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Are You Missing Hellblazer? Here Comes Thomas Alsop

Are You Missing Hellblazer? Here Comes Thomas Alsop


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Boom has made a bit of a habit of deconstructed takes of Big Two archetypes we all know and love. They made their first big splash in the industry with Irredeemable, which is basically "What if Superman went crazy?". This year they published Loki: Ragnarok & Roll where Loki is kicked out of Asgard and joins a rock n' roll band in Los Angeles. And next month sees the release of Translucid, which Bleeding Cool called out as a Boom Does Batman story. They're hardly the first publisher to find such success. Though unlike Mark Millar, they've never led with "what if Batman was a c-nt?"

And now, I understand, coming in June is Boom's attempt to do "what if John Constantine was a c-nt?" Or, rather, "what if John Constantine was John Constantine – and not that fellow they have masquerading in the Constantine monthly comic?"

It's called Thomas Alsop. The title character is the latest in a long line of magicians charged with protecting the island of Manhattan from supernatural threats, but being a product of the modern era is more concerned with his own fame than fulfilling his duties.

The series, from relative newcomers Chris Miskiewicz and Palle Schmidt, is essentially punk rock Dr. Strange. Between the concept and the art, I'll be keeping an eye out for this one this summer.


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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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