Rebellion is proud to supply the final word version of Alan Moore and Ian Gibson’s ground-breaking feminist area opera and science fiction traditional, The Ballad of Halo Jones, for evaluation.
Published as a full color hardcover omnibus for the primary time in January, The Ballad of Halo Jones: Full Colour Omnibus Edition will function paintings restored and lovingly colored by Barbara Nosenzo, new introductions by Kieron Gillen (The Wicked & The Divine) and authentic commissioning editor Steve MacManus, and a few of Alan Moore’s authentic scripts.
In addition to the usual hardcover, the gathering can even be obtainable in a beautiful slipcase version with altermative cowl from the 2000 AD webshop.
This radical and revolutionary sequence stays one of Moore’s most beloved and lauded tales and this new omnibus version brings collectively Nosenzo’s color work on the three books of Halo Jones, beforehand solely obtainable as separate volumes.
A cultural icon and a excessive water mark for each science fiction and British comics, this timeless story from the author of Watchmen and V for Vendetta follows one lady’s journey by dead-end jobs, lethal wars, and private tragedy, as she modifications from an harmless teenager right into a world-weary lady.
Described by award-winning creator Lauren Beukes as her ‘first love’ and ‘first role model’, Halo is an atypical lady in extraordinary circumstances. Trapped in a crowded housing challenge floating off the coast of Manhattan, a dystopian world the place jobs are scarce and pleasure non-existent, a bored Halo desires of escaping out into the galaxy any method she can to rewrite her future.
But in a metropolis the place harmful riots occur on the slightest provocation and even going to the outlets is an ordeal requiring cautious planning and a handful of zen-inducing-grenades, the value of freedom may show to be greater than she bargained for. And even when she does get out, there are challenges awaiting her within the cosmos that she might by no means presumably think about or be ready for.
First printed in weekly instalments between 1984 and 1986, Halo Jones is Moore at his most creative and empathic finest, following Halo as she explores the galaxy whereas additionally, by each victory and tragedy, discovering herself. It was Moore’s final work for 2000 AD earlier than he went on to make comics historical past with fellow 2000 AD alumni, Dave Gibbons on Watchmen and Brian Bolland on Batman: The Killing Joke, at DC Comics.
Nosenzo’s delicate and enthralling color work on Gibson’s artwork was a revelation when printed as three separate volumes on 2018, and the omnibus is a chance for followers previous and new to expertise the world of Halo Jones afresh. The challenge was the primary main English language work by the Italian colourist, who was talent-spotted by Rebellion on the Angouleme comics pageant in France, and has since gone on to work on the science fiction sequence Deep Beyond from Image Comics.
The Ballad of Halo Jones: Full Colour Omnibus Edition will probably be a vital assortment not only for Moore completists however for followers of sequence akin to Saga and Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.
Available from all good e book and comedian e book shops from 17 January, in addition to on-line retailers, and digitally by 2000 AD’s webshop and app, and on Amazon Kindle.
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