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Order now. Live Chat. Instant response. Prev Next. Read more OK. Reprints of stories from June 2 to December 29, Ellis, Warren, and Darick Robertson. Transmetropolitan : Back on the Street. After years of selfimposed exile from a civilization rife with degradation and indecency, cynical journalist Spider Jerusalem is forced to return to a job he hates and a city he loathes. Working as an investigative reporter for the newspaper The Word, Spider attacks the injustices of his surreal 23rd century surroundings.

But Spider's interview with the Transients' leader gets him a scoop he didn't bargain for. And don't miss Spider's first confrontation with the President of the United States. It covers the early history and evolution of the typewriter as well as the various attempts over the years to change the keyboard configuration, but it is primarily about the role played by this marvel in the writer's life.

Ballard, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, Northrop Frye, David Cronenberg, and David Letterman; the soundtrack ranges from the industrial clatter of a newsroom full of Underwoods to the more muted tapping and hum of the Selectric. Wershler-Henry casts a bemused eye on the odd history of early writing machines, important and unusual typewritten texts, the creation of On the Road, and the exploits of a typewriting cockroach named Archy, numerous monkeys, poets, and even a couple of vampires.

I will definitely recommend this book to sequential art, graphic novels lovers. Great book, Transmetropolitan, Vol.

Your Rating:. Your Comment:. Description Reviews 2 Transmetropolitan, Vol. Add a review Your Rating: Your Comment:. It even seemed, if only for just one little moment, that he tried using his intelligence for the greater good. The morale about public perception and the influence journalism can have was done very well. Oh, and the physical cleaning unit. And the cat with one and a half heads that was smoking.

That one is tricky to rate. I didn't like it. But then again, that is exactly what this story is; what this city and everyone in it is so it was extremely appropriate. I think the author managed to pull off something that is unique: this is a satirical take on our world, blown up to its extremes to basically not hold up the mirror to our faces but smash it over our heads. Bad people can be cops in riot gear, a guy taking advantage of a movement, or just normal people who sit around and do nothing!

And THAT is very well done. Seriously, this city, this MC and this story have so many layers, one might want to read it more than once to make sure no aspect was missed. View 1 comment. Transmetropolitan is the graphic novel that I've been looking for so long! Dark humour, sci-fi, and unconventional journalism are the main elements of this comic series.

Warren Ellis conveys a dystopian futuristic world where depravity, religion, social inequality and ideologies are scrutinised in a fully ironic approach. The protagonist, Spider Jerusalem, is a clever, non-conformist journalist who follows a particular lifestyle, a lifestyle motivated by pushing the truth, debunking false dogmas, Transmetropolitan is the graphic novel that I've been looking for so long!

The protagonist, Spider Jerusalem, is a clever, non-conformist journalist who follows a particular lifestyle, a lifestyle motivated by pushing the truth, debunking false dogmas, and pissing off everyone who surrounds him.

Spider's quintessence: Irreverent, careless, cunning and sly Gonzo Journalism in a futuristic world : Raw, unaccommodating, and unorthodox. Aim it right, and you can blow a kneecap off the world. Spider Jerusalem takes the art of making journalism into a whole new level. His reporting methods are wittily clever and crafty. In this this dystopian world, religions and ideologies are just a mere distraction to give a false sense of freedom and purpose.

The author makes a brilliant critic on current society in an artful way. Creativity and witty humour are important details that make the story memorable and splendid. Like a science pulp fiction, it successfully delivers a remarkable design. Overall, the artwork is superbly illustrated! Comics are like different paintings narrating a story, similar to magic, the artwork and the story are able to create a movie inside our own minds.

Highly recommended! What can I say? Loony, unpredictable, mood-swingy Spider Jerusalem I'm excited to find out about his name - fighter for truth and justice :D kh.. He's on a roll from the very start: "Working this tollbooth all week, pissing in a whiskey bottle and weakly jerking off over the radio porn that aerial picks up But you really are everything I moved to the mountains to escape from. A worthless scrap of frogshit with a pulse and a bit of authority What can I say?

A worthless scrap of frogshit with a pulse and a bit of authority. It's quite an interesting concept if you think, the change of species requires a new set of human rights which, of course, still lack here, but we see the people fighting for 'em.

These people can't get jobs. One would think that aliens descending on planet Earth would end in something like Mars Attacks but instead we have this: "So the aliens are having to peddle their own genetic structure to body-perverts in order to survive? The comic's a crazy mix of all kinds of cultures, races, cyber punk, prostitution, open, free LGBT fun, heavy body modifications, crime, poverty, filth, high-tech and high tech xD see below, I do beg you I was trying to label this mixture of futuristic with present or even old-time tech, but now it's impossible to call it any other way but sci-fi on crack copyright I.

Next, look at this adorable putticat. It even has a kill mode you can switch on and off! Now, the main character Jerusalem, no matter how disgusting his outer, how aggressive and unpredictable his behaviour, he distinguishes clearly right from wrong. Very cynical [ all people are scum.

No matter how they look like ], but self-righteous, fights when action is required, condemns society's passiveness while injustice is happening and that's why I find him so likeable. Your first deadline's tomorrow. I want to see words. Printable words.

