This is a whole series of “must own” comic books!
Publisher: Vertigo/DC Comics
Mon, 16 May 2005
by: Tyz
Warren Ellis (Writes), Darick Robertson (Draws)
Name a reporter that lives on a mountain, loves his weaponry, is addicted to various hallucinogens and does political commentary like a hell-fire preacher. If you said Hunter S Thompson you’d be wrong because this is the future. A future where you can change species for a fashion trend, politicians can be grown in a vat, and you can eat refugee children right out of the can! This is the world of reporter Spider Jerusalem.
In the series Transmetropolitan, Spider Jerusalem comes out of his self imposed alpine isolation, back into the big city. There’s an election on and Spider is the hottest journalist in town – the old president hated him, and it looks like the new one hates him even more. That’s OK by Spider because he hates them right back. With his filthy assistants Channon and Yelena by his side (they also hate Spider); he is determined to show the people just how much of a scum bag their president is. Only problem now is that most of the people don’t care.
Warren Ellis has done a brilliant job bringing the character of Jerusalem to life. Yes Hunter S Thompson is the starting point for the character, but Ellis develops the idea of a renegade reporter working to bring down the system, being marginalised and almost neutered by the apathetic mainstream press. There are many parallels that can be made between the actions of the government and press in Transmetropolitan and the behaviour of our politicians and the media in our “post September 11” society, and I won’t insult your intelligence by pointing them out. Instead I’ll talk about how cool the artwork is.
Darick Robinson draws Transmetropolitan the way I like comics to be drawn. There is plenty of detail in the streets and the people, but it has its own distinct style. No need for photo-realism, it just looks cool. That’s all I have to say. I’m not an artist, I just think the pictures look cool. Sorry if you were expecting some insightful commentary there.
If you don’t want to buy this series that’s your choice – but you should know that your choice is wrong and you are a stupid, stupid person. Just buy the damn books and enjoy.
For more on this series you can visit the official website: www.transmetropolitan
by: Tyz
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