Badguy

Badguy is a villain from Don Simpson's satirical indie series Megaton Man, where his bluntly literal name perfectly encapsulates the comic's irreverent, absurdist take on superhero conventions in the Kitchen Sink Press universe.

A villain whose very name leaves no room for ambiguity, Badguy burst onto the scene in 1985 courtesy of cartoonist Don Simpson's gleefully irreverent Megaton Man — one of Kitchen Sink Press's sharpest salvos in the Bronze Age tradition of superhero satire. Sharing panels with the likes of Megaton Man, Yarn Man, and Trent Phloog across titles like The Return of Megaton Man and Megaton Man Meets The Uncategorizable X+Thems, Badguy inhabits a wonderfully absurdist corner of the indie comics universe that gleefully pokes fun at the genre's grandest conventions. With appearances stretching across roughly fifteen years, this character is a small but choice piece of the Kitchen Sink puzzle — a reminder that some of the most memorable figures in comics history came not from the Big Two, but from publishers willing to have a little fun with the form.