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Sequart Releases From Bayou to Abyss: Examining John Constantine, Hellblazer

Julian Darius — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 13:00:22 +0000

From Bayou to Abyss: Examining John Constantine, Hellblazer" title="Sequart Releases From Bayou to Abyss: Examining John Constantine, Hellblazer" style="float:left;" />Sequart is proud to announce the publication of From Bayou to Abyss: Examining John Constantine, Hellblazer, edited by Rich Handley and Lou Tambone. British occultist John Constantine elevated Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, and it wasn’t long before… [more]

“I won’t wear one of those damnfool spandex body-condom things. I don’t have the bust for it”: Superhero Costume in the WildStorm Comics of Warren Ellis, Part 3

David Sweeney — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:26:36 +0000

In How To Read Superhero Comics and Why, Klock applies Harold Bloom’s concept of the ‘agon’ to Ellis’s treatment of superheroes in his work for WildStorm. For Bloom, poets can only escape the ‘anxiety of… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 70

Max Nestorowich — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 19:10:43 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 70" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 70" style="float:left;" />Issue #83 “The End of Rake at the Gates of Hell” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Clem Robins; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Endings are… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 69

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 14:50:21 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 69" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 69" style="float:left;" />Issue #82 “Rake at the Gates of Hell: Part Five” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Clem Robins; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Throughout their careers… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 68

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 23:00:53 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 68" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 68" style="float:left;" />Issue #81 “Rake at the Gates of Hell: Part Four” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Clem Robins; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Last we left… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 67

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 18:35:26 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 67" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 67" style="float:left;" />Issue #80 “Rake at the Gates of Hell: Part Three” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Clem Robins; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; As we’ve seen… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 66

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:05:37 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 66" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 66" style="float:left;" />Issue #79 “Rake at the Gates of Hell: Part Two” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Clem Robins; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Picking a mere… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 65

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 19:10:21 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 65" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 65" style="float:left;" />Issue #78 “Rake at the Gates of Hell: Parts One” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Clem Robins; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Despite the cyclical… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 64

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 18:00:06 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 64" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 64" style="float:left;" />Issue #75b-77 “Act of Union,” “Confessions of an Irish Rebel,” & “And the Crowd Goes Wild” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artists: William Simpson, Steve Dillon, Peter Snejbjerg; Colors: Stuart Chaifetz, Tom Ziuko; Letters: Clem Robins; Editor:… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 63

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 18:30:11 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 63" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 63" style="float:left;" />Issue #75 “Damnation’s Flame: Hail to the Chief” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Picking up immediately from last… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 62

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 27 May 2016 15:45:16 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 62" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 62" style="float:left;" />Issue #74 “Damnation’s Flame: Trail of Tears” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Picking up immediately where the previous… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 61

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 20 May 2016 15:30:27 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 61" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 61" style="float:left;" />Issue #73 “Damnation’s Flame: Broadway the Hard Way” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Last we left John Constantine… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 60

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 13 May 2016 19:45:16 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 60" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 60" style="float:left;" />Issue #72 “Damnation’s Flame Part One: Brave New World” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Clem Robins; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; When Hellblazer started 71… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 59

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 06 May 2016 17:30:51 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 59" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 59" style="float:left;" />Issue #71 “Finest Hour” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Last we left John Constantine he was in a… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 58

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:45:34 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 58" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 58" style="float:left;" />Issue #70 “Heartland” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Stuart Chaifetz; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; After nearly 6 years of being published as a monthly… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 57

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 16:00:13 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 57" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 57" style="float:left;" />Issues #68-69 “Down All the Days” and “Rough Trade” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Depression is defined as… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 56

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 15:15:54 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 56" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 56" style="float:left;" />Issue #67 “Dear John”1 Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Todd Klein; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Life is filled with pain. To deny that would… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 55

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:50:25 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 55" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 55" style="float:left;" />Issue #66 “Fear and Loathing Part Three: Down to Earth” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Fear and Loathing is very much the… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 54

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 14:19:47 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 54" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 54" style="float:left;" />Issue #65 “Fear and Loathing Part Two: London Kills Me” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; By know the inevitability of John Constantine’s… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 53

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 15:45:26 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 53" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 53" style="float:left;" />Issue #64 “Fear and Loathing Part One: For God and Country” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Although overly cynical there is some… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 52

