Aubrey Beardsley in the Sixties
Sweet Jane shares a 1967 fashion editorial shoot mixing mod fashion and the work of illustrator Aubrey Beardsley. (via arabellesicardi.com)
“Roz Chast’s Pysanky”
The Paris Review shares some of cartoonist Roz Chast’s intriguingly painted Easter eggs. See more at her website.
“We Are Not Colonists”
At Boing Boing, Gita Jackson writes about gaming, art, minority voices, colonialism and Benedict Anderson’s “imagined communities”: “When marginalized voices come to take their seat at the table, there will always be an outcry that they are invaders, colonists, inferior versions of their straight, white male counterparts. But […]
“Lighten Up”
At The Nib, Ronald Wimberley tells a story and elucidates the implications of being asked to lighten a character’s skin tone for a Wolverine And the X-Men jam comic.
SpeakEasy Radio, Episode 1
Author and shenaniganist Kate Laity chats with the Gutter’s own Carol on the inaugural episode of SpeakEasy Radio. Topics include what the Speakeasy is all about, The Cultural Gutter and Vampire Prosecutor.
“10 Unretouched Romance Covers Reenacted By Real People”
Cosmopolitan has a gallery of photographs of people re-enacting romance covers. (via C. Margery Kempe)
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