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	The Ballad of Halo Jones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Originally, Halo Jones was to have run to nine books, chronicling Halo's life from adolescence through old age, however 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 had co-created.
		Halo discovers that it was her robotic dog Toby who was responsible for her flatmate's death and is forced to destroy him.
		The boy band Halo James was named after the eponymous character, while the 1980s pop act Transvision Vamp released a single entitled, as a homage, "Hanging out with Halo Jones".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Halo_Jones (3053 words)

	The Ballad of Halo Jones - TheBestLinks.com - Alan Moore, Comic strip, Science fiction, 1980s, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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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.
		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 created.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Halo_Jones.html (390 words)

	Halo Jones
		Although The Ballad of Halo Jones was not especially well received by many readers at first, the strip proved to be one of the one of the most popular and highly-acclaimed ever to have appeared in 2000Ad.
		Halo Jones was born in the 50th Century on a giant floating Hoop, joined to the tip of Manhattan.
		The long promised reprinting of Halo Jones was annonced again in Prog 1234, it was a Titan Graphic Novel published in July 2001, although my one didn't arrive from amazon until November 2001.
	www.fortunecity.com /tattooine/sputnik/53/halojone.htm (914 words)

	TheFourthRail.com
		The most important establishing moments of her ground-side life are in the acquisition of a robot dog, the murder of a friend and a promise made by another friend that is eventually broken.
		To make an absolutely terrible comparison, Halo is a lot like Forrest Gump, strangely wandering into most of the interesting events during the times she lives in and serving as a grounded, normal viewpoint character with which the reader can interact with fantastic characters.
		Halo is at times a downright tragic affair, and indeed her entire life is something of a tragedy.
	www.thefourthrail.com /reviews/snapjudgments/082001/completeballadofhalojones.shtml (716 words)

	2000 AD Graphic novels, collections and trade paperbacks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		When Halo Jones grows bored with her life in The Hoop - a futuristic world where jobs are scarce and excitement nonexistent - she sets out to see the galaxy any way she can.
		Halo Jones perplexed many readers at the time it was published, being a slow-moving exploration into a strange future society and people's emotions — not at all the standard for the fast-paced thrillpower-packed boy's adventure comic in 1984.
		Halo Jones is brilliant, it's funny, it's weird, it's haunting, it's cruel, and it's breathtakingly original.
	www.2000ad.org /thrillpower/dchalo.html (441 words)

	These I Have Loved - Part Four: Polishing My Halo
		Halo Jones had a similar influence on me. She leapt from the fevered mind of a certain Mr Alan Moore back in the mid eighties and, frankly took 2000AD by storm.
		Halo was one of the first real leading female characters to appear in 2000AD, and in hindsight it is striking that one of her first adventures is basically a shopping trip.
		Halo Jones is (IMHO of course) certainly the best strip ever to feature in ‘Tooth, as evidenced by the fact that it’s the one the fans always ask to have back.
	www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /fool/100334804395096.htm (1450 words)

	info page - exit garden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		as a story, the ballad of halo jones is very credible, even with its strange planets and curious characters the heroine meets.
		when alan moore created halo jones for 2000AD, the comic magazine had the biggest female audience than any other "boy comic" in uk.
		halo jones was originally published in 2000 AD progs #376-385 [book one], #406-415 [book two] and #451-466 [book three].
	www.greywolves.org /~malice/exit/info.html (431 words)

	The Friday Review: The Complete Ballad of Halo Jones
		THE COMPLETE BALLAD OF HALO JONES is something of a misnomer (out of a projected nine books, only the three collected here saw the light of day), but as a fictional biography of sorts, it's extremely entertaining, despite taking some time to warm to.
		Part of the reason why HALO JONES works as well as it does is due to the appealing nature of Halo herself - she endears herself to the reader through her sheer ordinariness.
		There is a brief interlude, though, in which Halo's life and times are discussed by a university professor and his students in a future even farther from the one Halo exists in.
	www.ninthart.com /display.php?article=337 (1176 words)

	exit garden - a shrine to halo jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		the comic is currently available from titan books and 2000 ad comics as one complete volume under the title of "the complete ballad of halo jones".
		the ballad of halo jones is an extraordinary sci-fi comic that tells the tale of a young girl who's tired of this world.
		in fact i'm trying to get more people into reading halo jones, by promoting some of the highlights of the comic.
	malice.greywolves.org /exit (245 words)

