It is that image of collective identification and simultaneous anonymity that is appealing to Anonymous and other groups, says Rich Johnston, a commentator on the world of comics.

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Alas I am not a designer, I am merely a writer but, I can still perhaps help paint the picture in your collective heads by showing you the following image I found via Google Images.

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Perhaps my favorite image in that chapter, rather too solemnly titled "Collective Use, " concerns the crowded roof of the Standard New York hotel in the meatpacking district.

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