Favorite books? The ones that pop up immediately are Vurt by Jeff Noon, Snowcrash & The Diamond Age by Neil Stephenson, pretty much anything by Philip K. Dick and The Stand by Stephen King.

Outside of novels and in the world of comics, Grant Morrison's early work, especially Doom Patrol, Arkham Asylum and Flex Mentallo, was a HUGE influence as well as Warren ellis's Transmetropolitan.

Jumping over to film, my God, there are way too many to mention...The Vengeance Trilogy, especially Lady Vengeance, by Park Chan Wook had a massive impact on me. Also, anything by Takashi Miike, Shinya Tsukamoto, the Battle Royale film by Kinji Fukasaku, the original NOTLD by George Romero, anything by Danny Boyle....early Oliver Stone...City of Lost Children, Le Jette....really, there is just too many...Last Life in the Universe was a big one too....

Television has been pretty major as well, but if I get into that, this answer is going to quadruple in length from what it already is and I'm not really sure if that's what your asking anyway, so I'm gonna play it safe and call it quits here. Thanks for the question!

- J