A review by jakekilroy
Transmetropolitan Vol. 1: Back on the Street by Warren Ellis

4.0

This builds out a world that is somehow both insane and familiar, and it does so in a way that's as seamless as it is chaotic. Who doesn't love a resolute truth-teller in a mad, mad world? Isn't it better if he relishes in it with a sharp, wry grin, knowing that what he preaches borders on parody? Taking the energy of Hunter S. Thompson and throwing him into a dystopian sci-fi metropolis is a treat of a concept, and it's made all the better by the protagonist having more fun than anybody, even at his screwball lowest. He's got history, humor, and heart, and he's brashly aglow with journalistic integrity, but it's surely padded with a whole lotta antics and rants as well. Simply delighted to be here.