Transmetropolitian, Vol. 1
September 7, 2007

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"Transmetropolitian, Vol. 1: Back on the Streets"
by Warren Ellis and Derrick Robertson
Vertigo trade paperback, 1998

While reading the "Transmetropolitian" series, one might get the slightest notion, really just an itch in the back of the mind, that the whole thing might have been created with the calculated notion of becoming a cult success. Futuristic dystopia that satirizes the prevalent negative trends in modern society? Check. Impossibly cool looking gun totting protagonist with an almost comical 8th-grade chic name, whose speech patterns and look were inspired by Hunter S. Thompson no less? Check. But aside from the nagging itch of calculation, the story of a near future rebel journalist navigating a twisted society he despises is so beautifully entertaining that it brushes away all doubts. Collecting the first three books in the series (and a introducing us to Spider Jerusalem, a character still in his birthing stages here, but becoming more interesting with every panel) and the first full story arc, this is a opening salvo of some primo comic book literature.

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