http://www.theculturalgutter.com/ This site is updated Thursday at noon with a new article about an artistic pursuit generally considered to be beneath consideration. James Schellenberg probes science-fiction, Carol Borden draws out the best in comics, Chris Szego dallies with romance, and each month we feature a Guest Star writer on a gutter subject on their choosing. While the writers have considerable enthusiasm for their subjects, they don't let it numb their critical faculties. Tossing away the shield of journalistic objectivity and refusing the shovel of fannish boosterism, they write in the hopes of starting honest and intelligent discussions about these oft-enjoyed but rarely examined artforms. en-us 2010-03-15T17:01:10-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/the_history_of_black_comic_book_heroes_through_the_ages.html Notes Carol Borden 2010-03-15T17:01:10-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/more_from_champion_mojo_storyteller_joe_r_lansdale.html Mojo Champion Storyteller talks about his pulp classic, The Drive-In, including its influences, low-budget 1980s horror movies, East Texas tall tales, television and American politics.... Notes Carol Borden 2010-03-12T14:05:40-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/screen/not_bad.html Ext. THE CITY - When you Least expect it You're walking. The sidewalk is new, still burning moisture out of the concrete in a slow chemical reaction. You're aimless. Nothing to do.... Screen Ian Driscoll 2010-03-11T15:30:51-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/two_geeks_enter_one_geek_leaves.html John Hodgman and Patton Oswalt face off in an epic geek-off for WFMU. Bester'ed, Bova'ed-- two geeks enter, one geek leaves.... Notes Carol Borden 2010-03-11T14:59:52-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/camera_obscura.html A young woman releases demons and then has to trap them up again with her grandfather's camera in the webseries, Camera Obscura. The trailer looks promising.... Notes Carol Borden 2010-03-11T01:15:47-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/ive_seen_things_you_people_wouldnt_believe.html LEGO Bladerunner. LEGO lightsaber duel. (thanks, edie!) ... Notes Carol Borden 2010-03-09T17:41:46-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/symbol_1.html Symbol. It's a metaphysical, lucha-loving film by Hitoshi Matsumoto. It's especially funny if you've seen art films with a someone sitting in a plain white room. ... Notes Carol Borden 2010-03-09T15:59:13-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/kathryn_bigelow_retrospective.html Kathryn Bigelow won a best directing Oscar for The Hurt Locker. Time for a retrospective. Here's the trailer for Near Dark and some clips. Point Break (i.e. Keeanu Reeves best movie). Jamie Lee Curtis in the cop thriller, Blue Steel.... Notes Carol Borden 2010-03-08T12:52:14-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/milestone.html Notes Carol Borden 2010-03-06T12:36:08-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/comics/the_biography_of_ebony_white.html "People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book." --Malcolm X / Malik El-Shabazz, The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told To Alex Haley) Running from 1940-1952, Will Eisner's The Spirit was a newspaper insert... Comics Carol Borden 2010-03-04T16:18:37-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/the_muppets_present_the_wicker_man.html The Muppets' The Wicker Man. It's way better than Muppets from Space. (thanks, weed!) ... Notes Carol Borden 2010-03-03T17:27:16-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/where_are_they.html John Hodgman: Aliens, Love--Where Are They?... Notes Carol Borden 2010-03-03T00:54:31-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/baba_ogeeky_lol.html The Who's "Baba O'Reilly" performed with Think Geek gadgets. Yeah, it's marketing but it's also neat.(via Wil Wheaton)... Notes Carol Borden 2010-03-01T18:33:01-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/guildd.html What happens when a young woman named Felicia Day decides to make a webseries about online gamers and their socially maladjusted SoCal hijinx? Log on and get Guild'd. (and occasionally, Wil Wheaton'd). Here's season 3. ... Notes Carol Borden 2010-02-26T17:48:25-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/sciencefiction/small_press_combo_attack.html Time to check in with a few small-press books. This is where where a lot of people get their start, and it’s also where the books can live quite happily apart from the concerns of multinational conglomerates.... Science-Fiction James Schellenberg 2010-02-25T12:08:40-05:00