So a lot of writers have written John Constantine, Let's name a few.....
 
 
Andy Diggle: #230-244, 247-249
Brian Azzarello: #146-174, 250
China Miéville: #250
Darko Macan: #144-145
Denise Mina: #216-228
Dick Foreman: #32
Eddie Campbell: #85-88
Garth Ennis: #41-50, 52-83, 129-133
Grant Morrison: #25-26
Jamie Delano: #1-24, 28-31, 33-40, 84, 250
Jason Aaron: #245-246
John Smith: #51
Mike Carey: #175-215, 229
Neil Gaiman: #27
Paul Jenkins: #89-128
Peter Milligan: #250-?
Warren Ellis: #134-143  
 
 So here's my question, out of all those writers who is your favorite writer and the one to have written John Constantine the best.
 
Personally I liked Brian Azzarello, Garth Ennis, Mike Carey, and Andy Diggle the best. I know Jamie Delano practically created the character but the only stuff I liked from him was The Hellblazer: Pandemonium graphic novel.

 I love Tom Defalco's writting 

I've only ever red the first issue. I wanted to carry on reading them, but I got side tracked with other comics at the time. I'll try and get back into them again. I mean, I'm from Liverpool to, so I should read a fellow Scouser.

" @Silkcuts said:

" @The Lobster : my Fave "Hellblazer" writer is Garth Ennis, it was him who got me hooked with the Royal Blood Ripper story.  Fave all time writer is Alan Moore, American Gothic was great!But modern age Andy Diggle had the tightest and most fan loyal written run.   He gave nods to Sting with "message in a bottle" and he gave John his edge back.  Warren Ellis' run should of been my fave, but it was cut short.  Shoot is the best Hellblazer he wrote and it was not published, thank God I read the online leak.  Also judging by William Grave and other Constantine like Characters, he could of brought John to new heights.  "

ah, I loved that Calibraxis storyline! of course, like I said, not being British and familiar with all their political figures means I had no idea which unnamed royals were being referred to throughout 
 
That is the beauty of good writing, the story is still great without the knowledge (pardon the pun).  I am not British as well, but that is what wiki is for j/k.  But The story works without needing to know who is who.  The snorting of the ashes may just be my all time fave con.
 
@Silkcuts said:

" @aztek the lost: Paul Jenkins' runis hardly every talked about because it was never collected and hard to get all the issues.  Mind you the 1st few issues I think, can't confirm since it was not credited we co-written with Eddie Campbell (From Hell and Alec).     Its been a long time since I read this run, what I remember from it I enjoyed it, but it didn't create any lasting events that I remember later writers returning to.  Paul Jenkins' run was the one that revisited other peoples plot points, such as the 1st of the Fallen.  It is good you read Garth 1st, I don't think Paul Jenkins run would read well in trade if you have not read Jamie Delano's HB#11 "A taste of things to come" and Garth's Rake at the Gates of Hell arc. "

Yeah, I always wondered about the run as a chicken egg thing. Was it not collected because nobody talked about it, or does no one talk about it because it wasn't collected? Right now I've read #1-90 and 251-266 of Hellblazer. I know that #85-88 were credited to Eddie Campbell and #89-90 (credited to Jenkins) are basically a direct continuation from Eddie's story, which I thought was odd since up until that point, temporary writers coming onto the title seem to have out-of-place stories that although sometimes good aren't referenced again (Morrison, Gaiman, Foreman, Smith, etc.) So maybe there was some collaboration there. And I'm usually quite adamant on reading titles in the order the issues were published and not skipping issues so that I'll catch things like Jenkins bringing back the First of the Fallen and such. It actually took quite a lot of willpower to catch up on Milligan's run and that was just because at the time it was the only ongoing from Vertigo I wasn't reading. I like Milligan's however, his Shade, the Changing Man series is one of my favorite comics of all time and I'm thrilled to see a Shade appearance in the arc that kicks off on Wednesday! "