HEAVY METAL is about to have a face-lift. The longtime magazine, which began back in 1977 as the United States' answer the French magazine METAL HURLANT, features comics that are skewed more towards adult readers.

The magazine has hired on writer Grant Morrison as the Editor-in-Chief, as reported by EW this afternoon. Morrison is known for his more adult stories which includes THE FILTH, THE INVISIBLES, and NAMELESS. However, Morrison is behind some iconic stories like NEW X-MEN and ALL-STAR SUPERMAN as well.

CEO of HEAVY METAL, Jeff Krelitz is excited about Morrison coming on and is a fan himself of Morrison's work in the past:

“The first D.C. Comics book I ever picked up was Arkham Asylum. I thought ‘Holy shit! Batman just went Heavy Metal!...From the standpoint of what he does and how he tells a story—edgy, provocative, avant-garde—that’s us. And why not? It just makes sense.”

We'll keep you updated about the future of HEAVY METAL.

OK... This will be crazy.

that is wonderful and perfect

Nailed it

This is either going to turn out to be something great or lots of multiverse stories and self wanking

This could be very interesting.

Wow good for him.

Awesome.

Makes perfect sense

I'm officially sold. Can't wait to see how he shapes the book.

This goblin thinks Morrison is full of himself.

He probably listens to Avenge Sevenfold.

Muahahahajajajaja

Seems like a natural fit. Cool.

Yes

That's all I can say, yes.

He seems like the perfect guy for this.

As others have mentioned this seems like a good fit, it'll be interesting to see what happens with this.

I did not expect this. But it certainly has my attention.

So does this mean no, Wonder Woman: Earth-One?

Pretty sure he's already finished with that and Paquette is doing the final touches. Amazon says it comes out in April.

BB

"We’re trying to bring back some of that ’70s punk energy of Heavy Metal."

Should we be that surprised Morrison's twisted mind will play a massive part in Heavy Metal? Especially with that cover?

This will be cool, though.

Grant Morrison comic's most annoying ,and tedious writer is an editor now?

I still have a stack of these in my garage.

Also, soundtrack on my iPhone. (Original, not the sequel.)

I can't even.

I honestly had no idea this magazine was still around. He seems like a good fit though.