Channon Yarrow is a fictional character in Transmetropolitan, a comic book published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics. Physically, Channon is quite tall (we are never told how tall, but she is portrayed as a half a head taller than Spider Jerusalem and a full head taller than Yelena Rossini). Per Spider's orders, Channon ingests medication to give her a genetic trait protecting her from cancer, and takes up chain smoking.
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Channon Yarrow is a fictional character in Transmetropolitan, a comic book published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics. Physically, Channon is quite tall (we are never told how tall, but she is portrayed as a half a head taller than Spider Jerusalem and a full head taller than Yelena Rossini). Per Spider's orders, Channon ingests medication to give her a genetic trait protecting her from cancer, and takes up chain smoking.
Channon begins the series as one of the dancers at a strip club in the Angels 8 district of the city, which is invaded by Spider Jerusalem during the Transient Riots; at this point she appears to have barcode stripes instead of nipples, but later on, (during the Dirge arc) she has normal female nipples. Inspired when Spider quells the riots by broadcasting a live bulletin about it directly to the rest of the City via The Word's feedsite, Channon (who turns out to be a journalism student stripping to pay for school) quits the club and is hired by The Word editor...
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