By Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson; Vertigo Comics
Transmetropolitan
is easily one of my all time favourite comics. Easily. The comic is about the
power and importance of journalism particularly as an essential brake on the
machinations of politicians. To explore this, Transmetropolitan uses the lens
of Spider Jerusalem, an infamous journalist and mildly loathsome creature, as
he returns to The City in a vulgar and shocking future. Jerusalem takes up a
column and along with his Filthy Assistants explores the wondrous, the
downtrodden, and the futuristic while fucking with the local
authorities and generally running amok with a bowel disrupter. That is until
the Presidential Election, where Spider delves into the disgusting truth of
politics and makes a powerful new enemy. "Journalism is just a
gun. It's only got one bullet in it, but if you aim right, that's all you need.
Aim it right, and you can blow a kneecap off the world." Transmetropolitan is a
comic chock full of brilliantly deep characters, imaginatively vulgar settings,
high concept Sci-fi, holy shit tension, and ineffably beautiful observations of
the human condition. It is by far one of the most complete long running comics
you can read: from beginning to end it maintains a sterling level of writing
and art and manages to be a perfect blend of gripping, funny, smart, and offensive. It's
fucking fantastic comics. Read it, and it might just blow a kneecap off your world.
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