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 18:00:16 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 52" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 52" style="float:left;" />Issue #63 “Forty” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; As discussed in prior installments of this column, Hellblazer was one of the few… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 51

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 20:20:35 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 51" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 51" style="float:left;" />Issue #62 “End of the Line” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Life is full of many choices and in a way it… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 50

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 17:30:23 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 50" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 50" style="float:left;" />Issue #61 “She’s Buying a Stairway to Heaven” Writer: Garth Ennis; Pencils: William Simpson; Inks: Mike Barreiro; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; When distilled down to its raw… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 49

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 18:30:43 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 49" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 49" style="float:left;" />Issue #60 “Guys & Dolls Part Two: Nativity Infernal” Writer: Garth Ennis; Pencils: William Simpson; Inks: Mike Barreiro & Kim DeMulder; Colors: Tom Zuiko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; In “Guys… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 48

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 18:15:02 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 48" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 48" style="float:left;" />Issue #59 “Guys & Dolls Part One: Fallen Women” Writer: Garth Ennis; Pencils: William Simpson; Inks: Mike Barreiro & Kim DeMulder; Colors: Tom Zuiko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Shared universes… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 47

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 18:30:56 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 47" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 47" style="float:left;" />Issues #57-58 “Mortal Clay” & “Body & Soul” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Zuiko, Daniel Vozzo; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; In a world filled with demons, angels,… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 46

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 18:15:10 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 46" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 46" style="float:left;" />Issue #56 “This is the Diary of Danny Drake” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: David Lloyd; Letters: Elitta Fell; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; A friend of mine once told me over beer that “the… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 45

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 19:00:00 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 45" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 45" style="float:left;" />Issue #55 “Royal Blood Part Four: Dog Eat Dog” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Will Simpson; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Royal Blood ultimately concludes with “Dog Eat Dog.”… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 44

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 18:00:53 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 44" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 44" style="float:left;" />It has come to my attention that I was mistaken last week in assuming that the person who may have been Prince Andrew, Duke of York had no real uncle whose ashes he could have… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 43

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 19:00:00 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 43" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 43" style="float:left;" />Issue #53 “Royal Blood Part Two: Revelations” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Will Simpson Colors: Tom Ziuko; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Picking up minutes after the conclusion of the previous issue “Revelations” covers the… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 42

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 21:30:01 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 42" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 42" style="float:left;" />Issue #52 “Royal Blood Part One: The Players” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Will Simpson Colors: Tom Ziuko; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; While Hellblazer very much takes place in the western world, the fact… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 41

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 25 Dec 2015 20:30:56 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 41" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 41" style="float:left;" />Issue #51 “Counting to Ten” Writer: John Smith; Artist: Sean Phillips; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Cover: Sean Phillips; As discussed in prior installments of this column, there are many different kinds of horror.… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 40

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 18:00:36 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 40" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 40" style="float:left;" />Issue #50 “Remarkable Lives” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Will Simpson Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Cover: Tom Canty; The monthly numbering system is perhaps one of comics most notable features. Being that issues are… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 39

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:00:07 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 39" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 39" style="float:left;" />Author’s note: Up to this point in my analysis I’ve tried to remain as objective as possible in the analysis of the content within the series, but the subject matter of the following issue, combined… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 38

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 16:00:31 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 38" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 38" style="float:left;" />Issue #47-48 “The Pub Where I Was Born” & “Love Kills” Writer: Garth Ennis; Pencils: Will Simpson, Mike Hoffman; Inker: Stan Woch; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Cover: Tom Canty; Being that Hellblazer is… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 37

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 16:00:18 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 37" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 37" style="float:left;" />Issue #46 “Falling into Hell” Writer: Garth Ennis; Pencils: Will Simpson; Inker: Mark Pennington, Mark McKenna, Kim DeMulder, Stan Woch; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Cover: Tom Canty; As with any ongoing comic series,… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 36

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 18:00:12 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 36" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 36" style="float:left;" />Issue #45 “The Sting” Writer: Garth Ennis; Pencils: Will Simpson; Inker: Tom Sutton; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Cover: Tom Canty; In the comic medium, every character or series has moments that become paramount… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 35

