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Transmetropolitan (Collected Editions) #5.1
Transmetropolitan: I Hate It Here
Collecting the best of Spider's columns from The Word--from his reluctant return to the City and forced adaptation to a future where truth is obsolete, moving through his rise to fame and fortune over the bodies of his enemies, culminating in his current condition of focused mental illness!
35 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2000
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About the author
Warren Ellis
1,972 books5,772 followersWarren Ellis is the award-winning writer of graphic novels like TRANSMETROPOLITAN, FELL, MINISTRY OF SPACE and PLANETARY, and the author of the NYT-bestselling GUN MACHINE and the “underground classic” novel CROOKED LITTLE VEIN, as well as the digital short-story single DEAD PIG COLLECTOR. His newest book is the novella NORMAL, from FSG Originals, listed as one of Amazon’s Best 100 Books Of 2016.
The movie RED is based on his graphic novel of the same name, its sequel having been released in summer 2013. IRON MAN 3 is based on his Marvel Comics graphic novel IRON MAN: EXTREMIS. He is currently developing his graphic novel sequence with Jason Howard, TREES, for television, in concert with HardySonBaker and NBCU, and continues to work as a screenwriter and producer in film and television, represented by Angela Cheng Caplan and Cheng Caplan Company. He is the creator, writer and co-producer of the Netflix series CASTLEVANIA, recently renewed for its third season, and of the recently-announced Netflix series HEAVEN’S FOREST.
He’s written extensively for VICE, WIRED UK and Reuters on technological and cultural matters, and given keynote speeches and lectures at events like dConstruct, ThingsCon, Improving Reality, SxSW, How The Light Gets In, Haunted Machines and Cognitive Cities.
Warren Ellis has recently developed and curated the revival of the Wildstorm creative library for DC Entertainment with the series THE WILD STORM, and is currently working on the serialising of new graphic novel works TREES: THREE FATES and INJECTION at Image Comics, and the serialised graphic novel THE BATMAN’S GRAVE for DC Comics, while working as a Consulting Producer on another television series.
A documentary about his work, CAPTURED GHOSTS, was released in 2012.
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. He is a Patron of Humanists UK. He holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Essex.
Warren Ellis lives outside London, on the south-east coast of England, in case he needs to make a quick getaway.
The movie RED is based on his graphic novel of the same name, its sequel having been released in summer 2013. IRON MAN 3 is based on his Marvel Comics graphic novel IRON MAN: EXTREMIS. He is currently developing his graphic novel sequence with Jason Howard, TREES, for television, in concert with HardySonBaker and NBCU, and continues to work as a screenwriter and producer in film and television, represented by Angela Cheng Caplan and Cheng Caplan Company. He is the creator, writer and co-producer of the Netflix series CASTLEVANIA, recently renewed for its third season, and of the recently-announced Netflix series HEAVEN’S FOREST.
He’s written extensively for VICE, WIRED UK and Reuters on technological and cultural matters, and given keynote speeches and lectures at events like dConstruct, ThingsCon, Improving Reality, SxSW, How The Light Gets In, Haunted Machines and Cognitive Cities.
Warren Ellis has recently developed and curated the revival of the Wildstorm creative library for DC Entertainment with the series THE WILD STORM, and is currently working on the serialising of new graphic novel works TREES: THREE FATES and INJECTION at Image Comics, and the serialised graphic novel THE BATMAN’S GRAVE for DC Comics, while working as a Consulting Producer on another television series.
A documentary about his work, CAPTURED GHOSTS, was released in 2012.
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. He is a Patron of Humanists UK. He holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Essex.
Warren Ellis lives outside London, on the south-east coast of England, in case he needs to make a quick getaway.
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September 3, 2016
This is a great collection of illustrations from various artists. Though they do not tread away from Transmetropolitan's art style, each illustration is clearly the artist's own creative of the City and Spider Jerusalem. Steve Dillon's page has a woman who looks like Tulip, Glen Fabry's work was good as well as Chiang and Connor's.
