History ComicBook / Phonogram

* {{Jerkass}}: As he gleefully says in the first few pages of ''Rue Britannia'', David Kohl is ''such a cock''. (This leads to him being tricked and then beat down by The Goddess, just on principle, before she informs him someone's trying to resurrect Britannia and makes him try and stop it.)

* ItsPopularNowItSucks: Used InUniverse. Since the cast is made up primarily of people who are essentially indie music snobs with magic powers who draw their power from their indie music snobbery, this trope can appear from time to time. The crib sheets suggest that the authors aren't entirely free of this trope either.

''Phonogram'' is a series by Creator/KieronGillen and Jamie [=McKelvie=] that takes MagicMusic into the 21st century. In this universe, pop songs have power and the people who can use it are known as "phonomancers". There have been two series so far. The first, ''Rue Britannia'', follows phonomancer David Kohl's attempts to discover who is trying to resurrect the dead goddess of {{Britpop}}. The second series, ''The Singles Club'', takes place over one evening in a club, each issue viewing the events through the perspective of a different character. Gillen and [=McKelvie=] have announced a third series, ''The Immaterial Girl'', which will follow the character Emily Aster; it spent a long time in DevelopmentHell due to their commitments to other projects, but has been scheduled for release in late 2013.

''Phonogram'' is a series by Creator/KieronGillen and Jamie [=McKelvie=] that takes MagicMusic into the 21st century. In this universe, pop songs have power and the people who can use it are known as "phonomancers". There have been two series so far. The first, ''Rue Britannia'', follows phonomancer David Kohl's attempts to discover who is trying to resurrect the dead goddess of {{Britpop}}. The second series, ''The Singles Club'', takes place over one evening in a club, each issue viewing the events through the perspective of a different character. Gillen and [=McKelvie=] have announced a third series, ''The Immaterial Girl'', which will follow the character Emily Aster; it's currently in DevelopmentHell due to their commitments to other projects.

''Phonogram'' is a series by KieronGillen and Jamie [=McKelvie=] that takes MagicMusic into the 21st century. In this universe, pop songs have power and the people who can use it are known as "phonomancers". There have been two series so far. The first, ''Rue Britannia'', follows phonomancer David Kohl's attempts to discover who is trying to resurrect the dead goddess of {{Britpop}}. The second series, ''The Singles Club'', takes place over one evening in a club, each issue viewing the events through the perspective of a different character. Gillen and [=McKelvie=] have announced a third series, ''The Immaterial Girl'', which will follow the character Emily Aster; it's currently in DevelopmentHell due to their commitments to other projects.

''Phonogram'' is a series by KieronGillen and Jamie [=McKelvie=] that takes {{Magic Music}} into the 21st century. In this universe, pop songs have power and the people who can use it are known as "phonomancers". There have been two series so far. The first, ''Rue Britannia'', follows phonomancer David Kohl's attempts to discover who is trying to resurrect the dead goddess of {{Britpop}}. The second series, ''The Singles Club'', takes place over one evening in a club, each issue viewing the events through the perspective of a different character. Gillen and [=McKelvie=] have announced a third series, ''The Immaterial Girl'', which will follow the character Emily Aster; it's currently in DevelopmentHell due to their commitments to other projects.

''Phonogram'' is a series by Kieron Gillen and Jamie [=McKelvie=] that takes {{Magic Music}} into the 21st century. In this universe, pop songs have power and the people who can use it are known as "phonomancers". There have been two series so far. The first, ''Rue Britannia'', follows phonomancer David Kohl's attempts to discover who is trying to resurrect the dead goddess of {{Britpop}}. The second series, ''The Singles Club'', takes place over one evening in a club, each issue viewing the events through the perspective of a different character. Gillen and [=McKelvie=] have announced a third series, ''The Immaterial Girl'', which will follow the character Emily Aster; it's currently in DevelopmentHell due to their commitments to other projects.

