Absolute Transmetropolitan Vol. 1 (New Printing)

Product Description

The saga of outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem written by comics superstar Warren Ellis in Absolute format.

Black humor, life-threatening situations, and moral ambiguity, give a look into the mind of an outlaw journalist and the world he seeks to destroy.

Review

Praise for
Transmetropolitan
”
Transmet is brilliant future-shock commentary.” –SPIN
“Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson take a Hunter S. Thompson analogue and put him through a 23rd century wringer. It’s angy political sci-fi and it’s funny as hell.”–PLAYBOY

About the Author

Warren Ellis is the award-winning writer of
Transmetropolitan, Planetary, The Authority, and the writer and co-creator of the graphic novel
RED, which was the basis of two major motion pictures.   He is also the author of the NYT-bestselling novels 
Gun Machine and 
Crooked Little Vein.  His newest publication is the digital short-story single 
Dead Pig Collector, from FSG Originals.

His awards and recognitions include the NUIG Literary and Debating Society’s President’s Medal for service to freedom of speech, the Eagle Awards Roll Of Honour for lifetime achievement in the field of comics & graphic novels, the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2010, the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, and the International Horror Guild Award for illustrated narrative.

Ellis lives outside London, on the south-east coast of England, in case he needs to make a quick getaway.

Darick Robertson is a veteran comic artist who has worked at DC Comics and Marvel for nearly twenty years. He broke into the mainstream drawing
Justice League for DC and went on to work for Marvel where he penciled titles including
Wolverine, Spider-Man, and most notably the
New Warriors. Robertson is best known as the artist / co-creator of the Eisner Award-winning series
Transmetropolitan with writer Warren Ellis, which was hailed by Wired magazine as “The Graphic Novel of the Decade.” He is currently working on an edgy new monthly series entitled
The Boys for WildStorm with writer Garth Ennis.