5/19/2023 0 Comments Happy by grant morrison![]() But can the upbeat and determined Happy convince the jaded, worn out Nick that not only is he real but so is the danger his friend faces - and can Nick save them in time from psycho Santa? Morrison wrote in his 2011 book Supergods, Things dont have to be real to be true and its a phrase that applies to a lot of what hes written in the last few years. So instead of being visited by three ghosts, a small blue goofy-looking unicorn called Happy shows up, the imaginary friend of one of the kidnapped children that only Nick can see. ![]() Meanwhile down-and-out cop-turned-hitman and all-round human wreck Nick Sax (Saint Nick?) is the unlikely hero who must stop him. ![]() After several years of writing Batman and Superman comics for DC, Grant Morrison returns to the grimy, dark side of comics with Happy!, his first swear-filled, gory, and truly unpleasant comic since The Filth - and who better to join him than Darick Robertson, artist extraordinaire of the cheerfully vulgar Transmetropolitan and ultra-violent The Boys? Set at that most corporate of holidays, Christmas, the family-centric festivities are subverted in this comic that portrays Santa as a junkie paedophile whos been kidnapping and murdering children without getting caught. ![]()
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