John Constantine Hellblazer: Nas Ruas de Londres

by Jamie Delano, John Ridgway (Illustrator), Neil Gaiman

The London streets aren't safe, but Constantine is on the case!
Includes Hellblazer chapters writtn by Delano, Azzarello, Gaiman, Ennis and Ellis.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Horror, Fantasy, Graphic Novels Comics

148 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Jamie Delano aka A. William James began writing comics professionally in the early 1980s. Latterly he has been writing prose fiction with "BOOK THIRTEEN" published by his own LEPUS BOOKS imprint (http://www.lepusbooks.co.uk) in 2012, "Leepus | DIZZY" in April 2014, and "Leepus | THE RIVER" in 2017.

Jamie lives in semi-rural Northamptonshire with his partner, Sue. They have three adult children and a considerable distraction of grandchildren.

Reviews

[Kirstine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very good collection of various Hellblazer stories. Some are the usual demons-do-bad-stuff, while others, particularly the Neil Gaiman one, offers a nice surprise ending.

It also gives a very broad look at Constantine, both in terms of personality and his past. It's still gritty, bloody and somewhat bleak, but it's also a lot of fun, quite profound at times and not just mindless gore.

[Bruno Franco Netto · Rating 4 out of 5]

Esta compilacao de estorias de John Constantine, o feiticeiro louro de classe operaria de Liverpool da DC, e uma maneira extraordinaria para fas como eu conhecerem melhor a obra de Constantine, sem ter que ler toda a sua extensa publicacao em Hellblazer. Todas as historias aqui recolhidas estao providas de argumentos fortes e arte impressionante, e as historias normalmente tem claramente um comeco, meio e fim. Apesar de gostar mais de algumas historias do que outra acho que este e um livro fantastico recheado de short-stories impressionantes do feiticeiro mais fixe jamais produzido pela Inglaterra (sorry Harry Potter).

[João Jorge · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fantastic and fascinating collection of six of John Constantine´s stories. They go from 1988 to 2000 and its amazing to see the evolution of the character and the different art styles and writing that has been on this title. The art is superb all around with a special mention to John Ridgway with a sort of “Watchmen” style drawing in “Hellblazer #3” and Dave McKean´s glorious bleak art in #27, “Hold Me”, written by Neil Gaiman. As for the writing you with names like Gaiman, Warren Ellis or Garth Ennis you know you cannot go wrong and here we have some clever plots and all those cool lines from Constantine you would expect. Constantine is of course a total anti-hero, charismatic and highly stylish and in the issues in this collection, supported by the beautiful art and some superb writing, he´s a wonderful character to read about. There´s lots here, from a dramatic look at the loneliness and total abandonment of the poor to a highly interesting metaphor dealing with Thatcher´s regime in the 80´s and of course some sick and disgusting, gore filled pages, the likes only Warren Ellis can write. There are some deep issues being examined here and some honest sensitivity that surprised me and made some issues here truly thought-provoking. Unmissable for fans of Constantine and highly recommended for anyone looking for intelligent, beautiful and entertaining comics, “London Streets” should be part of any comic collection.