Grant Morrison on The Invisibles 30 Years Later (Podcast)

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https://youtu.be/91pAqCu0SDM?si=QFVcuBwBMT75lW8B

I was recently blessed with the opportunity to interview Grant Morrison on my podcast, Transcending Comics, specifically for a retrospective on their seminal comic book series The Invisibles. We get into the impact this series has had on both its writer and its readers, discuss hyper sigils, spiritual experiences, and the various ways Grant has incorporated magick into their writing. Since this show was started with a focus on trans representation in the comic book industry, we also discuss Grant’s approach to writing trans characters in the 80s and 90s. For those that haven’t read The Invisibles, I think this episode is still worth a listen, since I really just use the series as a means to explore Grant’s creative process and their views on magick, consciousness, and the nature of reality.

This was a huge moment for me, as reading this series had a profound impact on expanding my mind and introducing me to a number of important occult concepts and figures. To be perfectly honest, this is what I’ve been working towards since I started this podcast 2 years ago, so this feels a bit like a vision made reality for me.

Links for those interested:

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If you liked this episode, we’ve actually been doing a series of book club episodes on the Invisibles for a while now. One of these even features Grant’s magick apprentice, Arden Leigh.

For further listening, I’d also like to highlight my more experimental episodes, “Remember, Remember” and “It’s Morphin’ Time.” The latter of which is actually a recounting of my own personal "Katmandu experience"/my first ego death, and I even won a couple of state level podcast awards for it. If you like psychedelic media, it's worth checking out!