After years of self-imposed exile, cynical journalist Spider Jerusalem is forced to return to a job that he hates and a city that he loathes. Working as an investigative reporter for the newspaper The Word, Spider attacks the injustices of his surreal 21st century surroundings.
Starting with the story "The Scum", Spider Jerusalem learns of the vicious murder of political consultant Vita Severn, one of the few people that he liked. Moving into thrilling stories like "Lonely City" and more—Absolute Transmetropolitan Vol. 2 picks up where Volume 1 leaves off, collecting the exciting stories found in Transmetropolitan #19-39, Vertigo: Winter's Edge #3, and Transmetropolitan: Filfth of the City #1!
Warren Ellis is the award-winning writer of Transmetropolitan, Planetary, The Authority, and the writer and co-creator of the graphic novel RED, which was the basis of two major motion pictures. He is also the author of the NYT-bestselling novels Gun Machine and Crooked Little Vein. His newest publication is the digital short-story single Dead Pig Collector, from FSG Originals.
His awards and recognitions include the NUIG Literary and Debating Society’s President’s Medal for service to freedom of speech, the Eagle Awards Roll Of Honour for lifetime achievement in the field of comics & graphic novels, the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2010, the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, and the International Horror Guild Award for illustrated narrative.
Ellis lives outside London, on the south-east coast of England, in case he needs to make a quick getaway.