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BACK
ON THE STREET |
by Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson, & Rodney Ramos
Introduction by Garth Ennis |
Paperback: 72 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 1563894459 |
$7.95
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| Meet Spider
Jerusalem, outlaw journalist of the future, who returns to the city after
five years of self-imposed exile to become a columnist for the newspaper
The Word, while plunging headlong into the bad weirdness that is the 21st
century. |
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LUST
FOR LIFE |
| by Warren Ellis & Darick Robertson |
Paperback: 208 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 1563894815 |
$14.95
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| With this second
collection of Transmetroploitan stories both Ellis and Robertson have really
found their feet. One story shines in particular about the revival of the
cryogenically frozen Mary, this short complete tale alone makes the book
worth buying. Transmet isn't sci-fi, it's a comment on today, on where
we're going and how we react to life in general. |
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Year
of the Bastard |
Written by Warren Ellis
Art by Darick Robertson and others
Cover by Robertson |
Paperback: 144 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 1563895684 |
$12.95
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| Outlaw journalist
Spider Jerusalem walks a rocky trail through fame, political cynicism and
horrific interpersonal exchanges in stories reprinted from TRANSMETROPOLITAN
#13-18. The third in the popular series of TRANSMETROPOLITAN trade paperbacks,
YEAR OF THE BASTARD is rounded out by the short story "Edgy Winter" from
VERTIGO: WINTER'S EDGE II and a cover gallery featuring artwork by Jae
Lee and Dave Gibbons, plus a new cover by Darick Robertson. |
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The
New Scum |
| by Warren Ellis & Darick Robertson |
Paperback: 144 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 1563896273 |
$12.95
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Amazon.com:
It's
no wonder he hates it here. Spider Jerusalem, journalist and hero of sorts
in Warren Ellis' Transmetropolitan, wades through a sewer of poverty and
high-tech despair daily in his efforts to understand and report on America.
In The New Scum, Ellis contrasts the powerful, in the form of presidential
candidates, with the powerless, who are begging and hustling on the streets.
The satire is savage and rarely subtle, but the author takes care to show
some human warmth lest the comic descend into the nihilism it warns against. |
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plot, largely secondary to the characters and background events, focuses
loosely on Jerusalem's assignment to interview the two candidates, each
psychotic and unfit for any office. His bodyguard and personal assistant,
meanwhile, discover the terrors of pleasure in a post-nanotech world with
unlimited credit. The election-eve climax fully captures the anxiety and
depression that come from having no real choice in matters of great importance.
Either Ellis or his creation deserves a Pulitzer.
--Rob
Lightner
In the aftermath of the "Year
of the Bastard," journalist Spider Jerusalem is strangely content, ready
to launch himself into the contentious presidential election that's already
begun. But things take an even uglier turn in the new TRANSMETROPOLITAN:
THE NEW SCUM trade paperback from VERTIGO.
Reprinting issues #19-24
of the popular and critically praised series, THE NEW SCUM opens with a
shocking turn as political consultant Vita Severn-- one of the rare people
Spider actally likes-- is brutally murdered. In stories by Eisner Award-nominated
writer Warren Ellis (PLANETARY) with
art by Darick Robertson
(who contributes a new cover to the collection), Rodney Ramos and Keith
Aiken, Spider and his "filthy assistants" embark on an investigation that
includes Spider's unforgettable interviews with the two contenders for
the nation's highest office: the incumbent President and his chief challenger,
the Smiler. Rounding out the collection is the illustrated text story "Next
Winters" from VERTIGO: WINTER'S EDGE 3, written by Ellis with art by Robertson. |
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