	Blogcritics.org: The Ballad of Halo Jones
		Moore himself describes Halo as "an ordinary woman", though she lives in the 50th century - one of those nice round century numbers that satisfied SF junkies in the 80s.
		Halo is an everywoman, and, as she is quoted as saying: "Anybody could have done it." What's more interesting about the series is Halo's struggle to keep moving forward, to exorcise her past ghosts, and to look to new horizons despite her problems.
		Halo has no special abilities or an expense account; she's a working class future hero who makes her own destiny, with plenty of mistakes, and along the way she has many adventures.
	blogcritics.org /archives/2003/06/29/221111.php (1511 words)

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		The thought of Timothy Jones with a weapon even made the Fleeties nervous, and they were relieved when it was clear that he wasn't going to be allowed to have one." "Where is he now?" asked Thorn, his head swimming in disbelief that anybody could be that stupid and still be alive.
		But to Timothy Jones, presently up to his knees in shit (and other unmentionable substances) in the bilge tank, the vibration was enough to lose his grip on the floor and to send him flat on his back covered in the muck.
		Tycho Jones, who had spent the last few days "proving" to the Federation personnel he was absolutely in no way even remotely related to Timothy Jones (who was still shovelling waste in the bilge tanks), immediately reacted.
	www.daltonator.net /fanfics/stories/xover/rescue.txt (21943 words)

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		The story of an ordinary girl living in a humdrum, overpopulated 50th century society, obsessed with fads and a lack of identity, is a stark contrast to the testosterone-fuelled action strips that dominate the comic.
		Just ten weeks later, with the conclusion of Book One, Halo Jones has become one of the comic's most popular characters, largely due to Moore's emphasis on universal teenage concerns regarding escaping from home to forge one's own identity.
		Moore's original plans for nine HALO JONES books, however, were abandoned when he turned his back on 2000AD due to contractual issues.
	www.ninthart.com /display.php?article=711 (1873 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Complete Ballad of Halo Jones (2000 AD Presents S.): Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Halo Jones, as a character, remains one of the most interesting, most three-dimensional characters to appear in a comic, and the situations she is thrust into - though extraordinary - manage surprisingly well to avoid feeling contrived.
		Halo Jones is a beautiful tale, hilarious, moving and just so good it hurts.
		Early on, the character of her friend Rodice is far more dominant than Halo (she's got a bigger mouth anyhow!), but once Halo decides to leave the Hoop (an enormous floating ghetto for the unemployed) she soon get left behind.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1840233427 (1512 words)

	Halo Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Halo Jones is particularly known for being an ordinary human.
		History: Halo was an ordinary girl who grew up in the Hoop, a city built over the Atlantic Ocean near where Manhattan used to be.
		The Ballad of Halo Jones consists of three series.
	www.internationalhero.co.uk /h/halo.htm (225 words)

	4ColorHeroes The Alan Moore Store:Halo Jones
		The Ballad of Halo Jones Book Two: Chapters 9 and 10 Bart Sears (c) Ian Gibson (a) 10 pages.
		The Ballad of Halo Jones Book Three: Prolog and Chapter 1 Bret Blevins (c) Ian Gibson (a) 10 pages.
		Ballad of Halo Jones #1 - #6
	www.4colorheroes.com /halo7.html (244 words)

	Ian Gibson (artist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ian Gibson is a British comic book artist, best known for his 1980s fl and white work for 2000 AD.
		His sketchy, cartoonish style lends itself best to humorous strips, such as Robo-Hunter and Ace Trucking Co., although his work on the Alan Moore-penned The Ballad of Halo Jones shows that he is capable of telling a serious story.
		In the US, Gibson made a good name for himself drawing Mister Miracle for DC Comics in the 1980s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ian_Gibson_(artist) (551 words)

	Midtowncomics.com :: Online Comics Store, Spiderman, Superman, Batman Comic Books and Toys (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The ART OF HALO is a showcase of the game's stunning visual style, a fascinating guided tour through the making of the phenomenon--from bright idea to brilliant result--and a testament to the creativi...
		When Halo Jones grows bored with her life in The Hoop — a futuristic world where jobs are scarce and excitement nonexistent — she sets out to see the galaxy any way she can.
		Share in the quirky fun as big-hearted Katie copes with the unlikely challenges of living with an omnipotent angel and a naive robot.
	www.midtowncomics.com /eshop/searchresult.asp?skey=Halo (258 words)

