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amnesiack's review against another edition
3.0
Lust for Life often feels more like a series of illustrated rants than a coherent story. This is, perhaps, appropriate for a book with a protagonist like Spider Jerusalem, but it fails to draw me in as a reader. While it provides some interesting details about important characters and the Transmetropolitan world, it still feels like a definite step down from volume 1.
jmoses's review against another edition
5.0
Ellis really hits his stride in this volume. Underneath the wild future stuff and profanity and sex and all the rest, there's a really intriguing world with characters of real depth.
Its also like a highly amusing and hysterical NC17 movie, so there's that, too. I mean, a And one with a legitimate gripe against Jerusalem? Awesome.
Its also like a highly amusing and hysterical NC17 movie, so there's that, too. I mean, a
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castrated, angry, epileptic police dog???theangrystackrat's review
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
mehitabels's review against another edition
5.0
I know I reread Vol. 1 just before this, but didn't mark it down.
How could I not just clench up my guts and love this shit?
How could I not just clench up my guts and love this shit?
adamcagey's review against another edition
4.0
Apparently I'm re-reading this series. Hadn't planned it, it's just happening.
A lot of people first noticed Warren Ellis's writing with this series, and with good reason. It is all-out, thought-driven sci-fi with a nasty edge and a sometimes unlikeable main character. But for all of that, it still has a lot of heart.
Ellis's vision of the future can be fairly dim, but I hesitate to call this dystopia like some reviewers. It's a future where nanotechnology has made anything possible and humans have chosen to do a lot of questionable things with it. Our guide through this future is Spider Jerusalem, a columnist for a popular news site (and maybe an homage to gonzo journalist, Hunter Thompson). He has seen and done it all and yet he is still capable of being knocked flat by the lows and highs of human nature.
Ellis's writing is paired with the art of Darick Robertson, the artist for all 60 issues of the book. Having the same team work on every issue of a run is no small feat in comics and it speaks to the commitment of both creators to the title. Robertson's art is fluid enough to capture the craziness of a future where roving gangs of security werewolves don't make anyone blink, but can also capture the subtlety of any facial expression you care to mention.
And, to top it all off, the book is funny. Hilarious. Funnier than most any other comics I've read ever. Seriously. Oh, and it has a lot of swears.
This series shows that, nearly all evidence to the contrary, sci-fi can work well in comics.
A lot of people first noticed Warren Ellis's writing with this series, and with good reason. It is all-out, thought-driven sci-fi with a nasty edge and a sometimes unlikeable main character. But for all of that, it still has a lot of heart.
Ellis's vision of the future can be fairly dim, but I hesitate to call this dystopia like some reviewers. It's a future where nanotechnology has made anything possible and humans have chosen to do a lot of questionable things with it. Our guide through this future is Spider Jerusalem, a columnist for a popular news site (and maybe an homage to gonzo journalist, Hunter Thompson). He has seen and done it all and yet he is still capable of being knocked flat by the lows and highs of human nature.
Ellis's writing is paired with the art of Darick Robertson, the artist for all 60 issues of the book. Having the same team work on every issue of a run is no small feat in comics and it speaks to the commitment of both creators to the title. Robertson's art is fluid enough to capture the craziness of a future where roving gangs of security werewolves don't make anyone blink, but can also capture the subtlety of any facial expression you care to mention.
And, to top it all off, the book is funny. Hilarious. Funnier than most any other comics I've read ever. Seriously. Oh, and it has a lot of swears.
This series shows that, nearly all evidence to the contrary, sci-fi can work well in comics.
dantastic's review against another edition
4.0
This collects issues 7-12 of Transmetropolitan. Either I got used to the feel or it just reads better than the first volume did. Someone wants Spider dead and he goes on the lam while trying to figure out who is gunning for him.
Like I said, I found this to be much better than the first volume. It didn't feel like it was trying to hard and was a genuinely entertaining story. Spider is still a dickhead but everything happens more organically than the first book.
Like I said, I found this to be much better than the first volume. It didn't feel like it was trying to hard and was a genuinely entertaining story. Spider is still a dickhead but everything happens more organically than the first book.