Spider Jerusalem only has a year to live— and he intends to make the most of it. He gets to confront his own mortality, but with his usual perversity, he wants to take the President with him before he goes. This is another dark part of the storyline, but I am hopeful that it will make the resolution all the better when it gets there. ( )

An unexpected sort of arc, very sombre, not as frenetic as usual, as Spider gets some very bad news about his brain, one of the Filthy Assistants submits a story under Spider's name, and The Smiler strikes back. ( )

Spider Jerusalem är en bitter, högteknologisk journalist som ställer sig upp mot en obegripligt ond president. Warren Ellis magnum opus. Välberättat och vältecknat. Bitter, sorgsen, våldsam, brittisk. ( )

The only problem with this graphic novel series is that it's too short. And I know that Warren Ellis, when he finished it said "Thank fucking God it's over", but that really doesn't change the fact that there was still a lot of unexploited energy left in this series. ( )

A few things hit in this issue. Another assassin, but a sneaky one. A massive storm hits the city, and at the same time, a serious case of the blue flu hits the police force.

Spider's illness is getting much worse, but here he gets a lot of help from the filthy assistants, as he tries to get everything done before he can't work anymore. Yelena herself is even growing to look more Spider-like.

They do have some friends, and aid comes from an unlikely source.

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