Transmetropolitan
DC/Vertigo. All written by Warren Ellis and drawn by Darick Robertson & Rodney Ramos unless otherwise noted.
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Tales of Human Waste (Collects both of the gallery collections at the
bottom of the page). [From DC Comics: Can't get enough
of the acid-filled pinata that is Spider Jerusalem, renegade journalist
and freelance vice promoter? Want to see more of his quasi-messianic rantings,
tarted up by a host of the greatest artistic talents the comics medium has
to offer? Then look no further - you grip in your clammy hands the answer
to all your filthy (filthy!) desires! Tales of Human Waste, the coda to
Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson's paradigm-shifting Vertigo series Transmetropolitan,
will open a door into one of the greatest minds ever to escape dissection.
Act now, before the nanoassemblers coating the cover finish colonizing your
motor centers! Transmetropolitan: Tales of Human Waste collects the two
Prestige Format one-shots Transmetropolitan: I Hate It Here and Transmetropolitan:
Filth of the City, as well as very special Transmetropolitan holiday story
from Vertigo: Winter's Edge 2.] 
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Back on the Street (1-3). [From DC Comics: After
years of self-imposed exile from a civilization rife with degradation and
indecency, cynical journalist Spider Jerusalem is forced to return to a
job that he hates and a city that he loathes. Working as an investigative
reporter for the newspaper The Word, Spider attacks the injustices of his
surreal 21st Century surroundings. Combining black humor, life-threatening
situations, and moral ambiguity, this book is the first look into the mind
of an outlaw journalist and the world he seeks to destroy.] ArtBomb
review
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Lust For Life (4-12). [From DC Comics: After
making his presence known in TRANSMETROPOLITAN: BACK ON THE STREETS, renegade
columnist Spider Jerusalem targets three of society's most worshipped and
warped pillars: politics, religion, and television. When Spider tries to
shed light on the atrocities of these institutions, he finds himself fleeing
a group of hitmen/kidnappers in possession of his ex-wife's frozen head,
a distorted creature alleging to be his son, and a vicious talking police
dog.] ArtBomb
review
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Year of the Bastard (13-18). [From DC Comics:
In the third volume of the TRANSMETROPOLITAN collection, journalistic desperado
Spider Jerusalem begins to crumble under the pressure of sudden and unwanted
fame. Having had enough of the warped 21st century Babylon that he lives
in, Spider escapes into a world of bitterness and pills. As he stumbles
through this haze of depression and drugs, he must find a way to cover the
biggest story of the year, the presidential election. Armed with only his
demented mind and dark sense of humor, Spider embarks on an adventure of
political cynicism, horrific sex, and unwelcome celebrity which culminates
in a shocking and ruinous ending.] ArtBomb
review
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The New Scum (19-24). [From DC Comics: After
surviving the events of TRANSMETROPOLITAN: YEAR OF THE BASTARD, outlaw journalist
Spider Jerusalem is revitalized and ready to cover the presidential election
in all of its dark glory. When he learns of the vicious murder of political
consultant Vita Severn, one of the few people in the world that he liked,
Spider mounts a full scale attack on both candidates. Determined to uncover
any and all hidden truths about the contenders, he conducts two irreverent
interviews with the incumbent President and his rival, the Smiler. In the
end, what he learns shocks and confuses even him.] ArtBomb
review
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Lonely City (25-30). [From DC Comics: Continuing
the acclaimed tale of the day-to-day trials and tribulations of Spider Jerusalem,
this fifth installment has the no-holds-barred investigative reporter delving
into the city's police corruption. Living in an anti-utopian future, Spider
continues his quest to expose society's injustices as he focuses his attention
on those sworn to protect and serve. But even more so than usual, he will
learn that his dedication to the truth can come at a high physical cost,
especially when dealing with the riot police. Featuring an introduction
by actor Patrick Stewart.] 
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Gouge Away (31-36). [From DC Comics:Fame! There's
nothing like it to make you paranoid and delusional - and in The City of
the future, there's no one more famous than mega-popular attack journalist
Spider Jerusalem! Nearly paralyzed by his ubiquitous media presence, Jerusalem
has been reduced to a popular caricature, his muckraking teeth blunted by
the sticky-sweet syrup of adulation. But breaking through his narcotized
fog is the blunt fist of government censorship, and that's just the spur
that Jerusalem needs to keep him one step ahead of the assassins, shock
troops and off-brand lowlifes that would keep him from revealing the truth.]
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Spider's Thrash (37-42). [From DC Comics: The
truth hurts. That's old news to outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem - but
now the stakes have gotten much bigger. Long a thorn in the side of the
powerful and hypocritical, Jerusalem has made an enemy of the new President
of the United States - a man who happens to be crazier than a rabid rattlesnake,
and twice as mean. Now, driven underground with his loyal (and filthy) assistants,
deprived of all his old perks, and hunted like a rabbit at the dog track,
Jerusalem prepares for his greatest coup yet - provided, of course, that
he can survive past this afternoon.] 
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Dirge (43-48). [From DC Comics: Time is starting
to run out for outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem and his filthy assistants.
Forced from their jobs and dodging a crazed and vengeful President, the
three media renegades must now find a way to wage a guerrilla news war against
the psychotic Commander-in-Chief. But danger also looms from new and unforeseen
directions. Jerusalem's mysterious affliction is growing worse, and a fearsome
superstorm is heading towards the City, driving everyone - including the
police - off the streets just as a muderious sniper begins terrorizing the
Print District.] 
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The Cure (49-54). [From DC Comics: Things are
bad for journalist Spider Jerusalem. He's lost his job, his apartment, and
his insurance, and he's being hunted by professional assassins paid by the
President of the United States. On top of that, he's just been diagnosed
with an untreatable brain infection that will most likely turn him into
a drooling vegetable within a year - a state he's not too keen on achieving
involuntarily. But Spider Jerusalem still has a smile on his face and a
song in his heart - a nasty, grating tune that soothes his troubled brow
and makes him dance a little jig. Why? Because he and his filthy assistants
have picked up the trail of corruption that the President has left behind.
Because the loose ends of murder and deceit are about to get tied together.
And because he's got the truth on his side and nothing left to lose.]
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One More Time (55-60). [From DC Comics: It's
finally come down to this: On one side, a semi-lunatic journalist barely
tolerated by his own assistants; on the other, the President of the United
States. One suffering from a degenerative, soon-to-be-dehabilitating brain
disease; the other a total psychotic bastard. And only one will walk away
from their epochal showdown intact. In a finale worthy of creators Warren
Ellis and Darick Robertson's revolutionary title, the outlaw journalist
Spider Jerusalem makes his last stand for truth and justice against all
the coercive evil the future can throw at him. But what awaits him at the
end of this road - a mountain, or a grave?] Book of the Week 5/19/04