Transmetropolitan: Tales of Human Waste [Paperback]

Warren Ellis (Author), Darick Robertson (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2004

Meet Spider Jerusalem, the smart-mouthed, heavily-armed, cigar-smoking gonzo reporter of the future (a sort of cyberpunk Hunter S. Thompson) as he reacquaints himself with his city's fringe elements in this final farewell to Transmetropolitan. This graphic novel features a host of one and two page stories from comics' finest artists, illustrating excerpts from the Word columns of crazed outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem. Swamped with awards and accolades, this is an acclaimed creative line up delivering one final farewell that you won't want to miss!

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Editorial Reviews

Review

"Here is a city filled with every sin you can imagine, and a few that have been imagined for you... Here is the finest, blackest humour, and a sense of justice hissed through gritted teeth" - Garth Ennis; Go! Essex Chronicle: " Ruthlessly satirical, cuttingly funny.." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Warren Ellis has created and written for The Authority, Transmetropolitan, Orbiter, the award-winning Planetary, and the forthcoming Ministry of Space. Darick Robertson is the regular artist and co-creator of Transmetropolitan. He is also the artist on Fury, and creator of Space Beaver. Rodney Ramos has worked on such titles as The Amazing Spider-Man, Green; Lantern and Conan the Barbarian. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Vertigo (October 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401202446
• ISBN-13: 978-1401202446
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #666,289 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

61 of 71 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fitting epilogue to Transmet, December 18, 2004

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Daniel Orlowitz "dokool" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Transmetropolitan: Tales of Human Waste (Paperback)

The above reviewer obviously isn't familiar with the contents of 'Tales of Human Waste' and thus has no right to call himself a fan of the series.

This book, aka Transmetropolitan Book 0, is actually a compilation of two other 'trades': 'I Hate It Here' and 'Filth of the City.' Avid Transmet readers will recognize 'I Hate It Here' as the name of Spider Jerusalem's ficticious column and book. Both IHIH and FotC feature excerpts of Spider's columns with full-page art from various prominent artists, and both books do a lot to give new insight into the world of The City as well as Spider Jerusalem's personal history, including the origin of his tattoos.

With the same great writing from Warren Ellis that we've come to expect as well as a plethora of great art pieces, Tales of Human Waste is the icing on the cake, and shouldn't be missing from any fan's bookshelf.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect compilation for the fans, March 27, 2007

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M. Kreipl (Baltimore, MD, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Transmetropolitan: Tales of Human Waste (Paperback)

In getting into the Transmetropolitan series, I made a bit of a mistake: I bought volume zero, read through it, didn't really get what I was reading, and almost never bought volume one.

I'm glad I went ahead with the series, because it really is quite excellent. You will get almost nothing out of this book unless you've read the first few volumes of Transmet. but once I did I went back and re-read volume zero and really got a lot of enjoyment out of it.

The artwork is fantastic and is a really good addition for fans of Spider Jerusalem and the series.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but not too much to it., October 24, 2008

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P. Fatka (Southern IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Transmetropolitan: Tales of Human Waste (Paperback)

This provides a nice selection of back story material for Spider, but it reprints the "Christmas" story arc from Vol 3, and in general doesn't do more than titillate. Still, worth buying for the serious fan.