The Virtues of Captain America
Friend of the Gutter, Mark D. White has a new blog looking at “ethically memorable moments in Captain America’s 50+ years in comics since his Silver Age revival in 1964.” And he begins with Cap in Avengers #4 (1967)!
“Them Darned Superpeople”
Friend of the Gutter Colin Smith has a new blog dedicated to thinking about “Them Darned Superpeople.” You can read it here!
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!
The Cultural Gutter 