Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street
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- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Warren Ellis
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Summary
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 23rd Century surroundings。 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。
Reviews
Kirill
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Great title from Science Fiction perspective
Harry Coleman
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Definitive art。 Warren Ellis is probably a time traveller; he has engaged with our convoluted culture， laughed at it， and hoofed it into the gutter。 Then he writes Transmetropolitan。 The first book of which is so delightfully disgusting， depressive and radical I can’t wait to crawl back into the filth of the cyber-noir streets。 Not much judgement but if you need to ask for the content warnings… you don’t need to read this。 Also the artwork is fucking lovely （some of made me queasy in all the bes Definitive art。 Warren Ellis is probably a time traveller; he has engaged with our convoluted culture， laughed at it， and hoofed it into the gutter。 Then he writes Transmetropolitan。 The first book of which is so delightfully disgusting， depressive and radical I can’t wait to crawl back into the filth of the cyber-noir streets。 Not much judgement but if you need to ask for the content warnings… you don’t need to read this。 Also the artwork is fucking lovely （some of made me queasy in all the best ways） How did Ellis get away with all this， I wonder？ Because it’s truth。 It’s only a matter of years before the leading cause of death in furries is fur balls from their dreadlocked catvages。 It’s only a matter of time before Tiny Tom becomes Space Jesus。 It’s only a matter of time before there’s a Wetherspoons on Mars that doesn’t serve Martians。 We are living the origins of this narrative…and will be lucky enough to get a Spider Jerusalem？ Only time （and truth） will tell。 。。。more
VebamaHu
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this book is absolutely amazing。
VAVIED
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I think you are missing something at the beginning， a better explanation
Colin
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You'll laugh。 You'll cry。 You'll prolapse。 You'll laugh。 You'll cry。 You'll prolapse。 。。。more
林佳欣
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Alex
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Spider Jerusalem is endlessly readable。 Highlight is the New Religious Movement convention。 Or the television story。 It's like Rick and Morty's interdimensional cable bit but 20 years earlier。。。。 'this week on Torture Me for Money！！！！' Spider Jerusalem is endlessly readable。 Highlight is the New Religious Movement convention。 Or the television story。 It's like Rick and Morty's interdimensional cable bit but 20 years earlier。。。。 'this week on Torture Me for Money！！！！' 。。。more
Akimonoa
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გემრიელია 3，75 stars
Raghav Bhatia
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This is fun and fascinating。 Confusing and all right kinds of strange。
Costan Sequeiros
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Sinceramente， Transmetropolitan me parece flojo en el mejor de los casos。 Si quitas toda la capa de basura， de palabrotas， de referencias biológicas más o menos grotescas e intentos baratos de escandalizar al lector （entiendo que le guste a Garth Ennis que justo es del mismo rollo） la realidad es que este primer tomo está básicamente vacío。 En sus mejores momentos pretende ser una crítica de la sociedad vacía y consumista en la que vivimos a través de la hipérbole。 El problema es que， incluso en Sinceramente， Transmetropolitan me parece flojo en el mejor de los casos。 Si quitas toda la capa de basura， de palabrotas， de referencias biológicas más o menos grotescas e intentos baratos de escandalizar al lector （entiendo que le guste a Garth Ennis que justo es del mismo rollo） la realidad es que este primer tomo está básicamente vacío。 En sus mejores momentos pretende ser una crítica de la sociedad vacía y consumista en la que vivimos a través de la hipérbole。 El problema es que， incluso en esos mejores momentos， la realidad es que toda crítica que hace ya se ha hecho muchas veces antes y después， y mucho mejor en muchos casos。 Y eso son sus mejores momentos， el resto solo es una violencia gratuita que ni impacta llegado un momento ni tiene credibilidad， una construcción de mundos y personajes totalmente plana y unidimensional y un arte que en el mejor de los casos es mediocre。 Sinceramente， no creo que pierda el tiempo leyendo el segundo tomo y los posteriores después de perder el tiempo con este。 。。。more
Barry Hammock
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The hero that we need。
