Captain Swing
From doktorsleepless
Captain Swing was one of the earliest examples of a multiple identity or multiple-use name, as later popularised in the 20th Century by the Dadists, Neoists and the Diggers (see “Karen Eliot,” “Monty Cantsin,” “Luther Blissett,” “Emmett Grogan.” Captain Swing was the name signed on many letters and documents during the Swing Riots of 1830 England. These were a series of post-Luddite protests against the industrialisation of agriculture in the rural South and East. The multiple-use name was intended to protect the more violent wing of the protest movement, which was unusually organised. More than a thousand people eventually met some form of punishment in regard to Swing, a number including 19 executions.
More recently, Captain Swing was the name used by a security specialist contributing to the groupblog imminent.sea. His or her true identity (or identities) is unknown.
The name is also being used in the forthcoming CAPTAIN SWING AND THE ELECTRICAL PIRATES OF CINDERY ISLAND[1][2] by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Raulo Caceres. (Most likely unrelated to the usage in Doktor Sleepless)
