Grant Morrison has been writing comics since 1985. Over the years, his stories have evolved from... more Grant Morrison has been writing comics since 1985. Over the years, his stories have evolved from being deconstructions of the superhero archetype to magical explorations of the medium itself and recently with mainstream superhero fiction. Starting with Seven Soldiers of Victory in 2005 and Final Crisis in 2008, Morrison began applying mystical concepts related to the boundaries between fiction and reality, first explored in his creator-owned series The Invisibles, to the mainstream DC Comics universe. The resultant stories are closer in nature to Jorge Luis Borges' Garden of Forking Paths than typical superhero stories. The intent behind this method of storytelling is to engage the reader on a level that does not normally occur within popular superhero fiction. Both Seven Soldiers of Victory and Final Crisis share distinct similarities with what Espen Aarseth calls Ergodic Literature. Morrison's intent is for the reader to connect with the characters in the book and to navigate the fictional world contained within the panels in a manner similar to the concept of Psychogeography. Through this immersion into and navigation through a fictional world, Morrison is attempting to provide for his readers a kind of shamanic experience, accomplished largely because of the strong connections between the reader and text that the ergodic provides.
Grant Morrison has been writing comics since 1985. Over the years, his stories have evolved from... more Grant Morrison has been writing comics since 1985. Over the years, his stories have evolved from being deconstructions of the superhero archetype to magical explorations of the medium itself and recently with mainstream superhero fiction. Starting with Seven Soldiers of Victory in 2005 and Final Crisis in 2008, Morrison began applying mystical concepts related to the boundaries between fiction and reality, first explored in his creator-owned series The Invisibles, to the mainstream DC Comics universe. The resultant stories are closer in nature to Jorge Luis Borges' Garden of Forking Paths than typical superhero stories. The intent behind this method of storytelling is to engage the reader on a level that does not normally occur within popular superhero fiction. Both Seven Soldiers of Victory and Final Crisis share distinct similarities with what Espen Aarseth calls Ergodic Literature. Morrison's intent is for the reader to connect with the characters in the book and to navigate the fictional world contained within the panels in a manner similar to the concept of Psychogeography. Through this immersion into and navigation through a fictional world, Morrison is attempting to provide for his readers a kind of shamanic experience, accomplished largely because of the strong connections between the reader and text that the ergodic provides.
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