http://www.underhanded.org/blog I'm Bored en http://www.underhanded.org/blog/2005/02/16#transmet Wow. Just wow.<br> <br> A co-worker brought in a compilation of the <a href="http://www.underhanded.org/blog?redirectURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fexec%2Fobidos%2FASIN%2F1563894459%2Funderhandedor-20%2F103-9880356-6038230%3F%255Fencoding%3DUTF8%26camp%3D2025%26link%255Fcode%3Dxm2" onMouseOver="window.status='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1563894459/underhandedor-20/103-9880356-6038230?%5Fencoding=UTF8&camp=2025&link%5Fcode=xm2'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" target="_BLANK">Transmetropolitan</a> comic series. It's not exactly new, but I never really read comics seriously, and never any of the newer more serious ones. Just old comics like Fantastic Four, Green Lantern, Ghost Rider, etc. Not only is it gloriously violent, and in a future worthy of Gibson, but the story just sucks you in.<br><br> For the uninitiated, it centers in the fairly distant future around a Journalist named Spider Jerusalem. He's antisocial, xenophobic, hates dogs, and has probably done every drug he could get his hands on. He gets pulled back into the "City" due to a prior overdue book-deal contract made when years before the main storyline. It centers around him doing investigative journalism on Police corruption, corrupt Presidents, and just going around and pissing off people in general.<br><br> The real fun comes in the world this all takes place in, with cameras everywhere (microscopic even), hyper violent kid's shows (Sex Puppets being a popular one as well), new religions being founded hourly, people genetically blending themselves with "Grey" style aliens, machines getting high on drug attachments, park benches that turn red hot or release deadly virii between 10pm and 6am, and more. Oh yeah, the art is really well done as well, there's quite a few extremely detailed panorama shots.<br><br> Now I need to go and pick up all the issues for myself to read it again.