Halo Jones was first Alan Moore comic I have read. It was long time ago and it was translated version. It was original black and white version. This time I read it on original language and colored. Original language made it bit hard because it uses weird “future” language. Either I learned to understand it or there was less of it in last two books. There was outline for nine books but there is only three books which means we don’t get proper ending at the end of third book.
The Ballad of Halo Jones follows average 50th century woman Halo Jones. She is legendary figure in further future. These books don’t get to that point. In first book she lives on slum island called Hoop. She wants to leave. At the end of book she has had enough of Hoop and leave on space ship. Second book she works as waitress in said space ship. She want to go further in third. She gets recruited to army. Book tells her time on army. Book ends in what could launch long story arc.
Each book has complete story arc and own tone. There are interesting side characters like boy/girl who everyone forgets in few seconds and solder who is clumsy but extremely lucky. There is no long story arc. Second book has reference to first and third has reference to second. Both have one character besides Halo Jones from previous book. It is refreshing to have normal person as a hero. Halo Jones is bit like Forest Gump. She is regular person who happens to meet important people.
