“Tetrahedra of Space” and Other Frank R. Paul Covers
Dangerous Minds has a gallery of Frank R. Paul’s pulp science fiction covers. (via Stephanie Johnson).
Interview With Colin Smith
Comics Bulletin interviews friend of the Gutter Colin Smith about criticism in general and comics criticism in particular. “Despite what so many in the ever-polarising blogosphere appear to believe, criticism isn’t about delivering an opinion that the reader agrees with, or even feels comfortable with. It’s not about […]
Here Be Monsters!
Hi Fructose magazine has images of Bailey Henderson’s sculptures of creatures from Medieval maps.
How To Tell If You Are In High Fantasy or Soft Science Fiction
The Toast helps you determine if you are in a high fantasy novel or a soft science fiction one.
Anything Can Happen In Riverdale
I never expected to be reading Archie comics. Archie Andrews’ irresistible appeal to ladies mystified me and I came late to an appreciation for soap operas and straight melodrama. Then there was residual stuff around romance, a punk rock hostility towards the wholesome squares, a dash of internalized […]
“Aliens Are Jerks”
The Gutter’s own Carol infiltrates Teleport City‘s limits to contribute to TC’s Space: 1999 series with her piece on aliens and what big jerks they are. “Space: 1999 taught me two valuable lessons. The first is that space is depressing and best represented by the color taupe. The […]
The Cultural Gutter 