Transmetropolitan #31

Spider Jerusalem — bald, tattooed, cigarette in hand, peering through a window frame at the viewer with that unsettling, self-satisfied grin — anchors this striking March 2000 issue of Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson's Vertigo series, with cover art by Jaime Hernandez giving the gonzo journalist an unusually quiet, almost contemplative menace. Scattered debris on the floor around him hints at chaos, yet Spider himself seems perfectly at ease, which is somehow more unnerving. The issue also boasts guest contributions to Spider's in-world "mind and television set" from Bryan Hitch, Frank Quitely, Eduardo Risso, Kieron Dwyer, and Lea Hernandez, making "Nobody Loves Me" a genuinely packed installment.