Grant Morrison Responds To "GD Gate"

Bleeding Cool have posted an update to earlier story detailing a North Carolina comic store owner's boycotting of Grant Morrison's Action Comics #1 because of the below panel caused quite a stir here on CBM, with very strong opinions from all sides.

Now said owner of Comics Conspiracy has issued an apology.

First and foremost, I want to make a formal apology to Grant Morrison. I made a statement in anger after reading the issue in question after the store closed on Wednesday. Mr. Morrison, I most humbly apologize for calling you a “Scottish schmuck”, I was way out of line. This is a true heartfelt apology.

For right now though, I have to admit that the can of worms that has been opened is much larger than I ever dreamed it would be. But that’s OK. There are a lot of interesting views here mixed in among the hate. The bottom line is that nobody but Grant Morrison knows the TRUE intent behind the GD letters. This issue could be easily resolved by a simple post from either Mr. Morrison or the editors at DC Comics.

As the debate continued on the previous article, we were all trying to best decipher exactly what "GD" even meant. Clearly this guy figured it was an abbreviation of "God Damn". But there were those that thought it might just have been the sound Supes made as he felt the force of the explosion. And guess what! Grant Morrison responds..

“It should go without saying that the offending panel and caption, a mere ‘GD’, is a sound effect grunt – to suggest Superman’s breath being forced through gritted teeth – much like ‘DHH’, ‘GNUHH’ or the many others used throughout this book and in general in the comics business. It’s not in any way representative of God or a curse.”

So there you have it. Gotta take your hat of to the guy for apologizing whatever your opinions of his initial over reaction are. Although he may want to keep his boycott book open as in next month's issue Supes says "[frick] Jesus" when Lois steps on his toe.

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