''Phonogram'' is a series by Kieron Gillen and Jamie [=McKelvie=] that takes {{Magic Music}} into the 21st century. In this universe, pop songs have power and the people who can use it are known as "phonomancers". There have been two series so far. The first, ''Rue Britannia'', follows phonomancer David Kohl's attempts to discover who is trying to resurrect the dead goddess of {{Britpop}}. The second series, ''The Singles Club'', takes place over one evening in a club, each issue viewing the events through the perspective of a different character. A third series, ''The Immaterial Girl'', will be completed and released whenever Gillen and [=McKelvie=] can find the time to work on it; it will follow the character Emily Aster.

''Phonogram'' is a series by Kieron Gillen and Jamie [=McKelvie=] that takes {{Magic Music}} into the 21st century. In this universe, pop songs have power and the people who can use it are known as "phonomancers". There have been two series so far. The first, ''Rue Britannia'', follows phonomancer David Kohl's attempts to discover who is trying to resurrect the dead goddess of {{Britpop}}. The second series, ''The Singles Club'', takes place over one evening in a club, each issue viewing the events through the perspective of a different character. A third series, ''The Immaterial Girl'', will be released sometime in 2012, following the character Emily Aster.

''Phonogram'' is a series by Kieron Gillen and Jamie [=McKelvie=] that takes {{Magic Music}} into the twenty-first century. In this universe, pop songs have power and the people who can use it are known as "phonomancers". There have been two series so far. The first, ''Rue Britannia'', follows phonomancer David Kohl's attempts to discover who is trying to resurrect the dead goddess of {{Britpop}}. The second series, ''The Singles Club'', takes place over one evening in a club, each issue viewing the events through the perspective of a different character. A third series, ''The Immaterial Girl'', will be released sometime in 2012, following the character Emily Aster.

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* PerspectiveFlip: ''The Singles Club'', where every issue takes place from the point of view of a different character, features a few of these. For example, one issue involves a girl building up to ask a guy to dance, at which point he brushes her off in a way that makes him seem quite cruel and rude. A later issue takes place from his perspective, which reveals that from ''his'' point of view he's distracted and depressed about something else when she asks, and doesn't intend to be malicious to her.

* BritishEnglish: Well, it's written by two Brits and takes place in Bristol, Bath and London.

''Phonogram'' is a series by Kieron Gillen and Jamie [=McKelvie=] that takes {{Magic Music}} into the twenty-first century. In this universe, pop songs have power and the people who can use it are known as "phonomancers". There have been two series so far (and sadly, it looks like two is all there'll ever be). The first, ''Rue Britannia'', follows phonomancer David Kohl's attempts to discover who is trying to resurrect the dead goddess of {{Britpop}}. The second series, ''The Singles Club'', takes place over one evening in a club, each issue viewing the events through the perspective of a different character. A third series, ''The Immaterial Girl'', will be released sometime in 2012, following the character Emily Aster.

* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Britannia, mod-goddess of Britpop; herself an aspect of The Goddess, who embodies femininity in general.

* {{Jerkass}}: As he gleefully says in the first few pages of ''Rue Britannia'', David Kohl is ''such a cock''. (This leads to him being tricked and then beat down by The Feminine Principle, just on principle, before she informs him someone's trying to resurrect Britannia and makes him try and stop it.)

* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Britannia, mod-goddess of Britpop.

* ItsPopularNowItSucks: Used InUniverse. Since the cast is made up primarily of people who are essentially indie music snobs with magic powers, this trope can appear from time to time. The crib sheets suggest that the authors aren't entirely free of this trope either.

-->WordOfGod: "Her role is to be every model of the strange, exotic, brilliant, life-affirming, sexy, tempestuous, slightly insane girl who you can't believe you're with all the time you were with her."

