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seishonagon

It had been over a week since I made a Hellblazer post.

Jan 27, 2008 13:20

So DC Comics has been lying like a rug for the past while, it turns out. This has turned out well in one case, badly in another ( Read more... )

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skaly2 January 28 2008, 19:51:58 UTC

I'd love to be reading Hellblazer, but I don't think I'd fully appreciate today's stories without reading what has come before. I'm currently waiting for them to release the Fear Machine trade, which Amazon has listed for a June release (although you can usually get books earlier from proper comic book retailers). I'm sort of a wait-for-the-trade snob. (And now that we know they are releasing a third trade of Delano's Hellblazer, it's kind of safe to assume they will release the rest of it... eventually.)

seishonagon January 30 2008, 03:05:06 UTC

It'll be the 40th anniversary by the time it's all out.

skaly2 January 30 2008, 13:17:51 UTC

Which means there will be maybe 60 to 80 trades.

%#@&!!!

seishonagon January 31 2008, 16:37:46 UTC

Oh, easily. I mean, look at Ennis and Azzarello. Each of them had their work collected in, I think, six to eight trade paperbacks. Delano's headed roughly that direction too. So, 6-8 trades is 40 issues. 40 years of 12 issues... yeah, somewhere between 60 and 80 trade paperbacks.
See, it really is readable out of order. I promise.
Hey, are you still in the area? Maybe we should figure out a way to get you participating in the marathon reading.

skaly2 February 1 2008, 16:26:54 UTC

Sure, if we can work that out. I suppose the Garth Ennis run is next for me. I guess I should start looking into the back issues.

Is your marathon also including miniseries and crossovers? (There was a Hellblazer/Books of Magic story they did a while back, if I recall.)

Also, you might want to check out Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol for a look at Golden Age John Constantine.

seishonagon February 2 2008, 02:51:52 UTC

For myself, I'm not including spinoffs that don't actually have a)the Hellblazer title somewhere in there, and b)John as the main character. So I'm going to include the Hellblazer/Books of Magic crossover mini, which is absolutely FANTASTIC.

I have read that segment of Doom Patrol. I love it dearly. I'm really fond of all the alternate versions of John that are out there. It's one of the reasons I want to read Books of Magic: Life During Wartime. I mean, John and Chas as well-adjusted teenage lesbians?!

skaly2 February 2 2008, 04:09:28 UTC

There was also Paul Dini's Zatanna one-shot, in which Constantine appears. I was told, however, that Dini got the Constantine/Zatanna interaction all wrong.

seishonagon February 2 2008, 16:36:17 UTC

He did. I've read it. It wasn't as bad as a lot of people say, but they were kind of lovey-dovey, which, uh. No. It's extremely rare that John gets lovey-dovey with anybody, and when he does it's a sign that he's considering actually settling down with them. No, Zatanna is a repeated fling, and both of them know it ( ... )

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