	From Hell - PopMatters Comic Book Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		His 'Ballad of Halo Jones' was originally designed to take place in a future revolving around soap operas and shopping bags rather than guns and space cowboys.
		This ideal proved challenging to some of his employers: by Book 3 Halo was a gun-toting gal like all the others, albeit a gun-toting gal with issues.
		It has been this ambiguous relationship with the comic biz that explains a career that has seen as many false starts as pristine multi volumes, and a lot of time leaving and rejoining the 'mainstream'.
	www.popmatters.com /comics/from-hell.shtml (1481 words)

	itymbi ...: Halo Jones
		Though living in the future (of course it's her present, but then that's the future for you) Halo is an ordinary woman who remains ordinary throughout the series.
		If you're looking for a comic book to read, and everyone should from time to time, Halo Jones is a good choice.
		And if you can't see what the appeal of comics is try Halo Jones, Top 10, or The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen for a great introduction.
	www.zanthan.com /itymbi/archives/000564.html (280 words)

	Mars Import - Comic
		2000 AD and DC Comics are proud to present the all-time classic feminist space opera The Ballad of Halo Jones, written by comics legend Alan Moore and drawn by Ian Gibson.
		But can she survive the highs and lows that lie in her path, including an extended period of shipboard servitude and a tour of duty in a terrifying war that defines the physics of space and time?
		Check out other books in this series: Ballad of Halo Jones.
	www.marsimport.com /display_comic.php?ID=9616 (232 words)

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		Yes, sadly so did I. I realise that this is the worst possible way to start the review of the book but the film really was a shoddy and lazy bit of work when compared to Moore's detailed and twisting Jack the Ripper epic.
		Moore placed himself firmly at the top of the intellectual comic authors list with Watchmen, but even before that he brought us the wonderful Ballad of Halo Jones, and those gun toting, drug taking, mega-violent madmen DR & Quinch and V for Vendetta.
		Moore firmly places Sir William Gull as the Ripper from the outset, but the plot winds around the familiar characters of the Prince Regent and Walter Sickart, both of whom have been named as the serial killer in other works.
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	read yourself RAW - Profile: Alan Moore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Then, of couse, there were those readers who complained that very little happened in the strip.
		Personally, I think that what they actually meant was that very little violence happened in the strip In short not everyone liked Halo Jones But we did.
		Alan Moore, from the introduction to The Ballad Of Halo Jones
	www.readyourselfraw.com /profiles/moore/profile_moore.htm (1328 words)

	Does anyone here read 2000AD? - The Book Forum
		The Ballad of Halo Jones (my name might be a giveaway!)
		I would have loved to ask him about "Halo Jones", but I probably wouldn't have had the nerve anyway.
		Re Skizz: even as a child I realised it was an ET copy, but I loved it.
	www.thebookforum.com /forums/showthread.php?t=922 (1301 words)

	Index to Comic Art Collection: "Balla" to "Ballistics"
		Baston, la Ballade des Baffes / Delporte ; preface de André Franquin.
		Bib Ballads / by Ring W. Lardner ; illustrated by Fontaine Fox.
		The Blank in the Comics strip collection includes a file of one or more daily comic strips related to this keyword or topic.
	www.lib.msu.edu /comics/rri/brri/balla.htm (4084 words)

	Festival (Not Convention) Report, Part 2: Sunday
		As a long time fan of Halo, I can picture Ian Gibson’s wonderful art as the words wash over me, and I pass an hour in a haze of nostalgia which ends all too soon.
		The much missed Ballad of Halo Jones (from this morning, remember?) is confirmed for a summer release, as is Grant Morrison’s excellent superhero work Zenith.
		The strategy seems to be to release a mix of cult fan favourites (to keep the dies hard fans happy) and early work by big name creators (Garth Ennis, Grant Morrison, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman et al) so that they can actually shift some units overseas and make a bit of money for a change.
	www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /fool/99180360079258,print.htm (2063 words)

	Balloon Tales \| Bookshelf \| Comics By or About Women
		The Complete Ballad of Halo Jones by Alan Moore and Ian Gibson
		Alan Moore's epic tale of one woman's search for meaning and her place in a galaxy out of control.
		A cosmic adventure that takes Halo to the far ends of the galaxy, through war and peace, trail, despair and triumph.
	www.balloontales.com /bookshelf/women (425 words)

	The Ballad of Halo Jones - The CHUD.COM Message Boards
		The Ballad of Halo Jones - The CHUD.COM Message Boards
		He's so associated with Watchmen, V For Vendetta, From Hell and other dark works that his pulpy fun material really comes as a pleasant surprise.
		For the uninitiated, Halo Jones is a bit like a sci-fi version of Love and Rockets.
	www.chud.com /forums/showthread.php?t=78331 (368 words)

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