrol Interview with Rachel Pollack

Jacurutu Ninety-Nine — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 12:00:47 +0000

Doom Patrol Interview with Rachel Pollack" title="Tarot, Trans-Gender Robots, and Friendly Bandage-People: The Doom Patrol Interview with Rachel Pollack" style="float:left;" />Jacurutu Ninety-Nine: The beginning of your run on Doom Patrol coincided with the beginning of the Vertigo line at DC. Grant Morrison left his run with a spectacular ending, but the series was very popular… [more]

Jorge Borges in Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol #22, A Companion Reader

Desmond White — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 12:00:59 +0000

Doom Patrol #22, A Companion Reader" title="Jorge Borges in Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol #22, A Companion Reader" style="float:left;" />One final look at the intertextual themes in the first four issues of Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol (#19 to #22). [more]

Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol #21, A Companion Reader

Desmond White — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 11:00:21 +0000

Doom Patrol #21, A Companion Reader" title="Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol #21, A Companion Reader" style="float:left;" />This article series is an informal annotated bibliography for Grant Morrison’s first four issues of Doom Patrol. Have I ever seen an annotated bibliography before? Apparently not. [more]

Grant Morrison: The Zoids Years

Robert McLaughlin — Wed, 07 May 2014 11:00:53 +0000

Zoids Years" title="Grant Morrison: The Zoids Years" style="float:left;" />Grant Morrison is well known for looking at the banality of life and giving things a unique cosmic twist. To live in his world of a magic-fuelled, comic rock-star means working in a world of… [more]

Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol #20, A Companion Reader

Desmond White — Fri, 02 May 2014 17:00:15 +0000

Doom Patrol #20, A Companion Reader" title="Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol #20, A Companion Reader" style="float:left;" />This essay series will devote time and attention to intertextual themes in the first four issues of Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol (#19 to #22). [more]

Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol #19, Addendum

Desmond White — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 11:00:14 +0000

Doom Patrol #19, Addendum" title="Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol #19, Addendum" style="float:left;" />This essay series will devote time and attention to intertextual themes in the first four issues of Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol (#19 to #22). [more]

Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol #19, A Companion Reader

Desmond White — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:00:26 +0000

Doom Patrol #19, A Companion Reader" title="Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol #19, A Companion Reader" style="float:left;" />The first four issues of Grant Morrison’s run of Doom Patrol are rife with allusions to popular culture and the fine arts bound by a love of opposites. [more]

Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol, A Companion Reader

Desmond White — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:00:58 +0000

Doom Patrol, A Companion Reader" title="Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol, A Companion Reader" style="float:left;" />This essay series will examine intertexual themes in Grant Morrison’s first four issues of Doom Patrol (#19 to #22). [more]

On Canons, Critics, Consensus, and Comics, Part 2

Greg Carpenter — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:00:35 +0000

As I explained in last week’s column, I recently asked my fellow Sequart contributors to answer the following question: “What are the 10 greatest works in the history of the comics medium, and who are the… [more]

Grant Morrison’s Day-Glo Years: Flex Mentallo, Part 1

Patrick Meaney — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:30:58 +0000

Flex Mentallo, Part 1" title="Grant Morrison’s Day-Glo Years: Flex Mentallo, Part 1" style="float:left;" />The Invisibles is Grant Morrison’s definitive work about our world, the nexus of his philosophical worldview, simultaneously the source and culmination of his ideas about our universe. But there is another world, the super-hero world,… [more]

Grant Morrison on Experimental Writing in Doom Patrol

Patrick Meaney — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 11:00:12 +0000

Doom Patrol" title="Grant Morrison on Experimental Writing in Doom Patrol" style="float:left;" />Grant Morrison used a variety of experimental techniques during his surrealist run on Doom Patrol. He discusses them here in a clip from the special edition of Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods, now available for… [more]

Chief Concerns

Gene Phillips — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:00:34 +0000

Back in October 2010, Scipio of the Absorbascon wrote an impassioned salute to the character Niles Caulder (a.k.a. “The Chief”) of the 1960s comic Doom Patrol by Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani. As a longtime… [more]