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''[[Superidol]]'' is a [[Web Comic]] written for [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105114155/http://www.artbomb.net/home.jsp 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. ([[Vocaloid|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?

''[[Superidol]]'' is a [[Web Comic]] written for [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105114155/http://www.artbomb.net/home.jsp 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. ([[Vocaloid|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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104044858/http://www.artbomb.net/comics/superidol.jsp here].