The saga of outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem, written by comics superstar Warren Ellis in Absolute format.
Warren Ellis is a comics and graphic novel writer best known for the graphic novel series Transmetropolitan, Planetary and The Authority. With over 35 graphic novels in print, Ellis has received numerous acclaims, including winner of the International Horror Guild award for graphic narrative and being named one of Entertainment Weekly's 100 Most Creative People. Rolling Stone described his work as, "more influenced by Jesus and Mary Chain than by the Justice League, while his characters fight for left-wing agendas over God and country, and kick puppies in the street."
"Transmet is brilliant future-shock commentary."--Spin
"Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson take a Hunter S. Thompson
analogue and put him
through a 23rd century wringer. It's angry political sci-fi and
it's funny as hell."--Playboy
“TRANSMETROPOLITAN…follows the exploits of one Spider Jerusalem,
famed outlaw journalist and agent provocateur,as he reports on the
world around him. This world is located sometime in our near
future, when nanotechnology hastransformed Earth’s culture without
changing a thing about how mean and vile humanity can be…Best of
all,all of this is presented with a sense of humor so dark that it
leaves radiation burns.” — Sci-Fi Universe
“Masterful.” — Ain’t It Cool News
“One of the funniest, smartest, edgiest works ofscience fiction of
all time.” — PopMatters
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