The Ballad of Halo Jones by Alan Moore and Ian Gibson
Requirements: CBR Reader. 92 MB.
Overview: The Ballad of Halo Jones is a science fiction comic strip written by Alan Moore and drawn by Ian Gibson, with lettering by Steve Potter (Books 1 & 2) and Richard Starkings (Book 3).
The Ballad of Halo Jones
- Alan Moore writer
Ian Gibson penciler, inker
Steve Potter letterer
Published by Titan Books. 1984-1986
- Halo Jones first appeared July 1984 in five-page installments in the pages of the weekly British comic 2000 AD. An overt attempt to bring a female perspective to that notoriously testosterone-fuelled publication, it was embraced by readers of both genders and is regarded as one of the high points of 2000 AD. The eponymous heroine is a highly sympathetic 50th-century everywoman, and the tone of the strip runs from the comic to the poignant. The three "books" span more than ten years of her life, and also serve as a tour of the well-realized futuristic universe which Moore and Gibson created. Originally, Halo Jones was planned to run to nine books, chronicling Halo’s life from adolescence through old age. However, the series was discontinued after three books due to a dispute between Moore and Fleetway, the magazine’s publishers, over the intellectual property rights of the characters Moore and Gibson had co-created.
- Book One, the readers are introduced to the 17-year-old Halo Jones, who lives in a floating ring-shaped conurbation or housing estate called "The Hoop" that is moored in the Atlantic Ocean off the East coast of America. The story takes place over one day, and follows Halo’s violent, though also partly comical misadventures on a shopping trip. When Halo firstly discovers a good friend has become a "Different Drummer", a youth cult numbed by the beat of a drum in their ears, then returns to her apartment to find her flatmate and best friend Brinna murdered, she decides to leave Earth, never to return.
Book Two, depicts Halo’s life as a stewardess on a year-long space voyage. Halo discovers that it was her robot dog Toby who was responsible for her flatmate’s death and is forced to destroy him. It is also revealed, in a framing sequence, that Halo becomes a legendary historical figure in centuries to come.
Book Three, the darkest part of the saga, ten years have elapsed and Halo has become a soldier serving in a Vietnam-style guerrilla interstellar war which has appeared as back-story in the previous two books, and is courted by a famous, fearsome-looking general, Luiz Cannibal. The series ends with the cessation of hostilities, after which Halo commandeers a spaceship and deserts, determined to take charge of her own fate.
One of the finest 2000 AD-stories. Reviewed by kfhrfdu_89_76k on March 30, 2012.
- You know, for a story that is pretty high-regarded among various 2000 AD-fans, this seems to be the only review. Strange. Anyway, you are now reading my 15. CV-review. I don`t know if you`ll read all of it, but as long as I don`t even know that you started to read it, I don`t care.
A bit about the story.
This book collects the first third of the ballad of Halo Jones, and is comprised of many short stories. It starts with the introduction of our heroes. Then they go to a shopping trip that has a few dangerous twists. Then, when they come back home, alot of things have gone wrong. How does it end? Do you really expect me to tell you?
What I like.
I love short stories.
I don`t know about other countries printings, but in my country (Finland, if you didn`t know) the interior art is black and white. I like black white.
The art by Ian Gibson is beautiful and stylish.
The writing by this one person known as Alan Moore, isn`t as great as it will be, but that doesn`t mean that it`s not a joy to read. It`s mostly lighthearted and imaginitive. It`s also futuristically realistic.
It`s also a dark story, and the dark bits are handled professionally.
What I don`t like.
The story feels like it`s meant to be something grand, but it simply isn`t an epic story. But then again, maybe it doesn`t need to be. After all, it tells of a few persons particularly. Not of hundreds. And that`s good enough for me.
Even if the dark bits are nice, it doesn`t change the fact that I`m a bit sick of dark stories. And that`s why it`s good that the story`s not like that most of the time.
It`s only about 60 pages long. Which is still quite alot.
To conclude.
Read it, buy it, love it. But remember that there`s still two books left to go.
Download Instructions:
The Ballad of Halo Jones 01 — http://ceesty.com/wKZy1Y
The Ballad of Halo Jones 02 — http://ceesty.com/wKZy1S
The Ballad of Halo Jones 03 — http://ceesty.com/wKZy1G
