For those of us in bonnie Scotland, we’re at the height of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as well as the Edinburgh International Book Festival which has proved that it can only get better with age. This year, the Book Festival is also promoting Stripped, their celebration of comic books and graphic novels which has already put on talks from people like Chris Ware and Joe Sacco. I’ve been covering the event since the start of the month and am eagerly awaiting this week’s trifecta of talks from the likes of Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie, Neil Gamian and the one and only Grant Morrison.
Why does this matter? Well, it doesn’t really, but it lets me lead into the fact that Laura Sneddon of The Guardian interviewed Morrison at the Festival. You should definitely go check it out because let’s be real here, when do you see comic book writers get interviewed in newspapers as part of book festivals? Morrison gives a really rather personal look at his life post-“Batman”, his upcoming Wonder Woman graphic novel (now titled “The Trial Of Diana Prince”) as well as Rebellion’s publishing of their “Zenith” hardcover collection. It’s definitely a fascinating read.
But what was really interesting to me was this:
And the final part of Seaguy is due next year. “It’s honestly the best I’ve ever written,” says Morrison of the scuba-suit-wearing superhero with no superpowers. “It never sold well, but it’s my thing. I want Seaguy to remain as my statement about life and death and the universe.” Given that, until recently, Seaguy had a cigar-smoking tuna fish as a sidekick, this is no ordinary wish.
Hell yeah, Seaguy! Hell yeah.
Update: well, it looks like I’ll need to keep my excitement for more Seaguy in check as Robot6 warns that Cameron Stewart fears that the series will be some ways off. In fact, he says that both he and Morrison haven’t even got around to a script yet. So while they both seems excited to work on it, it may not be out as quickly as I hoped. Bummer.
So, if by any chance you’re in Edinburgh this weekend, check out the Edinburgh International Book Festival. And if you aren’t, you still have no excuse to check out Grant Morrison’s interview with The Guardian.
