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Jamie Delano

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born

January 01, 1954 in Northampton, The United Kingdom

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http://www.jamiedelano.co.uk/

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Comics & Graphic Novels

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Jamie Delano was hand-picked by Alan Moore to continue writing John Constantine,[citation needed] 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 to Hell.
Delano's approach owes much to the quiet, cold but vicious work of Bri...more Jamie Delano was hand-picked by Alan Moore to continue writing John Constantine,[citation needed] 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 to Hell.
Delano's approach owes much to the quiet, cold but vicious work of British "new wave" writers like Ramsey Campbell and J.G. Ballard[citation needed] 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 of King Arthur in one of the more emblematic Constantine stories, "The Bloody Saint" (1989), drawn by Bryan 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,[citation needed] and can be characterized as science 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 of David Cronenberg[citation needed] and some, like Ghostdancing or Animal Man, have taken a great deal of influence from Carlos Castaneda and Jim Morrison.[citation needed]
Frequent subjects in his work include the War of the sexes (World Without End), imperialism and genocide (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 at Avatar Press.[1](less)

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Books by Jamie Delano

Average rating: 3.93 · 5,118 ratings · 185 reviews · 63 distinct works

	Hellblazer: Original Sins by Jamie Delano, John Ridgway (Illustrator), Alfredo Alcala (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 2,664 ratings — published 1992 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Hellblazer: Rare Cuts by Jamie Delano, Grant Morrison, Garth Ennis 3.87 avg rating — 534 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Hellblazer: The Devil You Know by Jamie Delano, David Lloyd (Illustrator), Richard Piers Rayner (Illustrator) 3.86 avg rating — 438 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Hellblazer: The Fear Machine by Jamie Delano, Mark Buckingham (Illustrator), Richard Piers Rayner (Illustrator) 3.46 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Hellblazer: Family Man by Jamie Delano, Dick Foreman, Ron Tiner (Illustrator) 3.79 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Hellblazer: Pandemonium by Jamie Delano, Jock (illustrator) 3.72 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Captain Britain by Jamie Delano, Alan Davis 4.04 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1991	My rating:
	Hellblazer: The Horrorist by Jamie Delano, David Lloyd (Illustrator), Elitta Fell (Letterer) 3.91 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1995	My rating:
	Batman: Man Bat by Jamie Delano, John Bolton 3.21 avg rating — 42 ratings	My rating:
	Outlaw Nation by Jamie Delano, Goran Parlov, Goran Sudzuka 3.48 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2006	My rating: