Transmetropolitan #47

Spider Jerusalem — tattooed, shirtless, cigarette dangling from his lips and those signature tinted shades perched on his nose — hunches forward in classic chaotic form while a bulldog gleefully tugs at his pants from behind, a laptop, a bottle of Virgin Cola, and scattered debris littering the ground around him. The giant yellow smiley face looming in the background gives the whole scene a darkly comedic edge that perfectly captures Warren Ellis's vision of this beautifully deranged future. J. G. Jones's cover work for this September 2001 Vertigo issue is rendered with sharp, expressive detail that makes it impossible to look away.