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The Ballad of Halo Jones: Full Colour Omnibus Edition

Alan Moore author Ian Gibson illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Rebellion Publishing Ltd.

Published:19th Jan '23

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Alan Moore and Ian Gibson's groundbreaking feminist icon is celebrated in this stunning, lavish, full colour omnibus, featuring bonus content!

Rebellion is proud to present Alan Moore and Ian Gibson's breathtaking and revolutionary feminist space opera in an ultimate full colour omnibus edition, including a new introduction and bonus material. The ultimate edition of Alan Moore and Ian Gibson's feminist space opera!

Halo Jones is bored. Trapped in The Hoop, a futuristic world where jobs are scarce and excitement non-existent, Halo sets out to see the galaxy any way she can and to rewrite her destiny. From drudge work on a glamorous cruise liner, to serving in a brutal war zone, Halo experiences love and loss and she grows up into the woman who will change the course of the galaxy's history. 

Radical and revolutionary, Rebellion is proud to present Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta) and Ian Gibson’s (Star Wars: Boba Fett Adventures) ground-breaking feminist space opera and science fiction classic in a full colour omnibus for the first time. A cultural icon and a high mark for British science fiction, this timeless tale of one woman’s endurance amidst a sea of dead-end and deadly jobs remains one of Alan Moore’s most beloved sagas. Restored and lovingly coloured by Barbara Nosenzo, and featuring a new introduction and bonus content, The Ballad of Halo Jones remains essential reading.

 

Praise for The Ballad of Halo Jones:

"One of the first great comics... up there with Watchmen, V For Vendetta, Dark Knight... The things that we talk about when we talk about comics, Halo Jones should have been one of them." - Neil Gaiman
"The story of an ordinary woman, not a superhero or special snowflake, but a woman who made her own story... a character that represented the everywoman...The Ballad of Halo Jones broke the mould... remarkably timeless" - The Independent
"Groundbreaking feminist heroine... one of the comic industry's strongest role models" -The Guardian
"Exponentially cooler than knock-offs like Tank Girl, mostly because she remains a fed-up real person amid the wild space opera of her universe" - Empire
"Halo Jones was my first love. Or maybe my first role model. The girl that got out." - Lauren Beukes
"Still ahead of the pack... it remains a work of powerful emotional impact" - Multiversity Comics
"Radical and progressive" - Women Write About Comics
"War, romance, hope and feminism... relatable and arresting" - Doom Rocket
"Alan Moore's greatest comic book creation... a superb character study, an especially important book for teenage girls to read. In a world of increasing insecurity, not only politically but personally (body image, place in society, material wealth, sense of self), Halo Jones offers a critique of, and a refuge from, the absurdities of an uncertain world." - Tribe 
"Revolutionary" - Mookychick
"One of the first great comics... up there with Watchmen, V For Vendetta, Dark Knight... The things that we talk about when we talk about comics, Halo Jones should have been one of them." - Neil Gaiman.
"The story of an ordinary woman, not a superhero or special snowflake, but a woman who made her own story... a character that represented the everywoman...The Ballad of Halo Jones broke the mould... remarkably timeless" - The Independent
"Groundbreaking feminist heroine... one of the comic industry's strongest role models" -The Guardian
"Exponentially cooler than knock-offs like Tank Girl, mostly because she remains a fed-up real person amid the wild space opera of her universe" - Empire
"Halo Jones was my first love. Or maybe my first role model. The girl that got out." - Lauren Beukes
"Still ahead of the pack... it remains a work of powerful emotional impact" - Multiversity Comics
"Radical and progressive" - Women Write About Comics
"War, romance, hope and feminism... relatable and arresting" - Doom Rocket
"Alan Moore's greatest comic book creation... a superb character study, an especially important book for teenage girls to read. In a world of increasing insecurity, not only politically but personally (body image, place in society, material wealth, sense of self), Halo Jones offers a critique of, and a refuge from, the absurdities of an uncertain world." - Tribe
"Revolutionary" - Mookychick

  • Best Archival Collection/Project — Comic Books

ISBN: 9781786187703

Dimensions: 283mm x 216mm x 23mm

Weight: 1229g

240 pages