Junji Ito at TCAF
Minovsky livetweets the Junji Ito event at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. “Junji Ito did not realize that people considered his work to be body horror until he read his own Wikipedia page. ‘Yeah, I guess that fits.’”
Guttersnipe
Just a critter in the Gutter.
“12 Professions That Translate To TV Crime-Fighting”
“Who is Murder, She Wrote’s writing sleuth Jessica Fletcher if not Agatha Christie and Miss Marple all rolled up into one person?—and a long TV history that runs through some of the medium’s most innovative shows. So, yes, give Deception grief for watering down and inverting the Now […]
Wong Kar-Wai on Chungking Express
“This is also the area where I grew up. I know this area so well, so I shot half the film there. To me Chungking Express, it’s like the night and day of Hong Kong. Some people say the film is about this or that character, but I […]
“It’s time we talk about my longtime, but respected nemesis…Black Widow.”
Clarkisha Kent has some things to say about the handling of Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. You can also read it via Thread Reader App here. And, yes, there will be plot details for all the movies she’s in.
The Medieval City Plan Generator
Design your own medieval city using the “Medieval City Plan Generator!” “It’s the free online tool you’ve always wanted. It doesn’t create maps of actual medieval cities–only nice looking maps of imaginary cities, with the ability to add plazas, castles, rivers, city walls, and even shanty towns.”
John Mandeville and the Knights of Ren
At the Public Medievalist, Asa Mittman writes about race, racism and the medieval narrative that inform The Last Jedi. “In the final act of the film, the Resistance (our heroes) have fled the First Order’s mighty army. They hole up in a cave, behind a massive wall, with […]
The Cultural Gutter 