Dr. Nerdlove writes about The Punisher and Frank Castle’s broken masculinity. “Like the incredible Jessica Jones, Marvel’s The Punisher examines and elevates a character and a genre defined by tropes and clichés. Despite being one in a long series of knock-offs of the Lone Vigilante genre – codified in its modern […]
Deepanjana Pal expands a piece she wrote for India Today, giving an overview of some fine Indian comic creators and considering the state of comics in India. “Far away from bookshelves and in corners of the internet, a vibrant scene emerges, full of new artists and innovative voices […]
Gutter Co-founding Editor Jim Munroe writes about why he is moving on from No Media Kings: “I’ve decided to stop using the No Media Kings imprint for my work. I started using it back in 2000, and the media context has shifted drastically: things are so much weirder […]
Tony Zhou shares the script for the final “Every Frame A Painting.” It’s Tony and Taylor’s post-mortem on the series about film. You should check it out and then watch all their videos. “(TONY) Hi, my name is Tony… (TAYLOR) and my name is Taylor… and this is […]
At the Public Medievalist, Paul Sturtevant continues series on race, racism and the middle ages with a look at the use of “race” in fantasy, including Dungeons & Dragons: “Tolkien crafted his fantasy world intricately. He, for example, took great pains to calculate distances and accommodate for the […]
The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. – from “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop Caring about anything is always a risk, because, as Elizabeth Bishop said, the art of losing […]
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