Review of
Transmetropolitan: Back On the Street, by
Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson ISBN 9781401220846
Five out of five stars
An amusing, yet dark anti-hero
The story opens
with famed and extremely talented journalist Spider Jerusalem holed up in a
mountain retreat where he has gone to escape from the world. Yet, he has phone
contact with the world, and he is contacted by a publisher to remind him that
he received a massive advance to write two books. Threatened with legal action,
Spider loads up his car and goes back to the “real world.”
Not happy about
it, he holds a grudge against everything, yet after he removes his massive growth
of hair on his head, he gets back into the game. It is a world that is filthy,
trashy and split into wild factions. Yet, he proves almost immediately that
there is no one better at the art of expose journalism. His methods are rough,
crude and just right for his job in this environment.
One of the
darkest of graphic novels, it is based on a dystopia, both in the overall
environment as well as the internal structure of Jerusalem. He thinks nothing
of being on either side of the getting beat up environment. Followers of the
news will find several nuggets of truth in his wild and unpredictable exploits.
The authors have created and produced a great character.
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