Sally Forth at a Kaiju Theme Park
That time the characters of daily comic strip Sally Forth went to a kaiju theme park. (Thanks, Brian!)
El Eternauta: The Library in the Sky
Our Guest star this week is Matt Finch. He writes about encountering El Eternauta ins Buenos Aires. ~~~ I saw the frogman everywhere. Always the same figure in the same pose, a diver’s mask pinched across his face, a rifle slung over his shoulder, advancing towards me. I […]
“Meet Dracula’s Indian Ancestor, Vetala!”
At The Hindu friend of the Gutter Aditi Sen and Alok Sharma write about Dracula’s roots in Indian literature and comics. “The vampire — that undead creature of the night, half-human, half-bat, thriving on blood — every culture has one in its lore. And this explains the universal […]
Carol Borden’s “Faves of 2017” at Biff Bam Pop!
The Gutter’s own Carol shared some things she liked at Biff Bam Pop! Will there be werewolves and mermaids? It is extremely likely!
“2017 Most Influential Women in Genre”
Friend of the Gutter Sara Century and many other Syfy Fangrrls share their picks for the most influential women in genre this year.
“The Broken Masculinity of the Punisher”
Dr. Nerdlove writes about The Punisher and Frank Castle’s broken masculinity. “Like the incredible Jessica Jones, Marvel’s The Punisher examines and elevates a character and a genre defined by tropes and clichés. Despite being one in a long series of knock-offs of the Lone Vigilante genre – codified in its modern […]
The Cultural Gutter 