September 1999
Writer: Warren Ellis
Artist: Darick Robertson

Reviewed by Sidra Roberts

Well, Warren Ellis has done it again! He's started off year three of Transmetropolitan with a twisted bang! If you've ever laid up at night wondering what does the author of the column "I Hate This Place", Spider Jerusalem, think about death, this latest issues gives you your answer.

In the previous issue of Transmetropolitan the presidential elections fell to a murderous worm, who hates all the people he's about it govern. In this issue of Transmetropolitan-- in the wake of the loss of viewership due to the end of the elections the news vultures are doing a series of celebrity interviews on death in increase their Neilson ratings. Due to Spider's popularity, he is chosen as one of the celebrities paid to do this series. Spider spills his anecdotal feelings on death, the humor in death, the sick, twisted irony accrued in death, politics(what would Transmetropolitan be without them), and last but not least how Spider himself would like to die. In true Spider Jerusalem fashion, Spider paints an odd, perverse set of examples, followed by a small comment about how he would like to go back up to his mountain and ignore the peons and politics of this god forsaken city.

Warren Ellis's sheer brilliance with this series has lasted through each and every issue. Each one is an absolute pleasure to pick up, if you have an odd sense of humor and a very warped mind. The art is absolutely beautifully matched to the story. Darick Robertson's wonderful grasp of perspective and story telling through art only heightens the absolute genius of Transmetropolitan. I highly recommend Transmetropolitan as the best comic in the current industry. Pick up this issue and the back issues, if you don't have them, at your local comic shop. I do however caution you-- this book isn't for small children, pre-teens, or the very sensitive. This book earns its "Suggested for Mature Reader" tag on the cover.