Showing posts with label Invisibles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Invisibles. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 01, 2023

Today in Comics History, February 1, 2010: Less Jerry, Moorcock


from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest #4 (Top Shelf/Knockabout, December 2018), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Kevin O'Neill, colors by Ben Dimagmaliw, letters by Todd Klein

Jerry Cornelius is the main character in a Michael Moorcock SF novel series:


Here's some pretty cool paperback covers from a recent reissue:


Putting in his two cents tuppence: Graham Morrison:


from The Invisibles (1997 series) #6 (DC/Vertigo, July 1997), script by Grant Morrison, pencils by Phil Jimenez, inks by Keith Aiken, colors by Rick Taylor, color spearations by Heroic Age, letters by Todd Klein

And, to bring it full circle, here's Alan Moore on Grant Morrison:
And, as far as I know, he's the only bone of contention between me and Michael Moorcock. Michael Moorcock is a sweet sweet man - I believe he has only ever written one letter of complain to a publisher over the appropriation of his work, that was to DC Comics over Grant Morrison, so the only bone of contention between me and Michael Moorcock is which of us Grant Morrison is ripping off the most. I say that it's Michael Moorcock, he says it's me. We've nearly come to blows over it, but I'm reluctant to let it go that far, because, I'm probably more nimble than Moorcock - I've got a few years on him, I'm probably faster, but Moorcock is huge, he's like a bear. He could just like take my arm off with one sweep of his paw, so we'll let that go undecided for the moment.

But, those are pretty much my thoughts on Grant Morrison, and hopefully now I've explained that I won't have to mention his name again.

Thursday, December 22, 2022

Today in Comics History, December 22, 2012: Grant Morrison gets a thesaurus for Christmas

This is a move of a post originally published December 22, 2012, to bring it into chronology with the rest of the posts about today in The Invisibles.


from The Invisibles (1999 series) #1 (DC/Vertigo, June 2000), script by Grant Morrison, pencils by Frank Quitely, inks by John Stokes, colors by Daniel Vozzo, letters by Todd Klein

Today in Comics History, December 22, 2012: It's business as usual in Grant Morrison's world

This is a move of a post originally published December 22, 2012, to bring it into chronology with the rest of the posts about today in The Invisibles.


from The Invisibles (1999 series) #4 (DC/Vertigo, March 2000); script by Grant Morrison; pencils and inks by one or more of all these guys, colors by Daniel Vozzo, letters by Todd Klein

Today in Comics History, December 22, 2012: Really? Because I was calling it Steve


from The Invisibles (1997 series) #12 (January 1998), script by Grant Morrison, layouts by Phil Jimenez, finishes by John Stokes, colors by Kevin Somers, letters by Todd Klein

Today in Comics History, December 22, 2012: Look out! They're bombing Venom!


from The Invisibles (1994 series) #23 (DC/Vertigo, August 1996), script by Grant Morrison, pencils by Steve Yeowell, inks by Dick Giordano, colors by Daniel Vozzo, letters by Clem Robins

Today in Comics History, December 22, 2012, 8 AM: Liverpool can be a lonely place on a Saturday night. And this is only Doomsday Morning.



from The Invisibles (1994 series) #23 (DC/Vertigo, August 1996), script by Grant Morrison, pencils by Steve Yeowell, inks by Dick Giordano, colors by Daniel Vozzo, letters by Clem Robins



















Today in Comics History, December 22, 2012: Stupid Answers to Snappy Questions


from The Invisibles (1994 series) #8 (DC/Vertigo, April 1995), script by Grant Morrison, pencils by Jill Thompson, inks by Dennis Cramer, colors by Daniel Vozzo. letters by Clem Robins

Today in Comics History, December 22, 2012: The Pitt is not the only massive disaster going on today


from The Invisibles (1999 series) #12 (DC/Vertigo, April 1999), script by Grant Morrison, pencils and inks by Philip Bond, colors by Daniel Vozzo

Sunday, November 20, 2022

Today in Comics History, November 20: Happy birthday, Jill Thompson!

