Possibly of interest only to comic book readers:
londonkds linked to
Grant Morrison. In which Grant M. tells us that the person who inspired him to become a writer as a kid was, wait for it, Enid Blyton. With her Famous Five novels.
*blinks*
*imagines Grant Morrison's take on the X-Men clad in black leather*
*sees Morrison!Jean, Emma, Scott, Logan and Hank as Famous Five*
*can never unsee*
I should have known. Cassandra Nova is such an Enid Blyton supervillain, and zomg, the whole disguised identity thing Magneto pulls... :)
In other news, he also says, re: his run of Superman, that he's aiming for "a Bruce Springsteen version of Superman, that’s the angle we’re taking." This should please
likeadeuce and I think I can actually see what he's getting at, and it fits. Springsteen/Clark Kent OTP! Of course, it's Springsteen as interpreted by Grant Morrison. And I'm back with Enid Blyton as Grant's unsuspected muse...
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