I still remember that essay you wrote when the beast got elected. I do not want to see the word "fuck" typed times again. I mean.. Jerusalem has this illegal bowel disruptor with "watery", "loose" and "prolapse" setting :'D his cat smokes unfiltered black Russian cigarettes and he.. And boy.. Idk, he could easily be some loony justice fighter. You pissed in the economy. You shat on the law and wiped your ass on the truth.

You ought to be peeled, salted, driven through the streets by mental patients with spiked planks, and then used as a toilet and jizz-catcher by baboons in heat.

At best. I thought I'd be highly annoyed at his assistant the moment she entered, but she was everything but. Amazing character development.

Amazing action. Fun crazy ass main character. Adorable puddicat mainly in the mood to do only foul things. Can't wait to read the next volume! Aug 27, Jedi JC Daquis rated it really liked it. I asked myself before reading the first volume: my friends have recommended Transmetropolitan to me, but how on earth can a journalism-themed graphic novel interest so many. The answer is generic yet very effective: a phenomenal first volume. I have read so many titles with an awesome first volume.

Transmetropolitan captures what the 90s is made of: beautifully chaotic and crazily colorful not psychedelic because that would be the 70s , plus a handful of shitbombs here and there made by intelligence-inducing drug user gonzo journalist named Spider Jerusalem. In short, Spider is fed up by today's society. Warren Ellis' commentary about the transient riot that happened to be Spider's first comeback column in the series is brilliant in two ways. First, it is not bound by time. Something will come up somewhere and things will go down ugly in the end because someone did something nasty and everything blew out of proportions.

That is just how evil and primal the core of humanity is. Everybody are warriors of a silly cause, defenders of self-righteous faith and fighters of subjective law. Nobody is right and nobody is wrong. All is in the middle of this civilized muddy ocean of sorts. Second, Transmetropolitan manages to be and paradoxically unbiased in a way that it presented the truth from all sides.

Spider Jerusalem is not a self-righteous man, god he is far from it, yet he reports what he see without judging one side in favor of another. The way Ellis wrote the story, it is neither a preach nor a manifesto of a particular view.

It is an opinionated truth, but still the truth. I just love how he manages to walk that very thin line. As my friends recommended this to me, I also recommend Transmetropolitan to you. Nov 19, James DeSantis rated it really liked it. My buddy Jimmy told me to read this ages ago. My buddy Chris has also told me it's a must read Ellis story. I'm glad I took time to read this because 8 or 9 years ago I don't think James would have liked it much.

The story is about Spider. He's a journalist. I mean this dude is no filter loud mouth, foul mouth, loony bin type main lead. That's a good thing here though because it keeps you entertained through My buddy Jimmy told me to read this ages ago. That's a good thing here though because it keeps you entertained throughout.

So he missed his due dated for two books to be written and handed in and now might be in debt. Living on a mountain secluded he is trying to live free.

No city around him. However, due to the publishing company, he has no choice but to come back and be a columnist! The first three issues are one story that focuses on a new type of people getting attacked by the police force.

Sad enough it probably shows more about today's society but still, pretty cool to see how it easily fills the political nature in this story. The remaining stories are basically one offs, different themes, but all connect to Spider and how he works. The themes and stories mostly cover religion, product placement, and so much more.

Good: I really fucking loved the 2nd half. Every story was interesting, funny, insightful, and the religion one at the end just killed me. The art is a old 90's, early feel, but works so well. Ellis writes the main lead as a loud mouth asshole, but it works, and it does make me laugh.

I might not like him but I'm always entertained. I also love his partner, she's great, and can hold her own against Spider. Bad: The first arc is pretty entertaining but I don't find it the best way to start it. I suspect I'd like if the first few chapters reversed with the last few but overall I wasn't overly impressed with the first arc. Overall Transmetropolitan really grabbed me by the end.

I wasn't too sure at first if this series was for me but by that last page I was already ordering the next few volumes. Bring me more I say, this is a fun series to be had!

Aug 15, Juho Pohjalainen rated it it was amazing. There are those that seek to solve their problems by beating the shit out of it - even if it means they have to make it look like their problems started it. All too many people go for it, all too easily, because it feels like such an easy thing, just give in to your emotions and let loose. Even though it doesn't actually solve anything: it doesn't prove you right, it doesn't convince anyone to side with you, it just makes them more afraid.

All it does is create more problems, in the long run. And There are those that seek to solve their problems by beating the shit out of it - even if it means they have to make it look like their problems started it. And then there are assholes like Spider Jerusalem, who look at what's wrong with the world and scream obscenities at it until it stops.

Talk things out with it. Words, not swords. Sure, it tends to not change that many minds anyway, but it's a start. And much more entertaining, too. Just one angry journalist against every jackboot in the country. Warren Ellis tends to be one of those Hit-And-Miss authors for me, but Transmetropolitan is most definitely the former.

Hits all around. Mar 02, Shannon rated it it was ok Shelves: action , graphic-novels , fantasy-scifi , books-reviewed. I put off reviewing this graphic novel to give it a fair shake but my feelings haven't changed. I found the main character to be chaotic and without much in the way of morals and most of his attempts to be funny just turned out crude or got a question mark for me. The artwork felt jammed on the page rather than flowing nicely. I will give the second volume a chance but I d I put off reviewing this graphic novel to give it a fair shake but my feelings haven't changed.