- Jamie Delano
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"Hellblazer "
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website = http://www.jamiedelano.co.ukJamie Delano (born 1954 in
Northampton ) is a Britishcomics writer . He was part of the first post-Alan Moore "British Invasion" of writers. Best known as the first writer of the comic book series "Hellblazer ", starringJohn Constantine .Biography
Jamie Delano was hand-picked by Alan Moore to continue writing
John Constantine , Fact|date=July 2007 originally a secondary character introduced during Moore's revolutionary "Swamp Thing " run. Delano established the character in his own right, fleshing out what had been, in Moore's hands, a more shadowy, wisecracking sort of figure. It was also Delano who set the character firmly in London, Moore (and later Veitch) preferring to present him travelling virtually anywhere at will. Delano's Constantine is very much flesh and blood, never using magic when a con will do, frequently drunk, down & out, and haunted by his accidental condemning of a little girl named Astra toHell .Delano's approach owes much to the quiet, cold but vicious work of British "new wave" writers like
Ramsey Campbell andJ.G. Ballard Fact|date=July 2007 and it is this tone that subsequent writers have either had to adopt or go violently against. This also makes Delano the first Vertigo writer, as "Hellblazer " is often thought of as the company's flagship title. He established the character's history – and his family's – going all the way back to the time ofKing Arthur in one of the more emblematic Constantine stories, "The Bloody Saint " (1989), drawn byBryan Talbot . Much of his version of Constantine was the basis of the 2005 "Constantine" movie.Most of his work since leaving the book to
Garth Ennis and many others since (though he has gone back to the character a number of times), has also been for DC/Vertigo, both radical treatments of established characters and more pointed, political works, a list of which (from his site) can be found below.Much of Delano's often bitingly witty work shares concerns with that of other British comics writers like
Pat Mills , Fact|date=July 2007 and can be characterized asscience fiction , or horror, but often is a blend thereof and used very allegorically. In its concern with transformation of bodies and cultures, through psychedelia, conspiracy, or science, his work shares much with the likes ofDavid Cronenberg Fact|date=July 2007 and some, like "Ghostdancing" or "Animal Man", have taken a great deal of influence fromCarlos Castaneda andJim Morrison . Fact|date=July 2007Frequent subjects in his work include the
War of the sexes ("World Without End"),imperialism andgenocide ("Ghostdancing "), and environmental & cultural collapse ("2020 Visions ", "Animal Man ").Most recently, it has been announced that, as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations, he will be returning to "Hellblazer" to write "Pandemonium", a
graphic novel to be drawn by Jock. He is also has a number of series in the pipeline atAvatar Press . [ [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=10971 Back into Hell: Jamie Delano returns to John Constantine's world] , July 27, 2007,Comic Book Resources ]Bibliography
* "
Night Raven ":
** Various prose (with illustrations byAlan Davis , inMarvel UK 's "The Daredevils ", 1983-1984)
** "House Of Cards" (with David Lloyd,Marvel UK , one shot, 1993)* "
Captain Britain " (withAlan Davis , inMarvel UK 's "The Mighty World Of Marvel ", volume 2, #14-16 and "Captain Britain Monthly", #1-14, 1984, tpb, 1988, ISBN 1854000209)* "One-Off":
** "Blood Sport" (with David Pugh, in "2000 AD" #484, 1986)
** "The Ark" (with Dave Wyatt, in "2000 AD" #504, 1987)* "Tharg's Future Shocks":
** "The Ship that Liked to Dance" (withBarry Kitson , in "2000 AD" #501, 1986)
** "Fair's Fare" (withMassimo Belardinelli , in "2000 AD" #501, 1987)* "
Doctor Who " (with John Ridgway, collected in "The World Shapers",Panini Comics , , 288 pages, May 2008, ISBN 1905239874):
** "Time Bomb" (in "Doctor Who Magazine " #114-116, 1986)
** "The Gift" (with inks byTim Perkins , in "Doctor Who Magazine " #123-126, 1987)* "
D.R. and Quinch ": "DR & Quinch's Agony Page" (with co-author and pencilsAlan Davis and inks byMark Farmer , in "2000 AD" #525-534, 1987)* "
Hellblazer ":
