此處,我就先跳過deluxe跟absolute edition這個區分不講了。主要是要講一件事,就是Grant Morrison書中寫自介的方式到25週年版都還沒換,仍然是用1989年的文字:Grant Morrison began his comics career in 1978, with contributions to the short-lived experimental comic magazine New Myths...
後來2020年新版,Morrison的作者介紹欄整個重寫過,開頭就是直接寫明當下的工作年份了:Grant Morrison has been working with DC comics for more than 30 years, beginning with his legendary runs on the revolutionary titles Animal Man and Doom Patrol...
1989年(and 25週年版)寫的是這樣: In his secret identity, he is an award winning playwright and also plays rhythm guitar and sings with indie noise band the Fauves. He lives and works and sleep occasionally in Glasgow, Scotland.
2020版寫的是這樣: In his secret identity, Morrison is a counterculture spokeperson, a musician, an award winning playwright, and a chaos magician. He is also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism.
He divides his time between his homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.
此處,我就先跳過deluxe跟absolute edition這個區分不講了。主要是要講一件事,就是Grant Morrison書中寫自介的方式到25週年版都還沒換,仍然是用1989年的文字:Grant Morrison began his comics career in 1978, with contributions to the short-lived experimental comic magazine New Myths...
25週年版的這段作者自我介紹有個特徵,就是孰悉Morrison創作歷程的人,會發覺它仍然是用1989年的文字(原書中的頁面下方還有註記這點),這也是為什麼作為一個作者自我介紹,它是紀念意義多過增知性(8年無業是不是事實?當然不是,但作者自我吹噓一下,就原諒他)。畢竟2014年正處於Morrison在DC威望最盛的時光,履歷已經比89年版豐富太多了。
目前中文介紹是寫這樣:
他的祕密身分包括得獎無數的劇作家和「反文化」發言人,以及在不少獨立噪音搖滾樂團中彈奏節奏吉他和擔任主唱。他經常在蘇格蘭格拉斯哥生活、工作和睡覺。
In his secret identity, he is an award winning playwright and also plays rhythm guitar and sings with indie noise band the Fauves. He lives and works and sleep occasionally in Glasgow, Scotland.
In his secret identity, Morrison is a counterculture spokeperson, a musician, an award winning playwright, and a chaos magician. He is also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism.
He divides his time between his homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.
我基本上願意相信書中照字翻介紹不會出這種紕漏,但有些事情真的不能省事。因為有愛的讀者絕對是抓得到問題的。