Interview with Michael Caine
The Daily Mail has a nice interview with Michael Caine and photographer David Bailey.
RIP, James Herbert
Author James Herbert has died. Herbert was the author of horror classics such as The Rats and The Fog. The BBC and The Guardian have obituaries. David Barnett has an overview of Herbert’s work.
Michael Caine: The Birth of the Cool
At Permission To Kill, David Bailey’s iconic photograph of Michael Caine and eight artistic interpretations.
“The Rape of James Bond”
Sophia McDougall writes about “sexual assault and ‘Realism’ in popular culture.” (via @Pornokitsch)
A Conversation with Kieron Gillen
The first of Colin Smith’s two-part interview with Kieron Gillen, the writer of comics such as Phonogram, Journey Into Mystery and the new Young Avengers. In this part, Gillen discusses Kid Loki and Journey Into Mystery: “I resisted defining myself as a fantasy writer because fantasy tends to […]
Illustrating Mad Men
Mad Men‘s latest ad was created by veteran illustrator, Brian Sanders. The New York Times profiles Sanders and a little bit of illustration in the 1960s. “Illustrating for and watching the series was doubly meaningful for him, Mr. Sanders said, because Mad Men depicts a world he was […]
The Cultural Gutter 