Some words for Robert Jordan’s passing, and on the series he left unfinished: “Jordan stretched his ambitious tale even further, to a dozen books, until it was not just a Dark Tower but a literary Tower of Babel possessing all of the attendant frenzied hubris such an analogy […]
The book Understanding Comics, published in 1993, was comic writer and artist Scott McCloud’s attempt to deconstruct, demystify, and lay out the magic of the sequential art form. Written in the form of a comic itself, it was one mechanism by which comics rose from the shadows of […]
With MC Chris (aka, “MC Pee Pants” from Aqua Teen Hunger Force) about to go on tour, now seems like a good time to revisit his Kingdom Hearts/Resident Evil 4 rant. And, well, how about Baddd Spellah’s “Fett’s Vette” remix, too?
C’mon, admit it. You thought that title was going to lead to some sort of evaluation of a romance novel – flowery, overwrought and probably twee as hell. In fact, it’s the title of an essay collection: Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women; Romance Writers on the Appeal of […]
Matt Sloan of Blame Society Productions went to a film festival in France and made two films, including one that uses a “popular web translation site” for its dialog. (Here’s the other one, about his coup de ville).
Joe Kubert illustrated a preventative maintenance manual for the U.S. military. Click here to maintain your vehicles–and see the art. (Thanks to Sleestak at Lady, That’s My Skull!)
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The Cultural Gutter 