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Transmetropolitan : : Back on the Street

Graphic Novel - 1998 Adult Graphic Novel / Transmetropolitan 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.1 out of 5

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Call Number: Adult Graphic Novel / Transmetropolitan
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"Originally published in single magazine form as Transmetropolitan 1-3"--Cover verso.

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I Heart Spider Jerusalem submitted by jaegerla on February 8, 2010, 1:21pm I'm very excited to start this series after reading this first installment. Transmetropolitan is oozing with fresh depictions of the future and blasts you with these ideas from the start. Concepts such as: machinery on electrical hallucinogens, humans purposely metamorphosizing into alien species, agents roaming the streets capturing images of citizens for the government's records, and plenty more. The introduction to the main character (the fantastically named Spider Jerusalem) is done in fast forward without disconnecting from the reader. You'll fast come to recognize him as the soul of journalism in a human body. Except without the objective ideal. Scratch that. Spider Jerusalem is the soul of the civil rights movement. He hates people, but loves justice. And he wears some sweet shades.

I hate this bar and everyone in it submitted by Pumpkinscones on June 25, 2013, 3:05pm Hunter S. Thompson's drug use and journalism with a bit less ego and a bit more heart. Ellis' writing is at the top of his considerable talents here but what really brings it out is the brightly colored, frenetic, filthy, absurd images supplied by Darick Robertson. Aliens/Hybrids/mutant cats/body transformists all populate this wildly busy and horribly dirty city that Spider Jerusalem returns to defend. Despite this book being written over 10 years ago there are still many lessons and commentaries on the role of today's media and what they could achieve.

Warren Ellis screaming about everything that's wrong with the world. submitted by eknapp on July 26, 2015, 4:18pm Spider Jerusalem is a misanthropic columnist in a depressing, run-down future City. His world sucks and he makes a living calling out the people responsible. He has a spider tattoo on his shaved scalp, a cat with two faces on its skull, and a bodyguard/intern who looks like a Valkyrie (natch).

In v1 he tackles
--a sex-predator body-modding cult leader
--police brutality
--the corrupt president of the United States
--and a string of predacious religious leaders.

(For the latter he dresses up as Jesus and trashes the booths at a wacked out religion conference while ranting about their abuse of people who don't know any better. Just like Christ cleansing the Temple of money changers. It's glorious.)

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SERIES
Transmetropolitan
1.



PUBLISHED
New York, NY : DC Comics, c1998.
Year Published: 1998
Description: 67 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language: English
Format: Graphic Novel

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1563894459
9781563894459

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Ellis, Warren.
Robertson, Darick.

SUBJECTS
Graphic novels.
Aliens -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Journalism -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Science fiction comic books, strips, etc.