December 2012
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September 2012
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The Cultural Gutter: At the Gutter: Batman vs. The... →
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Comics Editor Carol didn’t expect the French Revolution while watching the Dark Knight Rises. But then again, no one expects the French Revolution.
In The Dark Knight Rises, Batman tells the people of Gotham that anyone can be a hero, that anyone could be Batman. But we—and Bruce…
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August 2012
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At the Gutter: Summer Fun Time Reading '12
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Comics Editor Carol invites you to kick back with a cold one and enjoy these 7 trade paperback collections and graphic novels for fun summer time reading.
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At the Gutter: Nothing Ape Is Strange To Me
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Carol writes about relatability via Planet of the Apes.
I’m surrounded by a stack of comics and one illustrated novel all set in the same world as that 1968 film, The Planet of the Apes and my head is swirling with Cicero. I’ve been thinking about why I prefer one comic to the other, what exactly it means for a character to be relatable and what it means to be a person. As...
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May 2012
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April 2012
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At The Gutter: The Master of Infinite Kung Fu!
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Comics Editor Carol brings all her kung fu to bear on Kagan McLeod’s martial arts masterpiece, Infinite Kung Fu. But is it enough?
(image by Kagan McLeod)
March 2012
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February 2012
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From the pages of Vampire! Featuring Fire Fang
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The cover of issue #2 of Meteor’s 1995 Vampire! that collected the vampire stories of Gerald Carr including his yellow peril vampire stories featuring Fire Fang and the Brothers of Fire Fang. (For more, see Comic Editor Carol Borden’s article at the Gutter).
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January 2012
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At the Gutter: 10 Comics I Liked in 2011
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It’s Comics Editor Carol’s end of year list:
It’s the beginning of January, cold and dark where I am. The critics are all putting out their best of year lists, and maybe you’re looking for something to read. So here’s my entry into annual lists: 10 comics I liked in 2011 that I haven’t written about. Well 9 comics I haven’t written about and one that I did.
(image via the...
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Show Flyers
A flickr gallery of hardcore punk show flyers. (Uploaded by The Change Zine)
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December 2011
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The Cultural Gutter: At the Gutter: The Secret... →
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Comics Editor Carol writes about Lord Death Man’s skeleton suit and Chip Kidd, Geoff Spear and Saul Ferris’ Bat-Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan.
I appreciate Lord Death Man’s flair, his élan, panache, the way he daringly wears brown leather gloves, belt and boots with his…
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November 2011
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Stills from Princess Raccoon
Stills from Seijun Suzuki’s operetta, Princess Raccoon / Operetta Tanukihime Goten (2005).
Zhang Ziyi is the tanuki princess (Tanukihime). Jo Odagiri plays the son of Azuchi Momoyama. He flees his murderously jealous father and falls in love with her.
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WatchLovely felt stop-motion animation love story by Olympia Le-Tan, Spike Jonze and Simon Cahn. Click through to read an interview with Spike Jonze about the project.
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At the Gutter: Dreadful Thoughts
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Comics Editor Carol writes about images that have haunted her and the potential of comics to horrify. (Image from Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson’s Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites).
October 2011
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The Call of Cthulhu by Dr. Seuss
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A Seussian The Call of Cthulhu as conceived by Seuss’ colleague, Dr. FaustusAU at DeviantArt. Click the cover to go to the original cover gallery. And the page below for more pages.
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September 2011
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At The Gutter: My Little Pony: About 20% Cooler
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Carol writes about My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic this week at the Gutter. (Image via Toho Kingdom)
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Design Art for Livid
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3 sketches from the new film Livid/Livide, from the directors of Inside/A L’Interieur. The film premieres at the Toronto International Film Festivals’s Midnight Madness program tonight. (via the Midnight Madness blog)
