Superidol

Superidol is a Web Comic written for artbomb.net by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Colleen Doran. Leon, a reporter for a pop culture magazine tells what he sees in a "post-Final Fantasy, post-William Gibson, post-post-ironic western society" where pop culture had run dry and J-Pop was beginning to catch on. The new international sensation is Rei Rei, a computer-generated Idol Singer whose voice was made from 200 voice samples. (Er, sound familiar?) She becomes a phenomenon, a hit with the magazines and on the internet. Everyone wants to be her, boys and girls alike. What happens when a meme complex becomes self-aware?

It can be read here.


 * Apocalyptic Log
 * Evil Diva: Rei Rei.
 * Idol Singer: Rei Rei.
 * Instrumentality
 * Japanese Pop Music
 * Memetic Mutation: Demonized. A cluster of infectious parasitic ideas.
 * New Media Are Evil
 * Political Correctness Gone Mad: In-story; features from every nationality were pulled into the design of Rei Rei so she would appeal to the entire world.
 * Smoking Hot Sex: Between Leon and Nola
 * Tastes Like Diabetes: Rei Rei's music.
 * Virtual Celebrity : Rei Rei
 * The Virus: Rei Rei herself.