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 12:00:40 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 35" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 35" style="float:left;" />Issue #44 “My Way” Writer: Garth Ennis; Pencils: Will Simpson; Inker: Tom Sutton; Colors: Tom Zuiko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Cover: Tom Canty; American founding father Benjamin Franklin is famously known for the quote from a… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 34

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 12:00:42 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 34" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 34" style="float:left;" />Issue #43 “Friends in High Places” Writer: Garth Ennis; Pencils: Will Simpson; Inker: Malcolm Jones III; Colors: Tom Zuiko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Cover: Tom Canty; From a narrative perspective comic books offer many storytelling methods… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 33

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 11:00:02 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 33" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 33" style="float:left;" />Issue #42 “A Drop of the Hard Stuff” Writer: Garth Ennis; Pencils: Will Simpson; Inker: Mark Pennington; Colors: Tom Zuiko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Cover: Tom Canty; As stated before, a fictional character, comic or otherwise,… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 32

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:00:29 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 32" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 32" style="float:left;" />A change of the writer or the entire creative team on any title is always a challenge, especially after four years under the helm of Jamie Delano and his stark horror drenched political commentary that… [more]

Colloquium #13: Magic Horror Vibe — Ales Kot on Wolf

Markisan Naso — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 11:00:56 +0000

Wolf" title="Colloquium #13: Magic Horror Vibe — Ales Kot on Wolf" style="float:left;" />Markisan interviews writer Ales Kot on Wolf, his upcoming fantasy / horror / crime series for Image Comics. They discuss the influence of Hellblazer, the importance of diversity in comics, the lure of Los Angeles,… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 31

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 22 May 2015 11:00:01 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 31" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 31" style="float:left;" />Issues #39-40 “The Hanged Man” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Steve Pugh, Dave McKean Colors: Tom Zuiko, Dave McKean Letters: Gaspar Saladino Cover: Kent Williams Over the past 34 issues and one annual[1] Jamie Delano has… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 30

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 15 May 2015 11:00:00 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 30" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 30" style="float:left;" />Issue #37-38 “Man’s Work” & ”Boy’s Play” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Steve Pugh Colors: Tom Zuiko Letters: Gaspar Saladino Cover: Kent Williams Ideological conflict has played a large role in Jamie Delano’s run on Hellblazer.… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 29

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 08 May 2015 11:00:04 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 29" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 29" style="float:left;" />Issues #34-36 The Dead Boy’s Heart Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Sean Phillips Colors: Tom Zuiko Letters: Gaspar Saladino Cover: Kent Williams Demons are everywhere within Hellblazer. It’s commonplace that we see John Constantine staring down… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 28

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 01 May 2015 11:00:30 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 28" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 28" style="float:left;" />Issue #32 “New Tricks” Writer: Dick Foreman Art: Steve Pugh Colors: Tom Zuiko Letters: Gaspar Saladino Cover: Kent Williams Following The Family Man Jamie Delano hands the title off to Dick Foreman before returning to… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 27

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 11:00:44 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 27" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 27" style="float:left;" />Issue #31 “Mourning of the Magician” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Sean Phillips Colors: Tom Zuiko Letters: Gaspar Saladino Cover: Kent Williams Over the last 30 issues of the series, it is clearly obvious that death… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 26

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 11:00:00 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 26" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 26" style="float:left;" />Issue #30 “Fatality” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Ron Tiner & Mark Buckingham Colors: Tom Zuiko Letters: Gaspar Saladino Cover: Kent Williams Picking up immediately from the previous issue, “Fatality” brings The Family Man storyline to… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 25

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:00:37 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 25" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 25" style="float:left;" />Issue #29 “Sick at Heart” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Ron Tiner & Kevin Walker Colors: Tom Zuiko Letters: Gaspar Saladino Cover: Kent Williams While being comprised of many styles of stories that can be grouped… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 24

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 11:00:43 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 24" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 24" style="float:left;" />Issue #28 “Thicker Than Water” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Ron Tiner & Kevin Walker Colors: Tom Zuiko Letters: Gaspar Saladino Cover: Kent Williams Following the brief tenure of Grant Morrison and Neil Gaiman on the… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 23

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:00:07 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 23" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 23" style="float:left;" />Issue 27 “Hold Me” Writer: Neil Gaiman Art & Cover: Dave McKean Colors: Dave McKean & Danny Vizzo Letters: Todd Klein Following Grant Morrison’s two part tale of nuclear terror, is arguably one of the… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 22

