(Grant Morrison (left) and Clive Barker (right) in conversation at Meltdown Comics. Image from the Meltdown site.)
A recent discussion between Clive Barker and Grant Morrison at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles July 1st 2009 has been posted with both video footage and a full transcript of the entire 3/4 hour event.
It goes through a lot of stuff; creativity, forthcoming work, Marvel vs DC, Final Crisis, films, the way he wants to write Wonder Woman and much more. Including the proposal he put into DC for an Authority hardcover:
“I TRIED TO DO AN AUTHORITY BOOK, THEY ASKED ME TO DO AN AUTHORITY HARDCOVER. THE THING ABOUT THE AUTHORITY IS THAT TWO MEMBERS OF THE TEAM ARE GAY. SO I DECIDED IT WAS SET IN THE FUTURE, THE AUTHORITY OF TOMORROW, IN WHICH EVERYONE IS GAY EXCEPT ONE GUY. [LAUGHTER] I JUST COULDN’T GET IT PAST THEM AT ALL. IT WAS REALLY NICE. IT OPENS WITH THIS GUY CALLED REESE-SOMETHING AND HE SAYS, “IF THE WORLD’S SO PERFECT, WHY AM I SO SAD?” HE BECOMES THE NEW DOCTOR. AND THE WAY HE APPROACHES IT IS TO BE A SPIN DOCTOR, A MAGICAL VERSION OF A SPIN DOCTOR. SO HE STARTS MAKING THINGS UP. AND THE END OF IT, THE GAY AUTHORITY GO OFF ON THIS MISSION AND THE CARRIER’S BABY UNIVERSE, Y’KNOW THE LITTLE UNIVERSE THAT POWERS THE CARRIER’S ENGINE HAS GROWN UP INTO A TEENAGER AND IT’S GOT HORNY. [LAUGHTER] SO THEY HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT BEYOND THE SHOALS OF THE INFINITE TO SET IT LOOSE AMONG ALL THE OTHER SPAWNING UNIVERSES.”
Well, I’d buy it.
And that’s just a tiny bit of the entire thing. Worth spending a little while, reading or watching.
Sat, Aug 22, 2009
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