Transmetropolitan 1, Back on the street /
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...
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| Format: | Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Vertigo/DC Comics,
Ã2009.
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| Series: | Transmetropolitan ;
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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. |
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| Item Description: | "1"--Spine. "Transmetropolitan created by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson." Originally published in single magazine form as Transmetropolitan 1-6. |
| Physical Description: | 142 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Audience: | Suggested for mature readers. |
| ISBN: | 9781401220846 1401220843 9781845765224 1845765222 |
| Author Notes: | His awards and recognitions include the NUIG Literary and Debating Society's President's Medal for service to freedom of speech, the Eagle Awards Roll Of Honour for lifetime achievement in the field of comics & graphic novels, the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire 2010, the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, and the International Horror Guild Award for illustrated narrative. Ellis lives outside London, on the south-east coast of England, in case he needs to make a quick getaway. Darick Robertson is a veteran comic artist who has worked at DC Comics and Marvel for nearly twenty years. He broke into the mainstream drawing Justice League for DC and went on to work for Marvel where he penciled titles including Wolverine, Spider-Man , and most notably the New Warriors . Robertson is best known as the artist / co-creator of the Eisner Award-winning series Transmetropolitan with writer Warren Ellis, which was hailed by Wired magazine as "The Graphic Novel of the Decade." He is currently working on an edgy new monthly series entitled The Boys for WildStorm with writer Garth Ennis. |
