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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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The Ballad of Halo Jones is one of the more extraordinary things ever to have been published by the British comic 2000AD; it exemplifies much of what was good about that publication (subversiveness, risk-taking, an openness to new ideas) whilst at the same time marking a significant break with its usual biases and...um...proclivities. To whit: this is a story about women, told as the epic "ballad" of one emphatically ordinary woman: a story in which women go into space, go to war, fall in love (sometimes with each other, as one superbly subtle and tender scene reveals), get disappointed, get betrayed, get older...if the vividness and depth of Moore's Mina Harker (in _The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen_) impressed you, remember that he's been writing humanly believable, *real* female characters for a long time. Halo Jones is one of his best.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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THE BALLAD OF HALO JONES is a wonderful story about an ordinary woman who rises from hazardous poverty in a slum on Earth to genuine - but quiet - heroism in and after an interstellar war. Like Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN series, it's a collection of short stories with an overarching plot, where seemingly minor incidents and characters turn out to be incredibly important later. The moral of the ballad seems to be that there *are* no minor or unimportant people (or even unimportant rats). And if you don't like comics, close your eyes and have someone read "I'll Never Forget Whatsisname" to you. Highly recommended.
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The "Ballad of Halo Jones" is one of Alan Moore's earliest works, and orignally appeared in serial-form in Britain's 2000AD magazine during the early 1980s.
Ballad is set in the far future, and chronicles the eponymous heroine from the age of 18 to 35. The great strength of this series is the strong and diverse characterization of the mostly female cast. Frankly, I think that sympathetic female characterization has been a problem with Moore (look at his masterpiece, Watchmen, where all of the female characters are neurotic at best), but in this early work, Moore does an outstanding job. The storyline is also very strong and poignant with a beautiful ending.
Overall, Ballad isn't quite Moore at his best (Watchmen and From Hell), but it's ranks with his "2nd tier" work like Miracleman; and it's head and shoulders over more recent fare like League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
One negative: this trade from Titan reprints the full storyline in the original black and white, and format-size, which is much larger than the standard comic book format. During the late 1980s in the US, this series was reprinted in color and in standard size. I wish that this format had been retained...frankly, this is a big book on the bookshelf.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Topical yet timeless
Although the fashion in this future story screams 1980's, the topics of wealth, poverty, world power and war are nearly always current. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Nathan Phillips
Great
Was shipped in a timely manner and the product arrived as specified. No damages or unusual wear and tear either from shipping or storage! A+
Published 3 months ago by ZMcKracken
Great story
Someone's got to be making a movie of this. Read it before it is reduced to that. I read this for fun. Though provoking story with surprises. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Tim C. Ziesmer
Halo praise
This graphic is awesome! Halo Jones is a well thought out girl from the mind of
Alan Moore. I read it quickly and after I finished it, I wanted to keep on reading about Halo... Read more
Alan Moore. I read it quickly and after I finished it, I wanted to keep on reading about Halo... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Tracy Headen
Where Have All The Good Times Gone?
Between living in an America where whole neighborhoods are now sealed off from the outside world, simple tasks like supermarket runs becoming ordeals fraught with tension & peril,... Read more
Published on November 8, 2008 by Neil Carey
Good, old Alan Moore...
I am a fan of Alan Moore's work. Or, perhaps, it is better for me to say that I am a fan of his work up to the 1990's or so. Read more
Published on September 11, 2007 by G. Bonnette
Halo Jones - a strong beginning that ends too soon
A unique and intriguing serialized vision of the future - and very feminist, to boot. This is the story of Halo Jones, common woman of the far future, from late adolescence... Read more
Published on September 9, 2007 by Sarah Hadley
Graphic SF Reader
The Ballad of Halo Jones didn't thrill me a lot, maybe I had read too many books that this was reminiscent of that were quite frankly, a lot better. Read more
Published on September 2, 2007 by Blue Tyson
Hello Halo!
B&W comics still have a lot going for them, and this reprint shows why.
It starts with Halo and her room mates in a dystopic future. Read more
It starts with Halo and her room mates in a dystopic future. Read more
Published on March 29, 2006 by wiredweird
Ms. Jones' Comportmant
Dataday, day-today. This is Swifty Frisco giving you welcome.
At this moment in time I am surrounded by screaming children. Read more
At this moment in time I am surrounded by screaming children. Read more
Published on May 31, 2003 by "byronvirgo"
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