Comments on: Still Looking for Revamped Transmetropolitan http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/06/17/still-looking-for-revamped-transmetropolitan/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:42:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jason Michelitch http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/06/17/still-looking-for-revamped-transmetropolitan/comment-page-1/#comment-95936 Jason Michelitch Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:34:31 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/06/17/still-looking-for-revamped-transmetropolitan/#comment-95936 There was some of Blair in the Smiler, no doubt, but the broad plot strokes of the election storyline were based very much on Hunter S. Thompson's FEAR AND LOATHING ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL '72, about the 1972 Democratic Primary and the McGovern-Nixon election. It's all twisted up, of course, which is what makes it fiction, but you can find a lot of parallels between the two works, and see clearly in some places where Ellis was inspired. Visually, if you look at The Beast (the sitting President in Transmetropolitan), he's clearly Nixon, and The Smiler is Blair by way of an evil Bobby Kennedy. There was some of Blair in the Smiler, no doubt, but the broad plot strokes of the election storyline were based very much on Hunter S. Thompson’s FEAR AND LOATHING ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL ‘72, about the 1972 Democratic Primary and the McGovern-Nixon election. It’s all twisted up, of course, which is what makes it fiction, but you can find a lot of parallels between the two works, and see clearly in some places where Ellis was inspired.

Visually, if you look at The Beast (the sitting President in Transmetropolitan), he’s clearly Nixon, and The Smiler is Blair by way of an evil Bobby Kennedy.

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/06/17/still-looking-for-revamped-transmetropolitan/comment-page-1/#comment-95678 Johanna Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:55:11 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/06/17/still-looking-for-revamped-transmetropolitan/#comment-95678 Hunh, it never occurred to me to look there. Thanks! Jason, really? I thought there was a lot of talk about the then-current British elections. Hunh, it never occurred to me to look there. Thanks!

Jason, really? I thought there was a lot of talk about the then-current British elections.

]]> By: Greg McElhatton http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/06/17/still-looking-for-revamped-transmetropolitan/comment-page-1/#comment-95619 Greg McElhatton Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:21:28 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/06/17/still-looking-for-revamped-transmetropolitan/#comment-95619 It's now scheduled for a January 2009 release, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1401220843/?tag=comicsworthreadi" rel="nofollow">per Amazon</a> (which recently added on a whole slew of DC solicitations). It’s now scheduled for a January 2009 release, per Amazon (which recently added on a whole slew of DC solicitations).

]]> By: Pedro Tejeda http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/06/17/still-looking-for-revamped-transmetropolitan/comment-page-1/#comment-95580 Pedro Tejeda Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:55:39 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/06/17/still-looking-for-revamped-transmetropolitan/#comment-95580 I been a personal fan of the first half of transmetropolitian, but the book falls apart in the second half, turning into what amounts to a very shallow superhero book in a fantastic multifaceted world. It's still strong enough as a work that it's a shame you haven't gotten a chance to read it yet. I been a personal fan of the first half of transmetropolitian, but the book falls apart in the second half, turning into what amounts to a very shallow superhero book in a fantastic multifaceted world.

It’s still strong enough as a work that it’s a shame you haven’t gotten a chance to read it yet.

]]> By: Jason Michelitch http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/06/17/still-looking-for-revamped-transmetropolitan/comment-page-1/#comment-95556 Jason Michelitch Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:42:33 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/06/17/still-looking-for-revamped-transmetropolitan/#comment-95556 For what it's worth, the actual election he was most directly fictionalizing was in 1972, so it's been over for quite a while... For what it’s worth, the actual election he was most directly fictionalizing was in 1972, so it’s been over for quite a while…

]]> By: Craig Welsh http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/06/17/still-looking-for-revamped-transmetropolitan/comment-page-1/#comment-95554 Craig Welsh Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:39:54 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/06/17/still-looking-for-revamped-transmetropolitan/#comment-95554 I own all the original singles, but I'd love to have a nice series of collected editions. I keep hoping that maybe they're holding off to see how the Starman Omnibus do and then repackage Transmet into that format if it's successful. Three to five books is more than enough, not the 10 or so that are currently out there.... I own all the original singles, but I’d love to have a nice series of collected editions. I keep hoping that maybe they’re holding off to see how the Starman Omnibus do and then repackage Transmet into that format if it’s successful.

Three to five books is more than enough, not the 10 or so that are currently out there….

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