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John Constantine s grip on sanity has always been tenuous, but now he s really lost it. Haunted by memories of striking Epiphany, the cracked magus tries appeasing his demonic tormenter by making a bloody offering of his own flesh. Things get so desperate he even attempts to summon the high prince of madness, Shade, The Changing Man.
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Peter Milligan has written a variety of comics, including Shade, The Changing Man, Enigma and The Extremist.Giuseppe Camuncoli s artwork appeared in Spider Man, The Intimates and Jonah Hex.Simon Bisley has produced artwork from A.B.C. Warriors to Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham. He is a regular artist for Heavy Metal magazine.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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John Constantine looking to be married? Not the behaviour we expect from the occult bad boy. But middle age fears are catching up with him. Good job we have punky, overweeningly confident John from the 70s to compare and contrast with. Another great story arc from Peter Millgan with some (very) old faces popping up - nice to see Kit again!
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After years of going nowhere with dull stories and no direction Milligan has hit the spot with a great and very different story and Constantine at his best. After finding himself losing his mind John is forced to call on an old friend, he rescues himself but not before his girlfriend gets sucked into the fun. The character of Constantine comes out perfectly in this book, highly recommended!
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Hellblazer: Bloody Carnations review
8 Sep 2011
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John Constantine is finally getting hitch. This is unless love sick alchemists, pure madness, and an old hell spawn stop it in the process. Constantine is shooting for his last chances at happiness and he'll need all the help he can get from friends (what's left of them), family (those that can stand him), enemies (a good chunk of Hell) and even a foreigner from Meta.
I was beginning to lose faith in Milligan after the disappointing arc for India, but now he has finally hit a sweet spot for John that I haven't seen in him since Hooked. The story flows well and gives the characters room to breathe. Milligan even manages to drop future story arcs nicely too. The only problem I have is some continuity issues, some of them big, and other small.
As for the artwork: Camuncoli and Landini actually pull off some pretty decent artistry. Their interpretation of Shade the Changing Man's madness is excellent. Do they still draw everyone biting their goddamn lips? You bet ya! I don't know, it may be that I've been following them for so long that I'm starting to get used to it. Still not one of my favorite teams in the art world, though. Bisley, however, kind of disappointed me this time around. He draws John as though he's out of shape, however if you look back about 4 books back he's in pretty good shape. He covers are even underwhelming at times.
All around, this is Hellblazer getting back on the right foot. The story is pretty good and flows nicely; the artwork is decent, though again, could be better. Hellblazer: Bloody Carnations collects Hellblazer #267-275, which is good bit of issues, on classic newspaper style paper, which is standard for most Vertigo titles. Aside from the covers no extras again. 4/5 stars.
I was beginning to lose faith in Milligan after the disappointing arc for India, but now he has finally hit a sweet spot for John that I haven't seen in him since Hooked. The story flows well and gives the characters room to breathe. Milligan even manages to drop future story arcs nicely too. The only problem I have is some continuity issues, some of them big, and other small.
As for the artwork: Camuncoli and Landini actually pull off some pretty decent artistry. Their interpretation of Shade the Changing Man's madness is excellent. Do they still draw everyone biting their goddamn lips? You bet ya! I don't know, it may be that I've been following them for so long that I'm starting to get used to it. Still not one of my favorite teams in the art world, though. Bisley, however, kind of disappointed me this time around. He draws John as though he's out of shape, however if you look back about 4 books back he's in pretty good shape. He covers are even underwhelming at times.
All around, this is Hellblazer getting back on the right foot. The story is pretty good and flows nicely; the artwork is decent, though again, could be better. Hellblazer: Bloody Carnations collects Hellblazer #267-275, which is good bit of issues, on classic newspaper style paper, which is standard for most Vertigo titles. Aside from the covers no extras again. 4/5 stars.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Disappointing compared to the lead-in story
28 Aug 2011
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The story begins with Scab & Hooked - the artwork with the Ekkimu is terrific, but most of the other art work is dark and muddy. However, both the Scab and Hooked collections are quite good.
India continues the story - but the interesting Ekkimu drops off the map, and the arc isn't as good as Scab/Hooked. India does at least feel a bit like a stand alone story arc. Or at least it has a standalone story embedded within.
Carnations is a dismal end to the this 4 collected story arc set which form one larger story arc. A mess of a story, with overly abusive moments that have a "jumped the shark" feel. Compare Carnations to Pandemonium, which is brilliantly conceived and executed, for comparison. Shade is over the top and not enjoyable at all.
But as usual bad Constantine is better than most other series good days.
Let's see where Constantine heads in the next five years. Hopefully he will be fully digitized moving forward....
India continues the story - but the interesting Ekkimu drops off the map, and the arc isn't as good as Scab/Hooked. India does at least feel a bit like a stand alone story arc. Or at least it has a standalone story embedded within.
Carnations is a dismal end to the this 4 collected story arc set which form one larger story arc. A mess of a story, with overly abusive moments that have a "jumped the shark" feel. Compare Carnations to Pandemonium, which is brilliantly conceived and executed, for comparison. Shade is over the top and not enjoyable at all.
But as usual bad Constantine is better than most other series good days.
Let's see where Constantine heads in the next five years. Hopefully he will be fully digitized moving forward....
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