- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Vertigo; 7th edition, revised edition (Nov 1 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1563898942
- ISBN-13: 978-1563898945
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 0.9 x 25.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #283,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This review is from: Transmetropolitan VOL 07: Spider's Thrash (Paperback)
This most recent Transmetropolitan collection takes a distinctly darker turn as Spider and his 'filthy assistants' go underground and Spider's health begins to suffer. More than ever before, Ellis' social commentary on his dystopian City hits close to home. Previous collections have satirized the decadence and sloth of modern American life by exaggerating it in daringly hilarious ways, but _Spider's Thrash_ descends to address modern-day social problems more directly. Although the issue on child prostitution presents a still more corrupt and degraded world than the one we live in now, the issue on the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill and their subsequent homelessness is not exaggerated at all. Ellis' demonic president, The Smiler, also seems creepily relevant to the post-9/11 attack on civil liberties, particularly when Spider quotes the newsfeeds as saying, 'The President is officially 'studying the constitution to protect the people from outmoded language and ideas therein.''If it sounds like this collection gets a bit preachy, it does, and plot continuity suffers as a result. But those of us who have come to know and love Spider and his mad quest for the truth aren't likely to stop reading. As director Darren Aronofsky (_Pi,_ _Requiem for a Dream_) says in his introduction, 'Profanity + anger + revolution + cynicism + drugs + cigarettes + truth + justice - fair = Spider Jerusalem. . . . A true original.'
5.0 out of 5 stars
Spider Jerusalem is back....,
By "spongebobdurden" (Ames, IA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Transmetropolitan VOL 07: Spider's Thrash (Paperback)
Your friendly neighborhood outlaw journalist is back. Warren Ellis combined the humor of Palahniuk, the prose of Hunter S. Thompson, and the anarchic sensibilities of British punk rock into the greatest comic book character of all time: Spider Jerusalem. The comic is consistently funny, satirical, and eye-opening. Ellis uses the medium for his trademark brand of cynical social criticism...and it shows more than ever in this collection. Spider gives the big F-YOU to the government, and corporate America in this trade. He branches out on his own, publishing his column illegally for no money. This time neither the president nor the paper can censor him. God help us all. I definately recomend this trade to any fans. You must read this, it's Ellis and Robertson at their best.
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By Christine Hoff Kraemer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Transmetropolitan VOL 07: Spider's Thrash (Paperback)
This most recent Transmetropolitan collection takes a distinctly darker turn as Spider and his 'filthy assistants' go underground and Spider's health begins to suffer. More than ever before, Ellis' social commentary on his dystopian City hits close to home. Previous collections have satirized the decadence and sloth of modern American life by exaggerating it in daringly hilarious ways, but _Spider's Thrash_ descends to address modern-day social problems more directly. Although the issue on child prostitution presents a still more corrupt and degraded world than the one we live in now, the issue on the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill and their subsequent homelessness is not exaggerated at all. Ellis' demonic president, The Smiler, also seems creepily relevant to the post-9/11 attack on civil liberties, particularly when Spider quotes the newsfeeds as saying, 'The President is officially 'studying the constitution to protect the people from outmoded language and ideas therein.''If it sounds like this collection gets a bit preachy, it does, and plot continuity suffers as a result. But those of us who have come to know and love Spider and his mad quest for the truth aren't likely to stop reading. As director Darren Aronofsky (_Pi,_ _Requiem for a Dream_) says in his introduction, 'Profanity + anger + revolution + cynicism + drugs + cigarettes + truth + justice - fair = Spider Jerusalem. . . . A true original.' 8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Spider Jerusalem is back....,
By "spongebobdurden" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Transmetropolitan VOL 07: Spider's Thrash (Paperback)
Your friendly neighborhood outlaw journalist is back. Warren Ellis combined the humor of Palahniuk, the prose of Hunter S. Thompson, and the anarchic sensibilities of British punk rock into the greatest comic book character of all time: Spider Jerusalem. The comic is consistently funny, satirical, and eye-opening. Ellis uses the medium for his trademark brand of cynical social criticism...and it shows more than ever in this collection. Spider gives the big F-YOU to the government, and corporate America in this trade. He branches out on his own, publishing his column illegally for no money. This time neither the president nor the paper can censor him. God help us all. I definately recomend this trade to any fans. You must read this, it's Ellis and Robertson at their best.
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Thrash and grab,
By Sam Quixote - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Transmetropolitan Vol. 7: Spiders Thrash (New Edition) (Paperback)
President Callahan's psychotic hounding of Spider Jerusalem continues with the murders of all witnesses who witnessed Callahan's misdemeanours while on the campaign trail. Except this time the murderers stop by to pay Spider a visit too. Spider also finds out there's something wrong with him, and it's not any of the things his filthy assistants would attest to. Confronting his mortality, he sets out anew, posting his "I Hate It Here" columns via rogue site "The Hole".There's also a serious strip called "Business" where Warren Ellis writes about child prostitution and gets political about the social ills of the first world. This might be the most jarring moment in the book as it addresses societal problems within the real world, our world, and shows that the book is more than bowel disruptor jokes or a cynical look at politicians. "Spider's Thrash" is another excellent volume in a series I'm beginning to think doesn't have a poor book in it, every one seems as brilliant as the last. The foreshadowing of Spider's health problems hints at a somewhat downer end to the finale of this series (though I'm re-reading this series so I know it's not all it seems) while the battling between Spider and the Smiler is as enthralling as ever. Anyone reading this is likely a convert already so recommending it is moot but anyone reading this with an interest in comics who hasn't read "Transmetropolitan"? Join the bandwagon, it's comics at its finest. |
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