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{{Distinguish|Loveless (manga)}}
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title = Loveless
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| image = Loveless 1.png
| image = Loveless 1.png
| caption = Cover to issue #1 of ''Loveless'' (Dec 2005). Art by [[Marcelo Frusin]].
| caption = Cover to issue #1 of ''Loveless'' (Dec 2005), art by [[Marcelo Frusin]].
| schedule = Monthly
| schedule = Monthly
| format = [[Ongoing series]]
| format = [[Ongoing series]]
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| creators = Brian Azzarello<br>Marcelo Frusin
| creators = Brian Azzarello<br>Marcelo Frusin
| TPB = A Kin of Homecoming
| TPB = A Kin of Homecoming
| ISBN = 1-84576-337-8
| ISBN = 1-84576-337-8}}
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'''''Loveless''''' was an American [[Western (genre)|Western]] [[comic book]] series for mature readers published by [[DC Comics]] as a part of that company's [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]] [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]]. It is written by [[Brian Azzarello]] and drawn by [[Marcelo Frusin]], [[Danijel Zezelj]] and Werther Dell'Edera.<ref name="vert-love">{{Citation | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = Loveless | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 116–117 | publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]] | place = New York | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4122-5 | oclc = 213309015}}</ref>
'''''Loveless''''' is an American [[Western (genre)|Western]] [[comic book]] series for mature readers published by [[DC Comics]] as a part of that company's [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]] [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]]. It is written by [[Brian Azzarello]] and drawn by [[Marcelo Frusin]], [[Danijel Zezelj]] and [[Werther Dell'Edera]].<ref name="vert-love">{{Citation | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = Loveless | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 116–117 | publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]] | place = New York | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-0-7566-4122-1 | oclc = 213309015}}</ref> There are 24 issues total.


==Plot==
==Plot==
''Loveless'' was originally about a man, Wes Cutter, who fought for [[Confederate States of America|the South]] in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] and was captured. After spending time in a prison camp he comes back to his previous home of Blackwater after the North won to find the town under [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] [[Reconstruction era of the United States|control]] and his house occupied. Soon after, Cutter is offered a position of sheriff in the town.<ref name="vert-ency">{{Citation | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = 100 Bullets | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 11–17 | publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]] | place = London | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4122-5}}</ref>
''Loveless'' was originally about a man, Wes Cutter, who fought for [[Confederate States of America|the South]] in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] and was captured. After spending time in a prison camp he comes back to his previous home of Blackwater after the North won to find the town under [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] [[Reconstruction era of the United States|control]] and his house occupied. Soon after, Cutter is offered a position of sheriff in the town.<ref name="vert-ency">{{Citation | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = 100 Bullets | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 11–17 | publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]] | place = London | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-0-7566-4122-1}}</ref>


The comic's early issues explore the dynamic relationship between Cutter and the people of the town (most of whom hate him), the fate of Cutter's wife Ruth, and the lingering feelings of animosity between North and South after the end of the war.
The comic's early issues explore the dynamic relationship between Cutter and the people of the town (most of whom hate him), the fate of Cutter's wife Ruth, and the lingering feelings of animosity between North and South after the end of the war.


Since the conclusion to its earlier issues, ''Loveless'' has become a comic of greater chronological and thematic narrative. The stories within ''Loveless'', since its inception and especially in its later years center around racism and the grittier realities of American history.
Since the conclusion to its earlier issues, ''Loveless'' has become a comic of greater chronological and thematic narrative. The stories within ''Loveless'', since its inception and especially in its later years center around racism and the grittier realities of American history.


The book had been stated to last about four years by Brian Azzarello in a Broken Frontier interview. In the interview Azzarello also hinted to end the story in the 1940s or so,<ref name="frontiers">[http://www.brokenfrontier.com/lowdown/details.php?id=526 Sam Moyerman: Bad Azz Mojo, part 1, posted October 11 2006] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112131854/http://www.brokenfrontier.com/lowdown/details.php?id=526 |date=November 12, 2006 }}</ref> but the series was cancelled with issue 24.
The book had been stated to last about four years by Brian Azzarello in a Broken Frontier interview. In the interview Azzarello also hinted to end the story in the 1940s or so,<ref name="frontiers">[http://www.brokenfrontier.com/lowdown/details.php?id=526 Sam Moyerman: Bad Azz Mojo, part 1, posted October 11 2006] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112131854/http://www.brokenfrontier.com/lowdown/details.php?id=526 |date=November 12, 2006}}</ref> but the series was cancelled with issue #24.