Camilo Guerra
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Spider Jerusalen es un periodista retirado que vive feliz en las montañas y no quiere saber nada mas de la humanidad （ ¿ y quien lo puede culpar？） pero acepto un contrato para hacer dos libros y al oler que se viene una demanda， decide volver a la ciudad que tanto odia y se pone a trabajar como periodista。LO BUENO: Warren Ellis dando ramalazos de lo mejor que hace， de tecnologias que sobrecogen a la sociedad ， de personas que se entregan al vacio，todo por medio d eun personaje que odias el 70 % Spider Jerusalen es un periodista retirado que vive feliz en las montañas y no quiere saber nada mas de la humanidad （ ¿ y quien lo puede culpar？） pero acepto un contrato para hacer dos libros y al oler que se viene una demanda， decide volver a la ciudad que tanto odia y se pone a trabajar como periodista。LO BUENO: Warren Ellis dando ramalazos de lo mejor que hace， de tecnologias que sobrecogen a la sociedad ， de personas que se entregan al vacio，todo por medio d eun personaje que odias el 70 % del tiempo， pero tambien le das la razón y mira， que jodido hacer eso。Increibles el encuentro de Spider con la policia， el numero sobre la televisión ， el de la religión。 El arte de Darrick Robertson es hermoso ， y se ve mas desatado que en THE BOYS y eso es mucho decir。LO MALO: Hay ramalazos asquerosos， que parece ser hecho con ganas de asquear y lo logra， pero se siente barato。 。。。more
Winonononononona
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If Star Strek is an optimist's sci-fi utopia that shows the beauty of humanity's capacity for curiosity and kindness， then Transmetropolitan is its bitterly hilarious bastard of a cousin that satirizes the future as a grimey， gaudy， capitalist dystopia shit-hole — nevertheless， the scum and the screwy persist！What I appreciate most is how the comic's protag， the bald & brash Spider Jerusalem， his ire always punches up — his crass and hateful venom is only aimed at those who deserve it in defense If Star Strek is an optimist's sci-fi utopia that shows the beauty of humanity's capacity for curiosity and kindness， then Transmetropolitan is its bitterly hilarious bastard of a cousin that satirizes the future as a grimey， gaudy， capitalist dystopia shit-hole — nevertheless， the scum and the screwy persist！What I appreciate most is how the comic's protag， the bald & brash Spider Jerusalem， his ire always punches up — his crass and hateful venom is only aimed at those who deserve it in defense of the average everyday urbanite。 With his biting journalism that reminds me of how much words can make a difference， Jerusalem uses his column like a shotgun ready to disrupt your bowels （which， he does do in several chapters）， and aims his targets up; taking down politicians， cult leaders preying on the vulnerable， cops committing police brutality， and capitalists smearing their advertisement feces all over the city。 I definitely clutched my hypothetical pearls at some of Jerusalem's colourfully graphic insults， but I laughed manically each time。 Paired with the striking illustrations of the artist behind THE BOYS， Transmetropolitan shows us a future we may already be living in， and reminds us the virtue of kicking the upper-crust's teeth in。If you ever feel that the heel of cyber-capitalism's boot is curb-stomping your skull， then pick up a copy。 。。。more
Jack
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I had to stop reading somewhere in the second issue because I found the story and main character to be boring and insufferable。
Birch
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The author of this comic hurt my friend who was a big fan of this book when she was a teenSomanyofus 。com
Kevin O'Brien
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This is the usual dystopian future comic， but done very well。 The protagonist is a reporter who exposes all kinds of malfeasance and gets into good trouble。 The setting is a nasty city two centuries from now that is falling apart at the seams。 Although I read the Kindle edition， I read it on a Chromebook so I got all of the full color visuals， which matters。 Wild and wacky， but not for children。 Not a long read， but fun。
Lachaja
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The main character is very Well writen
Kody
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Holy fucking shit。 I’ve seen the truth and it is Transmetropolitan， the funniest and most politically angry comic I’ve ever read。 This is pure adrenaline pumping cyberpunk。
Capazsa
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This story is actually fantastic。
allie burke
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i know this is wildly popular but it wasn't for me。 i couldn't connect with the character and it was trying too hard。 gave up early on in the story。 i know this is wildly popular but it wasn't for me。 i couldn't connect with the character and it was trying too hard。 gave up early on in the story。 。。。more
