Comics Syllabus

Images at MultiversityComics.com or here: http://wp.me/p42KN3-EsC (starting 7/11/17) On this week's Comics Syllabus podcast, Paul and this episode's co-host Johnny Hall discuss "Transmetropolitan" by Warren Ellis (w), Darick Robertson (p), Rodney Ramos (i), Nathan Eyring (c), looking closely at the start of volume 3, "The Year of the Bastard" (DC/Vertigo; originally DC/Helix), originally published starting Sept, 1998. On the 20th anniversary of Transmetropolitan's debut, they dig deep into the social and political commentary of this landmark series, how Spider Jerusalem calls forth Hunter S. Thompson for contemporary times, and the prescience of Ellis and Robertson's dark comic vision of the future (or present?). But first, in the opening "General Ed" segment, Johnny and Paul talk about their lists of some "Best Comics of 2017 So Far," a non-comprehensive but wide-ranging list of some of the comics they've most appreciated in the year. They also review similar lists from AV