Marie Brennan over at SF Novelists looks at epic fantasy and the Bechdel test: “Two hundred pages into the book, and there’s been three named female characters. One is evil. The second existed only for a brief scene, for the purpose of highlighting how attractive the third one […]
Ninjas throwing swords and flipping in the forest and Ken’ichi Matsuyama from Death Note and Detroit Metal City plays another manga hero in Kamui Gaiden.
Presenting a flashback to Tattoo Assassin, a rather startlingly awful Mortal Kombat clone.
Let’s see: there’s a kingdom of evil invading from the north, there’s a type of thieves’ guild in a gritty capital city, plus a mysterious sword, tons of magic, and much more, all stuffed into that stereotypical fantasy container, the trilogy. How the heck could anyone do something […]
Henry Jenkins writes up a handy list of some comics he’s enjoyed recently, divvied into stories of everyday life, superheroes, science fiction/fantasy/horror, and some unclassifiable items.
The Hubble’s been busy spying on the universe. It has images of nebulae and the “spectacular outflow of Markarian 817” for your perusal.
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The Cultural Gutter 