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Wouldn't his first appearances be in Animal Man? Kyletheobald (talk) 13:23, August 30, 2013 (UTC)

Is that the same guy? --Tupka217 14:31, August 30, 2013 (UTC)
The writer in Animal Man is supposed to be Grant Morrison. It's tagged as Grant Morrison. I think this one is supposed to be him too, but obviously, it's not him writing himself.- Hatebunny (talk) 14:46, August 30, 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, it's the same. I think the conceit was that since Morrison added himself into continuity in Animal Man, Ostrander could use him and kill him off in Suicide Squad (Tec15 (talk) 16:57, August 30, 2013 (UTC))

The Writer even makes reference to someone else writing him now and not being in control. I'd need to check the Animal Man issues to be sure. --Tupka217 17:01, August 30, 2013 (UTC)
Yep, definitely him. --Tupka217 17:05, August 30, 2013 (UTC)
I'd rather we ditch this page than remove the Grant Morrison tag. It's Grant Morrison, not "writer". - Hatebunny (talk) 17:08, August 30, 2013 (UTC)
Suicide Squad #58 retcons him into an actual character... --Tupka217 17:09, August 30, 2013 (UTC)
But the character is Grant Morrison, not "Writer". I say we move it to "Grant Morrison (New Earth)". - Hatebunny (talk) 17:10, August 30, 2013 (UTC)
True. I wanted to add a move tag, but kinda forgot. --Tupka217 17:15, August 30, 2013 (UTC)
Speaking of, I think Dwayne McDuffie also has appearances as himself in some comics. We should give him a similar treatment, if the context is right. - Hatebunny (talk) 17:17, August 30, 2013 (UTC)


Aren't there also a number of bronze age appearances by a number of real writers? (Tec15 (talk) 17:28, August 30, 2013 (UTC))

They're just authors making an appearance. I also remember a Golden Age issue where the Newsboy Legion raids the offices. They're not (Earth-Two/One/Prime/Whatevs) versions, they're authors. But Grant Morrison was retconned into an actual character, those others weren't. --Tupka217 10:07, September 8, 2013 (UTC)

This is great. That is all. Thermoxin (talk) 18:37, October 10, 2019 (UTC)

Non-Binary[]

Figured I might as well bring this up before someone else does - how do we treat this page now that Morrison has come out as non-binary? I've always kinda felt that "Character pages are for chronicling the fictional representations of people, not the people themselves", and therefore the fictional Grant Morrison / Writer only ever identified as male. But, I could see the counterargument being made, as Grant themself mentioned in the interview where they came out, that they've always been non-binary but lacked the language to say it.

I think this is a uniquely complicated situation, but would like to draw the line in the sand now with a discussion. --- Haroldrocks talk 00:05, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Shouldn't he be treated as what he wrote himself as and the editorial allowed? Unless DC decides to change it in future collections or reprints, I don't think there's a point to changing his gender. MatteJohnny (talk) 00:21, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
I added a Note in the meantime to at least address any possible confusion. Again, my thinking is that this isn't actually Grant Morrison, but Morrison's fictional interpretation of Morrison in 1990.
And just a polite reminder to please respect Morrison's pronouns when discussing them. --- Haroldrocks talk 20:28, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
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