DESOLATION JONES THE BIOHAZARD EDITION (Warren Ellis / John H. Williams III)

Benoit1 · Septembre 6, 2024, 7:18

DESOLATION JONES THE BIOHAZARD EDITION
Writer: Warren Ellis
Artist: John H. Williams III
Arriving: November 27, 2024
Cover price: $39.99

By turns riotous, tragic and brutal, DESOLATION JONES represents the acclaimed six-part serial, now presented in a deluxe hardcover that features an extensive gallery showcasing select pages in their raw form, just as they looked leaving J.H’s art table.

Los Angeles is an open prison for broken spies.
Michael Jones, once an agent for British intelligence before a procedure to make him a better operative left him mentally and physically shattered, survives in LA as a private investigator, eking out a living within the city’s ghost community of damaged spooks. If he had any better future to look forward to, he probably wouldn’t now be embarking on his newest job: locating the lost pornographic home movies of…Adolf Hitler.

In this new edition, the art and lettering placements will also feature minor retouches throughout by Williams III.

« Desolation Jones visuals are a unique beast. The goal was to create a visceral seedy world of an ex-spy who has suffered from horrible experiments, but now lives as a detective trapped in L.A., » said Williams III. « His interpretation of reality is sometimes skewed. I played with the idea of old newspaper strip style layouts in key scenes. There are scenes that push an acidic surreal perspective, while others manipulate a sense of time, and a pumped up color aspect that is unusual for a noir. Jones toys with quite a few visual influences and tropes put through a sharp blender, mixing into something potent and hopefully memorable. »

From WARREN ELLIS (TREES, Transmetropolitan, Castlevania ) and J.H. WILLIAMS III (ECHOLANDS , The Sandman Overture , Batwoman ), with JOSÉ VILLARRUBIA and TODD KLEIN.