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Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

Fantastic Fest 2026: Terms & Conditions (USA, 2026)

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Fantastic Fest 2026: Kung Fu Deadly

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Fantastic Fest 2026: Girl In The Night!

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Fantastic Fest 2026: Donkey Princess

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Fantastic Fest 2026: Kylgor In The Grisly Abyss!

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The Gutter goes to Fantastic Fest 2026!

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Gothtober 2011

By Guttersnipe on October 12, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Enjoy this year’s Gothtober video advent calendar set in “W.T.F’s Gothtober.”

One Podcast. Two Men. Ten Thousand Bullets.

By Guttersnipe on October 12, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

The Projection Booth targets John Woo’s The Killer and its legacy, including an interview with Kenneth Hall, writer of John Woo: The Films.

Samuel Delany on Racism and Science Fiction

By Guttersnipe on October 12, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

In the 1998 New York Times Review of Science Fiction, Samuel Delany writes about the history of African-American writers of science fiction, race and racism in science fiction and why Octavia Butler might wonder, “Why, when you invite me, do you always invite that guy, Delany?”

5000 Words on Northanger vs Udolpho

By Guttersnipe on October 10, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Some great analysis of a lurid Gothic novel, feminism, the nature of the novel, etc, by way of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey…

“Remember, You are the Future that Nobody Wanted!”

By Guttersnipe on October 9, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Professor Xavier answers all your questions about your changing body in The “What’s Happening to My Body?” Book for Mutants. (via Comics Alliance)

Welcome To Hoxford

By Guttersnipe on October 8, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Ben Templesmith’s luminously tentacular comic, Welcome to Hoxford, is now a luminously tentacular short feature film by Julien Mokrani and Samuel Bodin.

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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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