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Summary: One of the best graphics out there
Review: Spider Jerusalem has come off the mountain and...Let me dispense with a small warning first. If you think that you might be offended - not easily, just offended - I'd dteer way clear of this book. I can't really describe any of the scenes in here and stay PG-13, but I'll try. Spider Jerusalem has decided that he will investigate religion to write a column. That being done, he takes enough drugs not to sleep for three days, dresses himself in a toga (complete with motel logo from the stolen sheets), a tinfoil halo and a fake beard. Leaving his apartment, he decides to jump on a car ranting and raving about how religion is a crutch for the weak minded. His assistant boils his comments down (out of his hearing) thusly: "Take more breaths or just repeat 'I've taken lots of big red pills'." (that's a sanitized paraphrase). If you're not sure if that's offensive or not, it gets worse. If you think that's funny, buy this book. It's a drug-soaked high-speed trip through a world gone crazy in the future. There are a few touching moments. For example, what happens when all the people that had themselves frozen in the past are raised in a future where cancer is cured and all that fun stuff. Think on the changes from 10 years ago to now, multiply by a large number. So what does society do with these visitors from the past? The answer is fairly interesting. In more than one way. The artwork is beginning to hit its pace in this novel. Channon's (Spider's assistant and ex-stripper) face goes from a middle aged jowled version to a younger one, but I never liked how she came out. Her body is, of course, trim the whole time. That's comics for you. Spider's teeth have settled down and his broken tooth seems to gain a fixed location and is always there. Overall, if this won't offend you, you are going to have to read it. Now.
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Summary: a fine thing
Review: The first book in the collected Transmetropolitan comics, Back on the Street, covers the first three issues. This, the second book, covers issues 4-12. While the first is pounding with intensity, here Spider Jerusalem settles into his setting and is put through his paces. Having gotten Spider out of his mountain retreat and back to reporting, it seems writer Warren Ellis started casting about to find something for Spider to do. A few of the issues are slower than the insanity of the first three, possibly meant as quiet, sarcastic reflection on social issues. That the series is, if not strictly autobiographical, at least very close to Ellis's heart, is clear. I would hope that the comic could remain as intense, even when its protagonist is writing about somber topics. Then again, Spider's columns are what the comic is about, and if these issues aren't full of heart-pounding action, they are still very good. The issue in which Spider becomes TV is almost completely static (a full three pages, 18 frames, consist of nothing but a view of Spider sitting in his chair) but is still one of the best stories. The pace picks up again in the last three issues, a 3-part story that has Spider pursued around The City by a neatness cult carrying his ex-wife's head in a jar. Extra-spectacular is the death of the police dog.
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Summary: Best Comic on the Market
Review: This is a comic masterpiece.It's up there with the Sandman comics.Issue 8 is an incredibly moving and insightful tale. If you like comics,humor,and/or bowel disruptors, check this book out.
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Summary: Even better than the last one
Review: Transmet is great sci-fi mixed with the blackest of the black humoue. This is really my favourite subject matter however even those that normally don't go for that sort of thing should take a look at Transmet. Warren Ellis is an excellent writer and storyteller and his writing is perfectly complimented by Darick Robertson's steller pencils. Read "Back on the Street" first though.
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Summary: Even better than the last one
Review: Transmet is great sci-fi mixed with the blackest of the black humoue. This is really my favourite subject matter however even those that normally don't go for that sort of thing should take a look at Transmet. Warren Ellis is an excellent writer and storyteller and his writing is perfectly complimented by Darick Robertson's steller pencils. Read "Back on the Street" first though.
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Summary: First SANDMAN, then PREACHER, now TRANSMETROPOLITAN.
Review: TRANSMETROPOLITAN is "future shock" at it's very finest. It takes a no holds barred look at our society and way of life, but disguises it in a futuristic setting, making it easier for us to stomach, easier for us to say: "Wow, I'm glad I don't live there! Those people are disgusting!" What Warren Ellis has realized with this book is that, at the rate we are going, the road we are on right now, THIS WILL BE US. It may not be that farfetched, then, for one to assume that Ellis writes a little bit of his cynical self into the character of Spider Jerusalem. Just as Spider tries to communicate to the citizens of The City in his column, Ellis tries to warn us about the path we are choosing for ourselves every day of out lives. LUST FOR LIFE perfectly captures the bizarre, twisted essence of TRANSMET. The issue where Spider goes to the Religion Convention, the issue where people from our time are unfrozen in this unspecified but all too near future, and the issue where Spider visits the Reservations, are all devastatingly accurate depictions of what our society will(is) devolve(ing) into if we are not careful. Read this book, fear it, and set your bowel disruptor to "prolapse."
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Summary: First SANDMAN, then PREACHER, now TRANSMETROPOLITAN.
Review: TRANSMETROPOLITAN is "future shock" at it's very finest. It takes a no holds barred look at our society and way of life, but disguises it in a futuristic setting, making it easier for us to stomach, easier for us to say: "Wow, I'm glad I don't live there! Those people are disgusting!" What Warren Ellis has realized with this book is that, at the rate we are going, the road we are on right now, THIS WILL BE US. It may not be that farfetched, then, for one to assume that Ellis writes a little bit of his cynical self into the character of Spider Jerusalem. Just as Spider tries to communicate to the citizens of The City in his column, Ellis tries to warn us about the path we are choosing for ourselves every day of out lives. LUST FOR LIFE perfectly captures the bizarre, twisted essence of TRANSMET. The issue where Spider goes to the Religion Convention, the issue where people from our time are unfrozen in this unspecified but all too near future, and the issue where Spider visits the Reservations, are all devastatingly accurate depictions of what our society will(is) devolve(ing) into if we are not careful. Read this book, fear it, and set your bowel disruptor to "prolapse."
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Summary: First SANDMAN, then PREACHER, now TRANSMETROPOLITAN.
Review: TRANSMETROPOLITAN is "future shock" at it's very finest. It takes a no holds barred look at our society and way of life, but disguises it in a futuristic setting, making it easier for us to stomach, easier for us to say: "Wow, I'm glad I don't live there! Those people are disgusting!" What Warren Ellis has realized with this book is that, at the rate we are going, the road we are on right now, THIS WILL BE US. It may not be that farfetched, then, for one to assume that Ellis writes a little bit of his cynical self into the character of Spider Jerusalem. Just as Spider tries to communicate to the citizens of The City in his column, Ellis tries to warn us about the path we are choosing for ourselves every day of out lives. LUST FOR LIFE perfectly captures the bizarre, twisted essence of TRANSMET. The issue where Spider goes to the Religion Convention, the issue where people from our time are unfrozen in this unspecified but all too near future, and the issue where Spider visits the Reservations, are all devastatingly accurate depictions of what our society will(is) devolve(ing) into if we are not careful. Read this book, fear it, and set your bowel disruptor to "prolapse."
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Summary: Best of the Best
Review: TRANSMETROPOLITAN is one of the funniest and most profound comics being published. A true joy to read, it is even better when read in large installments. This second volume contains some of the best issues so far. The single issues are touching and perplexing, and "Freeze Me With Your Kiss" made me laugh so hard I cried. A masterpiece.
Rating:
Summary: Best of the Best
Review: TRANSMETROPOLITAN is one of the funniest and most profound comics being published. A true joy to read, it is even better when read in large installments. This second volume contains some of the best issues so far. The single issues are touching and perplexing, and "Freeze Me With Your Kiss" made me laugh so hard I cried. A masterpiece.
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