Category Archives: Comics
Master of Infinite Kungfu
I always have trouble writing about comics that I think are good, just excellent and existing in their own seamless perfection, which means that here at the Gutter I don’t always write about the comics that I love most. I … Continue reading
Monster Island Resort ep. 50: Joe Hill, WonderCon, and Horror in Comics and Video Games!
In this episode I post about my birthday yesterday, which included video games on a Landmark Theaters screen! This prompted me to think about horror and video games. It also helped me think about a discussion on horror in comics … Continue reading
The Woman in the Suit
If I went out at night, I would never cross through the park, instead I’d angle along the streets bounding it over to the store for juice or chips. And nights when the prostitutes weren’t out, I would turn around … Continue reading
Monster Island Resort ep. 49: Little Vampires Creator Rebecca Hicks!
Greetings monsters! This weekend I am at WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center, so how appropriate that today’s episode should feature a conversation with the hilarious and brilliant Rebecca Hicks–creator of the popular web series Little Vampires! We are joined by … Continue reading
Fire Fang Has Risen from the Grave
Over the holidays, I participated in the Mysterious Order of the Skeleton Suit‘s Secret Santa Exchange. I sent Tars Tarkas, Apocalypse IV: Judgment. And Permission To Kill‘s David Foster sent me two comics : Vampire! Featuring Fire Fang and Vampire! … Continue reading
10 Comics I Liked in 2011
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 … Continue reading
Terror of Monkeys vs. Robots
Manipulated by mad scientists, humiliated for humanity’s pleasure, will robots and apes tire of making our cars, vacuuming our floors, fighting our wars, washing our cats and smoking our cigarettes? Who will break first as humankind continually fails to distinguish … Continue reading
The Secret History of the Skeleton Suit (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 high-contrast black and white skeleton suit—and makes it work. Of the many skeleton suits in the criminal underworld, … Continue reading
Zombies, Skeletons, and New York Comic Con
It’s been a busy second half of October for Teleport City. EATERS Back in the late 1970s, when we had our first huge zombie movie glut, it was thanks in large part to the Italian exploitation machine latching onto the … Continue reading
Dreadful Thoughts
The Cultural Gutter takes a look at horror comics and horror in comics: DREADFUL THOUGHTS As an adult, my strongest impressions of horror have come from comics. My childhood ones are almost exclusively from tv—the trailer for Magic and a … Continue reading