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[selenak]

Possibly of interest only to comic book readers: jesuswasbatman 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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[jesuswasbatman]

I like Tiger Beatdown as well, but I think that's the wrong link ;-)

[selenak]

*checks*

Indeed it is. Thanks for telling me!

*edits*

[lilacsigil]

No wonder I like Morrison comics - Enid Blyton and X-Men pretty much sums up my childhood!

[selenak]

Enid Blyton books are incredibly popular in Germany, so you get them as a little girl, the O'Sullivan Twins and Mallory Towers series especially. I was fond of them for a while (and they made me use my alarm clock so I could have a snack party at midnight because those sounded like fun), but then the lure of historical novels came upon me and I never looked back.:)