This volume of Transmetropolitan starts out with some vignettes providing more depth to Spider Jerusalem and the future in which he lives, then begins to dig into governmental corruption ranging from the City’s police department to the office of the Presidency. For something written in 1999–2000, it certainly reads like a commentary on more recent messes like Free Speech Zones and bogus attempts to suppress information in the name of national security. ( )

This was good, but not as good as some of the others. I was glad to see the bowel disruptor make a return appearance, it's been a while. What I didn't like was that it was kind of sparse. A lot of mental rambling (Spider's writing) with a little bit of story. As usual, Ellis is entertaining with creative vulgarity and the cat jumping on Spider's head was hilarious. Another bonus was the intro by Patrick Steward (Capt. Pickard!), I'm wondering if it's the bald thing that drew him to the comic? To bad he's too old to play Spider in the movie, he would have been great. ( )

There are a couple of standalone type issues in volume 5. However, the main thrust of the plot is still the election. Spider uncovers police brutality and other nastiness in the election campaign, and is still looking for a way to use what he knows to bring down Gary Callaghan, The Smiler.

The way he goes about some of this is very entertaining.

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