Spider Jerusalem turns his gonzo journalism to cover the election in Warren Ellis’ demented future; while it was written in 1999, the lunacy depicted there looks like a superb curve fit to applying the classic science fiction “if this goes on” principle to modern politics. Sadly, the only thing that appears fantastical in this story is the reaction of voters to unpleasant truths being trotted out in front of them; Ellis’ world has a higher proportion of people willing to acknowledge observable reality than the one we live in today. ( )

It's been a while since I've read Transmet but this one didn't seem as fun as the last one. Still great though, completely disgusting, funny and creative. ( )

Spider Jerusalem's old vices surface again. Namely, politics and drugs, and he indulges in a lot of both. He writes a lot about politics, and does a lot of drugs.

He is annoying the political powers now, and this is enough to get someone he likes killed.

http://graphicsf.blogspot.com/2006/12... ( )

Transmetropolitan is a very believable picture of the politics in the near future. The art by Darrick Robertson is straightforward and beautiful, very much to my liking. The only thing that makes me not want to read the rest of the series is the protagonist. I have difficulties in symphatizing, let alone identifying with the anti-hero who is rage made alive. ( )