Transmetropolitan Book Three


Book Description

In the third year of the seminal series, no-holds-barred investigative reporter Spider Jerusalem delves into the City's police corruption. Despite drugs, drinking, and paranoia, Spider and his filthy assistants are hot on the trail of the truth behind the newly elected president's campaign. This volume includes the stories "Lonely City" and "Gouge Away," plus standalone stories such as "Nobody Loves Me," featuring guest artists Lea Hernandez, Kieron Dwyer, Bryan Hitch, Frank Quitely, and Eduardo Risso. Collects Transmetropolitan #25-36 and a story from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #3.




Transmetropolitan Book One


Book Description

Working as an investigative reporter for the newspaper The Word, Spider Jerusalem attacks the injustices of his surreal 21st-century surroundings. Spider ventures into the dangerous Angels 8 district, home of the Transients—humans who have decided to become aliens through cosmetic surgery. And don’t miss Spider’s confrontation with the president of the United States...in a men’s room. Plus, when Spider tries to shed light on the atrocities of these institutions, he finds himself fleeing a group of hit men/kidnappers in possession of his ex-wife’s frozen head. Collects TRANSMETROPOLITAN #1-12!




Transmetropolitan Vol. 3: Year of the Bastard (New Edition)


Book Description

Investigative reporter Spider Jerusalem attacks the injustices of the 21st century surroundings while working for the newspaper The Word in this critically-acclaimed graphic novel series written by comics superstar Warren Ellis, the co-creator of PLANETARY and THE AUTHORITY.In this third volume, Spider Jerusalem begins to crumble under the pressure of sudden and unwanted fame. Having had enough of the warped 21st century Babylon that he lives in, Spider escapes into a world of bitterness and pills. As he stumbles through this haze of depression and drugs, he must find a way to cover the biggest story of the year, the presidential election. Armed with only his demented mind and dark sense of humor, Spider embarks on an adventure of political cynicism, horrific sex, and unwelcome celebrity which culminates in a shocking and ruinous ending. Collects issues issues #13-18.




Vertigo: Winter's Edge (1997-) #3


Book Description

The third chapter of the Eisner Award-nominated anthology features stories written by Neil Gaiman, Warren Wllis, Peter Gross and many more.




Absolute Transmetropolitan Vol. 1 (New Printing)


Book Description

The saga of outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem written by comics superstar Warren Ellis in Absolute format. Black humor, life-threatening situations, and moral ambiguity, give a look into the mind of an outlaw journalist and the world he seeks to destroy.




Transmetropolitan Vol. 6: Gouge Away (New Edition)


Book Description

There's no faster path to paranoia and delusion that the red carpet of celebrity, and in the city no one is more famous than mega-popular attack journalist Spider Jerusalem. Nearly paralyzed by his own media omnipresence, Jerusalem has been reduced to a populist character, his muckraking teeth blunted by the sticky-sweet syrup of adulation. Luckily, he still has his enemies to keep him on his toes—even through a narcotized fog, nothing concentrates the mind like a high probability of imminent assassination.




Transmetropolitan #3


Book Description

A riot sweeps through the Angels 8 district of The City, killing Transients and cops alike. And where's Spider? On the roof of a local strip club with his laptop, writing his column "live" on the scene!




Lonely City


Book Description

Prepare to be shocked as Spider Jerusalem takes us on another tour of the city's underbelly, turning over stones and generally stirring up wasp's nests. This story sees Spider, Channon and Yelena on the trail of a vicious gang of killers who are targeting the genetically unclean.




The Alphabet of Manliness


Book Description

The author provides tongue-in-cheek advice on what he considers to be manliness, such as beating up on other men, groping women, disciplining children more violently, and becoming a more efficient communicator of road rage.




Transmetropolitan Book Four


Book Description

Renegade reporter of the future Spider Jerusalem continues his work speaking truth to power and exposing corruption even as his home in the City crumbles around him. After losing his job, his bank account, and his home, renegade reporter of the future Spider Jerusalem has gone underground, the better to implement his plans to expose the evils of the government in the City. Then, all hell breaks loose as a nameless sniper terrorizes the Print District and a raging superstorm clears the streets of the City. Collects Transmetropolitan #37-48, written by visionary writer Warren Ellis.