Transmetropolitan #37

Spider Jerusalem — cigarette dangling from his lips, mismatched red-and-green shades perched on his tattooed head — holds up a copy of The Word newspaper against a graffiti-covered wall in this 2000 Vertigo entry from writer Warren Ellis and artist Darick Robertson. Tim Bradstreet's cover art captures the gonzo journalist in a moment of studied cool, the newspaper's headline "Year Four" adding a wry, self-aware layer to the scene. With "Back to Basics, One of Three" as the story title, issue #37 promises a sharp new arc for one of comics' most singular voices.