Max Nestorowich — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 11:00:04 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 22" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 22" style="float:left;" />Issue 25 “Early Warning” Writer: Grant Morrison Art, Colors, & Cover: David Lloyd Letters: Tom Frame As stated before, over the 300 issue run Hellblazer would be written by many of the comic industry’s biggest… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 20

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 12:00:30 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 20" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 20" style="float:left;" />Issue #23 “Larger Than Life” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Dean Motter, Ron Tiner Colors: Tom Zuiko Letters: Elitta Fell Cover: Dave McKean Without a doubt, the most memorable aspect of fiction are the characters—figures that… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 19

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:00:57 +0000

Issue #21 “The God of All Gods” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Mark Buckingham, Alfredo Alcala Colors: Lovern Kindzierski Letters: Elitta Fell Cover: Dave McKean Continuing directly from the previous issue, “The God of All Gods”… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 18

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 12:00:20 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 18" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 18" style="float:left;" />Issue #20 “Betrayal” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Mark Buckingham, Alfredo Alcala Colors: Lovern Kindzierski Letters: Elitta Fell Cover: Dave McKean From the seaside to Stonehenge, before taking a doomed train back to rain soaked London,… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 17

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 12:00:53 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 17" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 17" style="float:left;" />Issue #19 “The Broken Man” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Mark Buckingham, Alfredo Alcala Colors: Lovern Kindzierski Letters: Elitta Fell Cover: Dave McKean Due to the length of The Fear Machine, 9 consecutive issues, much of… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 16

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 12:00:13 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 16" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 16" style="float:left;" />Issue #18 “Hate Mail and Love Letters” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Mark Buckingham, Alfredo Alcala Colors: Lovern Kindzierski Letters: Elitta Fell Cover: Dave McKean As stated previously, The Fear Machine’s main focus is on dichotomies.… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 15

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 12:00:04 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 15" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 15" style="float:left;" />Issue #17 “Fellow Travellers” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Mike Hoffman Colors: Lovern Kindzierski Letters: Todd Klein Cover: Dave McKean Over the course of Jamie Delano’s 40 issue run on the series, and his return in… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 14

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:00:27 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 14" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 14" style="float:left;" />Issue #16 “Rough Justice” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Richard Piers Rayner, Mark Buckingham Colors: Lovern Kindzierski Letters: Elitta Fell Cover: Dave McKean During the opening issues of The Fear Machine, we have seen Constantine adapt… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 13

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 12:00:54 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 13" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 13" style="float:left;" />Issue #15 “Shepherd’s Warning” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Richard Piers Rayner, Mark Buckingham Colors: Lovern Kindzierski Letters: Elitta Fell Cover: Dave McKean Throughout Hellblazer, Constantine remarks how weirdness is attracted to him, how no matter… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 12

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 12:00:51 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 12" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 12" style="float:left;" />Issue #14 “Touching the Earth” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Richard Piers Rayner, Mark Buckingham Colors: Lovern Kindzierski Letters: Elitta Fell Cover: Dave McKean Fear is a powerful thing. Scientifically, it is an emotion brought upon… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 11

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:00:02 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 11" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 11" style="float:left;" />Hellblazer Annual #1 “The Bloody Saint” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Bryan Talbot Colors: Lovern Kindzierski Letters: Todd Klein Cover: Kent Williams Life has a sense of never really turning out exactly as we would like… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 10

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 12:00:24 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 10" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 10" style="float:left;" />Issue #13 “On the Beach” Writer: Jamie Delano; Art: Richard Piers Rayner, Mark Buckingham, Mike Hoffman; Colors: Lovern Kindzierski; Letters: Todd Klein; Cover: Dave McKean; When thinking back on our childhoods, the notion of life… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 9

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 18:00:36 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 9" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 9" style="float:left;" />Issue #12 “The Devil You Know” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Richard Piers Rayner and Mark Buckingham Colors: Lovern Kindzierski Letters: Todd Klein Cover: Dave McKean It is fairly obvious that suffering abounds within Hellblazer: demonic… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 8

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:00:45 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 8" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 8" style="float:left;" />Issue #10 “Sex and Death” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Richard Piers Rayner and Mark Buckingham Colors: Lovern Kindzierski Letters: Todd Klein Cover: Dave McKean With the ultimate goal of self-preservation, the consequences of John Constantine’s… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 7

