Grant Morrison in conversation with Amy Nicholson at Live Talks Los Angeles

Grant Morrison in conversation with Amy Nicholson at Live Talks Los Angeles
discussing their novel, "Luda"
This video is from an event taped on September 12, 2022
A drag queen initiates her protégée into the magical arts in this phantasmagoric epic, the first novel from the legendary comics writer and New York Times bestselling author.
Grant Morrison is best known for their innovative work on comics, from the graphic novel Batman: Arkham Asylum to acclaimed runs on Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the X-Men, as well as their subversive creator-owned titles such as The Invisibles, Seaguy, The Filth, and WE3. In television, they have developed adaptations of their comic series Happy! for Syfy and Netflix and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World for Peacock. In addition, Morrison is an award-winning playwright, a musician, an occult practitioner, and a stray-cat magnet. They are also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods. Morrison was awarded an MBE for services to film and literature.
Amy Nicholson is a film critic in Los Angeles and host of the podcast “Unspooled.” Her credits include the New York Times, LA Weekly, Variety, Rolling Stone, MTV News, and the Guardian, as well as the podcast miniseries “Quentin Tarantino Presents,” “Halloween Unmasked,” and “Skillset.” Her first book, “Tom Cruise: Anatomy of an Actor,” was published by Cahiers du Cinema, and her second, “Extra Girls,” will be published by Simon & Schuster in 2023.
“Grant Morrison is a modern mythmaker-a once-in-a-lifetime storyteller who has crafted some of the most evocative sagas of our generation. With Luda, Morrison has created a mesmerizing, evocative, and unforgettable journey that still manages to be grounded and character driven. Luda discards the trappings of genre boundaries to concoct something wholly new and truly phenomenal.”-Alex Segura, bestselling author of Secret Identity
Luci LaBang is a star: For decades this flamboyant drag artist has cast a spell over screen and stage. Now she’s the leading lady in a smash hit musical. But as time takes its toll, Luci fears her star is beginning to dim.
When Luci’s co-star meets with a mysterious accident, a new ingenue shimmers onto the scene: Luda, whose fantastical beauty and sinister charm infatuate Luci immediately . . . and who bears a striking resemblance to Luci herself at a much younger age.
Luda begs Luci to share the secrets of her stardom and to reveal the hidden tricks of her trade. For Luci LaBang is a mistress of the Glamour, a mysterious discipline that draws on sex, drugs, and the occult for its trancelike, transformative effects.
But as Luci tutors her young protégée, their fellow actors and crew members begin meeting with untimely ends. Now Luci wonders if Luda has mastered the Glamour all too well . . . and exploited it to achieve her dark ambitions.
What follows is an intoxicating descent into the demimonde of Gasglow, a fantastical city of dreams, and into the nightmarish heart of Luda herself: a femme fatale, a phenomenon, a monster, and, perhaps, the brightest star of them all.

[@gonzalomartincavanna862]

Always a pleasure listening to Mr Morrison

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Turning into Hunter S. Thompson #PlatformBoots

[@new_memeplex]

She asks thoughtful questions. Best Grant M interview I have seen in a long while.

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#RubySlippers

[@OddManOutInc.]

Thanks as always Mr. Morrison!

[@AuraSparks]

Fantastic discussion, Grant is such a brilliant person

[@alexanderkeffer2107]

Love it. Love their mind. So transcendent… can only imagine how many universes have come to life thanks to them.

[@padendubois5205]

It's bloody KING MOB! Love it

[@willbyler6271]

my two favorite people together! wish i was coulda been there

[@justinelrod9950]

Grant slowly turning into Phil Collins.

[@dogquin1001]

46:20 Very unique and interesting look at identity and the ones self

[@yawner1154]

Any Nicholson makes everything more interesting. Love her

[@padendubois5205]

Luda is a fun romp and bring your dictionary

[@xavierhollander6521]

the accent is sexy af he looks good

[@heartliss]

We’re scanning the navy for more dutadas

[@heartliss]

A dutada is someone who hasn’t made up their mind Elissa has already made up her mind

[@heartliss]

Fuck can’t believe I missed this, I hope I meet you soon in real life ❤

[@heartliss]

Ugh it’s a shame she doesnt get it ❤❤

[@hghhhghjj2594]

what she doesnt get?

[@yawner1154]

as KZbin comments go, this kind of knee-jerk criticism of interviewers is almost as predictable as the celebrity humility fetish (“he’s so humble!”)

[@fashklash]

Thank you for sharing your mental illness with us

[@DrLynch2009]

LOL. Grant has been doing it for years.

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Don/t gεt merc'd by m0$$ad for talkiŋg oll dhis sh't abowt dhe Gwen. # Funeral For A Fren

[@Ozgipsy]

Mate, if you don’t know anything about aboriginals then don’t spread nonsense.

[@HkFinn83]

I’m an expert on aboriginals and co-sign everything he said

[@dai19721]

I’m an expert on aboriginals and co-sign everything he said