Alan Moore, who's one of the most brilliant comics creators around, did a project called _V for Vendetta_ which makes explicit reference to Pynchon's first novel. There are also Pynchon references in Moore and Gibbons' _Watchmen_. For Web surfers, you can find more at: http://www.ubalt.edu/www/ygcla/wm/WMStart.html -- Stuart