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:00:08 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 7" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 7" style="float:left;" />Issue #8 “Intensive Care” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: John Ridgeway Inks: Alfredo Alcala Colors: Lovern Kindzierski Letters: John Costanza Cover: Dave McKean Although the series is still very early on, the characterization of Constantine has… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 6

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 12:00:32 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 6" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 6" style="float:left;" />Issue #7 “Ghosts in the Machine” Writter: Jamie Delano Artist: John Ridgeway, Brett Ewins and Jim McCarthy Colorist: Lovern Kindzierski Letterer:Todd Klein At this point in Hellblazer, the series has featured many things associated with… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 5

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:00:27 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 5" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 5" style="float:left;" />Hellblazer #6 “Extreme Prejudice” Written:Jamie Delano Art: John Ridgeway Colors:Lovern Kindzierski Letters: Todd Klein Cover: Dave McKean Just as when the term “magic” is presented and certain images come to mind, “skinhead” also conjures certain… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 4

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:00:00 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 4" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 4" style="float:left;" />Issue #5 “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” Writer: Jamie Delano; Art: John Ridgeway; Colors: Lovern Kindzierski; Letters: Todd Klei; Cover: Dave McKean “When Johnny Comes Marching Home,” marks the first issue of the series that… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 3

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 12:00:10 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 3" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 3" style="float:left;" />Issue #4 “Waiting for the Man” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: John Ridgeway Colors: Lovern Kindzierski Letters: Annie Halfacree It’s said that a comic book character is only as memorable as its supporting cast. Villains, family,… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 2

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:00:25 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 2" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 2" style="float:left;" />Issue #3 “Going for It” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: John Ridgeway Colors: Lovern Kindzierski Letters: Annie Halfacree Of all the issues of Hellblazer written by Jamie Delano, fewer are more politically charged than “Going For… [more]

“The Notion that Mankind is Diseased and Must be Replaced at all Costs”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 26

Colin Smith — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 11:00:05 +0000

Continued from last week. The conflict between Millar’s two opposing teams of Masons appears to represent a clash of empathy and hubris, tolerance and tyranny, good faith and a world-razing secularism. Where one Lodge is… [more]

Bugged Out!: Scarab Reconsidered 20 Years On, Part Three

Ryan C. — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:00:12 +0000

Scarab Reconsidered 20 Years On, Part Three" title="Bugged Out!: Scarab Reconsidered 20 Years On, Part Three" style="float:left;" />First off, a correction : when we left off last time I told you we were sometime late in 1991, with promising young British comics scribe John Smith receiving a phone call from DC editor… [more]

Warren Ellis, Revisionism, and Reconstructionism

Julian Darius — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:00:34 +0000

Last time, we discussed how Warren Ellis is a realist, and we contrasted this with the views of Grant Morrison. These two modes correlate strongly with two different modes of super-hero stories. Revisionism, most frequently… [more]

Comics Published on 27 November 2002

Matt Martin — Tue, 03 Dec 2002 15:40:31 +0000

Hellblazer #178 DC Comics/Vertigo – Mike Carey (w); Marcelo Frusin (a) I’ve stated repeatedly my affection for Brian Azzarello’s work. The incredible job that he does every month (well, theoretically every month, since the book… [more]

Comics Published on 30 October 2002

Matt Martin — Tue, 05 Nov 2002 17:12:50 +0000

St. Swithin’s Day Oni Press – Grant Morrison (w); Paul Grist (a) This is sort of a first for me and the column: my first retro review. I thought it’d be a bigger deal, like… [more]

The State of American Comics Address, 2002

Julian Darius — Sat, 02 Feb 2002 17:00:53 +0000

The American comic book industry, as an economic institution, is doing terribly. Artistically, however, this will be remembered as a fairly good period. Many mainstream titles are selling less than 20,000 copies; a few even… [more]

Belfast and New York, Ireland and America, and “Irish Studies” as Reflected by Garth Ennis

Julian Darius — Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:00:43 +0000

Garth Ennis, an Irish writer working in the graphic novel (or extended comic book) format, represents a literary outsider. Although he shows considerably greater disdain for many other groups, Ennis has openly shown disdain for… [more]