Transmetropolitan - Totally forgot to post this one!

Are there any prominent symbols in the story?
If so what are they and how are they used?

Both parts of his name seem like they are representative and are used symbolically. Spiders are creatures that have very obvious symbolism. The idea of a ‘spider’s web’ is particularly pertinent to a journalist. Who has to connect the dots to from some larger picture to write about while crawling through the underside of the city. He is only a small player in a much larger game, but much like spiders, their reputation is far more powerful than their actual physical size. He represents something that is greater than himself, his words inflicting more damage than any physical threat he could really impose. Jerusalem is an interesting choice for a name too, the City a religious center and in biblical terms, a perfect city of God. It is of great contrast to Spider’s character and almost funny consider how dramatically the city has fallen but seems appropriate consider his ultimate intentions. He seems to be, as far as I can tell from this first book, a sort of Messiah figure.

What connections did you make the story?
Discuss the elements of the work with which you were able to connect.

I think I connected most with the bustle of the city. Not in a way that was necessarily similar in its extremes but in the constant claustrophobic bustle of people that flood cities and the ways in which everyone goes about the daily life, spending hours sitting in a car to get somewhere they don’t really want to be. I also find with all the crap going on at the moment with the US political system and Trump’s reaction to ‘Aliens’ it is a scary mirror to what I hope never comes to pass in humanity's future.

What changes would you make to adapt this story into another medium? What medium would you use? What changes would you make?

I feel like this would fit well in a live action world with a good amount of well integrated CG. I can see similarities in what they did with Watchmen, a world that still feels very “comic book” but creates a world around it that feels natural. You need to be able to feel the claustrophobia of the city and the dirt that inhabits its world, you need to feel the shittyness of it all and how he fits into that world and how in some weird way he thrives (as much as he would hate to admit it) on the crappiness of it all. would suit it well but I think I see a closer resemblance to what is currently being done with ‘Deadpool’.

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