Grant Morrison

Scottish comic book writer and playwright (born 1960)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1960
Works: 346

Top works

Soldado Universal
Doom Patrol
Batman by Grant Morrison Book Two
Batman
Phoenix

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Northern Ireland
Active from: 1945-08-31

blue-eyed soulchamber folkcontemporary folkfolkfolk popfolk rock

Discography

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 196
Total plays: 997

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,412x
Ferroptosis: An Iron-Dependent Form of Nonapoptotic Cell Death
· 2012 · cited 16,248x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,393x
Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,443x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,814x

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Quotes

“Let's face it; regular monthly superhero comic books have taken on the look and smell of old men's pants. It's hardly a surprise comics lost the teenage audience or that the adult audience is now bored and irritated by the endless recycling of images they've already seen and words they've already read. (2003)”
“Truthfully, the job security in this business is uncertain, the hours are long, long and lonely, the audience is increasingly small, fickle and dissatisfied, like 3 of the 7 Dwarves. Respect is nonexistent, success fleeting; you'd be better off in a boy band, where at least you'd get laid before they made you obsolete. (2004) Popimage interview”
“Most of the people who do this kind of work, do it out of love, like the love you'd show to an ailing friend. (2004) Popimage interview”
“As for all this talk I keep hearing about how 'ordinary people' can't handle the weird layouts in comics - well, time for another micro-rant, but that's like your granddad saying he can't handle all the scary, fast-moving information on Top of the Pops and there's really only one answer. Fuck off, granddad. If you're too stupid to read a comic page, you shouldn't be trying to read comic books and probably don't. (2004) Popimage interview”
“(On DC: One Million) I just read it again and liked it a lot. Comics were definitely happier, breezier and more confident in their own strengths before Hollywood and the Internet turned the business of writing superhero stories into the production of low budget storyboards or, worse, into conformist, fruitless attempts to impress or entertain a small group of people who appear to hate comics and their creators.”
“People say kids can't understand the difference between fact and fiction, but that's bullshit. Kids understand that real crabs don't sing like the ones in The Little Mermaid. But you give an adult fiction, and the adult starts asking really fucking dumb questions like 'How does Superman fly? How do those eyebeams work? Who pumps the Batmobile’s tires? It's a fucking made-up story, you idiot! Nobody pumps the tires! Grant Morrison: Psychedelic Superhero, 2011”