Straight from the secret vaults of TVOntario, it’s Commander Rick and Prisoners of Gravity, a Canadian tv show dedicated to speculative fiction and featuring a lot of Bakka-Phoenix, Canada’s oldest science fiction bookstore and managed by the Gutter’s Chris Szego.
Science fiction author and feminist and queer critic, Joanna Russ has died. She was probably best know for her novel, The Female Man and her critical text, How To Suppress Women’s Writing. Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy & Utopia has more about Russ and her work.
Comics Alliance reports on Superman taking on a more global role by renouncing his citizenship and there’s a blow out in their comments thread. Meanwhile, Colin at Too Busy Thinking About My Comics has been pondering Superman, community and Superman belonging to the world in a series of […]
Dr. Batman, Chris Sims, explains why Batman doesn’t kill–and why someone who seems a lot like he was Batman, has killed in Batman comics. (For the record, the Gutter stands with Chris Sims on this).
Every April at the Gutter, the editors write about something outside their usual domains. This month, Comics Editor Carol Borden writes about stars of action cinema. I like ladies of asskickery, women who can throw a punch or wield a sharp pointy weapon, preferably both. Since it’s April […]
At the Vault of Horror, B-Sol ponders the age old question of payola–in the form of bloggers providing good reviews for screeners, tickets and just to be nice. There’s a good discussion in the comments as well.
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