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  Transmetropolitan: Book 1

  Back on the Street

  by Darick Robertson, Warren Ellis, Ray Krissing

  Ellis's dystopic narrative, with its full-color tale of a gonzo journalist, shares with mainstream superhero comics a macho ethos that undermines the otherwise cool Watchmen-like script. Spider Jerusalem, a hip reporter of the Hunter Thompson mode, breaks a five-year drug binge on a mountaintop to replenish his resources. The city he returns to resembles the post-apocalyptic Blade Runner and all its funky visual... (more)
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  Transmetropolitan: Book 6

  Gouge Away

  by Darick Robertson, Warren Ellis

  Despite--or perhaps with the aid of--drugs, drinking, and paranoia, Spider Jerusalem and his filthy assistants are hot on the trail of the horrifying truth behind the newly-elected President's campaign. Features three stand-alone stories: "Nobody Loves me, "The Walk" and "Dancing in the Here and Now," and also includes the three-part "Gouge Away" storyline.
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  Transmetropolitan: Book 4

  The New Scum

  by Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson

  Acclaimed writer Warren Ellis ("X-Men") and artist Darick Robertson ("The Boys") invite you back to visit their dysfunctional dystopia! In the aftermath of Vita Severn's assassination, Spider goes looking for answers with two jaw-dropping interviews: one with the venal, vicious sitting President, 'The Beast', and one with his Presidential challenger, 'The Smiler'. Revelations abound and the pressure builds for an... (more)
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  Transmetropolitan: Book 5

  Lonely City

  by Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson, Darick Robertson

  Nobody ever accused Warren Ellis of lacking imagination. The latest collection of the Spider Jerusalem saga, Transmetropolitan: Lonely City, is packed with laser-guided satire and neo-adolescent wish fulfillment in the form of a bowel disruptor. Sliding his story of government manipulation and counter-manipulation between moments of reflection and observation makes Ellis's downbeat ending a bit less nihilistic... (more)
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  Transmetropolitan: Book 7

  Spider's Thrash

  by Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson

  The hammer has come down, but outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem has managed to stay one step ahead of his detractors: the President of the United States and his lackeys. After losing his job, his bank account and his apartment, Jerusalem and his filthy assistants have gone underground to implement his plan to bring down the President.
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  Transmetropolitan: Book 8

  Dirge

  by Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson

  Warren Ellis' searing and satirical socio-political adventures of Spider Jerusalem, the freelance, drug-addled, brain-damaged, anarchic investigative journalist, finally reach their awesome climax - and with gusto! Spider is close to finally nailing US President Callahan, whose attempts to hide his 'unusual' passions have left a bloody trail in his wake. But time is short: the President has declared martial law... (more)
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  Transmetropolitan: Book 9

  The Cure

  by Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson

  This collection of the popular Transmetropolitan series follows the adventures of famous renegade journalist Spider Jerusalem. He spends his time in the future dystopia The City avoiding hit men and dealing with government corruption, media infiltration and conspiracy paranoia. In this installment, Jerusalem and his assistants are racing against government assassins to find the last living transient sex worker who... (more)
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  Transmetropolitan: Book 2

  Lust for Life

  by Darick Robertson, Warren Ellis

  Outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem attacks the injustices of his surreal 21st Century through black humor as an investigative reporter 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 volume, Jerusalem targets three of society's most worshipped and warped pillars: politics, religion, and... (more)