5 Webcomics Created by African-Americans
Blackweb offers a sample of webcomics by African-American creators. Check out: A Pug Named Fender, JOE!, Addanac City, Company Man. (via Jay Potts)
Carol
Carol Borden was editor of and a writer for the Toronto International Film Festival’s official Midnight Madness and Vanguard program blogs. She is currently an editor at and evil overlord for The Cultural Gutter, a website dedicated to thoughtful writing about disreputable art. She has written for Mezzanotte, Teleport City, Die Danger Die Die Kill, Popshifter and she has a bunch of short stories published by Fox Spirit Books including: Godzilla detective fiction, femme fatale mermaids, an adventurous translator/poet, and an x-ray tech having a bad day. Read and listen to her other shenanigans at Monstrous Industry. For her particular take on gutter culture, check out, “In the Sewer with the Alligators.”
Melodrama All Around
Seems like we’re not the only ones who have noticed a resurgence of melodrama. Chris Vognar writes about melodrama, Black Swan and The Fighter.
Ballerinas Watch Black Swan
The New York Times has a piece on dancers’ reaction to Black Swan. Meanwhile, Jonathan Romney interviews Darren Aronofsky and writes: “There’s much steamy weirdness that you don’t normally associate with ballet fictions: hallucinations, horror, lesbian clinches with doppelgängers.” Which is exactly what I associate with them. I’d […]
Racist Freak Outs!
ZOMG, French Muslim Batman! ZOMG, Idris Elba is a Norse God! (Incidentally, Idris Elba could play every role in most movies and we’d be fine).
Batmobile, Examined
Do you have all the information you require regarding the Batmobile’s physical evolution and its history? Probably not. Fortunately, these two sites have made a start. (Thanks, Humash!)
The Unspeakable Horror of Literary Criticism
Did you ever wonder what H.P. Lovecraft thought about literary horror? You can know–possibly without going mad–by reading his 1927 essay, “Supernatural Horror in Literature.” Thanks to Migueal for the glimpse into the unspeakable horror of literary criticism!
The Cultural Gutter 