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Transmetropolitan Book One

Warren Ellis author Darick Robertson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:DC Comics

Published:26th Feb '19

Should be back in stock very soon

Transmetropolitan Book One cover

In a future where consumerism, superficiality and corruption reign supreme, outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem has decided to stop sitting by idly and watching the world crumble around him. Back in the saddle, no one in The City is safe.

Combining black humour, life-threatening situations and moral ambiguity, Warren Ellis legendary series is the first look into the mind of an outlaw journalist and the world he seeks to destroy. This new trade paperback recut series features behind-the-scenes material, variant covers and scripts from the graphic novel series run.After years of self-imposed exile from a civilization rife with degradation and indecency, cynical journalist Spider Jerusalem is forced to return to a job that he hates and a city that he loathes. Working as an investigative reporter for the newspaper The Word, Spider attacks the injustices of his surreal 21st Century surroundings. Combining black humour, life-threatening situations, and moral ambiguity, Warren Ellis's legendary series is the first look into the mind of an outlaw journalist and the world he seeks to destroy. This new trade paperback re-cut series features behind the scenes material, variant covers and scripts from the graphic novel series run. Collects issues #1-12.

"Trasmet is brilliant future-shock commentary." --Spin

"Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson take a Hunter S. Thompson analogue and put him
through a 23rd century wringer. It's angry political sci-fi and it's funny as hell." --Playboy

ISBN: 9781401287955

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

320 pages