Outlaw Nation

Review by Mr. Gray - 81%

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Overall rating: 81%

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Jamie Delano

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Outlaw Nation is Jamie Delano at his best. For those who don't know Delano - he was the breast feeding mother of Alan Moore's baby, John Constantine. He was the inaugural writer for the series, shaping him into the flawed holy-fool that we know and love.

Outlaw Nation is America at its best and worst - the seedy, myth-filled, hidden side of America , with almost an immortal family of Johnson's. And 'Story', the main character, is what you would expect from the American Everyman who's lived the whole 20th Century, a messed up, idealistic but ineffectual, lover and fighter.

It was a shame the series was forced to end sooner than he had planned. Don't get me wrong, you can pick this volume up, and have the whole Shebang - the start, middle and end. But it feels a little rushed towards the end, as if the subtler points and denouements were sacrificed just to fit the necessary in. Which is why I'm not giving a full 100 per cent, because I suspect it would have easily achieved that if it had played out at its own natural pace.

The art is crisp, black and white, which suits the thematic matter, and makes you concentrate on the characters' expressions, and the detail of the scene evocation. Everything from the desert, to hotels, to the man who controls America in his 'ivory tower'. It amazes me that this has slipped under most people's radar, even Hellblazer fans - it is a Class A drug of comics. A great value volume and a cracking read.

Stick it to the man, and buy a copy from your local shop. Forget getting it cheap, this is something you should be paying top dollar for, so that you not only appreciate it, but the right people get the money for it.

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