History ComicBook / Phonogram

** Seth Bingo has several: Do ''not'' do magic at his club night. Do not request records with male vocals or Music/ThePipettes' "Pull Shapes". Also, don't say Music/GirlsAloud aren't a real band, or he will destroy every thought you've ever had.

** Seth Bingo has several: Do ''not'' do magic at his club night. Do not request records with male vocals or The Pipettes' "Pull Shapes". Also, don't say Music/GirlsAloud aren't a real band, or he will destroy every thought you've ever had.

** When she's making up her deal with The King Behind The Screen, Claire flips a coin to decide which of the above David's sacrifice her relationship with.

** When she's making up her deal with The King Behind The Screen, Claire flips a coin to decide which of the above David's to use as a sacrifice.

* AnachronismStew: Invoked and lampshaded in "The Immaterial Girl": at an important point in the fifth issue, David Kohl summons and uses [[spoiler: Jay-Z and Alicia Keys's "Empire State of Mind"]] for phonomancy-reasons despite the fact that it hasn't been written or recorded at the time the story takes place. How? It's magic.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Basically the whole younger generation, though its mostly subtext [[spoiler: except for Laura]].

* ArtShift: In issue #2 of ''Immaterial Girl'', which takes place mostly in the video for "Take On Me" by a-ha.

--> '''Young Claire''' I'm not going to end up like '''either''' of you. I'm not going to be a slapper or a silly goth girl. [[BadassBoast I'm going to be better than that. I'm going to be]] ''[[BadassBoast amazing.]]'' *Young Claire's [[UhOhEyes glow white]] and speech bubbles turn black with white text* [[GetOut I BANISH YOU! BEGONE! RETURN TO WHENCE YOU CAME!]]

--> '''Young Claire''' I'm not going to end up like '''either''' of you. I'm not going to be a slapper or a silly goth girl. [[BadassBoast I'm going to be better than that. I'm going to be]] ''[[BadassBoast amazing.]]'' *Young Claire's [[UhOhEyes glow white]] and speech bubbles turn black with white text* [[GetOut I BANISH YOU! BEGONE! RETURN FROM WHENCE YOU CAME!]]

--> '''Young Claire''' I'm not going to end up like '''either''' of you. I'm not going to be a slapper or a silly goth girl. [[BadassBoast I'm going to be better than that. I'm going to be]] ''[[BadassBoast amazing.]]'' *Young Claire's [[UhOhEyes glow white]] and speech bubbles turn black with white text* [[GetOut I BANISH YOU! BEGONE!]]

* BiTheDay: Emily and Laura.

''Phonogram'' is a series of comic book miniseries by Creator/KieronGillen and Creator/JamieMcKelvie 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". The first miniseries, ''Rue Britannia'', serialised in 2006-7, follows phonomancer David Kohl's attempts to discover who is trying to resurrect the dead goddess of {{Britpop}}. The second series, ''The Singles Club'', serialised in 2008-10, takes place over one evening in a club, each issue viewing the events through the perspective of a different character. Gillen and [=McKelvie=] then announced a third series, ''The Immaterial Girl'', which follows the character Emily Aster; thanks to both creators' work for Creator/MarvelComics, it spent several years in DevelopmentHell, but was finally published starting in August 2015.

* GenerationXerox: The end of ''The Immaterial Girl'' [[spoiler: reveals that the younger phonomancers are planning to start their own coven to replace the one that's just dissolved, with the implication that things will probably end more-or-less the same in a few years.]]

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "I! FUCKING! HATE! KULA! SHAKER!"

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

* EndOfAnEra: ''The Immaterial Girl'' deals with this among the London Phonomancer community. Everyone starts to realize that they've been wasting their time and haven't done anything worthwhile. The coven is disbanded, David decides to use all the power he got from killing Brittannia to [[spoiler: send Kid-With-Knife to New York]], and Emily and Claire make peace with one another. The finality is cemented when Emily wakes up in her bathroom and finds a text from David telling her about [[spoiler: Music/MichaelJackson Michael Jackson's death]].

* VitriolicBestBuds: Seth Bingo and Silent Girl.
** David Kohl and Emily Aster.

-->'''David (texting Emily):''' [[spoiler: [[Music/MichaelJackson Jaconson's]] dead.]]

''Phonogram'' is a comic book by Creator/KieronGillen and Creator/JamieMcKelvie 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=] announced a third series, ''The Immaterial Girl'', which follows the character Emily Aster; thanks to both creators' work for Creator/MarvelComics, it spent several years in DevelopmentHell, but was finally published starting in August 2015.

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.

* AnachronismStew: Invoked and lampshaded in "The Immaterial Girl": at an important point in the fifth issue, David Kohl summons and uses [[spoiler: Jay-Z and Alicia Kay's "Empire State of Mind"]] for phonomancy-reasons despite the fact that it hasn't been written or recorded at the time the story takes place. How? It's magic.

* AscendedExtra: The Libertines fan David Kohl encountered in ''Rue Brittania'' returns in ''The Immaterial Girl'' as Emily Aster's "apprentice-cum-serf."

* ShoutOut: No ''duh''. Pretty much any obscure indie act or any British act you can think of is referenced in ''some'' capacity, from the ManicStreetPreachers to Elastica to the Long Blondes and beyond. Fortunately, there's an index at the end of each issue (and at the back of the collected editions) to help explain every reference made in the event it goes over the head of the uninformed reader.

* EvilTwin: Played with in "The Immaterial Girl". [[spoiler: Claire initially seems set up to be this to Emily, but the point is clearly made that Claire is merely an alternative side of Emily's personality (specifically, the side of her that is inclined to be a Goth Chick rather than a Material Girl) rather than being evil and, while she spitefully sets out to destroy Emily's life, her vindictiveness is far from unjustified. In fact, given how cruel, aloof and callous we've seen Emily be, ''she'' arguably has more claim to be the 'evil' side of the personality than Claire does.]]

* EvilTwin: Played with in "The Immaterial Girl". [[spoiler: Claire initially seems set up to be this to Emily, but the point is clearly made that Claire is merely an alternative side of Emily's personality (specifically, the side of her that is inclined to be a Goth Chick rather than a Material Girl) rather than being evil and, while she spitefully sets out to destroy Emily's life, her vindictiveness is far from unwarranted. In fact, given how cruel, aloof and callous we've seen Emily be, ''she'' arguably has more claim to be the 'evil' side of the personality than Claire does.]]

* AnachronismStew: Invoked and lampshaded in "The Immaterial Girl": at an important point in the fifth issue, David Kohl summons and uses [[spoiler: Jay-Z and Alicia Kay's "Empire State of Mind"]] for phonomancy-reasons despite the fact that it hasn't been written or recorded at the point the story takes place. How? It's magic.

** Deconstructed in the third volume: After [[spoiler: Claire-as-Emily dissolves the coven]] David begins to wonder what to do next, coming to the gradual realisation that always being a pretentious music snob is maybe not an entirely productive or mature way to live your life, even if it does come with magic powers.

* AnachronismStew: Invoked and lampshaded in "The Immaterial Girl": at an important point in the fifth issue, David Kohl summons and uses [[spoiler: Jay-Z and Alicia Kay's "Empire State of Mind"]] for phonomancy-reasons despite the fact that it hasn't been written or recorded at the point the story takes place. It's magic.