The last four issues of Morrison’s run on Animal Man focus exclusively on the idea of worlds within worlds, that fiction is another reality’s reality, and that everything that has happened has still happened. There is no such thing as fiction. There is no such thing as a reboot. Everything exists, simply on different planes…… Continue reading Animal Man Part 4: Deconstructing the Deconstruction

Animal Man #17 is entitled “Consequences” and ultimately marks the beginning of the end for Buddy Baker. It starts off well enough, with Buddy taking a more active role in fighting against animal testing, to the point of breaking the law. He finds himself on a slippery slope and goes on TV to defend himself.…… Continue reading Animal Man Part 3: Multiverse Theory

With the famous “The Coyote Gospel” in Animal Man #5, Grant Morrison has directly introduced the idea of levels of existence through fiction, that is, the idea that fiction is the creation of another fiction is the creation of another fiction, which ultimately makes it all real.  Morrison writing Animal Man is a story for…… Continue reading Animal Man Part 2: Crisis Control