Interview with Ursula Le Guin
Guernica has a nice interview with Ursula Le Guin by Alexandra Chee: “Ursula K. Le Guin answers some questions about war, witches, realism and teaching herself to write as a woman.”
“Godzilla’s Conscience: The Monstrous Humanism of Ishiro Honda”
At Criterion, Steven Ryfle writes about director Ishiro Honda and Godzilla. “Ishiro Honda gathered his crew and gave them an ultimatum. He was about to put his career at risk, and he would only work with those who approached his current project—a movie about a radiation-spewing prehistoric reptile […]
Summer Time Reading 2020
It’s hard to recommend reading for summer fun this year. 2020 is hard, But I have some comics and if you need to take a breather from fighting for justice and punching the novel coronavirus hard, well, these comics are here for you. There are a few titles […]
“The Quagmire of Race and Horror in Cinema”
Dani Bethea kicks off Gayly Dreadful’s Pride Month with a meditation on race, gender, gender presentation and horror in cinema. “Particular intricacies always exist in the stories and lives of Black people, especially in the framing of (horror) imagery. As a Black American, I have a very particular […]
Hawkman is a Complicated Man and No One Understands Him but Shiera
“Also i just don’t know what hawkman’s deal is.” ~ Chip Zdarsky* “I love Hawkman and I know that people think I’m just being contrary or whatever but it’s actually because he wears a bird mask and hits people with a mace and is a wife guy.” ~ […]
Tony Millionaire’s Star Wars!
Behold Tony Millionaire’s contribution to Star Wars tales, “George R. Binks; The Tragic Story of Jar-Jar’s Father!” (via Tom Speelman)
The Cultural Gutter 