Transmetropolitan #4

Spider Jerusalem bursts across this 2021 DC Vertigo collection, rendered in Darick Robertson's kinetic pencils and inks as a hulking, shaven-headed force of chaos stomping through a dense, chaotic cityscape teeming with crowds, protest signs, and urban mayhem in every direction. Warren Ellis's pitch-black satirical world feels alive and anarchic even on the cover alone, and an introduction by Darren Aronofsky adds an intriguing outside perspective to the collection. If you've been looking for a way into — or back into — this gloriously unhinged vision of the future, Book Four is a fine place to land.