Editing Jerry Cornelius (section)

== Work inspired by Jerry Cornelius ==
Moorcock encouraged other authors and artists to create works about Jerry Cornelius, in an early [[open source]] [[shared world]] attempt at open brand sharing. One example is [[Norman Spinrad]]'s ''The Last Hurrah of the Golden Horde''. Another is [[Jean Giraud|Mœbius]]'s ''The [[Airtight Garage]]''. ''[[The Nature of the Catastrophe]]'', a collection of Jerry Cornelius stories and comic strips which had appeared in ''New Worlds'' (with art by Mal Dean) by various hands, was published in 1971. It includes works by Moorcock himself, [[James Sallis]], [[Brian Aldiss]], [[Langdon Jones]], [[M. John Harrison]], Richard Glyn Jones, Alex Krislov, and Maxim Jakubowski.

The story ''"...the price is worth it"'' by [[Graeme K Talboys]] and the subsequent novels in the ''Stormlight'' quartet (along with the short story collection ''Stormwrack'') are centred on Charlie Cornelius, a daughter of the Cornelius clan with uncertain parentage.

In [[comics]], various writers have used elements of the character, including [[Bryan Talbot]]'s character [[The Adventures of Luther Arkwright|Luther Arkwright]]. [[Image Comics|Image]] publishes [[Matt Fraction]]'s ''[[Casanova (comic series)|Casanova]]'' series which also pays homage to Cornelius. [[Tony Lee]]'s ''Midnight Kiss'' features Cornelius with Michael Moorcock's blessing. (Moorcock wrote the introduction for the collected trade paperback). [[Grant Morrison]] created an [[Oscar Wilde]]-inspired [[steampunk]] version of Jerry Cornelius in ''[[Sebastian O]]'', the original Vertigo mini-series. Another Morrison character, [[Gideon Stargrave]] of ''[[The Invisibles]]'', is one of the few interpretations of the character that Moorcock has issues with, as he considers the character little more than a straight lift of Cornelius.<ref name=afterimage>[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/fish1000/index/lostcontent/gm-afterimage6-jan88.txt Grant Morrison interview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311044433/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/fish1000/index/lostcontent/gm-afterimage6-jan88.txt |date=2007-03-11 }}, ''After-Image'' #6, January 1988</ref><ref>Moorcock's Miscellany website (15 September 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311002930/http://www.multiverse.org/fora/showthread.php?t=2853 Archived at the Wayback Machine]. Retrieved 29 November 2022.</ref>

The name of the protagonist of [[Jean Giraud|Mœbius]]'s ''The Airtight Garage'' was changed in later editions to "Lewis Carnelian". In 2006, on his website, Moorcock wrote:
{{blockquote|I didn't retroactively withdraw permission. Moebius was a friend of friends of mine when he started and someone (I don't know who) told him I didn't like the strip. I loved the strip, though I'd said it wasn't really Jerry Cornelius. This got taken to mean by someone that I didn't like it and Moebius, whom I came to know later and explain that I hadn't withdrawn permission, took the JC out of the title. He knows now that I liked it and had no problems with it.<ref>Moorcock, Michael. "Wikopaedia's wrong there, I fear..." Moorcock's Miscellany (21 June 2006). [https://archive.today/20130415133434/http://www.multiverse.org/fora/showthread.php?s=ba3289cfcfe99456fdc4dc00c0d181ec&p=59076%23post59076#post59076 Archived at the Wayback Machine.] Accessed 29 November 2022.</ref><ref>Moorcock, Michael. "I loved The Airtight Garage of JC but someone told Moebius, absolutely wrongly..." (31 May 2008). [https://archive.today/20130415093638/http://www.multiverse.org/fora/showthread.php?s=ba3289cfcfe99456fdc4dc00c0d181ec&p=125244%23post125244#post125244 Archived at the Wayback Machine.] Accessed 29 November 2022.</ref>}}

''Bad Voltage'', a 1980s cyberpunk novel by [[Jonathan Littell]] that also dealt with themes of bisexuality and violence, features guest appearances by a has-been Jerry Cornelius and a substance-abusing 'Shaky' Mo Collier. The [[independent comic]] ''Man-Elf'' featured not only Cornelius but members of his supporting cast in an homage. Cornelius is also seen in [[Alan Moore]]'s ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier]]'' as a child. Cornelius appears in the second part of [[Alan Moore]]'s three-part comic ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century]]''. The character also appears in ''Neurotwistin''', a French novel by [[:fr:Laurent Queyssi|Laurent Queyssi]] (an appearance sanctioned by Moorcock). The 1996 White Wolf anthology ''Pawn of CHAOS'' features new Cornelius stories by John Shirley, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and Nancy Collins. A version of Jerry Cornelius also appears in Michael Moorcock's 1999 graphic novel ''Multiverse''. An ongoing presentation of new Cornelius stories is on Moorcock's Jeremiah Cornelius Facebook page.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/457929624540593 The Further Adventures of Jerry Cornelius], Facebook. {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>

[[Carter Kaplan]] plays a variation on Jerry Cornelius in his novel ''Tally-Ho, Cornelius!''.

Author [[Bruce Sterling]] has described his recurring character Leggy Starlitz, star of a series of [[short story|short stories]] and the novel ''Zeitgeist'', as "a nonlinear descendant of Moorcock's Jerry Cornelius".<ref>[http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/intbs.htm From the Hackerbarrel], An Interview with Bruce Sterling, infinityplus.co.uk (January 2000).</ref>