The Ballad of Halo Jones

The Ballad of Halo Jones was a 1980s science fiction comic strip written by Alan Moore and drawn by Ian Gibson.

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1980s - Science fiction - Comic strip - Alan Moore - Ian Gibson

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Halo Jones first appeared in five-page instalments in the pages of the weekly British comic 2000 AD An overt attempt to bring a female perspective to that notoriously testosterone-fuelled publication, it was embraced by readers of both genders and is regarded as one of 2000 AD's high points. The eponymous heroine is a highly sympathetic 50th-century everywoman, and the tone of the strip runs from the comic to the poignant.

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The three "books" span several years of her life, and also serve as a tour of the well-realised futuristic universe which Moore and Gibson created. Originally, Halo Jones was to run to nine books, but the series stopped after three because of a dispute between Moore and Fleetway, the magazine's publishers, over the intellectual property rights of the characters he and Gibson co-created.

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The three books are available in a single collection from Titan Books: The Complete Ballad of Halo Jones, ISBN 1840233427.

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The boy band Halo James was named after the eponymous character, while the 1980s pop band Transvision Vamp released a single entitled, as a homage, "Hanging out with Halo Jones".

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Halo James - 1980s - Transvision Vamp

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