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Uh, dude, *did* Halo Jones end half-way through? There’s three volumes of Halo goodness, and it kinda ended when it should, I thought. You sure you’re not thinking of Tao De Moto? Halo-lite that certainly did end mid-way through, although I can’t imagine anyone missing it...
So. What about the Helfer/Baker Shadow? Dudes, cancelled at just the wrong moment, too: it’s a crying shame we’ll never get to see the any of the adventures of Robo-Shadow in late-80s New York. I loved the crazy, franchise-bending mission Helfer and Baker seemed to be on, I loved that they were actually managing to do something unexpected with a character who must be one of the dullest sacred cows in comics. It all seemed kinda naughty. And the irony is that the book was supposedly cancelled because they were fucking around with/damaging the Shadow ‘property,’ but they had *totally* nailed the characters of the Shadow’s agents: the Annual in particular is so beautifully written, has such a perfectly pitched late-night, small hours, reflecting on mortality feel to it. In between all the goofy jokes, that is.
And I’ve never loved Kyle Baker’s art more. His Plastic Man stuff is so shiny and perfect. But his art on the Shadow looks like it’s been done with a biro and a stick of charcoal; you can see the hand drawing it. It’s totally fucking beautiful.
On Scarab: y’know, I’m sure I remember reading somewhere that Scarab’s cancellation was less to do with bad sales than with Karen Berger *really* not liking John Smith. I’d guess that’s only a scurrilous rumour, but I do quite like the version of events that has John Smith as too CREEPY! and WEIRD! to get any work from Vertigo... |
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