The Ballad of Halo Jones Complete Ed..., Alan Moore
The Ballad of Halo Jones Complete Ed..., Alan Moore
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The Ballad of Halo Jones: Complete Edition
The Classic 2000 AD Graphic Novel, in Full-Cast Audio for the First Time

Author: Alan Moore, Ian Gibson

Narrator: Ellie Kendrick, Kemah Bob, Michael Fenton Stevens, Sheila Atim, Yaz Zadeh

Unabridged: 3 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 03/04/2021


Synopsis

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"The production and flow of the story is brilliantly done and this is easily one of the best adaptations of the story we've ever seen." - Starburst Magazine

A galaxy-spanning story and comics' first bona fide feminist space opera, The Ballad of Halo Jones is the first true epic to grace the bibliography of arguably the greatest comic book writer the world has ever known.

Bored and frustrated with her life in 50th-century leisure-ghetto housing estate 'The Hoop', 18-year-old everywoman Halo Jones yearns for the infinite sights and sounds of the universe. Pledging to escape on a fantastic voyage, she sets in motion events unimaginable; a spell on a luxury space-liner, a brush with an interstellar war - Halo Jones faces hardship and adventure in the name of freedom in the limitless cosmos.

Featuring Sheila Atim as Halo Jones, alongside Ellie Kendrick, Kemah Bob, Michael Fenton Stevens and Yaz Zadeh, with an exciting accomplished cast, existing fans of Halo and newcomers alike will be transported to The Hoop and beyond in an immersive listening experience like no other.

"The result is simply stunning." - Starburst Magazine

© 2007 Rebellion 2000 AD Ltd (P) Penguin Audio and Rebellion Publishing 2021

Reviews

Goodreads review by Troy on September 07, 2018

Because I can't put six stars, this has to have five. When I was 12, being the 2000AD fan I was, I read Book Three and got: Seriously, what comic, even today, has a heroine that washes out of the military and cuts off her hair with a dull knife? Let alone visibly aging as the series progresses. Heavy......more

Goodreads review by Gareth on August 21, 2011

Halo Jones is an ordinary 50th century teenager living in The Hoop, a floating housing project for the unemployed and alien imigrants. This futuristic ghetto has got the usual problems of gangs, unreliable amenities and no prospects, but it is bearable because of her two flatmates and her kindly lan......more

Goodreads review by Anthony on October 23, 2014

Many would put 'Watchmen' or 'V for Vendetta' at the top of Alan Moore's list of achievements, but, for me, it’s this 2000AD strip from the 1980s that stands as his most seminal work. Beautifully illustrated in black and white by Ian Gibson, Moore's sci-fi epic eschews the grand heroic narrative to......more

Goodreads review by Ludwig on December 17, 2023

7/10 Out of the pages of a magazine devoted to warlike testosteronic sci-fi comics for teenagers, comes the ultimate feminist strip of the 80's. Not the first feminist comics of all times, most likely. There were for instance glimpses of feminism in the erotic and dreamy Valentina by the Italian Guid......more

Goodreads review by Oriente on April 05, 2020

Azért mert szép vagy, pofátlanul fiatal, kalandra éhes és van merszed változtatni a sorsodon, még semmi sem garantálja, hogy nem leszel magányos, munkanélküli, alkoholista vagy hajléktalan. Hiperrealista hangvételű űropera képregénybe álmodva. Nagyon tömény volt, de egyúttal tömény élvezet is: feszes......more