A basic description of our protagonist Spider Jerusalem would go like this: imagine Hunter S. Thompson in the far future living in self-imposed exile in the mountains. After being threatened with a lawsuit by a book publisher, he returns to the city to restart his journalism career. Soon after arriving in the throbbing metropolis, he uses threats to land a reporting job, and then puts his drug-addled energy and schizoid mind to expose, among other things, the utter rot of religion and the brutality of a government crackdown on human-alien hybrids.
Sound interesting? It most certainly does. Does it deliver? Unfortunately not, for instead of an intriguing character, Spider turns out to be a boring collection of gonzo clichés and juvenile behaviour. In short, this is a disappointing story with spectucular drawings.
2 out of 5 stars
