Grant Morrison (1960) writer
Source: Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human
“Our Poets make us laugh at Tragœdy,
And with their Comoedies they make us cry.”
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And with their Comoedies they make us cry." by George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham?
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