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 The following are projects by Grant Morrison, a very good writer indeed.
He is at once undeniably brilliant, seemingly both intuitive and intellectual, and a con artist
whose works can come off as more clever than meaningful, more deceptive trickery and artistic
slight-of-hand than crafted masterpiece. These projects, each in some way difficult and vexing,
each in some way just plain enjoyable, are as follows:
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Sebastian O is a three-issue mini-series. It was published by
Vertigo in 1993, during the imprint's very first year, Morrison's run on
Doom Patrol
having ended at the end of the past year and his
The Invisibles having not yet begun.
Sebastian O, which featured art by Steve Yeowell, depicted a sort of retrofuturistic
world that combined Victorianism with virtual reality. It was brilliant and quite well-executed.
| Sebastian O #1 | cover-dated May 1993 | ||
| Sebastian O #2 | |||
| Sebastian O #3 | cover-dated July 1993 | ||
The Mystery Play was an original graphic novel, published by DC /
Vertigo in 1994. It was Morrison's second original graphic novel, both of which were featured
painted art and were published by DC first in hardcover; the first had been the famous Arkham
Asylum, a commertial and artistic success as well as Batman's first original hardcover
graphic novel. (Morrison's third such original hardcover graphic novel was JLA: Earth 2,
featuring drawn art, albeit masterfully so, by Frank Quitely.) The Mystery Play was a
post-modern detective story in which the detective investigates the death of God, or the actor
who plays Him in a mystery play. Offering no conclusions to the mystery but rather being an
investigation of investigation itself, as well as the investigator -- and our inclinations for
answers, towards dissection, and to perceiving humanity and divinity in absence, whether inside
coats or on crosses. It was brilliant and has left scholars to track its resonant images and
words -- its mysteries and its absences --, which I suspect they will do for decades (if not
centuries) to come.
 Larger Version Available | The Mystery Play | 96 pages; Jon J. Muth painted art
[REVIEW AND PURCHASE THIS BOOK] |
Intended as the second of the three original "Vertigo Voices" specials,
Kill Your Boyfriend was delayed and thus became the third. "Vertigo Voices" was probably
the best idea Vertigo has ever had: the idea was to take the great creators (particularly
writers) associated with Vertigo and give them specials, owned by those creators. They acted as
renegade short blasts, acts of artistic terrorism. Morrison offered Kill Your Boyfriend,
a pop culture romp, though one the came off as somewhat immature. Ironically, given that it was
the worst of the four "Vertigo Voices" specials, DC / Vertigo decided to reprint Kill Your
Boyfriend as a graphic novella in the prestige format, complete with a spine.
| Kill Your Boyfriend #1 | 56 pages plus title page; Philip Bond art and cover; cover-dated June 1995 | ||
| Kill Your Boyfriend | reprints Kill Your Boyfriend #1 in the prestige format, on better paper and with a (thin) spine |
The Filth was a 13-issue mini-series published by DC's Vertigo
imprint in 2002. The covers were minimalistic, providing the relevant information along with
various iconic representations in bars of color.
though this image bears no resemblance to the actual cover  Larger Version Available | The Filth #1 | cover-dated September 2002; published on Wednesday, 5 June 2002 | |
| The Filth #2 | published on Wednesday, 3 July 2002 | ||
| The Filth #3 | "Structures and Ultrastructures" | ||
 Larger Version Available | The Filth #4 | "S**t Happens"
[READ MATT MARTIN'S REVIEW] | |
 Larger Version Available | The Filth #5 | "Pornomancer"
[READ MATT MARTIN'S REVIEW] | |
(the title and the sperm were changed for the final version)  Larger Version Available | The Filth #6 | "The World of Anders Klimakks" | |
 Larger Version Available | The Filth #7 | "Zero Democracy"
[READ MATT MARTIN'S REVIEW] | |
 Larger Version Available | The Filth #8 | ||
 Larger Version Available | The Filth #9 | "Inside the Hand"; published on Wednesday, 12 March 2003 | |
 Larger Version Available | The Filth #10 | "Man Made God"; follows Max, who has made himself a super-hero and who is killed as he is called as a lifeline for his friend on Who Wants to be a Millionaire?; published on Wednesday, 7 May 2003 | |
 Larger Version Available | The Filth #11 | "A Very English Nervous Breakdown" | |
 Larger Version Available | The Filth #12 | "Schizotype" | |
 Larger Version Available | The Filth #13 | "THEM vs US"; final issue; cover-dated October 2003 | |
Seaguy is a quirky three-issue mini-series illustrated by Cameron
Stewart and published by Vertigo in 2004.
| Seaguy #1 | cover-dated July 2004 | ||
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| Seaguy #3 | cover-dated September 2004 | ||
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