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* In the graphic novel ''Johnny the Homicidal Maniac'' by Jhonen Vasquez, the band "Nine Inch Heels" is referenced several times. The logo is very similar to that of Nine Inch Nails.
* Trent and Nine Inch Nails are mentioned several times in the novel ''Glamorama'' by Bret Easton Ellis. Protagonist Victor Ward makes reference to "Hurt" specifically.
* Jennifer Egan has referenced Nine Inch Nails in her books novels "Look at Me," and "A Visit from the Goon Squad." In "Look at Me," one of the characters calls NIN a "metal" band and says she loathes them. This could be just considered the voice of her character, but in "A Visit from the Goon Squad," Egan uses NIN as part of what seems to be a general statement on the techno-against technological advances of in society and the marketing of all music to the young (as opposed to the music she rants and raves aboutseems to write with sentimentality for: 70's punk.) In the final chapter of "Goon Squad," Egan writes a future where every talks in baby-like babyish text-speak on iPhone like devices that resemble iPhones and Nine Inch Nails has a song for children called "Ga-Ga."
* In the webcomic ''[http://www.pholph.com JACK],'' many of the story arcs have lines or names that reference Nine Inch Nails as well as other bands that the author, David Hopkins, has an affinity for (such as Pink Floyd). Some of the references are the stories "The Mark Has Been Made" and "[[Twist]]" as well as the arc "Hell Is That Noise" which is acknowledged as a "Tribute to NIN" and includes song titles and lyrics taken from ''The Fragile'' in order to form a story about a soldier during "The Great Trench War" (a fictional equivalent to WWI) who commits suicide after finding out his wife had hung herself while he was away after the deaths of her three newborn children; his journey through Hell to find her; and his outright refusal of the truth when he finds it.
*A young soldier in the comic strip ''Doonesbury'' lost most of his hearing due to listening to too much Nine Inch Nails music before he was severely injured in Iraq. His hearing loss was "[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/db/2008/db080128.gif worth it]!"