Grant Morrison has been recognized as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to film and literature on the just-released Queen’s Honours Birthday list.

An order of chivalry established in 1917 by George V, the Order of the British Empire consists of five ranks, with Member being the lowest. Only the highest ranks automatically confer a knighthood, so the writer won’t be referred to as “Sir Grant.” (However, he does get to include “MBE” after his name.)

Proper cheddared for him.

NICE.

@FadeToBlackBolt get in here

Saw it some hours ago and lol'ed. Him being "an anarchist" and all. Did even an Invincibles issue that was an attack against monarchy :P

I'm sort of glad he isn't Sir Grant Morrison...that would be a little much...

Nice!

I could imagine on covers of comics. Sir Grant Morrison. If it was. I'd say "Suck on that Marvel!" The comic company, not myself.

Does that mean we get to call him Sir Grant Morrison now.

Oh wow. Should have payed more attention to the op

They give out these titles like party favors nowadays, it really does not hold the prestige it used to. Nothing against Morrison but he is far from the poster child for this kind of award based on his personal viewpoints.

Nice, Grant deserves that.

Congratulations to Grant Morrison.

That's awesome :]

Sweet!

Great!

YES. You so deserve this, Grant. Congratulations!

@FadeToBlackBolt: lol

I think it's cool. Grant's one of my faves.

@aztek_the_lost said:

Grant does not deserve this and I don't know why he got it, did anyone read The Invisibles? That said, there are other notable figures who've gotten this in the past that don't really deserve it. I mean, yes they deserve recognition of what they've done but not by the British Empire.

Maybe they gave him because of irony? :P

Hail Morrison.

They give out these titles like party favors nowadays, it really does not hold the prestige it used to. Nothing against Morrison but he is far from the poster child for this kind of award based on his personal viewpoints.

@spiderbat87 said:

@Brazen_Intellect said:

They give out these titles like party favors nowadays, it really does not hold the prestige it used to. Nothing against Morrison but he is far from the poster child for this kind of award based on his personal viewpoints.

The idea is to be awarded it regardless of your view points

The less exclusive the award, the less it really means. At this point the list of these honors given out is little more than getting a purple participation ribbon for Field Day in school. The amount awarded has grown by far, and you can just buy them by paying off the right people (google it, this has been going on for some time).

I'm not knocking Morrison for getting an award, he's very talented, just noting the irony when looking at some of his works