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I&#39;m David Faust and welcome to <b>4-D Vision</b>, my own little corner of the Raging Bullets site (Thanks Sean!). By day, I&#39;m a teacher working in a Korean university where I teach English conversation. I&#39;m also in the process of completing my M.A. Degree in Humanities. My thesis will be an exploration of Grant Morrison&#39;s <i>Final Crisis</i> and <i>Seven Soldiers of Victory</i>. This column is, in a way, a tool to help me get into the habit of writing a little more critically about subjects for which a feel very strongly. For this column, I will attempt to explore the DC-Universe works of my all-time favorite writer, Grant Morrison. I&#39;ll be focusing exclusively on the stories set within the DC Universe and not any of the Vertigo titles. After all, better minds than mine have been tackling stories like <i> The Invisibles</i> and <i>The Filth</i> for a while now, and I doubt that there is much I can add to that conversation. The entries won&#39;t follow any sort of pattern, they&#39;ll just be about the books I&#39;m reading and enjoying. I will try to post about current titles as much as is possible, but work, studies, and domestic responsibilities will ensure that I don&#39;t spend too much time reading and writing about comics. From time to time, I might throw together an non-Morrison entry or two if the mood strikes. At any rate, if anyone reads this, let me know what you think. My e-mail is faustdpatgmaildotcom. You can also find me on the Comic Forums, The Eleven O&#39;Clock forums and a few other places here and there. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Enjoy.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Columns:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="4dvision/journey_is_the_destination.html"> Grant Morrison and Batman RIP</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="4dvision/manmythandsuperman.html"> Man, Myth, and Superman</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="4dvision/fc7.html">Final Crisis #7</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="4dvision/beyond_the_infinite.html"> Superman Beyond #1</a></p> </td> <!-- corner --><td width="10" height="10"> <img src="../index6_files/tcr.gif" width="10" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <!-- spacer --><td bgcolor="ffffff"></td> <!------------------ SHOW TEXT! ------------------> <!-- I left this over here so you could find it easier; also, leaving it in the middleleads to pesky justification issues. --> <td bgcolor="ffffff" style="width: 604px"> </td> <!-- spacer --><td width="10" bgcolor="ffffff"></td> </tr> <!------------------ THIS IS THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE ------------------> <tr> <!-- corner --><td height="10"> <img src="../index6_files/ucl.gif" width="10" height="10"></td> <!-- top --> <td height="10" bgcolor="ffffff" style="width: 604px"></td> <!-- corner --><td width="10" height="10"> <img src="../index6_files/ucr.gif" width="10" height="10"></td> </tr> </TABLE> </td> <!-- white bar --><td bgcolor="ffffff" width="10" height="87"></td> <!-- red bar --><td bgcolor="ff0000" width="34" height="87"></td> </tr> <!-- By the way, if you want to adapt this template for other areas of the website, all you need to do is delete the FIRST AD (but not the cell that contains it), and the ENTIRE ROW above this comment. --> <tr colspan="1"> <!-- red bar --><td bgcolor=ff0000 width="34"></td> <!-- white bar --><td bgcolor="ffffff" style="width: 7px"></td> <!-- THIS IS WHERE THINGS GET CRAZY. 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