Source: suwalla.com

2. Spider Jerusalem

(Transmetropolitan, Vertigo)

Uh, maybe you guys would want to go check out Transmetropolitan right about now. It’s really, really good but also, like, I dunno, maybe relevant?

A beloved drug addict, alcoholic, and columnist, Spider Jersusalem abandoned the city to live life as a recluse. But when he was told that he still owed his publisher two more books, he had to get back on the streets and start reporting again. Unfortunately, the antisocial and uncaring president nicknamed The Beast was ousted from office, and Gary “The Smiler” Callahan replaced him.

The Smiler was one of the most evil villains in anything I’ve ever read, and Spider had to topple him through nothing but cold, hard journalism. I give Transmet a re-read almost once a year, and it’s easily one of the best comics of all time and an underrated masterpiece. And Spider was a stone cold badass who would do anything to get the story.

Also he was suuuuuuuuper heavily based on real writer (and my namesake, oddly enough) Hunter S. Thompson, and not mentioning that would be dumb.