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    Grant Morrison is a Scottish comic book writer who burst onto the scene in the late 1980's as part of DC's "British Invasion". Morrison has become a living legend in the field of comics, writing such acclaimed works as New X-Men, Doom Patrol, Animal Man, All-Star Superman, JLA, Batman, Action Comics, and Multiversity.

    Watch Grant Morrison in the Full My Chemical Romance Music Video!

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       He tormented Animal Man and, now, he's tormenting Gerard Way.
     He tormented Animal Man and, now, he's tormenting Gerard Way.

    People have been calling Grant Morrison the one, true rock star of the comics biz for years. It’s really a wonder he didn’t make the leap to an actual rock music video long ago.  

    My Chemical Romance has released  the music video for their new single "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)” and it features Morrison as an appropriately-outlandish supervillain who duels with MCR’s latest alter-egos, the Fabulous Killjoys, in the desert. The video was teased last month, but this is the full-blast, bonafide real deal. With vending machine-distributed ray guns, roller-skating stripe-adorned superheroes and Halloween masks a’plenty, this very much looks like a Morrison comic in motion. Actually, the lyrics and shock jock’s monologue very much sound like the wild words he’d write, as well, which brings up Morrison’s interesting history and symbiosis with MCR’s front man, Gerard Way. == TEASER ==

    Before he started the band, Way was actually an intern at DC years ago and, during his internship, he got to know Morrison around the time of THE INVISIBLES. Considering their connection, it’s really no surprise that Way’s comic, THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY, draws some clear inspiration from Morrison’s seminal DOOM PATROL run. Hell, Way even got the shaman sigil man to write the intro for the trade. Now, it’s clear he’s returning the favor in what’s looking like it’ll be a series of story-based music videos relating to MCR’s new concept album DANGER DAYS: THE TRUE LIVES OF THE FABULOUS KILLJOYS

    Bear witness to the MTV-borne video below...

     
    This is definitely the best of both worlds for me. I loved the theatricality MCR used for their last album, WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE, and it gives me so much joy to see this kind of surrealism achieving such mainstream success. And it’s cool that movie and music people are finding out how interesting a personality Morrison is. You’d all do right to look for TALKING WITH GODS, the documentary about him, and SINATORO, the indy movie’s he’s writing.

    Tom Pinchuk’s the writer of  HYBRID BASTARDS!  &    UNIMAGINABLE . Order them on Amazon  here &   here.   

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    #1  Edited By Mr Bubbles

    I love Grant Morrison

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    #2  Edited By Amegashita

      Wow.  I never thought I'd see the day where a comic book writer would be in a Rock n' Roll video.  Not surprising it's Grant, he looks like a rocker =P. 

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    #3  Edited By No_Name_

    I kind of love Grant Morrison in this.

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    #4  Edited By J1ml33

    Now I  have seen every thing ( I  hope the next thing his is invited to do would be a japanease anime based on say the invisibles ) with MCR doing the soundtrack then it would be offical .
    he is a rocknrolla (after seeing this its commfermed His Is Truely an ROCKNROLLA ! ) 
    Grant Morrison and the Doors ! light my fire ! 
    A true Rocknrolla !

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    #5  Edited By johnny_spam

    Saw this a few months ago and thought it was cool. He should have worn black sun glasses in the video.

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    #6  Edited By crusader8463

    Can't watch the video. It's only watchable by yanks.

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    #7  Edited By Marshal Victory

    Bit of the Tank girl ish over the top style .Yeah it felt like a dc comic vertigo-ish vid.  
    I want a grafic novel based on it with art done by Simon Bisley!
     
    Needless to say on the cool factor scale its artic. 
     

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    #8  Edited By Illyana Rasputin

    That was one part The Road Warrior, one part Star Wars, and one part Priscilla: Queen Of The Desert.
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    #9  Edited By Marshal Victory

    Greeaat.. now i got that stuck in my head.. had to watch it again :)
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    #10  Edited By Ninja Nova

    This is awesome...I love Grant Morrison and My Chemical Romance!!!

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    #11  Edited By Magian

    He makes a good villain.

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    Cool but when is Hotel Oblivion going to begin?

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    #13  Edited By Silkcuts

    So G-Mo did the intro for Umbrella Academy because he really does like MCR?  This is pimp!

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    #14  Edited By GT-Man

    Nice music vidoe they look like Joker with black hair also are they like Power Rangers vs Lex Luther? FAIL ending too
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    #15  Edited By geekvine

    grant morrison can do no wrong.

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    #17  Edited By Son_of_Magnus

    I love My Chemical Romance and I love Grant Morrison this is a really fun video. 

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    #18  Edited By TheMess1428

    That was pretty cool. I wanna see a movie of it now. lol

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    #19  Edited By VisibleDucts
    @GT-Man:  I loved the ending! Anti-fail ending.
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    #20  Edited By jakob187
    @warcorpse said:

    " To put it bluntly, emo music suck major ass "

    HEY!  I FOUND THE YOUTUBE COMMENT SECTION!!! 
     
    Anyways, as a self-professed metalhead, it's a good thing I'm also open-minded!  I really enjoy MCR's music, especially Black Parade.  This song...and its video...kept making me think of The Banana Splits.  You can tell the influence from old shows like that, Land of the Lost, and other seminal Saturday Morning diddies.  Nonetheless, in comparison to their previous work, this song is a bit lacking.  =  / 
     
    However, the video itself - although the cinematography makes it all feel a bit distant and out of reach for the viewer to really relate to - is pretty damn cool!  I still enjoyed the stuff they did with Black Parade far more. 
     
    I'm curious to know if Gerard Way is going to be making a comic out of this, in all honesty.  Umbrella Academy was pretty awesome, and I'd love to see what he could do with this concept.  The guy is a pretty talented writer.
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    #21  Edited By warcorpse
    @jakob187: Relax dude just my opinion
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    #22  Edited By Red L.A.M.P.

    Man I am old.  I'm just gonna criticize myself.  I. Am. Old.

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    #23  Edited By Icarusflies  Moderator

    O_O 
     
    SO COOL SO COOL SO COOL SO COOL SO COOL!!!! 
     
    Do...not...have...words....to...describe!!!!!!!!

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    #24  Edited By Weapon-Alpha

    was the dude on the radio at the begining the lead singer for monster magnet?

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    #25  Edited By GT-Man
    @VisibleDucts:
    Anti-Ultra-Mega-Chuck Norris-Mr.T-FAIL ending
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    #26  Edited By mcrmy13

    from my name you'd know i'm abig fan of mcr!!!
    (and grant Love his run on batman and robin!!)

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