All-Star Superman and Batman: Arkham Asylum writer Grant Morrison told CBR about how the publishing industry can sometimes be unfair to writers when their work is being adapted by Hollywood.

In a CBR exclusive interview, Morrison was asked about their thoughts on how comic book publishers can improve their relationships with writers and if writers are getting enough credit from publishers, especially when their creations are being used in film adaptations. "I think, honestly, there's been a kind of breakdown in all of that," Morrison answered. "I think most of us who've created characters for comics…and have subsequently seen those characters turn up in movie adaptations -- well, honestly, we don't really get much remuneration for any of it. I think it's not the way to do business. I think the comics always tend to lose their best people because of that."

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Morrison started working in comics in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were hired by Marvel UK in 1986 and wrote strips for Doctor Who Magazine before getting their first continual strip in 2000 AD in 1987. Morrison began working for DC shortly after, where they initially worked on Animal Man and what eventually became known as Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth. They have also worked on Doom Patrol, Batman, Justice League of America and All-Star Superman for DC, Marvel Boy and New X-Men for Marvel and many other titles over the past decades.

When asked about the current state of the comic book industry, Morrison said, "Honestly, I'm not reading enough of them anymore. DC still sends me a comp box of collected editions, so I kinda see some stuff after the fact... I read the DC Pride anthology the other day, which had a lot of good stuff in there, but otherwise... I've just not been following them, so I don't think I'm qualified to talk about where they're at right now."

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Morrison is currently publishing a new Substack newsletter, Xanaduum, which they use to break down myths about the publishing industry and share thoughts about creating more recent comic titles. "The whole Xanaduum, obviously, it's a big thing," Morrison explained. "I'm doing two posts a week, pretty much, the way it pans out. Ultimately, it's telling a big complete story. I'm kind of doing this monthly collage thing as a 24-page science fiction comic. It's all based around that. I go into this notion of fragments and collage and the way that life can be represented just by selecting bits."

Morrison is also publishing his first novel, Luda, which goes on sale Sept. 6.

Source: CBR