Prog 2369 - Turning the World Upside Down

[JayzusB.Christ]

I think the main motivation for these particular panels (broken leg, noosed naked woman, face punches) is more homage to Hammer/giallo films myself, rather than storytelling, or getting in the victim's head. They're all from the perspective of the aggressor, or a voyeur, rather than the victim and are intended to be fetishtic.

Ah, we're just reading it differently. Fair enough.

Sorry if I'm being thick, but in this particular universe, is Johnny Depth an actor but Patrick Bateman a real person, albeit one who looks like the Christian Bale of our universe?

That's my reading of it, yes. (Clive Vista looks like someone famous, as well, but I can't place it.)

Also, because I can't really remember the details of the last few stories, us there a reason why Tyranny Rex looks way more alien than she used to?

No reason given - it looks like a character redesign. We last saw her in prog 2270 - with yellow eyes and some cranial ridges (or perhaps green dreads). Before that she seemed more like a normal humanoid but with a big lizard tail. (Given the milieu, this could be an alt-Rex, of course.)

Thanks! I was wondering.  I would have thought Bateman was a copyrighted character, though I suppose they haven't given his full name yet.