Forthcoming Desolation Jones: The Biohazard Edition Deluxe Hardcover To Feature J.H. Williams III Artwork In Never-Before-Seen Raw Form This November
32SHARESThe critically acclaimed espionage/science-fiction thriller Desolation Jones—by New York Times bestselling,
In this new edition, the art and lettering placements will also feature minor retouches throughout by Williams III.
“Desolation Jones visuals are a unique beast. The goal was to create a visceral seedy world of an ex-spy who has suffered from horrible experiments, but now lives as a detective trapped in L.A.,” said Williams III. “His interpretation of reality is sometimes skewed. I played with the idea of old newspaper strip style layouts in key scenes. There are scenes that push an acidic surreal perspective, while others manipulate a sense of time, and a pumped up color aspect that is unusual for a noir. Jones toys with quite a few visual influences and tropes put through a sharp blender, mixing into something potent and hopefully memorable.”
Desolation Jones follows one Michael Jones, a former agent for British intelligence before a procedure to make him a better operative left him mentally and physically shattered. Now he survives in Los Angeles as a private investigator, eking out a living within the city’s ghost community of damaged spooks. If he had any better future to look forward to, he probably wouldn’t be embarking on his newest job: locating the lost pornographic home movies of… Adolf Hitler.
Like film noir on a dark acid trip—and by turns riotous, tragic, and brutal—this Biohazard Edition is the perfect read for fans of Williams III’s eye-popping artwork, the mind-bending science-fiction worlds of Philip K. Dick, and the gritty characters of Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch novels.
Desolation Jones: The Biohazard Edition (ISBN: 9781534350755) will be available at local comic book shops on Wednesday, November 27 and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, and Indigo on Tuesday, December 10.
Desolation Jones will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.