Beautiful Book Covers, 1820-1914
The Public Domain Review shares some of their favorite books covers from 1820 to 1914.
“The Five Worst Dates in Dragon Age”
At Fanbytes, Avelene Perry writes about the worst possible dates in all of the Dragon Age trilogy. “Dragon Age is a series of three fantasy RPGs about sarcastic queer people saving the world, being miserable in a bad city, and militarizing the world’s largest religion, respectively. The games […]
“The All-American Nightmares of Jordan Peele”
Filmmaker and comedian Jordan Peele is interviewed at Rolling Stone. ‘“I realized I had never seen a horror movie of this kind, where there’s an African-American family at the center that just is. After you get over the initial realization that you’re watching a black family in a […]
“Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse: Anatomy of a Scene”
The New York Times has a nice video breakdown of a scene in Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse.
“The Devil With the Devil Says I: Old Scratch in Early American Modern Music”
At Diabolique, Heather Drain writes about the Devil in American music. “Rock & Roll might still be the bogeyman to repressed, misguided fundamentalist types, but it wasn’t the first modern musical genre to get labeled “the devil’s music.” During the 1920s, Jazz was branded with that very same […]
“Awkward Vintage Japanese Movie Monster Posters”
Please enjoy this gallery of Japanese monster posters. (Thanks, Colin!)
The Cultural Gutter 