Zak Webber
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Enjoying this？ You like the way I describe disgusting shit happening to people you probably walked past in the street last week？Good。 Your earned it。 With your silence。Spider Jerusalem is a journalist。 He's also a very angry person who indulges heavily in recreational drugs， habitually assaults people who annoy him and generally makes it his mission to tell people things they really don't want to hear。 A die-hard cynic with no respect for authority or social niceties， he tears through anything a Enjoying this？ You like the way I describe disgusting shit happening to people you probably walked past in the street last week？Good。 Your earned it。 With your silence。Spider Jerusalem is a journalist。 He's also a very angry person who indulges heavily in recreational drugs， habitually assaults people who annoy him and generally makes it his mission to tell people things they really don't want to hear。 A die-hard cynic with no respect for authority or social niceties， he tears through anything and anyone in his way to get a story。He has plenty to vent about。 His dystopian city is a hotbed of corruption， neglect， exploitation and poverty with rotten politicians， soulless transhumanist cults and a populace pacified by apathy and sociopathic perversity （Anyone for a tasty cloned human flesh burger？）。。。 It's Western decadence to the nth degree。We join Spider as he is forced to come out of his drug-soaked hiatus out in the bondooks in order to fulfil a book deal （the advance for which he has long since burnt through）。 He can only write in the city he despises， so he gets a job as a columnist for The Word newspaper。 They give him an assistant， he adopts a feral mutant cat with three eyes and two mouths， and gets to work。The city has many bizarre dispossessed - not just the poor with no access to healthcare who have been moved into out-of-the-spotlight housing projects （with exotic diseases）， but also those who have chosen to splice themselves with alien DNA （Transients）， those who have chosen to download themselves into clouds of nanobots （Foglets）， those resurrected from cryogenic suspension （Revivals）， etc。 - all of whom are treated with disdain。A presidential election campaign throws all of these injustices into stark relief。 Voters have a choice of the far-right incumbent （"the Beast"） and a vapid contender （"the Smiler"） who offers empty blandishments。 Is there any hope for democracy？ Does the majority even care？Transmetropolitan by writer Warren Ellis and artist Darick Robertson is a rare combination of political commentary and entertaining cyberpunk narrative， kind of like Joe Sacco creating a tale set in Judge Dredd's Mega City One。。。 but even darker。 Advances in technology are no guarantee of an improved quality of life， at least not for the common herd。 With violent cartoons on 'the feed' and supermarket shelves full of packaged dolphin meat， our anti-hero seems to be living in a nightmare。。。 the scariest part being that nobody around him seems to want to wake up from it。Spider's column （I Hate It Here） is a non-stop exposé of the city's shortcomings and shows that he is motivated by a raging thirst for justice。。。 but how much can one man do？ Is the pen really mightier than the sword？Robertson portrays the cast of increasingly weird characters with humour and humanity， and his cityscapes are mesmerising， making much use of dizzying perspectives and contrasting hi-tech angular architecture with the mundane and the squalid and with brief glimpses of beauty。 Transmetropolitan was originally published as 60 issues from 1997 to 2002 but its social and political messages are still relevant today。 It will be interesting to see how far into the future this remains a reflection of the timeless imperfections of human society。。。 。。。more
FIRODYJO
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The comic is totally awesome。 I highly recomend。
Ram Naomi
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This story is undoubtedly well-written。
Marta
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Komiks totalny！！
Covarrubias ALCE
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The book is very good。
Reyedit Arcols
