This horror comic by Grant Morrison, Chris Burnham and Nathan Fairbairn purports to act symbolically like our archetypes of myth. We ask whether it’s successful in getting into our subconscious and if cosmic horror and lack of meaning even scare us anymore.
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Additional Resources:
- Afterword in the collected NAMELESS
- ‘Nameless’ Was the Scariest Comic Book of 2015
- Understanding Grant Morrison’s “Nameless”
- Halloween Horror: Nameless by Grant Morrison, Chris Burnham and Nathan Fairbairn
- Kill Yr Gods: Reconnecting with Grant Morrison Through Nameless
- Brain Teeth / Endless Nameless Part 2: Macro Meaning vs Micro Meaning
This comic book project stitches together the most important moments from decades (and thousands of pages) of X-Men comics. We talk to cartoonist Ed Piskor about his production process, the comics market and the relevance of the X-Men’s themes in the present day.