Thr columns, although they are fun to read, are forgettable. These articles span from Spider's childhood home to multiple personality disorder-inducing drugs to his purpose as a journalist. Nothing spectacular though it doesn't bore.
Thr columns, although they are fun to read, are forgettable. These articles span from Spider's childhood home to multiple personality disorder-inducing drugs to his purpose as a journalist. Nothing spectacular though it doesn't bore.
September 11, 2017
Resumen de lo hasta ahora publicado en formato diario con ilustraciones de distintos artistas y su visión de Spider Jerusalem.
Es decir:
Te lo puedes saltar y seguir con el siguiente volumen.
Es decir:
Te lo puedes saltar y seguir con el siguiente volumen.
March 26, 2016
No termina de ser Spider. Tiene algunos momentos geniales, para el screenshot, pero no me termina de cerrar.
Sigue siendo una muy buena recapitulación de toda la serie, retomada con testimonios del futuro.
Sigue siendo una muy buena recapitulación de toda la serie, retomada con testimonios del futuro.
August 24, 2014
OK but this volume of pretty pictures and Spider Jerusalem articles was less interesting than the Transmetropolitan series.
June 1, 2020
A glorious special window into the world of Spider Jerusalem. Had I lived in this dystopian paradise of a city I can assert with confidence that I would read Spider's columns... and I'm sure he'd hate me for it.
This issue is doubly special because it does that thing that Tom King's Batman #50 does. It's practically a picture book with inserts of Spider's columns slapped to the side. Each page is drawn by a different artist and it makes for an effortlessly interesting experience. (Think of it as reading the newspaper in a world far, far into the future).
My favorite columns centered on Spider's youth at the docks, his views of Yelena Rossini, his opinion on this drug the new generation is using that plants you in a place between time and space (it sounds awful); teaching under educated (but not dumb) children things, his visit to the Transient funeral and his view on how writers don't really do anything... they just give other people the tools to do things.
Artwork wise I was really struck by the image of Spider at the Mistletoe Parade thing. (I'm being really lazy, forgive me, but I forgot the artists name). Same for the final panel where he admits he's been in the city for 2 years. The colors have a lot of depth and as I have said before and will say again, the coloring in these books is just as much a reason to read it as are the superb writings of Warren Ellis and the masterful pencil strokes by Darick Robertson.
This felt like a treat to hold me in between the continuing arcs.
This issue is doubly special because it does that thing that Tom King's Batman #50 does. It's practically a picture book with inserts of Spider's columns slapped to the side. Each page is drawn by a different artist and it makes for an effortlessly interesting experience. (Think of it as reading the newspaper in a world far, far into the future).
My favorite columns centered on Spider's youth at the docks, his views of Yelena Rossini, his opinion on this drug the new generation is using that plants you in a place between time and space (it sounds awful); teaching under educated (but not dumb) children things, his visit to the Transient funeral and his view on how writers don't really do anything... they just give other people the tools to do things.
Artwork wise I was really struck by the image of Spider at the Mistletoe Parade thing. (I'm being really lazy, forgive me, but I forgot the artists name). Same for the final panel where he admits he's been in the city for 2 years. The colors have a lot of depth and as I have said before and will say again, the coloring in these books is just as much a reason to read it as are the superb writings of Warren Ellis and the masterful pencil strokes by Darick Robertson.
This felt like a treat to hold me in between the continuing arcs.
July 21, 2025
Cool but not really part of the series and entirely skippable.
March 3, 2020
Beautiful scenes recreated by different illustrators and then articles by Spider what not to love in this companion work to TransMet. This was nice and it was wonderful to read Spider's column.
I have always loved comics, and I hope that I will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics or Diamond Comics or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on the international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I can. I Love comics to bit, may comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
I have always loved comics, and I hope that I will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics or Diamond Comics or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on the international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I can. I Love comics to bit, may comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
May 11, 2013
Odio este lugar, sabéis, porque no puedo olvidarme de él. Pero si vais diciendo por ahí que he dicho esto, lo negaré todo.
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