Mrs Monkey has shown interest in getting some Hellblazer collections for her chrimbo but wants to read it from the start. Had a peek in FP and none of the books are numbered, can anyone in the know help me out with what the first collections are? Thanking you please.
You're a gent, cheers!
So how come most of the title is collected quite faithfully, but there isn't a a series of sequential trades for the Delano run? Some of the back end of that run (particularly the Sean Phillips stuff) was subtle, desolate and mesmerisingly bleak.
Shifting from that to Ennis was like finding a turd in your martini.
Cheers
Jim
Indeed. Has a lot of fondness for that comic.
Sean Phillips was the best Hellblazer artist in my book, and I'm very keen on Paul Jenkins' writing as well so it's bizarre that those stories haven't been collected.
H'mm. The latter stages of Delano's run is pretty much incomprehensible, but he did make pretty much everythign that's kept the character interesting for so long. Stuff like The Fear Machine is bloody awesome. Personally, I loved Ennis on Hellblazer: the best thing he's done in my view.
I think there's only one DC trade, but Titan did a longer run of black and white reprints that you might be able to get a hold of somehow.
"The latter stages of Delano's run is pretty much incomprehensible"
Please ... "The Dead Boy's Heart" ...? Beautifully illustrated by Phillips and heart-rendingly written by Delano. I'm delighted to hear kind words for the generally underrated Fear Machine arc.
"I loved Ennis on Hellblazer: the best thing he's done in my view."
Now there's a double-edged statement if ever I heard one ...
Cheers!
Jim
"Dead boy's heart" gets a reprint in one of the collections called "Rare cuts" or "Odd cuts" or summat. There's stuff in there from Delano's run, Ennis's run and a couple of Morrison episodes.
Loved the Delano stuff as well as the Ennis ones. But after those two had left I think, with the exception of Ellis's short run on the title, that Hellblazer's been treading water. Nobody's done anything really new or exciting with the strip.
As for Paul Jenkin's stuff. I gave up on the strip when one issue featured Constantine taking a ghost dog for a walk and the next featured him going on a haunted bike ride. Big and exciting concepts these were not.
I shall break my lurking to mention that DC have released a second volume of delano stories, which is making me hopeful of a 'fear machine' release next year (and they are about to release a new volume of ennis stories so they seem to be filling in the 'early years' bit by bit.)
Also, I have all 4 of those titan volumes which I'm looking to pass on to an new home. Anyone willing to pay the postage can have them for free...
Oh, and can someone explain how I change my username to something a little less functional?? I can't seem to find a way...
Scratch that last bit - I figured it out!
Advance publishers info says that Fear Engine wil be coming out next year (although they've got the wrong author)
Hellblazer: Fear Engine
Andy Diggle (Author)
Series:
Imprint: Vertigo
Pub Date: 1 Jun 2008
Edition:
Publisher: Vertigo
Publishing Status: Forthcoming
Published in: United States
Paperback 208pp
ISBN13: 9781401218102 ISBN10: 1401218105
Hellblazer: Fear Engine
Andy Diggle (Author)
I'm guessing this is going to be a TPB of current storylines rather than a delve into the prehistory of the title.
"I'm guessing this is going to be a TPB of current storylines rather than a delve into the prehistory of the title."
Yarss ... Delano's story was The Fear Machine wasn't it?
Cheers!
Jim
Delano's coming back to Hellblazer, though it may be just for an anniversary thing. I'd be very tempted to read it for old time's sake.