by Timothy Callahan, interview with Grant Morrison, cover by Kevin Colden

"Fascinating, entertaining, and best of all, wholly accessible."
-- Andy Khouri (Comic Book Resources)

Grant Morrison redefined comics in the 1980s and early '90s, from his trailblazing creation of Zenith, through his metatextual innovations on Animal Man, to his Dadaist super-heroics on Doom Patrol. Along the way, he also addressed Batman with his multi-layered masterpiece Arkham Asylum and the literary "Gothic" storyline.

This book examines all five works in detail, drawing out their running and evolving themes. Using plain language, Callahan opens up Morrison’s sometimes difficult texts and expands the reader’s appreciation of their significance, creating a study accessible to both Grant Morrison aficionados and those new to his work. An exclusive interview with Morrison on his early career rounds out the volume.

This revised, second edition also contains a newly-added essay on Morrison's very first story for 2000AD, published before Zenith.

276 pages / ISBN 9780615212159 / $22.95 MSRP

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Related content: Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods, Our Sentence is Up: Seeing Grant Morrison's The Invisibles

Timothy Callahan is a writer, educator, husband, and father of two amazing children. He blogs about comic books and pop culture at geniusboyfiremelon.blogspot.com.

Also by this author: Gotham City 14 Miles: 14 Essays on Why the 1960s Batman TV Series Matters (contributor), Minutes to Midnight: Twelve Essays on Watchmen (contributor), Our Sentence is Up: Seeing Grant Morrison's The Invisibles (introduction), Teenagers from the Future: Essays on the Legion of Super-Heroes (editor, introduction, contributor)