Hellblazer: Ashes & Dust: In The City Of Angels

Hellblazer: Colección Vertigo

by Brian Azzarello

Genres: Horror, Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Comics

144 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Brian Azzarello (born in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American comic book writer. He came to prominence with 100 Bullets, published by DC Comics' mature-audience imprint Vertigo. He and Argentine artist Eduardo Risso, with whom Azzarello first worked on Jonny Double, won the 2001 Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story for 100 Bullets #15–18: "Hang Up on the Hang Low".

Azzarello has written for Batman ("Broken City", art by Risso; "Batman/Deathblow: After the Fire", art by Lee Bermejo, Tim Bradstreet, & Mick Gray) and Superman ("For Tomorrow", art by Jim Lee).

In 2005, Azzarello began a new creator-owned series, the western Loveless, with artist Marcelo Frusin.

As of 2007, Azzarello is married to fellow comic-book writer and illustrator Jill Thompson.

information taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Az...

Reviews

[David Wagner · Rating 1 out of 5]

Well, this really did not work out for me. Constantine is completely out of character, things do not make sense and are really too convoluted, the whole storyline of vengeance and...well, stuff has great props, but it did not connect in any sense for me. Or to be more precise - I got the story, got the points and the result was just "meh".
Also, when using all kinds of kinks and all other fun stuff, there should be a clear reason for that, way to make it impactful. Here it is less than a prop, just an excuse for pseudo tough one liners and some random tits. Worst Hellblazer story I read.

[Vitek Novy · Rating 5 out of 5]

V sex klubu policie a federálové ohledávají ohořelou mrtvolu, že prý je to John Constantine, který během obzvlášť vydařené orgie doslova vyhořel zevnitř, přímo od srdce. Jenže u Constantina nic není tím, čím se to zdá být na první pohled. A taky se vždycky vrací...
Parádní drsný příběh, Constantine prostě nezklame!

[Gonzalo Oyanedel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hard-boiled puro y duro, con diálogos filosos y una perspectiva cínica; elementos que se enlazan muy bien en las historias de Brian Azzarello. Sin embargo, no acaban de calzar con la premisa del título - al menos en esta saga -, donde Constantine es apenas una excusa para un caso criminal que hubiese rendido mucho más en otro personaje.

[Lindsay · Rating 1 out of 5]

Constantine was OOC and some things didn't make sense :/

[Asif · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Ashes and Dust" Part 1 of 5. In a seedy Los Angeles S&M club, a
grisly murder has taken place. The detectives assigned to the case are
at a loss to explain how it happened, though they have a group of
witnesses who saw it occur. Some knew the victim just in passing, as a
face who hung around. Others had a much deeper involvement with him. As
for the murderer, no one seems to have the answer to the question: "Who
killed John Constantine?"