Comments on: 365 Reasons to Love Comics #257

By: Zexy

Zexy — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:11:29 +0000

re: If Edgar Allan Poe wrote comics, heâ€™d choose Kelley Jones to draw them.

It's actually funny you say that. Kelley is in fact a very huge fan of classic Horror films as well as E.A.Poe. Back when he collected comics(before they became a carreer for him), some of his most cherished possessions were his Warren comics that had Poe adaptions illustrated by Berni Wrightson.

By: ace of knaves

ace of knaves — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:07:35 +0000

Yea Kelly Jones is great, I love his surreal, nightmarish take on Batman and Gotham. Very moody

By: noc

noc — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:28:06 +0000

i'm so glad to hear Kelley Jones back on batman. i love his art so much.

By: aalok

aalok — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:07:34 +0000

Anything by Moench is just worth the ride....but his team ups with the longtime collaborators are the best series ever....as such I was quite excited when I heard of the MASTER OF KUNG FU series reuniting Moench & Gulacy....& now this would be a fan's dream come true.A pity that they wouldn't have Doug & Kelley doing their stuff regularly or won't collect their 1995-98 run or even publish stuff like DARK JOKER:THE WILD,BROTHERHOOD OF THE BAT,LEAGUE OF BATMEN in newer editions.This is what I call underrated......classic minis by Moench like SLASH MARAUD,WANDERERS,LORDS OF THE ULTRA REALM are nowhere to be seen in the TPB lobby..

By: Comics Should Be Good! » 365 Reasons to Love Comics #305

Comics Should Be Good! » 365 Reasons to Love Comics #305 — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:42:28 +0000

[...] Deadman’s carried his own feature several times, be it in mini-series, ongoings, graphic novels, or recurring strips in Action Comics Weekly. Lots of great creators, such as Mike Baron,Â Jose Luis Garcia Lopez, and gruesome gothic great Kelley Jones have crafted his stories. So why can’t Deadman seem to hold his own title? [...]

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:27:53 +0000

How can Monech be under-rated?

He can't. If one person anywhere likes his work then he's over-rated. The guy really is a terrible writer. It's the thing that's stopped me from enjoying any of Kelly Jones's Batman work.

15.Comics Should Be Good! Â» 365 Reasons to Love Comics Archive said â€¦ [â€¦] 257. Kelley Jones [â€¦]

Will someone please explain to me what the deal is with these posts? Where do they come from? Are they automated?

By: Comics Should Be Good! » 365 Reasons to Love Comics Archive

Comics Should Be Good! » 365 Reasons to Love Comics Archive — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:21:28 +0000

[...] 257. Kelley Jones [...]

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:02:31 +0000

How can Monech be under-rated?

He wrote the character for ages, and had many mini's as well at the time.

By: jccalhoun

jccalhoun — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:04:44 +0000

No discussion of him is complete without his Sandman issue the Dream of a 1000 Cats!

By: Andrew Collins

Andrew Collins — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:43:14 +0000

Sorry, I meant GUEST issues...

By: Andrew Collins

Andrew Collins — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:44:19 +0000

I'm not a huge Jones fan, but I've always enjoyed his art. Around the time I was starting to seriously get into comics around 1989/1990 was when he was starting to break into comics and I remember discovering his work through guess issues on books like Swamp Thing, Doom Patrol, and Grimjack. His run on "Season Of Mists" for Sandman is still probably my favorite work of his.

By: Rob Schamberger

Rob Schamberger — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:04:58 +0000

Jones was such a HUGE explosion to my teenaged brain when I first saw Red Rain. I've faithfully bought his work since.

By: chris

chris — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:05:37 +0000

My first exposure to Jones' work was in one of the very early ALIENS series that Dark Horse put out in the late 80's ("Hive", maybe?). Incredible artist, no doubt. Now when are we going to see Sam Keith on here?

By: Kris Bather

Kris Bather — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:44:24 +0000

Jones' artwork rocks. He was a perfect antidote from all the carbon copy muscle bodies of the 90s. I have al his KnightFall covers, and am so looking forward to his return to the vampire Batman.

By: Rohan Williams

Rohan Williams — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 03:58:02 +0000

I love Jones! He and Breyfogle are my favourite Bat- artists by a reasonable margin. I can't wait for his Batman vs the Invisibile Man project.

By: Greg Burgas

Greg Burgas — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:10:32 +0000

Damn it. Thanks for bringing that to my attention, Bill. I was thinking about putting them all over here, but I hadn't gotten the chance. Bah, indeed.

By: The Mad Monkey

The Mad Monkey — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 19:20:09 +0000

Ummm...you might want to change that to "Messrs.". The way it is makes it look like Doug's wife and Kelley are reuniting.
Yeah, yeah...I know...nitpicking...lol.

By: jazzbo

jazzbo — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 19:14:39 +0000

I forgot about the Book of Thoth mini. Kurt Busiek and Kelley Jones are a dream pair-up.

By: Patient Boy

Patient Boy — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:20:30 +0000

Dunno that it counts for anything, but I always found it interesting that in Grant Morrison and Howard Porter's first issue on JLA, the Batman Porter chose to emulate was Kelley Jones'. His Batman in JLA #1 is a carbon copy of Jones' Bats, before Porter developed his own look for Batman.

By: Tom Fitzpatrick

Tom Fitzpatrick — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:50:38 +0000

I loved Jones' series The Crusades (from Vertigo) and The Hammer (from Dark Horse).

Of course, Conan mini-series: The Book of Thoth shouldn't be over-lookes either.

There's just not enough Jones these days.