Issue Description

It's part interview, part interrogation and part steel-cage wrestling match in this self-contained chapter of ''The New Scum.'' Underground journalist Spider Jerusalem goes head-to-head with the President of the United States! Will they be carried out on stretchers--or become best friends?

Spider and the Beast have a surprisingly candid, albeit tense, discussion. Spider comes to realize that as despicable as the Beast is, he's still not as bad as the Smiler.

Transmetropolitan (1997)

Publisher

Vertigo

Volume Description

Transmetropolitan, Warren Ellis' and Darick Robertson's grand pastiche, follows Spider Jerusalem, neo-gonzo journalist extraordinaire, through the backyards and the rooftops of the future. Ellis's wit is bang on the job, surely at its prime, in all its spitfire, vulgar glory. And the nosedive the series takes somewhere in the middle comes with scary accuracy, becoming a soap box commentary on our generation. Touching everything from anthropomorphism to religion to politics with a cheery sense of dread and disgust in its 60 issue run, and featuring one of the scariest governments post-1984, this is one of Vertigo's imprint-defining titles.

Collected EditionsBack on the Street (#1-6)Absolute Transmetropolitan Volume 1 (#1-18)Lust for Life (#7-12)Year of the Bastard (#13-18)The New Scum (#19-24)Absolute Transmetropolitan Volume 2 (#19-36)Lonely City (#25-30)Gouge Away (#31-36)Spider's Thrash (#37-42)Dirge (#43-48)The Cure (#49-54)One More Time (#55-60)

Specials

Filth of the CityI Hate It HereTales of Human Waste: Collects the two specials.

Bonus Material

Around the World: Although inspired by Transmetropolitan, this is not a necessary to enjoying the series and rather something for fans that doubles as a support for people in the comic industry comic creators that are in need of it.

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