==Characters==
==Characters==
*Wes (Wesley) Cutter
* Wes (Wesley) Cutter
**Protagonist
** Protagonist
*Ruth Cutter (Stokes)
* Ruth Cutter (Stokes)
**Takes the name of James Wright
** Takes the name of James Wright
*Jonny Cutter
* Jonny Cutter
**Brother of Wes Cutter
** Brother of Wes Cutter
**Smuggled weapons from Canada
** Smuggled weapons from Canada
*Boyd Johnson
* Boyd Johnson
**Fought along with Wes under Bill Anderson's command
** Fought along with Wes under Bill Anderson's command
*'Bloody' Bill Anderson
* 'Bloody' Bill Anderson
*Abram Rivers
* Abram Rivers
*Silas Redd.
* Silas Redd
**Colonel
** Colonel
**Crippled by Boyd Johnson and lost his leg
** Crippled by Boyd Johnson and lost his leg
*James Foley
* James Foley
**Catholic, unlike most other soldiers
** Catholic, unlike most other soldiers
**Promoted to sergeant
** Promoted to sergeant
**Irish
** Irish
*Jeremiah Trotter
* Jeremiah Trotter
*George.
* George
**Sergeant
** Sergeant
**Killed by Ruth
** Killed by Ruth
*Atticus Man
* Atticus Man
**Black bounty hunter.
** Black bounty hunter
*Lord
* Lord
**Referred as Captain, but probably holds higher position, since he dismisses colonel Redd of his duties
** Referred as Captain, but probably holds higher position, since he dismisses colonel Redd of his duties
*Punch
* Punch
**Assassin, hired by Abram to kill Seth, who's been spying for Lawson Company, and later Wes Cutter
** Assassin, hired by Abram to kill Seth, who's been spying for Lawson Company, and later Wes Cutter
*Martha
* Martha
**Abram's Wife
** Abram's Wife
*Jasper
* Jasper
**Later became a horse racer
** Later became a horse racer
*Murphy
* Murphy
**Sergeant
** Sergeant
*Helen
* Helen
**Convinced Ruth to help Jonny conceal smuggled weapons in her house
** Convinced Ruth to help Jonny conceal smuggled weapons in her house
**Found dead in her bed, her neck broken
** Found dead in her bed, her neck broken
*Frank
* Frank
**Has a pig farm
** Has a pig farm


==Artists==
==Artists==
The title was penciled and inked by three artists on a rotating schedule: [[Marcelo Frusin]] (#1-5, 9-10, covers), [[Danijel Zezelj]] (#6-8, 13-15, 22-24), [[Werther Dell'Edera]] (#11-12, 16-21).<ref name="vert-ency"/> Frusin previously worked with writer Brian Azzarello for three years on ''[[Hellblazer]]''. Zezelj also had a previous project with Azzarello: [[El Diablo (comics)#Lazarus Lane|''El Diablo'']], a western mini series, that in Azzarello's words "planted the seeds for Loveless".<ref name="frontiers"/>
The title was penciled and inked by three artists on a rotating schedule: [[Marcelo Frusin]] (#1-5, 9-10, covers), [[Danijel Zezelj]] (#6-8, 13-15, 22-24), Werther Dell'Edera (#11-12, 16-21).<ref name="vert-ency"/> Frusin previously worked with writer Brian Azzarello for three years on ''[[Hellblazer]]''. Zezelj also had a previous project with Azzarello: [[El Diablo (comics)#Lazarus Lane|''El Diablo'']], a western mini series, that in Azzarello's words "planted the seeds for ''Loveless''".<ref name="frontiers"/> All three artists have clearly distinct, recognizable styles, colorist Patricia Mulviill ensured a graphic continuity throughout the series.
All three artists have clearly distinct, recognizable styles, colorist Patricia Mulviill ensured a graphic continuity throughout the series.


==Collected editions==
==Collected editions==
They are being collected together into [[Trade paperback (comics)|trade paperbacks]] as the run continues:
They are being collected together into [[Trade paperback (comics)|trade paperbacks]] as the run continues:

{|class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!#!!Title!!ISBN!!Release date!!Collected material
!#!!Title!! ISBN!! Release date!! Collected material
|-
|-
|1
|1
|''A Kin of Homecoming''
|''A Kin of Homecoming''
|ISBN 1-84576-337-8
|{{ISBN|1-84576-337-8}}
|2006
|2006
|''Loveless'' #1-5
|''Loveless'' #1-5
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|2
|2
|''Thicker than Blackwater''
|''Thicker than Blackwater''
|ISBN 1-84576-453-6
|{{ISBN|1-84576-453-6}}
|2007
|2007
|''Loveless'' #6–12
|''Loveless'' #6–12
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|3
|3
|''Blackwater Falls''
|''Blackwater Falls''
|ISBN 1-4012-1495-9
|{{ISBN|1-4012-1495-9}}
|September 17, 2008
|September 17, 2008
|''Loveless'' #13-24
|''Loveless'' #13-24
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=5156 DC's page for A Kin of Homecoming]
* [http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=5156 DC's page for A Kin of Homecoming]


