Let's Read Merry fucking Christmas!

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Well, it's been a while, so I'm going to post a little bit of comics again. And this time I do mean a little bit in a non-ironic way. After all, Christmas is a season of giving, and I give culture and irrigation.

References aside, this year's very special holiday special comic is an issue of Warren Ellis' opus magnum, Transmetropolitan (as I usually remind you, this too is one of the best comics ever made). There is a Christmas special too, but for the time being you'll have to settle for an appetizer, (actual Christmas special issues later on) and have the best mild-mannered journalist ever, Spider Jerusalem, take on religion in the future where nobody is sure of what the goddamn date is!

Now read, or you'll have to show your penis to him.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

 

[Erebus]

Not bad. Rather heavy-handed, but there's an amusing parallel between the last part of the story and Jesus chasing the merchants out of the temple.

 

[Brother None]

Aye, the whole Jesus in the Temple thing got a chuckle out of me, but that's some heavy-handed atheist preaching there. Eh. Still cool.

 

[GreyViper]

Quite entertaining, I like it. Oh a and merry Christmas.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Not bad. Rather heavy-handed, but there's an amusing parallel between the last part of the story and Jesus chasing the merchants out of the temple.

Aye, the whole Jesus in the Temple thing got a chuckle out of me, but that's some heavy-handed atheist preaching there. Eh. Still cool.

Guys, the correct term is angry ranting.

 

[Brother None]

It looks to me like the author using the comic to preach his "insights" into alien visitations (lulz) and the history of religion (which he's wrong on), which to me isn't that interesting or that different from an author preaching theist thinking.

But still fun.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Of course he is doing that, but at least it's advertised as angry ranting.

Incidentally Transmetropolitan is Patrick Stewart's favourite.

 

[evdk]

It looks to me like the author using the comic to preach his "insights" into alien visitations (lulz) and the history of religion (which he's wrong on), which to me isn't that interesting or that different from an author preaching theist thinking.

But still fun.

Ellis was generally using Transmet to preach about lots of things.

 

[Tigranes]

I have to say this one didn't work for me. Unimaginative, overdone in-your-face style, and no intelligent message worth quizzing out beneath. I agree the last bit's Jesus parallel is nice, though.

...Merry fucking Christmas? :D

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

It looks to me like the author using the comic to preach his "insights" into alien visitations (lulz) and the history of religion (which he's wrong on), which to me isn't that interesting or that different from an author preaching theist thinking.

But still fun.

Ellis was generally using Transmet to preach about lots of things.

So far I've preferred his angry ranting style there over his later stuff, it's much more sincere, funny and not annoyingly edgy and nihilistic like, say, Supergod, Black Summer or No Hero. Well, at least not five volumes in yet.

 

[Hellraiser]

I like the Hunter S. Thompson meets Cyberpunk vibe. Also "the truth lies in Nanny reruns" hilarious.

 

[evdk]

So far I've preferred his angry ranting style there over his later stuff, it's much more sincere, funny and not annoyingly edgy and nihilistic like, say, Supergod, Black Summer or No Hero. Well, at least not five volumes in yet.

The problem with the latter volumes is that they are HORRIBLY decompressed. Other than that, Transmet is consistently excellent from start to finish. It's one of the few comics I have actually bothered to buy.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

So far I've preferred his angry ranting style there over his later stuff, it's much more sincere, funny and not annoyingly edgy and nihilistic like, say, Supergod, Black Summer or No Hero. Well, at least not five volumes in yet.

The problem with the latter volumes is that they are HORRIBLY decompressed. Other than that, Transmet is consistently excellent from start to finish. It's one of the few comics I have actually bothered to buy.

Well, it's just another comic in my long list of comics that I've practically devoured since reading the first volume. Previous two where this happened were The Invisibles and Ex Machina, though I was seriously let down by the ending of Ex Machina.

 

[ghostdog]

Transmetropolitan is fantastic, but it needs to be read from the start to get a feel for it.

The setting is a futuristic world where all stupidity, vice, decadence and corruption of today is ten times over (or maybe much less actually, who knows) , and spider is a former idealistic journalist/writer, turned hermit, turned crazy ranting destroyer of everything that remotely annoys him. Everything is over the top here but there's a nice analogy with today's society and at the same time it's a very entertaining romp.

And that reminds me that I need to buy the last three volumes.

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

Torrented it. Didn't regret a thing.

I love Finländare. (Because they introduce me to comics I love)

 

[evdk]

Torrented it. Didn't regret a thing.

I love Finländare. (Because they introduce me to comics I love)

Lazy Swede.

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

I'm too poor to actually buy comics.

 

[Luzur]

Torrented it. Didn't regret a thing.

I love Finländare. (Because they introduce me to comics I love)

Lazy Swede.

why work yourself when a finn can fix it for you?

 

[Holy Cow]

this is good shit. that said, you havent actually posted the christmas issue. neither of them

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

I'm on vacation.

 

[SoupNazi]

Are you back from your vacation yet, false preacher?

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Silence. I am watching television.


(Actually I'm playing Star Trek Online and watching Gankutsuou; I'll post some choice bits tomorrow)

 

[abnaxus]

Warren Ellis >> Grant Morrison.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

As said, I'm just posting choice issues. Transmetropolitan is 10 volumes long and easy to acquire, so go get your own.

This one is my personal favourite issue of the series. Very heavy stuff to read.