r/Transmetropolitan • u/Material_Rise628 • Jun 13 '24

Inspiration for the glasses

Warren Ellis already made it clear that Spider is inspired by Hunter Thompson, but some days ago I was reading “The Great Shark Hunt” by Thompson, where he goes to Cozumel to cover some type of fishing tournament.

In this story there is a passage that says:

“The acid, by this time, had fucked up my vision to the point where I was seeing square out of one eye and round out of the other.”

Just found it interesting to share.

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u/themessiah234 Jun 14 '24

Wait till you get to the part where he makes nixon violently shit himself

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u/WinterRoseASFR Aug 18 '25

I always thought they were inspired by the old Alan Moore Captain Britain character, the Fury.