Born on this day: comic book writer and artist Jill Thompson (Sandman, Wonder Woman, Elementals, Black Orchid, more; co-creator of Beasts of Burden, creator of Scary Godmother)!


from cover of Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #5 (Bongo, September 1999), pencils and inks by Bill Morrison, colors by Nathan Kane

Chibi Vertigo editor Shelley Bond (left) and Jill Thompson self-portrait!:


from Vertigo X Anniversary Preview one-shot (DC/Vertigo, April 2003), by Jill Thompson




Thursday, November 03, 2022

Today in Comics History, November 3, 1985: King Mob meets the car of his dreams, and immediately soils it


from The Invisibles (1997 series) #5 (August 1997), script by Grant Morrison, pencils by Phil Jimenez, inks by John Stokes, colors by Daniel Vozzo, letters by Todd Klein

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Today in Comics History, October 25, 2008: "Obsessed? But you're the one who keeps showing me dirty origami!"


from The Invisibles (1997 series) #21 (DC/Vertigo, January 1999), script by Grant Morrison, pencils by Chris Weston, inks by Ray Kryssing, colors by Daniel Vozzom, letters by Todd Klein

Thursday, August 11, 2022

Today in Comics History, August 11, 1999, 11:59 PM: Well. That certainly was a how-do-ye-do, wasn't it? Now for some champers and a bacon sarny


from The Invisibles (1999 series) #2 (DC/Vertigo, May 2000), script by Grant Morrison, pencils and inks by Marc Buckingham, colors by Daniel Vozzo, letters by Todd Klein

And then I like to think you wrap it all up with a cheery song that sounds like a celebration. Waiter!


"The Return of the Los Palmos 7" by Madness (2 Tone, January 1981), by Mike Barson, Daniel Woodgate, and Mark Bedford

And the world keeps on a-turning.

Goodnight!

Today in Comics History, August 11, 1999, 11:11 PM: Turn off your mind relax and float down stream / It is not dying / It is not dying

from The Invisibles (1999 series) #2 (DC/Vertigo, May 2000), script by Grant Morrison, pencils and inks by The Pander Bros, colors by Daniel Vozzo, letters by Todd Klein
(Click picture to Invisi-size)

Today in Comics History, August 11, 1999, 11:11 PM: Round 'bout about then those Invisibles boys were in a mess o' trouble


from The Invisibles (1999 series) #3 (DC/Vertigo, April 2000), script by Grant Morrison, pencils and inks by Chris Weston, colors by Daniel Vozzo, letters by Todd Klein

Today in Comics History, August 11, 1999, 11:09-11:10 PM: I love it when a plan comes together


from The Invisibles (1999 series) #3 (DC/Vertigo, April 2000), script by Grant Morrison, pencils and inks by Chris Weston, colors by Daniel Vozzo, letters by Todd Klein

Actually, that Chicago sequence should be 5:09 PM, but I didn't wanna annoy Grant Morrison by buggin' him about it.

Today in Comics History, August 11, 1999, 11:08 PM: Well, there's something you don't see every day, Chauncey



from The Invisibles (1999 series) #3 (DC/Vertigo, April 2000), script by Grant Morrison, pencils and inks by Jill Thompson (top) and Chris Weston (bottom), colors by Daniel Vozzo, letters by Todd Klein

Today in Comics History, August 11, 1999: "I am Boris Johnson and I endorse the message in this panel."


from The Invisibles (1999 series) #3 (DC/Vertigo, April 2000), script by Grant Morrison, pencils and inks by John Ridgway, colors by Daniel Vozzo, letters by Todd Klein

Today in Comics History, August 11, 1999: The following is a party political broadcast on behalf of the Conservative Party



from The Invisibles (1999 series) #3 (DC/Vertigo, April 2000), script by Grant Morrison, pencils and inks by John Ridgway, colors by Daniel Vozzo, letters by Todd Klein

Today in Comics History, August 11, 1999: 🎶 Somebody's gettin' married 🎶


from The Invisibles (1999 series) #4 (DC/Vertigo, March 2000), script by Grant Morrison, pencils and inks by Jill Thompson, colors by Daniel Vozzo, letters by Todd Klein

Today in Comics History, August 11, 1999: King Mob lists all the regrettable Invisibles spin-off comics


from The Invisibles (1999 series) #4 (DC/Vertigo, March 2000), script by Grant Morrison, pencils and inks by Jill Thompson, colors by Daniel Vozzo, letters by Todd Klein

This is the first of the three infamous Invisibles "jam comics" which featured a variety of artists in each issue, some not always serving the story as well as others. It's an uneven mix, especially considering this is winding up to the explosive finale built up since 1994 and eventually encompassing 59 comic book issues (and a short story or two in Vertigo preview books). Much more about this after the break: