I was utterly dismayed and ashamed of the way that our Presidential Election ended up. Combining black humor, life-threatening situations, and moral ambiguity, this book is the first look into the mind of an outlaw journalist and the world he seeks to destroy. Working as an investigative reporter for the newspaper The Word, Spider attacks the injustices of his surreal 23rd Century surroundings. (To read the rest, visit my weekly column HERE at Comicaddicts.Book: “Transmetropolitan (Vol.1): Back on the Street” by Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson (Ill.)īook Description: After years of self-imposed exile from a civilization rife with degradation and indecency, cynical journalist Spider Jerusalem is forced to return to a job that he hates and a city that he loathes. Granted the man is so slow and annoyingly delayed as a writer (especially these days) that you want to pull your scalp off along with you hair but there is no denying that he can create stories and ideas that are beyond amazing and so damn good that you can’t help but wait for the next one regardless of how long it takes!īut back on track – this is the introduction to one of the greatest (in my humble opinion) characters in ANY medium ever: Spider Jerusalem. This is the book that made me bow my head and acknowledge the genius that is Warren Ellis.
But Spider’s interview with the Transients’ leader gets him a scoop he didn’t bargain for.” In this first volume, Spider ventures into the dangerous Angels 8 district, home of the Transients – humans who have decided to become aliens through cosmetic surgery. Working as an investigative reporter for the newspaper The Word, Spider attacks the injustices of his surreal 23rd century surroundings. “After years of self imposed exile from a civilisation rife with degradation and indecency, cynical journalist Spider Jerusalem is forced to return to a job he hates and a city he loathes.
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