Book Review: Transmetropolitan Art Book: All Around The World
While not exactly the "Must Buy" of the decade, it is a swell blast-from-the-past this collection of pin-up art (and a smattering of writing) could suitably provide, along with forwards written by Warren Ellis and the series' artist Darick Robertson - the TRANSMETROPOLITAN Art Book makes a decent addition to your Helix+Vertigo-imprint comicbook collection. Outside of the fans of the seminal-book? Folks might gawk at the artwork but not necessarily fall head-over-heels in love with it, IMHO. I tried to, I really did, but alas I had failed in my task, and I hold before me a mish-mash collection (hence the term "art book") of imagery ranging from indie art-starlets to costly (which I am sure only Spider Jerusalem himself would garner a snicker at) clasped between a hardcover. Kudos for having it published tho (least I sound more like the ungrateful wretch that I not doubt sound like now).
The price for the book was US$50 (which was donated to CBLDF aka "Comic Book Legal Defense Fund") and the shipping costs came up to an additional US$50.25 to Singapore. It seemed to be a fine expenditure when I first clicked on the online purchase button tho… Regardless of my own personal tastes and expectations, here are a smattering of cropped imagery to tantalize but not reveal anything beyond the previews. Grab it if you can get it at a better price (and be able to donate to the cause while you're at it), but not the shipping overseas, which made it less than splendid, in my humble bookcase.
Find out more about the book's origins and contributors here and here. And order the book online via http://cbldf.myshopify.com.