{{Vertigo Comics Ongoing Series}}
{{Vertigo Comics Ongoing Series}}
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[[Category:2005 comics debuts]]
[[Category:2005 comics debuts]]
[[Category:Vertigo titles]]
[[Category:Vertigo Comics titles]]
[[Category:Western (genre) comics]]
[[Category:Western (genre) comics]]
[[Category:Comics by Brian Azzarello]]
[[Category:Comics by Brian Azzarello]]

Latest revision as of 17:21, 4 March 2024

Not to be confused with Loveless (manga).
Loveless
Cover to issue #1 of Loveless (Dec 2005), art by Marcelo Frusin.
Publication information
PublisherVertigo Comics (DC)
ScheduleMonthly
FormatOngoing series
Publication dateDecember 2005 – May 2008
No. of issues24
Creative team
Created byBrian Azzarello
Marcelo Frusin
Written byBrian Azzarello
Artist(s)Marcelo Frusin, Danijel Zezelj, Werther Dell'Edera
Colorist(s)Patricia Mulvihill
Collected editions
A Kin of HomecomingISBN 1-84576-337-8

Loveless is an American Western comic book series for mature readers published by DC Comics as a part of that company's Vertigo imprint. It is written by Brian Azzarello and drawn by Marcelo Frusin, Danijel Zezelj and Werther Dell'Edera.[1] There are 24 issues total.

Plot

[edit]

Loveless was originally about a man, Wes Cutter, who fought for the South in the Civil War and was captured. After spending time in a prison camp he comes back to his previous home of Blackwater after the North won to find the town under Union control and his house occupied. Soon after, Cutter is offered a position of sheriff in the town.[2]

The comic's early issues explore the dynamic relationship between Cutter and the people of the town (most of whom hate him), the fate of Cutter's wife Ruth, and the lingering feelings of animosity between North and South after the end of the war.

Since the conclusion to its earlier issues, Loveless has become a comic of greater chronological and thematic narrative. The stories within Loveless, since its inception and especially in its later years center around racism and the grittier realities of American history.

The book had been stated to last about four years by Brian Azzarello in a Broken Frontier interview. In the interview Azzarello also hinted to end the story in the 1940s or so,[3] but the series was cancelled with issue #24.

Characters

[edit]
  • Wes (Wesley) Cutter
    • Protagonist
  • Ruth Cutter (Stokes)
    • Takes the name of James Wright
  • Jonny Cutter
    • Brother of Wes Cutter
    • Smuggled weapons from Canada
  • Boyd Johnson
    • Fought along with Wes under Bill Anderson's command
  • 'Bloody' Bill Anderson
  • Abram Rivers
  • Silas Redd
    • Colonel
    • Crippled by Boyd Johnson and lost his leg
  • James Foley
    • Catholic, unlike most other soldiers
    • Promoted to sergeant
    • Irish
  • Jeremiah Trotter
  • George
    • Sergeant
    • Killed by Ruth
  • Atticus Man
    • Black bounty hunter
  • Lord
    • Referred as Captain, but probably holds higher position, since he dismisses colonel Redd of his duties
  • Punch
    • Assassin, hired by Abram to kill Seth, who's been spying for Lawson Company, and later Wes Cutter
  • Martha
    • Abram's Wife
  • Jasper
    • Later became a horse racer
  • Murphy
    • Sergeant
  • Helen
    • Convinced Ruth to help Jonny conceal smuggled weapons in her house
    • Found dead in her bed, her neck broken
  • Frank
    • Has a pig farm

Artists

[edit]

The title was penciled and inked by three artists on a rotating schedule: Marcelo Frusin (#1-5, 9-10, covers), Danijel Zezelj (#6-8, 13-15, 22-24), Werther Dell'Edera (#11-12, 16-21).[2] Frusin previously worked with writer Brian Azzarello for three years on Hellblazer. Zezelj also had a previous project with Azzarello: El Diablo, a western mini series, that in Azzarello's words "planted the seeds for Loveless".[3] All three artists have clearly distinct, recognizable styles, colorist Patricia Mulviill ensured a graphic continuity throughout the series.

Collected editions

[edit]

They are being collected together into trade paperbacks as the run continues:

# Title ISBN Release date Collected material
1 A Kin of Homecoming ISBN 1-84576-337-8 2006 Loveless #1-5
2 Thicker than Blackwater ISBN 1-84576-453-6 2007 Loveless #6–12
3 Blackwater Falls ISBN 1-4012-1495-9 September 17, 2008 Loveless #13-24

See also

[edit]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ Irvine, Alex (2008), "Loveless", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 116–117, ISBN 978-0-7566-4122-1, OCLC 213309015
  2. ^ a b Irvine, Alex (2008), "100 Bullets", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The Vertigo Encyclopedia, London: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 11–17, ISBN 978-0-7566-4122-1
  3. ^ a b Sam Moyerman: Bad Azz Mojo, part 1, posted October 11 2006 Archived November 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
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