Transmetropolitan #17

Spider Jerusalem throws both arms wide in triumphant celebration on this January 1999 Transmetropolitan cover, cigarette dangling from his grin, straw hat perched on his shaved head, and a sun tattoo on his bare stomach — all set against an American-flag backdrop festooned with colorful balloons and the bold proclamation "FOUR MORE BEERS!" Cover art is by Dave Gibbons, whose clean, dynamic linework gives the scene an almost gleeful anarchic energy. Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson, and Rodney Ramos continue their future-city saga with chapter five of "Year of the Bastard," subtitled "Love" — a title that sits deliciously at odds with Spider's chaotic exuberance on display here.