“Kate Kane Fashion Thread”
Please enjoy this thread of Kate Kane’s fashions when she’s not wearing her Batwoman costume.
An 1861 Japanese Illustrated History of America
Nick Kapur has shared a series of pages from a Japanese illustrated history of America made in 1861, Osanaetoki Bankokubanashi by writer Kanagaki Robun and artist Utagawa Yoshitora. There are so many wonders. You should definitely click through. See the whole thing at the Waseda University Library site.
Japanese Firework Prints
Open Culture has a lovely gallery of prints of Japanese firework designs. See hundreds of these prints online at via the Yokohama City Library. (Thanks, Todd!)
“The Road to the Fantastic Four, the Road to the Fourth World”
At Them Darned Super People, friend of the Gutter Colin Smith writes about comic covers by Jack Kirby from 1958. “In which the blogger, keen to learn more about the period, writes about two different 1958 Jack Kirby covers and the way in which each appears to point […]
“The Calaveras of Jose Posada”
Check out this sweet gallery of José Posada’s calaveras!
“I am still alive, I am still curious. I am not a piece of rotting flesh.”
The Guardian profiles filmmaker Agnès Varda. Nowadays, Varda is spending less time researching new ways of making cinema. Not because she hasn’t got the energy but because she believes she can do more groundbreaking work with art installations. In the end, she says, all art is about communication. […]
The Cultural Gutter 