#10 in Comics
Transmetropolitan
- 136
- Pages
- about 2.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Transmetropolitan” turns a foul-mouthed gonzo journalist loose on a garish city of the future and makes satire of our own society out of his rage. The world built by Ellis and the artist Darick Robertson is packed with invention, and readers who take to Spider Jerusalem find the comic very funny in a deliberately revolting way. Some consider the vulgarity tedious and the hero merely annoying, and some do not warm to the art.
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About the book
Transmetropolitan is a cyberpunk transhumanist comic book series written by Warren Ellis and drawn by Darick Robertson, and was published by the American company DC Comics in 1997–2002. The series was originally part of the short-lived DC Comics imprint Helix, but upon the end of the book's first year the series was moved to the Vertigo imprint after DC Comics shut down their Helix imprint. Transmetropolitan chronicles the battles of Spider Jerusalem, an infamous renegade gonzo journalist of the future.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.5 across 182 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 55% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Comics average of 8.5. That is how 8.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.9 | 7 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 8.5 | 175 | 96% |
Frequently asked
How long is Transmetropolitan?
It has 136 pages — shorter than 82% of the ranked books in Comics.
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