Transmetropolitan: Tales of Human Waste (Transmetropolitan)

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Summary: A fitting epilogue to Transmet
Review: The above reviewer obviously isn't familiar with the contents of 'Tales of Human Waste' and thus has no right to call himself a fan of the series.

This book, aka Transmetropolitan Book 0, is actually a compilation of two other 'trades': 'I Hate It Here' and 'Filth of the City.' Avid Transmet readers will recognize 'I Hate It Here' as the name of Spider Jerusalem's ficticious column and book. Both IHIH and FotC feature excerpts of Spider's columns with full-page art from various prominent artists, and both books do a lot to give new insight into the world of The City as well as Spider Jerusalem's personal history, including the origin of his tattoos.

With the same great writing from Warren Ellis that we've come to expect as well as a plethora of great art pieces, Tales of Human Waste is the icing on the cake, and shouldn't be missing from any fan's bookshelf.

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Summary: BS for the money
Review: The series could have lost a dozen issues and the story would have been tight, fantastic, all the way. What they did was drag it out because it was popular and made $$. This is a prime example of $$. There are no stories, just a "supposed" collection of commentaries by Spider on single panel pages. These commentaries/columns do not add anthing to the story line or to our understanding of Spider and his motivations. As a reflection of our society it provides no insights, as a reflection of his it's just a diatribe of social injustice and our inability to assume control of our own destinies. Personally, I think it's a waste of time, was done only for the bucks, and should only be purchased by the crazed collector whose life is meaningless without the complete set of anything.