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Comics

  • Jason Blood arrives in Baton Rouge in Swamp Thing predicting a bizarre death, much the same way Woland arrives in Moscow. "There is nothing to be done. It is written. Selena has already decided not to buy the lawn furniture."

Literature

  • In Black Man, the factory raft Marsalis and Rovayo visit is called Bulgakov's Cat.
  • In A Song of Ice and Fire, Tyrion Lannister has one green eye and one black one like Woland.

Music

  • Franz Ferdinand: "Love and Destroy" is based on the plot of The Master and Margarita.
  • Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones: The song "Sympathy for the Devil" is inspired by The Master and Margarita's depiction of Satan.
  • The World/Inferno Friendship Society's website has a page spinning an elaborate tale about the forming of the band, which includes a mischievous talking cat with a taste for vodka and an elaborate Ball held by the Devil.

Theatre

  • Pavel Khomsky's Russian production of Jesus Christ Superstar directly quotes dialogue from the Pilate scenes in places.

Web Comics

  • In The Wotch, the editor of the school newspaper is called Ivan Bezdomny.

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