“Black Women in Horror History”
Learn so much about Black women in horror film from the 1930s to the present at Graveyard Shift Sisters!
Guttersnipe
Just a critter in the Gutter.
An 1861 Japanese Illustrated History of America
Nick Kapur has shared a series of pages from a Japanese illustrated history of America made in 1861, Osanaetoki Bankokubanashi by writer Kanagaki Robun and artist Utagawa Yoshitora. There are so many wonders. You should definitely click through. See the whole thing at the Waseda University Library site.
The Not-So-Secret History of Lord Buckethead
At Yes! Weekly, Ian McDowell writes about Lord Buckethead, British parliamentary candidate and villain of Gremloids, aka, Hyperspace. “’It’s such a funny fucking trajectory,’ said comedian, actress, author and NPR regular Paula Poundstone on the phone last Thursday. We weren’t talking about her career, but that of Lord […]
Japanese Firework Prints
Open Culture has a lovely gallery of prints of Japanese firework designs. See hundreds of these prints online at via the Yokohama City Library. (Thanks, Todd!)
“The Road to the Fantastic Four, the Road to the Fourth World”
At Them Darned Super People, friend of the Gutter Colin Smith writes about comic covers by Jack Kirby from 1958. “In which the blogger, keen to learn more about the period, writes about two different 1958 Jack Kirby covers and the way in which each appears to point […]
“Goreytelling”
Please enjoy these animated stories from Edward Gorey. ‘If you’ve ever wondered what Edward Gorey sounded like, wonder no more. Hear his solidly Midwestern accent (Gorey grew up in Chicago) as he describes the travails of living with adorable, frustrated predators who destroy the furniture and throw themselves […]
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