“The Very Hungry Cthulhupillar”
The Cthulhupillar has risen in R’lyeh and it is hungry. (Thanks, Sachin!)
Guttersnipe
Just a critter in the Gutter.
Interview with Julie Newmar
Smithsonian Magazine interviews Julie Newmar about her role as Catwoman in the 1960s Batman tv series and the iconic costume she wore.
1,600 Occult Books for Your Perusal
Amsterdam’s Ritman Library has put over 1,600 occult and alchemical books online as part of their “Hermetically Open” project. (via Open Culture).
“Unsung heroes: Reconceptualizing a video game as a work of art”
Red Dead Redemption actor Benjamin Byron Davis’s mother played Red Dead Redemption 2 and wrote an essay about it. “At 75, my mother decided to play through “Red Dead Redemption 2″ and I am so pleased to share her essay about the experience with all of you. Please […]
You Got Huey Lewis in my James Bond.
Friend of the Gutter James Patrick at https://thirtyhertzrumble.com/ has redone every single James Bond opening sequence with a classic Huey Lewis song. This is exactly what the Internet was made for, and you love to see it.
“The Star-Crossed Story of ‘Negro Romance.'”
Neely Tucker writes about Negro Romance, a 1950s American romance comic focused on Black characters, for the Library of Congress blog. “It was startling and rare for its positive depiction of African Americans in the era, particularly in its portrayals of young black women as romantic heroines. But […]
The Cultural Gutter 