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[[File:twostepgn_9285.jpg|frame|He's a Zen gangster. She's a bored camgirl. [[They Fight Crime|They don't fight crime]].]]
 
{{quote| '''Rosi:''' "Listen, you. I've been camming London every day for years. It's dull."<br />
'''Tony:''' "Oh, what crap. You know what your problem is? You spend all day looking for something, and life just doesn't work like that. Sometimes, you just have to let life happen." }}
 
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The series was finally collected, along with original artwork and Warren Ellis' script, in November 2010, and is published by [[Wildstorm Comics]].
 
Warning: {{Unmarked spoilers below.Spoilers}}
 
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{{tropelist}}
These comic books provide examples of:
* [[Absurdly Cool City]]
* [[Action Girl]]: Rosi.
* [[Badass in Aa Nice Suit]]: Tony.
* [[Battle Couple]]
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]
* [[Biker Babe]]: Rosi again.
* [[Black Comedy Rape]]
* [[Camera Fiend]]: Rosi rarely if ever stops recording and live broadcasting, [[Is This Thing Still On?|which occasionally gets her (and others) in trouble]].
* [[Casual Danger Dialogue]]: Exchanging Zen parables while speeding through freeway traffic on a Vespa and shooting at a a truck full of pursuing mobsters? Oh yes.
* [[The City]]
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* [[Cool Bike]]: Rosi's Vespa.
* [[Crash Into Hello]]: The second time our heroes meet.
* [[Dark -Skinned Redhead]]: Rosi.
* [[Electronic Eyes]]: Rosi, although whether her eyecam is physically a part of her is unclear.
* [[False Camera Effects]]
* [[Fantastic Romance]]
* [[Fire -Forged Friends]]
* [[Freudian Slip]]:
{{quote| '''Tony:''' "Nothing's happened. You're still beautiful. I mean I'm still beautiful."}}
* [[Gag Penis]]: The Quarry gang have a pathological need to be the most well-endowed gang in London. Even if it means getting their "equipment" specially made to be the size of a large brass instrument that plays ''Ride of the Valkyries'' when aroused.
* [[Gang of Hats]]: The Quarry gang.
* [[Guns Akimbo]]: Tony.
* [[Indy Ploy]]: Tony wants to trust in the moment. Rosi has a better idea — at the last possible second.
* [[In -Universe Camera]]: In the form of Rosi, the camgirl.
* [[Is This Thing Still On|Is This Thing Still On?]]: Tony is not happy to discover that Rosi was broacasting his criminal activities to the world.
* [[Ironic Death]]
* [[Jade -Colored Glasses]]: Rosi sees the world through these (at first).
* [[London Gangster]]: Tony.
* [[Male Gaze]]: Rosi's hovercam can't seem to keep off of her rear end. Meanwhile, Rosi's eyecam can't seem to keep off of [[Female Gaze|Tony's]].
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Ling" means "zero", an important principle in Zen philosophy.
* [[Meat O Vision|Meat-O-Vision]]: Ron of the Quarry gang sees his victims as cars. Sexy, sexy cars.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Rosi Blades.
* [[Necktie Leash]]
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