Grant Morrison is just fantastic, so it's always great to see him pop up at an event like comic con as a surprise. This year he got to announce two new titles (and throw some shade at the New 52), both sequels; one to last year's Wonder Woman Earth One, and another to the equally batty Arkham Asylum, situated within the #666 continuity no less (meaning we get Damian as Batman again).
Morrison has to be one of the most inventive creators in the medium, and with such a unique writing style does come an element of controversy. Still though, his run on Batman was one of the best for decades, and Multiversity - a book that every die hard fan of the DCU simply has to read - was an emphatic tribute to DC's ever-shrinking (now expanding?) multiverse. Seeing him tackle both topics again, then, should be more than enough cause to send many a fanboy's heart racing.
Morrison himself has referred to his Arkham Asylum sequel as his own "jump the shark moment", and his latest Wonder Woman book will see the Amazons fend off a Nazi invasion. Both are suitable reasons to get excited (one can attest to the power of seeing superheroes beating on Nazis), but both these announcements were a nice surprise to compliment some of the larger elements of this year's San Diego convention.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
