“The true beauty of Sakai’s work in Usagi Yojimbo isn’t just his cartooning (which is very good) or his writing (which is refreshingly to the point). It’s how Sakai manages to take things we’re used to, things that are considered rote or mundane, and make them compelling simply […]
Every April at the Gutter, the editors write about something outside their usual domains. This month, Romance Editor Chris Szego writes about animated movies. When I was a kid, cartoons were a real treat. I didn’t watch much TV, but Bugs Bunny and friends were mandatory viewing. […]
Every April at the Gutter, the editors write about something outside their usual domains. This month Comics Editor Carol Borden writes about movies. ~~~ This is not even close to a full retrospective, because while Minoru Kawasaki doesn’t have a huge number of films, many of them are […]
Need a little more genre poured into your head? Listen up to the monstertastic Monster Island Resort and the horrorific Conversations in the Dark. Don’t forget our good friends Todd from 4DK and Tars Tarkas as they discuss the eternal awesomeness of Polly Shang Kuan at Infernal Brains! […]
Black Sun has the awesomeness of a complete album of Magma Taishi / Space Ambassador Magma! See the art and download it here. (via @AICNAnime)
Wendell Jamieson writes about Japanese sword fight films for The New York Times: “I recently asked my sensei, then and now, Noboru Kataoka — himself an actor who goes as Ken Kensai — to name the greatest sword fight film of them all, and he answered, The Sword […]
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