My first like adult reading book was by Stephen King (then writing as Richard Bachmann) and probably my favorite of his is the Dark Tower series and the way it intertwines with a bunch of his books, including that first book I read which was called Desperation.

Bango Skank is the great lost character from both The Stand and some of Peter Straub's writing (he also did some collaborative work with Stephen King), he leaves graffiti all over the place in various dystopias and in odd places.  From an alternate messed up New York to underneath The Dixie Pig, which is basically a hideout for wicked evil animal people cannibal buttholes.

I don't do it as much anymore but I used to do a lot of little notes in some of my writing indicating that I was basically speaking to the reader.  Sometimes just saying stuff like "Imagine, dear reader, if you will what must have been going through his mind as blah blah blah the shoobity doobity" because I picked it up from reading a ton of King's stuff when I was little.

References include:

"I wonder what happened to Bango Skank...."

"BANGO SKANK AWAITS THE KING!"

""Bango Skank was here" was written on the bridge."

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A Change.Org Petition to Learn His Story
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https://www.change.org/p/tell-bango-skank-s-story

A Deviant Art artist's interpretation of the character
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A Weird Band's Funny Song (Language Warning for the Intro)
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https://bangoskank.bandcamp.com/track/scurvy-busy-idiots-their-bones
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