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Summary: But Hellblazer is not about this stuff anyhow
Review: Hm. How can I tell you my opinion about this book without spoiling it? Hmm. Let's try like this.Hellblazer is not about this kind of stories. Not normally.
This is a very dark tale about desperate men and women in a desperate town - and the impossibility of saving them from themselves. Sounds good, isn't it? Unfortunately, John Constantine (the main character) really doesn't fit in this tale, and all the efforts to turn the story into something "Hellblazerish" repeatedly fail. Worse than that, they turn the tale into pastiche with all that forced and unnecessary imagery of disturbing, dead and corrupted stuff. Oh. And the basic premise for the story is waaaay improbable, as soon as you stop to ponder it, and really just a gimmick to inject some (well, quite a lot of) shock value in the book. Not excessively bad, but Hellblazer is another kind of stuff.
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Summary: azzarello takes constantine down a dirty, scary road
Review: i'm writing this review because every other opinion of this story i've heard has been negative, and i feel obligated to say that i think this is one of the better hellblazer tales, particularly when taken as part of the larger azzarello/frusin run. i think brian azzarellos' writing is excellent here, bleakly funny, horrifying and quirky, with twists you couldn't have predicted without a working crystal ball.
the characters of richie and dickie are unforgettable, cold psychotic killers reminiscent of the classic 'jody and t.c.' in garth ennis' 'preacher' but with more gritty realism. this story is not without it's flaws, sometimes veering dangerously close to unintentional ridiculousness, but always manages to redeem itself with vicious humour, quirky characterizations, and brutal action.
and another thing: marcelo frusin is not given even a fraction of the praise he deserves. his dark, heavily stylized art is like a bastardization of (azzarellos' '100 bullets' partner) eduardo risso and ('hellboy' virtuoso) mike mignola. every panel displays his masterly sense of composition, his thick black linework radiating a sense of otherworldly menace and danger which rivals that of the aforementioned mike mignola, charles burns, and thomas ott, all masters of horror comics. frusins' run on hellblazer has, to my mind, cemented his place as one of the best artists in horror comics, and maybe comics in general.
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Summary: awsome actually scary tale
Review: unlike other reviewers I think this tale was very possible it fit together fantastic. It was like a great terror suspense film and had a great atmosphere. Azzarello shines again
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