Betty Boop’s Halloween Party
You are cordially invited to Betty Boop’s Halloween Party!
“War of the Welles”
At Mezzanotte, the Gutter’s own Keith writes about Orson Welles, the Mercury Theater of the Air’s 1938 broadcast of their radio drama, “War of the Worlds,” and the truth about the “panic” that ensued. “In 1938, when the broadcast returned to the air after the brief station identification, […]
“The Pulp Magazines Under The Floorboards”
Friend of the Gutter Andrew Nette writes about a cache of pulp magazines discovered in Melbourne. Click through for more–and pictures! “The magazines were published in 1936 and 1937 – just before import restrictions were introduced – making them just over 80 years old. As you can see […]
“Life Got You Down? Time to Read The Master and Margarita”
At Lithub, Viv Groskop writes about Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita. “Written in the 1930s but not published until the 1960s, The Master and Margarita is the most breathtakingly original piece of work. Few books can match it for weirdness. The devil, Woland, comes to Moscow with […]
So many pulp magazines!
Do you dare lose yourself in the Pulp Magazine Archive at Archive.org?! Weird Tales! Fangoria! True Detective! Amazing Stories!
“Vampires, psychics and ghosts: A Look at Queer Women in Horror”
Friend of the Gutter Sara Century looks at queen women in horror. “While modern horror films are more likely to feature queer women—and not just lesbian vampires—than early films in the genre, they still often frame queerness as taboo. Even these days onscreen, lesbians have something different about […]
The Cultural Gutter 