Comic Book Art: John Constantine: Hellblazer (1-100)

Continuing my look at my favourite comic books and their cover art, with the long running DC Comics' / Vertigo series John Constantine: Hellblazer.

John Constantine was created by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette, John Totleben and Rick Veitch and first appeared in 1985 as a recurring character in the horror series The Saga of the Swamp Thing (#37 June 1985), in which he acted as a "supernatural advisor" to the main character.

In 1988, Constantine was given his own title, Hellblazer, published by DC Comics and written by Jamie Delano and illustrated by John Ridgway. In 1993, at the launch of DC's Vertigo Comics imprint, Hellblazer was made an official Vertigo publication. It is still the longest continuously published Vertigo title.

Hit the jump to see the cover art to the first 100 issues.

Comic Book Art: The Saga Of The Swamp Thing

Continuing my look at my favourite comic books and their cover art, with DC Comics' long running series Swamp Thing.

This second series, revived by DC Comics to coincide with the 1982 Wes Craven film, ran from 1982 until 1984, and was written by Martin Pasko and saw the beginnings of Alan Moore's legendary run. It was illustrated by a variety of artists; Tom Yeates, Fred Carrillo, Bo Hampton, Stephen Bissette, with Tom Yeates, Stephen Bissette and John Totleben on cover art duties.

Check out the cover art after the jump, click to embiggen.