The Popular Arts: The Cultural Gutter

The Cultural Gutter "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 of 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...." <http://www.theculturalgutter.com/>

Periodicals: MyWire virtual newsstand

I find myself turning more and more frequently to "MyWire...your one-stop source for the best from hundreds of worldwide publications. We bring in relevant content from the most reliable publishers without the clutter of typical search results. It's all conveniently in one ad-free environment. With free tools to manage and personalize...." Much of the content is free, and for what isn't, you may find it more convenient and cheaper to buy specific articles on line than to purchase an entire periodical from a magazine vendor to get that one story you want. <http://www.mywire.com/>

Periodicals: McSweeney's et al

McSweeney's, you need to know, is not so much a website as it is an "Internet tendency." The site aggregates the online presences of "Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, a journal created by nervous people in relative obscurity;" The Believers, a monthly magazine "where length is no object;" and Wholphin, a quarterly DVD of short films, docs, instructional videos, foreign sitcoms, and other cinema hybrids "designed to make you feel the way we felt when we learned that dolphins and whales sometimes, you know, do it." <http://www.mcsweeneys.net>