Transmetropolitan #5

Transmetropolitan #5 arrives in January 1998 under DC's Helix imprint, with a cover by Frank Quitely that says everything about the series' anarchic energy: Spider Jerusalem — tattooed, shades on, nearly undressed — floats in a fetal curl before a massive grid of television screens flickering with skulls, politicians, close-up eyes, pills, and all the glorious noise of modern media. It's a striking visual for an issue titled "What Spider Watches on TV," and Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson, and Rodney Ramos are clearly having a very good time channeling that chaos into something sharp and funny.