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Es el dibujo lleno de detalles y la explosiva personalidad del protagonista lo que nos hace girar las páginas。Para mí el cómic carece de una historia más interesante。 Las cuestiones parecen tener algún tipo de mensaje que el autor nos dice con poca sutileza。En el último número， acaso una crítica sobre la religión o sólo sobre los cultos， Spider "calla" a uno diciéndole que su cuento chino es un cuento chino。 Pero no hay nada de profundidad en su argumento， y se va victorioso sin ningún deslumbre Es el dibujo lleno de detalles y la explosiva personalidad del protagonista lo que nos hace girar las páginas。Para mí el cómic carece de una historia más interesante。 Las cuestiones parecen tener algún tipo de mensaje que el autor nos dice con poca sutileza。En el último número， acaso una crítica sobre la religión o sólo sobre los cultos， Spider "calla" a uno diciéndole que su cuento chino es un cuento chino。 Pero no hay nada de profundidad en su argumento， y se va victorioso sin ningún deslumbre intelectual。 Lo mismo que un niño enojado de 10 años podría decirnos lo grita Spider。Y por momentos lo edgy se torna aburrido， predecible。 Y me pregunto si el autor sabe algo， algo relevante， o sólo escribe por escribir。 Claro que hay paneles muy buenos， claro que hay frases buenas。Pero en general raya la mediocridad。 La narración es buena， pero lo narrado me deja esperando algún insight。 Spider es un hombre que vivió sólo 5 años。 ¿El silencio no lo volvió más sabio？ Es un patán gritón todavía， igual a antes de que se fuera。 Creo que no me gusta que el cómic se centre en un tema y hable de él en ese número y ya。 La portada se refiere al cómic como una "novela gráfica"。 Pero no lo es。 Es un cómic mensual cuyos números no se hilan。 Lo que pasa en el #6 no tiene nada que ver con el #2。Yo preferiría una historia donde los temas tratados en números individuales se desenvuelven naturalmente al seguir una trama。 Que al hablar de religión o la absurda sociedad con sus absurdos programas de televisión， fueran mostrados， no explicados。 Que no fueran el tema sino lo que hay alrededor del camino。 Espero encontrarme con una buena trama， y que el mundo interesante llene el paisaje。 。。。more
Cal
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I originally tried this because I love Darick's style。 A bit more hard-hitting and gritty than I usually go for， so pleasantly surprised that it's grown from confused like to quiet love in my heart I originally tried this because I love Darick's style。 A bit more hard-hitting and gritty than I usually go for， so pleasantly surprised that it's grown from confused like to quiet love in my heart 。。。more
Javier Gil Jaime
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‘Transmetropolitan。 Vol。 1 ’ son imágenes inquietantes bajo la sombra de un espectro， un personaje excesivo （Spider Jerusalén）， un lugar psicodélico （la posciberpunk metrópolis） o un futuro altamente inquietante （la reveladora situación del periodismo para la opinión pública y el bien común: estos son algunos de los elementos con los que Warren Ellis salpica un relato extraño， paradigma de una cierta descomposición cultural， altavoz del porvenir que podría estar por llegar。 Se recomienda leer co ‘Transmetropolitan。 Vol。 1 ’ son imágenes inquietantes bajo la sombra de un espectro， un personaje excesivo （Spider Jerusalén）， un lugar psicodélico （la posciberpunk metrópolis） o un futuro altamente inquietante （la reveladora situación del periodismo para la opinión pública y el bien común: estos son algunos de los elementos con los que Warren Ellis salpica un relato extraño， paradigma de una cierta descomposición cultural， altavoz del porvenir que podría estar por llegar。 Se recomienda leer con el cinturón de seguridad abrochado。 。。。more
Fernando Fitch
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I read transmetropolitan because I was interested in graphic novels but not interested in super heroes。 The internet told me this was one of the best。 Maybe some people feel it is， but for me it was just。。。 meh。 It felt like they were trying too hard to make Spider Jerusalem this counters-culture badass。 I kept getting the feeling they were going out of their way to say "he has tattoos and uses vulgar language but he's the good guy！" and also going out of their way to say "these guys are clean c I read transmetropolitan because I was interested in graphic novels but not interested in super heroes。 The internet told me this was one of the best。 Maybe some people feel it is， but for me it was just。。。 meh。 It felt like they were trying too hard to make Spider Jerusalem this counters-culture badass。 I kept getting the feeling they were going out of their way to say "he has tattoos and uses vulgar language but he's the good guy！" and also going out of their way to say "these guys are clean cut and pretty but they're the bad guys！"。 For some reason that's hard for me to put my finger on， I kept feeling like they were trying too hard to throw it in the reader's face and it was a turn off for me。 The art style was cool， and the plot/story in general were pretty good but I just couldn't get past the whole "he's hardcore！ but also he's the good one！" distracting me on every other page。 。。。more
C。 Thomas
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