{"id":250,"date":"2011-01-05T04:31:20","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T04:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/01\/05\/behold-the-awesome-power-of-revsf-brandon-zuern\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:33","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:33","slug":"behold-the-awesome-power-of-revsf-brandon-zuern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/01\/05\/behold-the-awesome-power-of-revsf-brandon-zuern\/","title":{"rendered":"Behold the awesome power of RevSF & Brandon Zuern"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today Vertigo announced<\/a> they were finally collecting the much sought-after early Grant Morrison\/Frank Quitely collaboration Flex Mentallo<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, January 4th, 2011<\/p>\n

By Pamela Mullin<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a fan of Grant Morrison (and who isn\u2019t?), you\u2019ll be stoked to know that FLEX MENTALLO will be published in book form this year. This marks the first time the four-issue mini-series written by Morrison and illustrated by artist Frank Quitely is being collected. FLEX MENTALLO sprang out of Grant\u2019s mind bending and infamous run on DOOM PATROL.<\/p>\n

Pick up this beautiful Deluxe Edition hardcover with bonus material this Fall.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Back in late September\/early October over a glorious six day period, we (being RevolutionSF) produced \t\t \t\t
\nUncanny Un-Collectibles<\/a>, which outlined the comics that have never been collected (or were currently not available) but really should be. On October 1, the sixth and final day<\/a>, Brandon Zuern, manager of the finest comic shop<\/a> in the land, made this pronouncement.<\/p>\n

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Flex Mentallo<\/span>, Grant Morrison’s four-issue limited series about a musclebound superhero searching for other champions of justice, might not be for you. It’s too psychedelic for a mainstream audience, yet too much in love with truth, justice, and the American Way for the weirdos and freaks. It’s drug-fueled science fiction fantasy is more than the straight-laces can handle, but has a strangely sweet optimism that cynics won’t get.<\/p>\n

But if you simply love comic books, Flex Mentallo is the mondo bizarro comics commentary you’ve been looking for.<\/p>\n

It’s a love letter to superhero ideals laced with LSD. It’s a beautiful like an explosion, thanks to the stunning art of Frank Quitely. But because of the lead character’s similarity in look and origin to bodybuilder-turned-pitchman Charles Atlas, we may never see a collection of this amazing series. Though DC Comics stood up to the lawsuit-version of getting sand kicked in their face by Charles Atlas Co., they’ve hesitated to reprint the story. Here’s hoping Flex Mentallo uses his reality-changing mastery of Muscle Mystery to flex us up a trade paperback! It could happen, because Flex Mentallo<\/span> is proof that superheroes are real. -Brandon Zuern, store manager, Austin Books &amp; Comics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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And here we are a scant three months later and Vertigo is announcing that very collection. If that doesn’t demonstrate geek power, I’m not sure what does!*<\/span><\/p>\n

\n*To be fair, Brandon was far from the only person clamoring for this collection<\/a>. But, this does make the second title<\/a> from the feature to be collected. Not sure if someone is paying attention, but I like to think so.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today Vertigo announced they were finally collecting the much sought-after early Grant Morrison\/Frank Quitely collaboration Flex Mentallo. Quote: Tuesday, January 4th, 2011 By Pamela Mullin If you\u2019re a fan of Grant Morrison (and who isn\u2019t?), you\u2019ll be stoked to know … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n