Episode #68 - "Morrison Spotlight" [Discussion]

[itsbecca]

Originally Posted by gordontheintern

Plastic Man - Dionysus?

Huh? 'splain that!

Someone's got some 'splainin' to do.

[labor_days]

Dionysus represents revelry, wild abandon and mania. Plastic Man was certainly Dionysusian in the modern philosophical sense.

[paper]

Yeah, it's not just wine. It's all that goes with it.

I buy it.

[six-gun]

Originally Posted by paper

Yeah, it's not just wine. It's all that goes with it.

I buy it.

Yeah, makes sense to me

[benjaminsimpson]

Another thing I wanted to mention is that Morrison was really my tour guide to comics. Up until JLA, I'd only ever read Superman or Batman comics. And with JLA, I was introduced to the rest of the DCU Universe. His Marvel Boy gave me my first taste of a Marvel comic, which led to others, and New X-Men was my first exposure to X-Men. It was his Vertigo work that turned me on to that line and more "adult" themed comic books. Sadly, I still have more catching up to do with his work, namely Doom Patrol, but at this point, I will give anything he's writing a purchase and a good hard look.

[gordontheintern]

Wine - revelry - theatre...I still question plastic man.

But - really, what do I know?

[smeeeeee]

Yes morrison does a lot of great stuff but recently i havent been satisfied especially with the Batman and Son arc. That was horrible IMO. However his recent issues have been something to be real exited for.

i just hope final crisis will one day make "Morrison Spotlight 10 years later" episode.

[labor_days]

Originally Posted by gordontheintern

Wine - revelry - theatre...I still question plastic man.

But - really, what do I know?

But in a thematic sense Plastic Man does represent those aspects of Dionysus.

Plastic Man is the guy turning into a balloon animal as a Starro the size of North America eats the planet. He's the guy finding humor in Darkseid's bid for universal domination. Plastic Man brings levity to the JLA meetings. Et cetera.

I would certainly say Plastic Man is theatrical in the use of his abilities.

[gordontheintern]

OK - I'll buy it.

Now I just need to convince my students that we should be learning about Plastic Man in addition to Dionysus.

At least Plastic Man as written by Morrion, and for the most part, thereafter. I never read the Cole stuff, but in Morrison's JLA, I can totally see it.