In a future where consumerism, superficiality and corruption reign supreme, outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem has decided to stop sitting idly by and watching the world crumble around him. No one in The City is safe.
Another day in the City. 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 hit men/kidnappers in possession of his ex-wife's frozen head, a distorted creature alleged to be his son, and a vicious, talking police dog.
Combining black humor, life-threatening situations, and moral ambiguity, Warren Ellis' legendary series is the first look into the mind of an outlaw journalist and the world he seeks to destroy. This new recut trade Paperback series features behind-the-scenes material, variant covers and scripts from the graphic novel series run. Collects issues #13-24.
Warren Ellis is a comics and graphic novel writer best known for the graphic novel series Transmetropolitan, Planetary and The Authority. With over 35 graphic novels in print, Ellis has received numerous honors including the International Horror Guild award for graphic narrative and being named one of Entertainment Weekly's 100 Most Creative People. Rolling Stone described his work as more influenced by Jesus and Mary Chain than by the Justice League, while his characters fight for left-wing agendas over God and country, and kick puppies in the street.
Darick Robertson is a veteran comics artist who has worked at DC Comics and Marvel for nearly 20 years. He broke into the mainstream drawing Justice League for DC and went on to work for Marvel, where he pencilled titles including Wolverine, Spider-Man, and most notably 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 was also the artist on an edgy new monthly series entitled The Boys for WildStorm with writer Garth Ennis.
ISBN: 9781401294304
Author: Warren Ellis
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 17 September 2019
Publisher: DC
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (mm): 256 x 167 x 21
Weight (kg): 0.552