Our last little look, for now, at the short comics writing of Grant Morrison ends with quite a long book. A1 features some really, truly wonderful, weird, and generally excellent stories. It's a who's who of luminaries in the comics industry of the early 90s, with Morrison's presence being accentuated by Alan Moore, Brian Bolland (who writes and draws a story, in poetry, as well as providing that amazing cover), Philip Bond, Steve Parkhouse, Glenn Fabry, John Bolton, and Moebius. The stories are all weird (except Bond's, which is just kind of lovely), so Morrison's "The House of Heart's Desire" is in good company. I always get this story mixed up with his prose piece "The Room Where Love Lived," but that's only because they're works I'm less familiar with.
What more can I say? The real importance of this story comes in one panel, midway through the piece. The protagonist, with a door strapped to his back, has just come through a stinking forest, and is making his way toward a city of ghosts. The sign that points the way has a single word upon it: Barbelith. I'll point out that this comic is from about four years before Morrison's The Invisibles saw the light of day, and made the word Barbelith so very important for those of us who delved into the Supercontext.
Back to random craziness from the collection tomorrow. See you then!
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