Dungeons & Dragons Disputes!
The Adventure Zone‘s Griffin McElroy joins Judge John Hodgman and Bailiff Jesse Thorne in ruling on listeners’ Dungeons & Dragons disputes on the Judge John Hodgman podcast! Listen here.
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Dashiell Hammett at Library of America
Library of America has Dashiell Hammett’s story, “Creeping Siamese” as it’s story of the week. ‘Based on the scantiest of evidence—a red silk sarong—the detectives, including the Continental Op, begin working under the assumption that they should be looking for ‘brown men,’ that is, Asian immigrants. ‘This short […]
How Animal Crossing and the pandemic informed Takashi Murakami’s Art
Takashi Murakami talks about how the pandemic and the online world influenced his art. “Murakami’s interest in the metaverse during the pandemic accelerated whilewatching his son and daughter, 11 and 8 years old, respectively, play the Nintendo video game Animal Crossing: New Horizons. His daughter was admiring fireworks […]
Bitches on Comics on Grace Ellis and Patricia Highsmith
Bitches on Comics podcast talks to Grace Ellis. “We interview Grace Ellis, creator of Lumberjanes and Moonstruck, about her new graphic novel with Hannah Templer: Flung Out of Space, Patricia Highsmith’s impact on our culture and literature, and how we grapple with the legacies of influential, yet undeniably terrible […]
“Calligraphy Fragments”
The Universtiy of Oregon has a sweet collection of calligraphy fragments. “This exhibition introduces two gems of UO’s collection of Japanese calligraphy: the album of calligraphy known as tekagami in the collection of the Knight Library Special Collections and UO Archives (SCUA), containing a total of 319 examples; […]
“Facing Down the Tiger in Ram V’s Catwoman”
Friend of the Gutter Sara Century writes about Ram V’s Catwoman at Comic Book Herald. “Kicking off with a fill-in issue that soon blossomed into a full run spanning nearly twenty issues, writer Ram V’s Catwoman showed everyone’s favorite feline-themed larcenist settling into a new home in the […]
The Cultural Gutter 