Year End at Popshifter
Our friends at Popshifter are sharing their Best of 2016 lists. First up, Popshifter Editor Less Lee Moore’s list!
Guttersnipe
Just a critter in the Gutter.
“Rogue One: Darth Vader is a Scary Dude”
At our sister site Pornokitsch, Becky Chambers writes about discovering new facets of Darth Vader in Rogue One. “In the moment, excited though I was to see the biggest of the Big Bads, I didn’t find the scene necessary. It reminded us of the timeline and that Vader […]
“Have a Creepy Little Christmas”
Hyperallergic has an intriguing gallery of Victorian Christmas cards ranging from the charming to the disturbing. (Some are both)
“Yuri On Ice Brought Me Back To Anime”
At Polygon, Ashley Oh writes about the appeal of Yuri On Ice. “So how is an ice skating anime so popular that it crashed Crunchyroll? Yuri on Ice packages an extremely niche thing into something fascinating — even relatable — for mass audiences. It’s one of the most […]
“Biography of a Story”
In honor of Shirley Jackson’s birthday, the Library of America has shared her “Biography of a Story” about the writing and reception of “The Lottery.” “It is probably the most famous work of fiction ever published in The New Yorker and certainly the magazine’s most controversial, generating letters […]
“Literal Bohemian Rhapsody”
Corridor Digital imagines “Bohemian Rhapsody” as a crime thriller. (via Digg and thanks, Earl!)
The Cultural Gutter 