"I'm a nasty piece of work, Chief" - John Constantine/Hellblazer Appreciation

[LoneNecromancer]

I feel as though I need to re-read the entire Delano run. I've only read it once the way through while various Ennis/Ellis/Azz arcs I've read more than a couple times.

[Tony Stark]

I feel as though I need to re-read the entire Delano run. I've only read it once the way through while various Ennis/Ellis/Azz arcs I've read more than a couple times.

Delano's run was great. Hell of a way to start of a series. The only thing I can say about it is that it should have been longer.

[Tony Stark]

Yeah, it's powerful work, especially The Family Man, my choice for best HB arc. If I have any complaints, it's that the art throughout his run was all over the place, and some of it wasn't quite up to stuff. Oh, and The Fear Machine got pretty goofy towards the end, but the social commentary in its first few issues makes it worth the price of admission.

Family Man was INCREDIBLE! Glad to finally have the trade. I'm going to go back and read Hellblazer from the very begininng. Start the ride all over again.

[Kid A]

Delano's run the definitive one, no doubt. It's to Hellblazer what Moore's run was to Swamp Thing.

We should do a group re-read.

[Oskar Von Strange]

I need to continue getting the new tpb's. I left off at vol. 4 and there's what? Like 8 already? Damn.

So what's everyones favorite Hellblazer artists? For me it goes:

Simon Bisley
John Ridgeway (yes, you heard right)
Sean Philips

[dupersuper]

(he's in here...kinda'...)

[Billy Batson]

Delano's run the definitive one, no doubt. It's to Hellblazer what Moore's run was to Swamp Thing.

We should do a group re-read.

That would be cool, though it probably should be done in the Classics board.
Hopefully I won't be too busy if that were to happen.

[Billy Batson]

I need to continue getting the new tpb's. I left off at vol. 4 and there's what? Like 8 already? Damn.

So what's everyones favorite Hellblazer artists? For me it goes:

Simon Bisley
John Ridgeway (yes, you heard right)
Sean Philips

The Biz and Philips for me too as well as Camuncoli, Frusin, Manco and Murphy.

[FanboyStranger]

So what's everyones favorite Hellblazer artists? For me it goes:

Simon Bisley
John Ridgeway (yes, you heard right)
Sean Philips

Phillips is, for me, the definitive Hellblazer artist. His style truly embodied the character for me. I'm not sure if he did the most issues-- both Manco and Frusin had very lengthly runs-- but those are the issues that pop into my head when I think about a visual conception of John.

For covers, I'd have to go with Bradstreet, although I have a lot of affection for McKean, Fabry, Bermejo, and Phillips again.

I've always liked John Ridgway's art, too. I've never understood why people don't. It's the artists that come after Ridgway that are questionable, even if some of them, like Bachalo and Buckingham, eventually blossomed into great artists in their own right. (I like Richard Piers Raynor's art, too.)

As far as the new series, I really like what ACO's been doing. I just hope the book can develop on its own after Blight.

[FanboyStranger]

(he's in here...kinda'...)

It's a great cameo. Grant's Challengers was a good series.

[Billy Batson]

For covers, I'd have to go with Bradstreet, although I have a lot of affection for McKean, Fabry, Bermejo, and Phillips again.

No Biz?

[FanboyStranger]

No Biz?

I definitely liked most of Biz' covers, but I don't really associate him with Hellblazer quite as much as the others. I think Slaine and dOOM pATROL for Bisley.

Although I guess I did choose a Biz cover for "my favorite character" over in the Cover Contest this week. (In my defense, he was in his boxers smoking and drinking beer while doing his laundry, which always makes for a great cover.)

[Tony Stark]

I need to continue getting the new tpb's. I left off at vol. 4 and there's what? Like 8 already? Damn.

So what's everyones favorite Hellblazer artists? For me it goes:

Simon Bisley
John Ridgeway (yes, you heard right)
Sean Philips

When I picture John. He is drawn by Marcelo Frusin.
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[Mad Hatter]

So what's everyones favorite Hellblazer artists? For me it goes:

Simon Bisley
John Ridgeway (yes, you heard right)
Sean Philips

John Ridgeway
Will Simpson
Leonardo Manco
Sean Phillips

[Kid A]

I need to continue getting the new tpb's. I left off at vol. 4 and there's what? Like 8 already? Damn.

So what's everyones favorite Hellblazer artists? For me it goes:

Simon Bisley
John Ridgeway (yes, you heard right)
Sean Philips

In no order:

Richard Corben
Simon Bisley
Dave McKean