![]() ![]() ![]() It feels like a sci-fi take on growing up either in the mod scene or possibly punk in Thatcher’s England, and the horrors of a shopping trip. ![]() The first introduces us to Halo Jones, her friends, and her life on the Hoop, a kind of ring station moored off the coast of New York City. The serials are organized into three books. All following the life of a young woman in the distant future who just wanted to live her life. The Ballad of Halo Jones by Moore, Ian Gibson, Steve Potter, and Richard Starkings is kind of a bridge between the short, darkly humorous thrills of “Future Shocks” and “DR & Quinch” and the more serious, politically charged works like V for Vendetta, resulting in a perfect synthesis of entertainment and commentary that’s hard to manage. Those who have read it tend to love it, but it’s often overshadowed by his other ’80s work. The final major work that Alan Moore created during his time working for UK publishers on 2000AD is also possibly the most accomplished and surprisingly little heralded. ![]()
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