Though in Volume 1 we haven’t quite gotten into the heart of the series, it is already giving hints as to what to expect while still speaking for itself. But he is by far one of the most endearing comic book characters I have ever encountered in all the years I’ve read comics. He has a drinking problem, he has a drug problem, and he has a foul mouth and a sour attitude. He hates the society that he has been forcefully thrown back into, and even though he is at his heart a good person, he is so cynical and bitter and pissed that he doesn’t even like the fact that he’s a good person. And that is the heart of Spider Jerusalem. He comes back because he owes his publisher some books he hasn’t written and he doesn’t want to get sued.

And he doesn’t even come back because he wants to make the world a better place, or to bring the ethics and integrity of journalism back to the forefront in a corrupt society. Spider Jerusalem is a journalist who is in self-imposed exile up in the mountains. “Transmetropolitan (Vol.1): Back on the Street” throws us into a future scape where humans have evolved technologically, but have fallen into absolute indifference, moral squalor, and a very divided society. And re-discovering him and his strange, obscene, and digitized future that’s drenched in filth, insanity, greed, and cynicism, was a small comfort. I needed Spider Jerusalem in that moment. Be it inspiration, perfect timing, or personal therapy, I went to my book shelf and grabbed “Back on the Street”. And in that moment, I knew that I needed to re-read that series. And as I woke up the next morning and confirmed the news, on friend Kevin had a post on his Facebook wall involving “The Smiler” from the comic series “Transmetropolitan”.

I was utterly dismayed and ashamed of the way that our Presidential Election ended up.

Combining black humor, life-threatening situations, and moral ambiguity, this book is the first look into the mind of an outlaw journalist and the world he seeks to destroy. Working as an investigative reporter for the newspaper The Word, Spider attacks the injustices of his surreal 23rd Century surroundings. Book: “Transmetropolitan (Vol.1): Back on the Street” by Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson (Ill.)īook Description: 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.

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