Desolation Jones #6
Ah the joys of "Suggested for Mature Readers". Desolation Jones continues to impress (and thoroughly) w/ the wrap of it's first arc here in issue #6.
Mike Jones finally gets his hands on the twisted Colonel Nigh's stolen Hitler porn reel (and ends the ongoing blackmail bid by executing the blackmailers) and it turns out that the porn reel itself was just a cover for documentation detailing the gub-ment's top-secret "temple farm" program/plan (temple farm is the codename for the experimental intel program that transformed jones into the sub-human he is today).
Having discovered Nigh's involvement in "temple farm" (and the varied involvement of his three daughters in the mess surrounding the theft and recovery of the reel), Jones arranges for a good 'ole family get together. I'd love to go into detail about what happens next but the end here is just too good to spoil...
I'll leave it by saying that i really, really dig this comic. Ellis and Williams are simply out doing themselves here IMO. The writing is gritty and on point, w/ solid pacing, original story lines (a good thing for the age-old detective drama), and some seriously kick-ass dialogue. Make no mistake that D Jones is for mature audiences... working sometimes in the NC-17 realm (w/ no qualms from me here though since the grit and grime fits naturally and doesn't feel forced for shock value).
Ellis (and Williams) have created one of the most interesting (if not unique) lead characters to hit comics in a long, long while. I can only imagine the love-hate relationship most readers out there have w/ Michael Jones, and figure it's similiar to what i feel when i read him.
This book isn't made only by the writing though; Williams art here is AMAZING (seriously). His layouts impress the heck out of me (esp in this issue) and he's not afraid to get uber-creative w/ his drawings and/or panels. As an aside, i'm not sure who does the coloring for this book, but it works REALLY well and adds tremendously to the art (think Ex Machina in a way)...
Zill is salivating (that word just seems weird when it comes to anticipating comics but you def get the idea) for the start of the next arc already... A+
Mike Jones finally gets his hands on the twisted Colonel Nigh's stolen Hitler porn reel (and ends the ongoing blackmail bid by executing the blackmailers) and it turns out that the porn reel itself was just a cover for documentation detailing the gub-ment's top-secret "temple farm" program/plan (temple farm is the codename for the experimental intel program that transformed jones into the sub-human he is today).
Having discovered Nigh's involvement in "temple farm" (and the varied involvement of his three daughters in the mess surrounding the theft and recovery of the reel), Jones arranges for a good 'ole family get together. I'd love to go into detail about what happens next but the end here is just too good to spoil...
I'll leave it by saying that i really, really dig this comic. Ellis and Williams are simply out doing themselves here IMO. The writing is gritty and on point, w/ solid pacing, original story lines (a good thing for the age-old detective drama), and some seriously kick-ass dialogue. Make no mistake that D Jones is for mature audiences... working sometimes in the NC-17 realm (w/ no qualms from me here though since the grit and grime fits naturally and doesn't feel forced for shock value).
Ellis (and Williams) have created one of the most interesting (if not unique) lead characters to hit comics in a long, long while. I can only imagine the love-hate relationship most readers out there have w/ Michael Jones, and figure it's similiar to what i feel when i read him.
This book isn't made only by the writing though; Williams art here is AMAZING (seriously). His layouts impress the heck out of me (esp in this issue) and he's not afraid to get uber-creative w/ his drawings and/or panels. As an aside, i'm not sure who does the coloring for this book, but it works REALLY well and adds tremendously to the art (think Ex Machina in a way)...
Zill is salivating (that word just seems weird when it comes to anticipating comics but you def get the idea) for the start of the next arc already... A+
