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The Cultural Gutter

Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

Don’t Sleep on Simon Glassman’s ‘Buffet Infinity’ (2025)

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on May 28, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Fatal Kisses, Leather Daddies, and Evil Tofu: Queer Coding in Video Games

By Critterlab on May 14, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

Some Thoughts on a Film that Disappeared: Cindy Sherman’s Office Killer

By Carol on May 7, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

Monsters & Mullets: Labyrinth

By Guttersnipe on April 30, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

The Burning Train

By Beth Watkins on April 16, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

“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 • ( 4 Comments )

MC Chris Retrospective

By Guttersnipe on September 28, 2007 • ( Leave a comment )

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?

Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women

By Guttersnipe on September 27, 2007 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Blame Society in France

By Guttersnipe on September 24, 2007 • ( Leave a comment )

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).

Not that Rhino!

By Guttersnipe on September 24, 2007 • ( Leave a comment )

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!)

Deja Vu?

By Guttersnipe on September 21, 2007 • ( Leave a comment )

A videogamer visits San Francisco and gets a serious case of deja vu — with pictures.

Crime, Punishment and Batman

By Guttersnipe on September 19, 2007 • ( Leave a comment )

In reprinting, Batman by Dostoyevsky, Brian Hughes reveals an existential truth: “Everything’s better with Batman.” (Make sure to follow his Kafkaesque Superboy link, too).

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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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