Cover of Joe the Barbarian #1 (March 2010), art by Sean Murphy.
Publication information
Publisher
Vertigo
Schedule
Monthly
Format
Limited series
Genre
Fantasy
Publication date
March2010 – March2011
No. of issues
8
Main character(s)
Joe Manson
Creative team
Created by
Grant Morrison Sean Murphy
Written by
Grant Morrison
Artist(s)
Sean Murphy
Letterer(s)
Todd Klein
Colorist(s)
Dave Stewart
Editor(s)
Karen Berger Pornsak Pichetshote
Collected editions
Deluxe Edition
ISBN 1-4012-2971-9
Joe the Barbarian is an eight-issue comic book limited series[1] written by Grant Morrison[2][3] and drawn by Sean Murphy.[4][5] It was published in 2010-2011 by Vertigo Comics.
Morrison has discussed the inspiration behind the series:[2]
I was obsessed with fantasy books when I was a young teenager – Tolkien, Alan Garner, Susan Cooper, Robert E. Howard, Michael Moorcock, Stephen Donaldson…. anything I could get my hands on. I even wrote two big swords-and-sorcery novels back then, but I'd never done a fantasy comic book before and it seemed like an interesting challenge to do a real proper kind of "Lord of Rings", "Alice in Wonderland" all-ages story for today.
The first issue was released in January 2010 (cover dated March 2010).
^Melrose, Kevin (June 2009). "An early glimpse of Morrison and Murphy's Joe the Barbarian". Robot6. Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on June 8, 2009. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
^ abRenaud, Jeffrey (December 22, 2009). "Grant Morrison's "Barbarian"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
^Phillips, Dan (January 20, 2010). "Grant Morrison Discusses Joe the Barbarian". IGN. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
^Arrant, Chris (December 15, 2009). "Sean Murphy Plays in Morrison's Toybox in JOE THE BARBARIAN". Newsarama. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
^O'Shea, Tim (January 18, 2010). "Talking Comics with Tim: Sean Murphy". Robot 6. Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on January 21, 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
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