Batman is gay and that's the reason
people like it. Or at least that is what Grant Morrison, superstar
comic book writer, shared with Playboy during an exclusive
interview.
The 52-year-old Scottish comic book
writer is known for his successful runs on titles such as The
Invisibles, New X-Men, Fantastic Four, All-Star Superman and
Batman.
Morrison, who is
set to launch the new Batman Incorporated comic series, told
Playboy
that “Gayness is built into Batman.”
“Batman is very,
very gay. There's just no denying it. Obviously as a fictional
character he's intended to be heterosexual, but the basis of the
whole concept is utterly gay. I think that's why people like it.
All these women fancy him and they all wear fetish clothes and jump
around rooftops to get him. He doesn't care. He doesn't care –
he's more interested in hanging out with the old guy and the kid.”
Morrison called
Batman a “sexual deviant.”
“I got interested
in the class element of Batman: He's a rich man who beats up poor
people. It's quite a bizarre mission to go out at night dressed as a
bat and punch the hell out of junkies. And then he goes home and
lives in this mansion. There's an aspirational quality to him –
he's an outlaw and he can buy anything. He has a new Batmobile every
movie. He's very plutonian in the sense that he's wealthy and also
in the sense that he's sexually deviant.”