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.

Tropes used in Superidol include:

• 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.