I enjoyed Volume 1 of this series, a bit more than this one - I liked the dark humor in the first one better; this volume had a more melancholy ending. Though I still really enjoyed the sections illustrated by Riley Rossmo, his art is just so gritty and fits the darker themes of Constantine.

Wow - that ended with a poopy thud. The best thing this reboot of Hellblazer (starring John Constantine) had going for it was the inventive art of Riley Rossmo and (like the last volume) Rossmo apparently apparently didn't have it in him to stick through for the entire volume and what we end up with is some very sloppy, uninspired art. Which fits right along with the sloppy, uninspired story. A GOOD story will have one part lead naturally to the next part and then to the next part. This one feel...

I still really liked this, although I honestly think it would have been stronger on Vertigo. Having to censor the swearing is awkward and sort of begged the question of why they were doing it. It wraps up it's on going story and I'm glad I picked it up for both the art and the overall quality, although I'm sad to see it go.I'll keep an eye out for anything these artists or writers work on next, they were a lot of fun.Unfortunately, as strong as this title was, DC is relaunching it yet again. Thi...

Not as good as volume 1. Things aren't explained clearly, resolutions are made hastily. And for some reason people keep trusting Constantine even though they had a terrible past with them and then act shocked when he announces that he's gonna screw them over (and then do nothing to prevent it). Pretty disappointing.

This turned out to be a really short lived title as with Rebirth, Constantine is getting a new team and probably everything that happened in these two volumes means absolutely jack now. The plot is probably not as strong as the first volume and the ever changing artwork styles did not help the story, but that might just be me, i do prefer the same artist or artists to work on one volume instead of a different one for each issue. I was kind of invested in seeing how John & Oliver's relationship p...

It's better than the previous series but still nowhere as good as the original Hellblazer series. John Constantine belongs in London written by a British writer. Doyle and Tynion completely give up on making John in anyway British. Even the dialogue is just generic English. There's nothing in this book to at all care about. Riley Rossmo's art is terrible. Included is the rebirth issue which shows a lot of potential. It feels like a return to the Constantine of old.

Solid but not the highs of the last arc. World: The art is fantastic when the main artist is on the book. It's good when the others are on it. This book is lovely to look at. The world building is also very solid with pieces from the series past and present coming into play and John being a good guide for the pieces of the DCU he lives in. A lot was touched upon setting up the stage for future stories...oh wait the series is over. Story: I absolutely adored the Swamp Thing story, it was utterly

John, you idiot. Ming Doyle finishes her all too brief run with John Constantine by giving us John making a double-crossing bad decision that immediately comes back to bite him in the ass. It's sad, funny, scary, and absolutely true to character, and I'm disappointed we won't get more of Doyle on the character any time soon.(Warning: heroic tragic queer ending, but that's John 101, so.)

"we're going to make hell great again"oh, early 2016 jokes

Closes out Oliver's story, started in the previous volume. As expected, it doesn't end happily. I ended up liking the overall story, but it started to drag halfway through this volume.

[Read as single issues]After the previous run of Constantine, his first as part of the New 52, I was prepared to dislike anything else DC tried to do with John since they looked like they wanted to play it safe with the character. And then along came James Tynion IV and Ming Doyle who wrote the most wonderful 13 issue series, the second half of which is collected here.As John finds himself at the mercy of the soul-purchasing demon Neron, everything mounts against him as he loses his boyfriend, h...

I was hoping to get more focus on Constantine and his relationship with Oliver, but I just didn’t care about them. I needed more. The plot was a bit too all over the place for me, as was the art. The ending was extremely unsatisfying and feels like it ended quickly because it got cancelled. 3/5 stars

Had not read a recent volume of Constantine in while. Even though this was volume 2, I felt I could manage jumping into story. Felt bit of a mixed magick bag. Sleek stylized manga-esque art was quite different than the seedy more grounded shall we say seedy artwerke of the past. Was not put off by that though it was a little more difficult reconciling the character of Constantine with this current incarnation. Discover he has been dating a muscular black guy with two young girls. Alright. Suppos...

This second and last volume didn't disappoint story-wise. John's still a cunning bastard who tricks his way out of problems. With consequences. Typical Hellblazer bitter conclusion to Doyle and Tynion's run; at least these 2 knew how to handle our wily magician. I just hope Simon Oliver will have the same craft with the new series.Art-wise, this book is a more of a let down. The Level/Rossmo team does the trick at first before being replaced. If Travel Foreman's pencild are ok, they're spoiled b...

I really enjoyed this run of Constantine and I m UBER glad that they brought back the Bisexual Constantine (where was all these cool, handsome gay/bisexual characters when I was growing up 20 years ago? 🧐). Overall, this was a fun and engaging read. The art-work and the color scheme was godly, the dialogue was witty and the character/creature designs were top-notch. However, as fun as the story was, it really didn’t have much going on below the surface. The story kinda ended abruptly on a sad no...

Metro/Bi-sexual John Constantine is back in “The Art of the Deal”, the second volume of Ming Doyle/James Tynion IV’s Constantine, the Hellblazer.The tone is all over the place in this one. At times, it’s played for laughs, and at other times it’s super-dark. Occasionally, it doesn’t really know what tone to strike. My interest, I have to admit, kind of waned a bit in this one.The villain in this is a demon that is a thinly-veiled Donald Trump. His name is Neron, and he is the wealthiest demon in...

I liked this, but I didn't care for the art in the last 2 chapters. This series has also been cancelled, just like Spidey.

"We shouldn't have let him go so easy. We should have locked him up, or, better yet, killed him. [...] to my very great regret, I know the man. He may seem foolish and laughable, but he is a calamity. Strange powers gather around his head, breathe evil luck into his empty chest. He has no care for his place in this realm, and he doesn't respect anything but himself! Even if you say there's no kind of way, the plan is airtight and the bonds are unbreakable, John Constantine will still prove you w...

I wish DC would stop rebooting everything because I really enjoyed this run, short as it was, but at least they managed to get through a whole story arc in the few issues they had. Anyway, as with the last volume, this was just very fun [well, up until it wasn't because it's not Hellblazer if other people aren't paying for John's mistakes!] and I get why a lot of people who really loved the original wouldn't like the tone or setting of this, but I'm definitely less of a purist in that regard so

So yes, there's that title, and demon lord Neron re-envisioned with a stupid bouffant and a pledge to 'Make Hell great again', but sadly his dialogue is all far too coherent for the satire to really land. Even so, and even if this isn't quite full fat Hellblazer, it's not ever so far off. John's devious, bisexual and leaving carnage in his wake; the other realms have been tweaked but not sold out*; the encounters with DC's other heroes avoid anything too incongruous. It's just a shame that the f...