John Constantine is a fictional character, an occult investigator and exorcist created by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette and John Totleben who appears in the monthly comic series “HellBlazer” by Vertigo/DC Comics. He also became the protagonist in the Hollywood film called “Constantine” played by Keanu Reeves. Ian Rankin is the best-selling writer of “Exit Music” and together with artist Werther Delle’edera has come up with a very dark tale about … more
There had been talk for awhile about Tartan Noir crime novelist Ian Rankin taking on the character of Constantine for Vertigo, the prospect of which had a lot of Rankin and Constantine fans alike excited. Now that the waiting is over, the final product has turned out to be somewhat underwhelming. Rankin knows how to write, and his take on paranormal detective John Constantine is well within line with what regular fans would expect. But when it comes to the … more