** Hellblazer (with John Ridgway,Richard Piers Rayner ,Mark Buckingham ,Bryan Talbot ,Steve Pugh ,Sean Phillips , & others, Vertigo/DC, #1-40 & #84, 1988-1991) collected as:
*** "Original Sins" (collects #1-9, Vertigo, October 1998, ISBN 1-56389-052-6,Titan Books , February 2007, ISBN 184576465X) [ [http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=1618 "Original Sins" trade details] , at DC]
*** "The Devil You Know" (collects #10-13, "The Hellblazer Annual" and "The Horrorist" #1-2, Vertigo, May 2007, ISBN 1-40121-269-7, Titan Books, July 2007, ISBN 1845764900) [ [http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=7230 "The Devil You Know" trade details] , at DC]
*** "Rare Cuts" (collects #11, 25-26 and 35, Vertigo, February 2005, ISBN 1-40120-240-3, Titan Books, January 2005, ISBN 1840239743) [ [http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=2502 "Rare Cuts" trade details] , at DC]
*** "Fear Machine" (collects #14-22, 208 pages, Vertigo, June 2008, ISBN 1-40121-810-5, Titan Books, ISBN 1845768809) [ [http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=9396 "Fear Machine" trade details] , at DC]
*** "Family Man" (collects #23-24 and 28-33, 208 pages, November 2008, Titan Books, ISBN 1845769783, Vertigo, ISBN 1401219640) [ [http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=10250 "Family Man" trade details] , at DC]
** "Bad Blood" (withPhilip Bond &Warren Pleece , Vertigo, 4-issue mini-series, 2000)
** "Pandemonium" (with Jock,graphic novel , 128 pages, Titan Books, March 2009, ISBN 1845768655, Vertigo, October 2009, ISBN 1401220355, forthcoming)* "World Without End" (with John Higgins, DC, 6-issue mini-series, 1990)
* "Animal Man " (withSteve Pugh , DC, #51-79, 1992-1994)Citation | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = Animal Man | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 27 | publisher =Dorling Kindersley | place = New York | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4122-5 | oclc = 213309015]
* "Ghostdancing " (withRichard Case , Vertigo, 6 issue mini-series, 1995)
* "Tainted" (withAl Davison , Vertigo, one shot, 1995)
* "The Horrorist" (with David Lloyd, Vertigo, 2 48 page issues, 1995)
* "Batman /Manbat " (withJohn Bolton , DC, 1996)
* "Twisted Metal 2 " One-Shot Promo Comic
* "2020 Visions " (withFrank Quitely (1-3),Warren Pleece (2-6),James Romberger (7-9) &Steve Pugh (10-12), Vertigo, 12 issue mini-series, 1997)
* "Shadowman" 5-15(co-written withDick Foreman (14-15), art:Charlie Adlard , Acclaim Comics, 1997)
* "Hell Eternal" (withSean Phillips , Vertigo, one shot, 1998)
* "Cruel & Unusual" (cowritten withTom Peyer , art:John McCrea &Andrew Chiu , Vertigo, 4 issue mini-series, 1999)
* "The Territory " (with David Lloyd, Dark Horse, 4 part mini-series, 1999, tpb, 96 pages, 2006 ISBN 978-1-59307-010-6)
* "Legends of the DC universe#24,25 (Darkseid story)" (withSteve Pugh , DC, 2 part mini-series, 2000)
* "Outlaw Nation " (withGoran Sudzuka , Vertigo, 19 issue series, 2000-2002, tpb, 456 pages,Image Comics , 2006, ISBN 158240707X)
*"Nevermore": "The Pit and the Pendulum " (withSteve Pugh ,graphic novel adaptation, Eye Classics,Self Made Hero , October 2007, ISBN 978-0-9552856-8-4) [ [http://www.selfmadehero.com/classical_eye/nevermore.html : Selfmadehero : ] ]
*"Narcopolis " (withJeremy Rock , 4-issue mini-series,Avatar Press , February 2008) [ [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=12341 Future Imperfect: Jamie Delano talks "Narcopolis"] ,Comic Book Resources , November 7, 2007]Notes
References
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*comicbookdb|type=creator|id=3060|title=Jamie Delano
* [http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=JAMIED Jamie Delano] at 2000 AD Online
* [http://www.darkhorse.com/search/search.php?sstring=Jamie+Delano Jamie Delano] at Dark Horse ComicsExternal links
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Interviews
* [http://www.darkhorse.com/news/interviews.php?id=676 Dark Horse Comics' 1998 interview about "The Territory"]
* [http://tci.homestead.com/DELANO.html "The Comics Interpreter" 1999 interview with Jamie Delano]
* [http://www.popmatters.com/comics/interview-delanojamie.shtml "Popmatters" interview with Jamie Delano]
* [http://www.tabula-rasa.info/AusComics/Hellblazers.html "Tabula Rasa" interview with Jamie Delano and Garth Ennis]
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