Thu Jul 24, 2008 — by Van Jensen

SDCC: What if Grant Morrison Met Stan Lee?

Creators talk Virgin comics

Here's a bizarre bit of "Only in San Diego." Grant Morrison and Stan Lee agreed to partner on a new superhero... Let that soak in.

We'll see if anything comes of the planned partnership, which came about during a panel featuring the two creators at which they discussed their work with Virgin comics. They also talked up some existing work, including Morrison's MBX animated shorts. CBR reports:

After a short delay, the panel kicked off with a quick video -- an electronic press kit prepared by Virgin -- giving a glimpse of Grant Morrison's "MBX." "MBX," a series of animated shorts, will launch online later this year, and the video showed some behind-the-scenes footage of the motion capture technology and even a glimpse of the characters in action. The characters, based on Hindu mythology but re-imagined by Morrison for the 21st century, fought robots on what looked like a post-apocalyptic landscape. With their energy bows and laser whips, the fierce combatants held off the mechanized swarm. ...

Stan Lee, when asked what drew him back to writing comics, said it was "the idea of coming to Virgin and working with new artists on new projects. It's like the early days at Marvel to dream up something brand new. It's exciting and I can't wait to get started."

Then Lee added, "of course -- to compete with someone like this," referring to Morrison, "I wouldn't have been so eager if I had known."

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