A HEROIC DOSE of the Most *PSYCHEDELIC* Comic Book Ever!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- Steven and Chris set sail on a trippy voyage through time and space with the deeply weird AZTEC ACE (published by Eclipse Comics in 1984), brought to you by the crackerjack team of Doug Moench, Mike Hernandez (a.k.a. Michael Bair), Dan Day, and Nestor Redondo. Join in on all of the hallucinatory hijinks and entheogenic comic book madness - this sprawling discussion of the mind-bending, idiosyncratic, sci-fi, pulp, time travel adventure in question will leave your head spinning.
Salutations, PSYCHONAUTS! A Heroic Dose of the Most PSYCHEDELIC Comic Ever!
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) and Steven Bagatourian (AMERICAN GUN) discuss their favorite books, runs, and creators from the Bronze Age.
SHOW NOTES:
1:17 - Attempting to describe AZTEC ACE in a nutshell
6:17 - A story so weird it could only ever exist as a comic book (touching on THE ADVENTURES OF LUTHER ARKWRIGHT)
7:44 - A more expansive attempt at discussing the sprawling, non-linear time travel narrative of AZTEC ACE (touching on QUANTUM LEAP, DOCTOR WHO, APOCALYPTO, and noir private-eye stories)
15:08 - The shockingly dense prose poetry of Doug Moench
22:45 - Wait, AZTEC ACE is actually... a love story?!
32:20 - The immensely text-heavy density of AZTEC ACE; wildly overwritten or wildly immersive?
33:39 - Giving it up for the book’s trio of super impressive artists: Michael Hernandez a.k.a. Michael Bair, Dan Day, and Nestor Redondo
56:19 - Walt Simonson, THOR, and Beta Ray Bill
1:12:29 - Howard Chaykin and AMERICAN FLAGG!
1:18:09 - “The level of mystery of what was happening kept drawing me in...” The intriguingly puzzle-like nature of AZTEC ACE
1:33:19 - THE INVISIBLES by Grant Morrison
1:46:37 - The changing nature of what we expect from comic books; why the “velocity of ideas” in ‘80s comics was so intoxicating -- “batshit wild imagination exploding on the page... on a deadline!”
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🎙 SHOW NOTES:
Steven and Chris take a psychedelic voyage through time via the crackerjack indie comics team of Doug Moench, Mike Hernandez, Dan Day, and Nestor Redondo in AZTEC ACE (published by Eclipse Comics in 1984). The hallucinatory hijinx and trippy time-travel SciFi-of-it-all leave their heads spinning.
⏱ TIMESTAMPS
1:17 - Attempting to describe AZTEC ACE in a nutshell
6:17 - A story so weird it could only ever exist as a comic book (touching on THE ADVENTURES OF LUTHER ARKWRIGHT)
7:44 - A more expansive attempt at discussing the sprawling, non-linear time travel narrative of AZTEC ACE (touching on QUANTUM LEAP, DOCTOR WHO, APOCALYPTO, and noir private-eye stories)
15:08 - The shockingly dense prose poetry of Doug Moench
22:45 - Wait, AZTEC ACE is actually... a love story?!
32:20 - The immensely text-heavy density of AZTEC ACE; wildly overwritten or wildly immersive?
33:39 - Giving it up for the book’s trio of super impressive artists: Michael Hernandez a.k.a. Michael Bair, Dan Day, and Nestor Redondo
56:19 - Walt Simonson, THOR, and Beta Ray Bill
1:12:29 - Howard Chaykin and AMERICAN FLAGG!
1:18:09 - “The level of mystery of what was happening kept drawing me in...” The intriguingly puzzle-like nature of AZTEC ACE
1:33:19 - THE INVISIBLES by Grant Morrison
1:46:37 - The changing nature of what we expect from comic books; why the “velocity of ideas” in ‘80s comics was so intoxicating -- “batshit wild imagination exploding on the page... on a deadline!”
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) and Steven Bagatourian (AMERICAN GUN) discuss their favorite books, runs, and creators from the Bronze Age.
CHRIS and STEVEN you guys are just steppin out on dem 80's comicsKEEP SHOWIN EM WHATCHEW WORKIN WIT
@@byronschexnayder875 Haha, we’re doin’ our best! Thanks for listening!
- Steven
Just found this channel. Awesome job fellers. Beautiful art and panels. Shade the changing man is my pick for another psych comic.
Thanks for the kind words! So glad you’re digging our channel. And yeah, SHADE THE CHANGING MAN is definitely top tier psychedelia! We’re big fans of its writer, Pete Milligan, around here (as you’ll hear in the video we did on SKREEMER, that other insane headtrip of a comic that Milligan did for DC). - Steven
Another Eclipse home run , AA was really fun and it really kept my attention.
100% agree! Eclipse was such a fascinating company - so many great titles. And AZTEC ACE was one of the best!
- Steven
Yes! It's like an art film that comes out monthly.
Haha, yeah, it was totally like that! A preposterously dense, wildly ambitious monthly art film - I miss that in comics!
- Steven
I found an issue and bought it on whim all because I am a fan of Doug Moench and it didn't fail to hit all of the marks of a bugged out comic book. Hoping to find the full run soon.
Haha, a “bugged out comic book” is a perfect way to describe AZTEC ACE! Doug Moench is phenomenal. Thanks for listening! - Steven
I had an immense collection, accumulated from age six into my forties, which included some really choice items, like a mint-condition #1 EC comic which I literally found in a garbage pile (It was only *_Psychoanalysis,_* but it was still an EC #1). Some of them had considerable sentimental value. We needed space in the house, though, and we needed money, so everything went...except for a handful of things, one of them being *_Aztec Ace._*
For one thing, it seemed unlikely there'd ever be a reprint edition, which we thought was a damned shame.
Hi, thanks so much for commenting and sharing your AZTEC ACE-related memories. We agree, it’s certainly one hell of a book - I’ll definitely be holding onto my copies, too. Even though it gets tougher and tougher to have the space for all of my comics with each passing year - somehow, I’m still finding a way, haha :)
Whoa! Having the first issue of an EC Comic is amazing! It’s true that PSYCHOANALYSIS may not have been the best idea ever for a series, but it’s pretty amazing that it exists at all. - Steven
@@ComicsRotYourBrain Is there any possibility that AZTEC ACE might be issued in a collection, in hard copy or on CD? I know the rights to some Eclipse material are uncertain (Ironically enough), and there may bot be enough interest, but I would like to be able to give copies of a collection to friends.
There was a recent Kickstarter for a collected edition. You could contact whoever did that campaign and see if they have any extra copies, as many comics projects get a few more books than pledged. - Chris
It wasnt lying this is some trippy toltec magical mayan madness fo real.
Haha, we told ya! This book is insane… in the best way.
- Steven
Another great deep dive!
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed the show! - Steven
Just discovered your channel and was really enjoying this episode. BUT... I had to stop so I could check this comic out for myself! I'll definitely be back for the rest of the show after I finish the first three issues! Thanks for sharing and turning me on to this title!
Awesome! So glad you were digging the episode! Please let us know what you think of the AZTEC ACE experience once you recover from the trip. :)
- Steven
so... youtube algorithm has changed. i'm only getting
Always intrigued by new listener’s reactions. - Chris
💬 TELL US
❓Your pick for most psychedelic comic? Let’s hear it!
The Invisibles by Grant Morrison
Yuuuuuup! Excellent choice. THE INVISIBLES is a brain scrambler. Amazing series. - Steven
What's name of the intro beat?
Hey, our intro beat is a clip of stock music we purchased online - I don’t remember the name offhand, but we dig it a lot!
- Steven