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The Cultural Gutter

Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

“I Would Save and I Would Be Saved”: Folk Horror, Masculinity, and a Sensible Heroine in Eye Of The Devil

By Carol on April 9, 2026 • ( 3 Comments )

Fish Out of (Pasta) Water in Gabriele Mainetti’s ‘The Forbidden City’ (2025)

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on April 2, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Pow! Kids with Guns and the SOV Surrealism of Hawk Jones (1986)

By Michelle on March 26, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Relax and Enjoy the Mystery: Deadloch and How to Get to Heaven From Belfast

By Critterlab on March 19, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

“Remember Quick that Life is Death”: Mother of Flies (2025)

By Carol on March 12, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

Madeline Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli’s ‘Honey Bunch’ Tries and Tries Again

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on March 5, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Investigating Lois

By Carol on January 26, 2010 • ( Leave a comment )

Kelly Thompson never much liked reporters or Lois Lane, now she’s giving Lois a second chance with a review of Mindy Newell’s Lois Lane miniseries. (The discussion in the comments is excellent, too).

LEGO MMO

By Carol on January 25, 2010 • ( Leave a comment )

LEGO still clicking with their new “LEGO Universe” MMO game. The trailer’s here. Meanwhile, Unreality tries to understand the appeal.

“Ramirez! Get Your Ass Over Here!”

By Carol on January 25, 2010 • ( Leave a comment )

4:04 minutes of Ramirez getting orders shouted at him in Modern Warfare 2. (via Gamma Squad)

More Bohemian Rhapsody

By Carol on January 23, 2010 • ( Leave a comment )

A while ago, we posted “Bohemian Rhapsody” performed by old computer parts. Now the meme continues with “Bohemian Rhapsody” performed by puppets and a Japanese comedian.

The Windrow-Ravenswood Deck

By Carol on January 23, 2010 • ( Leave a comment )

Play unimaginable games staked on innocent souls or divine the unholy, maddening fate that awaits you (and perhaps how to save yourself) with the recently rediscovered Windrow-Ravenswood Deck.

Making the Case for Trades and Single Issues

By Carol on January 23, 2010 • ( Leave a comment )

“Whether to read a book month-to-month or to wait for the trades is a personal decision, of course,…but make no mistake: It’s a decision of vital interest to the future of the comics industry.” Glen Weldon discusses both at NPR’s Monkey See Blog.

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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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