I liked the first edition of Original Sins. Compared to that one, this has been expanded with issues from Swamp Thing that give some explanation about the story, but it still does not end here not gives a satisfying resolution. Though the story is compelling, I was never a big fan of the Swamp Thing...
I came to meet Constantine through Dangerous Habits and later on through the movie with Keanu Reeves. I like it a lot (one a bit better than the other but both were captivating in representing anti-hero turned hero in the perspective of human race). So I decided to try reading the origins. What I li...
I'm not sure I can say I like this. The subject matter is quite unpalatable, really. I do have this attraction to occult detective stories, and that's Hellblazer in a nutshell. Constantine is not what I'd call a good man. His compass is flawed, but in his own way, he does try to make things right or...
Timothy is dragged into hell and meets a possible future self. Interesting, I really need to read the rest of this series.
Having only seen the movie previously, I wasn't really sure what to expect from Hellblazer. At times I felt like that writing was a bit outdated. It was that kind of comics writing that I don't particularly like these days, because it's too wordy and over thought. A lot of what is written in these p...
Birthed in the pages of Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, John Constantine is a sort of magician P.I., investigating the paranormal and exploring the seedier side of Western society in the 1980s. Equal part social commentary and indulgent magical realism, the first volume does an adequate job acquainting us...
The first of John Constantine's ongoing series. I've heard that the series as a whole improves later on, which is good. There are some panels that fall seriously flat here. But there are glimmers of brilliance, too. The soul market storyline is fascinating, even placed as it is very much in a partic...
An improvement over the first volume, but there are still issues with characterization. Dane/Jack is still barely more than an outline of a character. And the way Morrison handles Fanny is uncomfortably problematic, more often than not. There is some good storytelling in here, in the one-off stories...
Lord Fanny is the best and it's great to find out her past. I hope John O' Dreams is not really dead. This series is such an acid trip - it's awesome. Old school - but cool b/c it's all about a philosophical and mythological spin on this group of superheroes.
Sometimes, with this sort of thing it feels like this:Oh no! Some dumbass has unleashed [magical being:] from [magical dimension:] using [whatever:]. Now [our hero:] has to find [magical item:], which is located in [unlikely place:] guarded by [unlikely person:]. Holy cow! [bloodsplatter:] [politica...
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