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The Cultural Gutter

Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

From Homer to Nolan: How The Odyssey Survives Through Reinvention

By Michelle on July 23, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

From the Archives: Reality Isn’t What It Used To Be

By Angela Englert on July 16, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Getting Surreal in Winnipeg: Universal Language (2024)

By Critterlab on July 9, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Apocalypticism Now: Cries Of Ecstasy, Blows Of Death (1973)

By Guttersnipe on July 2, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Still Keeping It Cozy: The Coziest Upcoming Games of 2026 and Beyond

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on June 25, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Blood Geysers and Biopunk: The Gory Films of Yoshihiro Nishimura

By Michelle on June 18, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Never mind, try again, fail better

By Critterlab on September 19, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

I experience my flaws like grains of sand or loose teeth. They bother me and I worry at them absently, out of habit, but over time they’ve become familiar landmarks. Even though I keep wanting to change them, in some way they’re as much a part of how […]

“DC Comics and ‘The Normal Course of Business'”

By Guttersnipe on September 19, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

At Comics Alliance,  Andrew Wheeler writes about DC Comics and its many crises:  “With almost all 52 books designed to appeal to the taste of one type of man, it’s inevitable that creators with their own ideas and stories would chafe in such an environment. It’s inevitable that […]

Interview with Kenji Kamiyama

By Guttersnipe on September 18, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Andrez Bergen interviews anime director Kenji Kamiyama for Madman.

Interviews and Q&A from Midnight Madness 2013

By Guttersnipe on September 18, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

All the red carpet interviews and post-screening question and answer sessions from this year’s Midnight Madness Programme at the Toronto International Film Festival.  And all conducted by friend of The Gutter and Soldier of Cinema, Robert Mitchell! [Update: Link fixed!]

Bad Fans and a Mind-Bending Phone Call

By Guttersnipe on September 17, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Emily Nussbaum writes about the complexity of one phone call in Breaking Bad‘s “Ozymandias” episode.

“The Twenty Stages of Reading”

By Guttersnipe on September 16, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Cartoonist Lynda Barry shares her “20 Stages of Reading” in as many panels.

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The Cultural Gutter is a website dedicated to thoughtful writing about disreputable art. The site is updated every Thursday afternoon. Carol Borden, Sachin Hingoo, Alex MacFadyen, Beth Watkins, and Michelle Kisner probe science fiction, draw out the best in comics, stare deeply into the screen, sink their fangs into horror, dally with romance, speedrun their brains on videogames, grapple with wrestling, and explore so much more. Our Guest Stars shine here. Thanks to Gutter aesthetic director Brian Kirby for all his swank art. Thanks to EJ Lee for providing the fantastic art we used in the Cultural Gutter book. The Cultural Gutter's signature nail polishes, "Disreputable," and, "Disreputable 2: Hellcat," were created by Andrea Evans of MPZ Cosmetics. MPZ Cosmetics also teamed up with Dill McKinley to recreate the classic fragrance, Cornichon by Dill McKinley for Gutterthon 2021. Follow us on Bluesky, Facebook, and Mastodon. We do not accept unsolicited pitches.

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