Gideon Stargrave is a comic book character created by Grant Morrison in 1978 for the anthology series Near Myths. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Comics anthologies collect works in the medium of Comics that are too short for standalone publication Near Myths was a Comic magazine published in Edinburgh during the late 1970s that only ran for five issues
History
Stargrave was inspired by J. G. Ballard's The Day of Forever. James Graham Ballard (born 15 November in the International Settlement in Shanghai, China) is a British Novelist and Short The Day of Forever, a short-story collection by J G Ballard. It contains the following stories "The Day of Forever" "Prisoner
The character appeared in issues 3-4 of Near Myths in stories written and also drawn by Morrison, before that title was cancelled (Morrison also wrote and drew stories in issues 2 and 5, but they did not contain Stargrave). Near Myths was a Comic magazine published in Edinburgh during the late 1970s that only ran for five issues He made a brief appearance in Food for Thought (a British benefit comic to aid Ethiopian famine relief ) in 1985. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar)
The character next made an appearance in Morrison's The Invisibles as an alter-ego of King Mob, one of that title's main characters. The Invisibles is a mature readers Comic book series that was published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics from 1994 to King Mob is a Fictional character, a terrorist created by Grant Morrison for The Invisibles.
In this incarnation, Stargrave is used by King Mob to confuse his enemies during interrogation. King Mob is a Fictional character, a terrorist created by Grant Morrison for The Invisibles. Gideon is a '70s spy modelled after James Bond and Jason King who spends every scene he appears in seducing his partner, and is supposedly the main character of King Mob's works as an author. James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Jason King was a UK Television series produced from 1971 to 1972. In this sequence, we see not only the actual Stargrave story but King Mob's cover identity (or probable real world identity) as Gideon Starorzewski, who produces his work under the pen name Kirk Morrison. A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a Pseudonym adopted by an Author or their publishers to conceal their identity
This ties the real creator (Grant Morrison) in with his various fictional creations (Gideon Stargrave and King Mob/Gideon Starorzewski/Kirk Morrison) and bringing together the various creations in a metafictional conceit. Much of the premise of The Invisibles involves the philosophy that language is a perfectly acceptable method of creation so the notion that Gideon Stargrave is a fictional character does not preclude him being also a real person.
Controversy
Although Michael Moorcock has encouraged other authors to use Jerry Cornelius, in a way that borders on open source, he has posted a number of scathing comments about a couple of authors who, he believes, have directly lifted the character [1]. Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939, in London) is an English writer primarily of Science fiction and fantasy who has also Open source is a development methodology which offers practical accessibility to a product's source (goods and knowledge David Gemmell is one author, but he reserves most of his scorn for Morrison:
"Grant Morrison pinched chunks of Jerry Cornelius whole. David Andrew Gemmell ( August 1, 1948 &ndash July 28, 2006) was a bestselling British author of Heroic fantasy. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Apparently he admits that he does this from others. So that's why I say he's a thief. I don't mind my stuff being taken up and run with, as it were, as Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman, who say that's what they do. Alan Moore (born November 18 1953 in Northampton) is an English Writer most famous for his influential work in Comics, including the acclaimed Neil Richard Gaiman (ˈgeɪmən (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of Science fiction and Fantasy short stories and But I don't think much of people who just pinch stuff. "
On March 14th 2003:
"I find a difference between an homage, an amplification and a straight lift. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. For medieval usage see Homage (medieval and Commendation ceremony, or Homage (disambiguation Homage (from the French Lifting is usually done by artists in comics. Alan Moore, Bryan Talbot and others have done riffs on Cornelius which have added to the method -- extended what can be done with the character and technique, if you like. Alan Moore (born November 18 1953 in Northampton) is an English Writer most famous for his influential work in Comics, including the acclaimed Bryan Talbot (born February 24, 1952, Wigan, Lancashire) is a British Comic book Artist and Writer. Morrison doesn't have the talent to do that, though he's probably seen the others doing it and thinks that he's doing the same thing. In my view he isn't. I wasn't ready to sue Morrison but I was extremely pissed off with DC for running it. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Only after his most blatant rips had appeared did someone at DC read the originals and realise to what degree he had stolen the material"
However, in a 1998 interview Morrison said the principal inspiration wasn't Jerry Cornelius but J. G. Ballard's The Day of Forever. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) James Graham Ballard (born 15 November in the International Settlement in Shanghai, China) is a British Novelist and Short The Day of Forever, a short-story collection by J G Ballard. It contains the following stories "The Day of Forever" "Prisoner [2]
External links
- King Mob, Gideon Starorzewski and Gideon Stargrave entry at Everything2, which looks at the links between the characters
- Discussion of Morrison's work at Moorcock's Miscellany
- Discussion on the Cornelius/Stargrave links at Barbelith
- The Bomb annontations for The Invisibles volume 1 #17 in which Stargrave appears
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