Comics Rot Your Brain!
By Steven Bagatourian & Christopher Derrick
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sami
May 6, 2024
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COMICS ROT YOUR BRAIN! is a deep dive into ‘80s comics (plus a few notable exceptions). In this weekly podcast, screenwriters Chris Derrick (STAR TREK: PICARD) & Steven Bagatourian (AMERICAN GUN) discuss favorite books, runs, and creators.
The Bronze Age is — for us — the greatest era in comics history. This time period was defined by a weird rift in the fabric of spacetime that allowed an industry in flux to reimagine what was possible. We all remember the eye-popping results: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, WATCHMEN, CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS, LOVE & ROCKETS, MAUS, etc.
…But what of the lesser-known gems of this era: THRILLER, GRIMJACK, NEXUS, CONCRETE, MR. MONSTER, SCOUT, STRAY TOASTERS, and so many others!? These comics and their creators blazed radical new trails that changed the course of comics forever but often are left out of today’s discourse.
COMICS ROT YOUR BRAIN! exists to celebrate and reckon with the extraordinary legacy of 1980s American comics — all of it.
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17-Year-Old Wunderkind Artist Gives Musty Superhero AWESOME New Costume!
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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STEPHEN R. BISSETTE Interview! Tyrant, Swamp Thing, Taboo, Kubert School, and More!
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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This Artist Made The Most Shocking Marvel Comic Ever, Then Disappeared - UNTAMED (Epic Comics, 1993)
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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The X-Men Comic That Changed Everything: LifeDeath
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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You Will Believe A Man Can DIE… Again & Again
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Before The Terminator came Marvel's KILLER CYBORB | Captain America - The Deathlok Saga
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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The Most Influential Superhero You've Never Heard Of | Milligan & McCarthy's PARADAX!
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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ALIEN LEGION (Epic Comics, 1984) Footsloggers, Soldiers Of Fortune, Priests, Poets, Killers And Cads
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Jul 26, 2025 |
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LOST FORGOTTEN What’s The Deal With Frank Miller’s First Solo ELEKTRA Story
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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REJECTED By The Comics Code! Alan Moore & Kevin O’Neil’s Infamous GREEN LANTERN
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Aliens Transplant MAN’S BRAIN Into MONSTER'S BODY!
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May 17, 2025 |
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CRYB! Interview: LADRÖNN (Final Incal, Sons of El Topo, Metal Hurlant, Cable, The Inhumans)
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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The Greatest Comic of the 00s? - Lewis and Leon's Masterpiece
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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Cloak and Dagger Marvel Comics' Most Underrated Art Team of the 1980s - Rick Leonardi & Terry Austin
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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When The Wind Blows
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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A Poetic Exploration of Fate, Power, and Cycles of Violence
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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The Ultimate SciFi War Story/Space Opera - "Humanity" Explored in Thought Balloons
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Art Deco Retro-Futurism SciFi Mystery Noir and Flying Cars... Welcome to the World of Mister X
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Moebius, Druillet, and... Alex Nino - this Visionary Filipino Genius Is One of the Greatest Comic Book Artist of All Time!
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Marvel Comics' Lost Space Bounty Hunter by Howard Chaykin
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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Our Secret Origins
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Jack Kirby + Osamu Tezuka = Scott McCloud's Insanely Fun SciFi Comics Book Classic
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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The O.G. Video Game system Births a Classic Interstellar SciFi Adventure Comic
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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DC Comics’ Absolutely Psychedelic SUPERMAN & BATMAN As Drawn By TREVOR VON EEDEN Will Blow Your Mind
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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We Have Met The Enemy... And He Is Us! Archie Goodwin & Pepe Moreno's Lost Sci-Fi Classic
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Before DARK KNIGHT and WATCHMEN, DC Comics Published the Most Devilishly FUN Character of the 1980s!
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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After Writing BLACK PANTHER, This MARVELous Scribe Co-Created the FIRST AMERICAN GRAPHIC NOVEL!
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Frank Miller's 1st Choice to Draw BATMAN: YEAR ONE? Meet This Unsung GENIUS ARTIST of '80s Comics!
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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The MOST DANGEROUS Comic Book Ever Published
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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“DIRTY COMMIES!” DC Comics’ OG Superheroes Laid Low by The Red Scare & Rise Again in THE GOLDEN AGE!
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May 16, 2024 |
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Q: Who Was the Inspiration for RORSCHACH in DC Comics' WATCHMEN? A: This FACELESS Urban Vigilante!
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May 02, 2024 |
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The All-Time Wildest Most PSYCHEDELIC Brain-Exploding SciFi Time-Travel COMIC BOOK in Existence
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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That time DC Comics gave HAWKMAN his own BATMAN: YEAR ONE… Katar Hol’s “Dark Knight” of the soul
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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GRENDEL Comic Origins: Who wore the mask of the fiend in “Devil’s Legacy”? …SHE did!
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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What is DC Comics’ most BRUTAL GANGSTER noir dystopian scifi comic book of all time, you ask?
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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NEXUS (Capital Comics, 1981 & First Comics, 1983)
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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Murderous Madman Merrily Massacres Merciless Monsters
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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ALIEN LEGION (Epic Comics, 1984) Part Two
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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ALIEN LEGION (Epic Comics, 1984) Part One
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Zero Episode
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Introducing… COMICS ROT YOUR BRAIN!
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Jan 21, 2024 |