Grant Morrison says this 2002 comic book with Chris Weston, Gary Erskine and Matt Hollingsworth is an inoculation against the nasty horror of the world through depravity, pornography and depression. We interrogate whether that theme works in the end product and if the sexual violence within is problematic.

Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store:

• The Filth
• Nameless
• The Invisibles Book One (or the Ominbus if you're freaky)
• The Soft Machine (The Cut-up Trilogy)
• Nova Express (The Cut-up Trilogy)
• The Ticket That Exploded (The Cut-up Trilogy)
• Black Kiss

Additional Resources:

• Duffy, D. (2017). The Filth. Salem Press Encyclopedia Of Literature
• We Don’t Need Another Hero; We Need Garbagemen In Grant Morrison’s The Filth
• The Function of the Filth
• WHAT IS THE FILTH ?
• FILTH PLUS
• FILTH PLUS - The Questions
• The Function of the Filth – Preview #1
• The Function of the Filth – Preview #2
• The Function of the Filth – Preview #3
• The Function of the Filth – Preview #4