Warren Ellis' TRANSMETROPOLITAN

[Snail Shell]

I just finished reading this masterpiece. It was described at one point as "The Dark Lord of graphic novels". I can't disagree.

There were parts of this series that had me unable to move, just losing all motivation to continue the day. There were parts that had me laughing my ass off (anything to do with the Bowel Disuprter :roffle🙂. There were parts that had me angry as all hell at the government, the public and the structure of the modern political system in general.

But that's the point of the book. It shows how the truth needs to be told and how people need to demand the truth from those who would abuse the facts and abuse their power to screw over the masses for their own personal benefit. It's a point that is more important now, at this point in history, than possibly any other time. I've always been a proponent of watching the news and trying to follow the candidates, especially around election time, but this book series highlights the need to do that for the benefit of everyone whom those candidates affect. Not just following a catch phrase or picking a party and following blindly, but really listening to the candidates and what they have to say.

Anyone else read this beauty? What are your thoughts on it?

Snail Shell

 

[Fire_Sprite]

Probably the most depressing setting I've seen in a comic. Everything's advanced to new levels except for people.

Spider is just the best damn protagonist ever though. He's, by far, the biggest asshole in the City yet also the only one with a sense of right and wrong.

 

[Myriads]

I own a few pages of original art from the series. It's long been a favorite.

Myriads

 

[Amnesiac]

I haven't gotten around to reading ALL of Transmetropolitan--mostly because I'm waiting for the Omnibus volume to be produced--but I've never doubted its alleged genius.

But I'm not as confident about Ellis as I am about others; I LOVED Planetary and Red, but then there are times when Ellis falls short of my expectations like certain arcs of The Authority and Blackgas. I think Ellis stretches himself too thin by launching too many projects and so he can't keep the quality of his work consistent.

 

[Snail Shell]

That's true, but those were all works that Ellis was either commissioned for or otherwise didn't have total creative control. Transmetropolitan is a story that Ellis wanted to tell and got to tell it the way he wanted to tell it. It's hands down his best work. 🙂

Snail Shell

 

[BrightEyes1082]

I daily experience one man in my country who does nothing but abuse
his power for his own personal gain. Why the hell do I want to read about
MOAR in a novel!? 😕