Gibson has a long history of describing his characters in terms of their likeness to pop culture icons. Nothing wrong with that. There is a solid tradition of this literary short-cut (e.g. Ian Fleming's description of James Bond in terms of him resemblance to Hoagy Carmichael) and in Gibson's case it makes particular sense. One of Gibson's most fundamental and recurrent themes is the impact of the 'mediated world' on the 'real world' (if, that is, there can be any distinction between the two). So what better way to reference his 'real' characters than by comparing them to ubiquitous media constructs.
Since I usually look up the descriptive references at some point in the re-reading process I figured I'd post those here as well. A little to the left of the original intent of this project, but I suppose these are also connections.
It would be interesting to check to see if he has used the same descriptive reference for two different characters...
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