* NostalgiaAintLikeItUsedToBe[=/=]NostalgiaFilter: The whole point of ''Rue Britannia''; the retromancers are driven by their inability to let go of the music they love and the false youth it gives them, [[spoiler: but in the climax David makes the not-invalid point to the Goddess of Britpop that she's better off being a much-loved relic of the past who accepts that her time has been and gone and she's not relevant anymore, rather than a decaying relic who just keeps on going because she doesn't know how to stop and can't accept that she's irrelevant now.]]

* {{Whatevermancy}}: Phonomancy

''ComicBook/{{Phonogram}}'' is a series by Kieron Gillen and Jamie [=McKelvie=] that takes {{Magic Music}} into the twenty-first century. In this universe, pop songs have power and the people who can use it are known as "phonomancers". There have been two series so far (and sadly, it looks like two is all there'll ever be). The first, ''Rue Britannia'', follows phonomancer David Kohl's attempts to discover who is trying to resurrect the dead goddess of {{Britpop}}. The second series, ''The Singles Club'', takes place over one evening in a club, each issue viewing the events through the perspective of a different character. A third series, ''The Immaterial Girl'', will be released sometime in 2012, following the character Emily Aster.

''ComicBook/{{Phonogram}}'' is a series by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie that takes {{Magic Music}} into the twenty-first century. In this universe, pop songs have power and the people who can use it are known as "phonomancers". There have been two series so far (and sadly, it looks like two is all there'll ever be). The first, ''Rue Britannia'', follows phonomancer David Kohl's attempts to discover who is trying to resurrect the dead goddess of {{Britpop}}. The second series, ''The Singles Club'', takes place over one evening in a club, each issue viewing the events through the perspective of a different character. A third series, ''The Immaterial Girl'', will be released sometime in 2012, following the character Emily Aster.

''ComicBook/{{Phonogram}}'' is a series that takes {{Magic Music}} into the twenty-first century. In this universe, pop songs have power and the people who can use it are known as "phonomancers". There have been two series so far (and sadly, it looks like two is all there'll ever be). The first, ''Rue Britannia'', follows phonomancer David Kohl's attempts to discover who is trying to resurrect the dead goddess of {{Britpop}}. The second series, ''The Singles Club'', takes place over one evening in a club, each issue viewing the events through the perspective of a different character.

* Whatevermancy: Phonomancy

* HollywoodHomely: Invoked and lampshaded by Gillen when it comes to Laura Heaven, who is meant to be shorter, slightly fuller-figured and not quite as attractive as Penny B or Emily Aster. Only as Gillen points out, this is a world drawn by Jamie McKelvie, so 'less attractive is relative'.
* [=~It's Popular, Now It Sucks~=]: Since the cast is made up primarily of people who are essentially indie music snobs with magic powers, this trope can appear from time to time. The crib sheets suggest that the authors aren't entirely free of this trope either.

''{{Phonogram}}'' is a series that takes {{Magic Music}} into the twenty-first century. In this universe, pop songs have power and the people who can use it are known as "phonomancers". There have been two series so far (and sadly, it looks like two is all there'll ever be). The first, ''Rue Britannia'', follows phonomancer David Kohl's attempts to discover who is trying to resurrect the dead goddess of {{Britpop}}. The second series, ''The Singles Club'', takes place over one evening in a club, each issue viewing the events through the perspective of a different character.

''{{Phonogram}}'' is a series that takes {{Magic Music}} into the twenty-first century. In this universe, pop songs have power and the people who can use it are known as "phonomancers". There have been two series so far (and sadly, it looks like two is all there'll ever be). The first, ''Rue Britannia'', follows phonomancer David Kohl's attempts to discover who is trying to resurrect the dead goddess of {{Britpop}}. The second series, ''The Singles Club'', takes place over one evening in a club, each issue viewing the events through the perspective of a different character. Each issue so is jam-packed with references to bands and music that a 'crib sheet' is included in the back. This is often one of the most entertaining bits of the comic, as its tone is very personal and informal.

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* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' do magic at Seth Bingo's club night. Also, don't say GirlsAloud aren't a real band, or he will destroy every thought you've ever had.