To counteract this, Morrison suggested a “wankathon” in the hope of bringing about a magical increase in sales by a mass of fans simultaneously masturbating at a set time.[3] Phil Jiminez taking over art duties, and a more conventional story style in volume 2, may have helped as well.
And before that, there was Fassbinder’s World on a Wire, which features different characters, but parts of the premise - in particular, a simulated world with phones as connections to the “outside”.
And this, in turn, has it’s roots in a 1964 novel called Simulacron-3.
Before The Matrix, there was The Invisibles. Before Morpheus, there was King Mob. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisibles
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And before that, there was Fassbinder’s World on a Wire, which features different characters, but parts of the premise - in particular, a simulated world with phones as connections to the “outside”.
And this, in turn, has it’s roots in a 1964 novel called Simulacron-3.
The trans woman is named Lord Fanny and her focus chapter, fucking She-Man 😭