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 2010-09-02T19:58:23-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/romance/by_any_other_name.html Romance Chris Szego 2010-09-02T19:58:23-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/cinema_overdrive.html Wicked posters for Raleigh, North Carolina's Cinema Overdrive film series. ... Notes Carol Borden 2010-08-31T14:55:44-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/women_read_comics_in_public.html Notes Carol Borden 2010-08-30T14:27:02-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/48_x_61.html 48 vs. 61 in Rintaro and Katsushiro Otomo's excellent bicycle racing short where the racers look kinda like Rintaro and Otomo. Also, damn fine music and possible steampunkery.... Notes Carol Borden 2010-08-30T13:55:26-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/-u-.html Klingon opera has finally happened. Get an earful at Cinematical. (The musical part begins at about 2:15).... Notes Carol Borden 2010-08-30T13:36:53-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/satoshi_kons_farewell_message.html Makiko Itoh has translated Satoshi Kon's farewell. ... Notes Carol Borden 2010-08-29T15:18:56-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/rip_kihachiro_kawamoto.html It's a sad week for animation with the passing of Satoshi Kon and now Kihachiro Kawamoto. A student of Jiri Trnka, Kawamoto created beautiful stop motion puppet animation grounded in Japanese bunraku and Noh theater. Here's his short, "Oni /... Notes Carol Borden 2010-08-27T21:50:58-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/supervillain_erotica.html Evan Munday has been working on a calendar of supervillain erotica. You can get an eyeful here.... Notes Carol Borden 2010-08-27T17:21:13-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/comics/disconnected_viewing.html I don't have cable right now so I'm rewatching old shows and movies. A lot of them are animated. Such is my way. I'd like to have a nobler reason for rewatching them--something like when James revisited his favorite childhood... Comics Carol Borden 2010-08-26T14:09:34-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/rip_satoshi_kon.html Creator of Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paranoia Agent and Paprika, Satoshi Kon has died at 46. In memoriam, Midnight Eye's substantial interview with Kon, here. Updated: Satoshi Kon wrote a farewell. ... Notes Carol Borden 2010-08-25T11:25:17-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/gotham_girls_episodes.html Some kind, considerate fan saved and uploaded episodes of the old web series, Gotham Girls. And they're right here.... Notes Carol Borden 2010-08-24T17:15:47-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/kung_fu_walls.html A kung fu novel was found written of the walls of an abandoned apartment. How outsider art is that?... Notes Carol Borden 2010-08-23T17:12:06-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/zombies_in_the_news.html Seven zombies had their day in court and struck a blow for zombie rights. ... Notes Carol Borden 2010-08-23T17:06:22-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/trock_on.html Trock on, Chameleon Circuit, with your songs about Daleks and angelic statues who only move in the dark.... Notes Carol Borden 2010-08-22T09:48:55-05:00 http://www.theculturalgutter.com/notes/comics_in_trouble.html Both the webcomic Achewood and the comics publisher, Slave Labor Graphics, are seeking donations. ... Notes Carol Borden 2010-08-20T16:53:02-05:00