2011 Comic Book News Archives

June 13, 2011: Grant Morrison Talks "Action Comics" Relaunch

Action Comics #1 A video message from Grant Morrison was played during the Hero Complex Film Festival in Los Angeles on Saturday, with the award-winning writer talking about Superman and the relaunch of "Action Comics" in September.

    "The first Action Comics in 1938 was the first-ever super-hero book, and I think what we want to do here is recreate that first-ever superhero, Superman, our greatest-ever idea as the human species, if you ask me. To recreate that guy for the 21st century and to do something that's a little bit new and to maybe take a new look at something that people have big preconceptions about. To change some of the basics, to reintroduce some familiar faces in very unfamiliar ways, and to try and refresh some ideas that have maybe become so well-known that people think they've got it all figured out.

    "We want to introduce a kind of take on Superman that's going to be so different that no one can expect what might happen next. One of the things we're going to do in this book is also to show you how Superman is, who he is, why he ended up wearing the costume that he wears. And to show kind of a different side to the character than we've ever seen before.

    "The art's being done by Rags Morales, who people will be familiar with from Identity Crisis. Basically, we want to approach this book, as the title suggests, as a big action comic. But to try and create a new language for comics, a new kind of philosophy, a new kind of approach to storytelling that will do things that only comics can do and that even movies can't match up with. So this is really a big beginning; it's a new chapter for Superman, it's a new chapter for DC Comics and for the DC Universe itself. I hope everyone's going to get involved and join us into this ridiculous voyage into the unknown!"

There's a partial video of this message up on YouTube.

You can also see a blow-by-blow report of the discussion with Geoff Johns and Jim Lee about the relaunch of the DC Universe at Newsarama.com.



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