#oliver byrne

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Oliver Byrne - The First Six Book of the Elements of Euclid -Londres, 1847. Book III

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(via EUCLID – HILOBROW)

above: From Oliver Byrne’s 1847 “Elements of Euclid”

A (pro- or anti-) science-, mathematics-, technology-, space-, apocalypse-, dehumanization-, disenchantment-, and/or future-oriented poem published during sf’s emergent Radium Age (c. 1900–1935). Research and selection by Joshua Glenn.

Old Euclid drew a circle On a sand-beach long ago. He bounded and enclosed it With angles thus and so. His set of solemn greybeards Nodded and argued much Of arc and circumference, Diameter and such. A silent child stood by them From morning until noon Because they drew such charming Round pictures of the moon.

— 1914 poem

[rbolick]

Books On Books Collection - Marie Dern

William Caslon’s Typographic ABC (1991) William Caslon’s Typographic ABC (1991)Marie DernDouble-sided leporello. H11 x W14 mm. 28 panels. Edition of 55, of which this is #1. Acquired from Bromer’s, 5 February 2023.Photos: Books On Books Collection. One of the most common precursors to the codex, the leporello, accordion or concertina structure suits this celebration of what is considered the…

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

Wonder Woman's bracelets were inspired by those worn by Olive Byrne, who the character was primarily based on. Byrne was in a polyamorous relationship with William and Elizabeth Marston and is said to have worn the bracelets to represent their unofficial marriage in lieu of wedding rings.

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John Byrne

The Fantastic Four #255:Trapped

Marvel

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Ace Attorney Investigation Concept Art: Full Body Shots of a few Victims: Oliver Deacon/Masumi Ogura/Sumio Kurama, Mack Rel/Tohru Makari, Byrne Faraday/Kuro Ichijo, Manny Coachen

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One of the greatest X-Men issues ever signed by their greatest writer!

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Happy Birthday Elizabeth Holloway Marston 🎂 co creator of Wonder Woman, feminist, kinky polyam icon 🙌

This is her official Wikipedia picture and I love it.

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BHOC: UNCANNY X-MEN #114

My appreciation for this classic run of UNCANNY X-MEN kind of snuck up on me. Certainly, I liked it as a title from the start, and followed it regularly. But I didn’t separate it from the pack–it wasn’t any more or less of note to me than AVENGERS or IRON MAN or HULK or whatever. It’s only in looking back that the consistent quality of the series becomes apparent. Chris Claremont and John Byrne…

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Olive Byrne (deceased)

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Bisexual

DOB: 19 February 1904  

RIP: 19 May 1990

Ethnicity: White - American

Occupation: Writer

Note: She has been credited as an inspiration for the comic book character Wonder Woman and was in a polyamourous relationship with  William Moulton Marston and his wife.

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Wonder Woman is perhaps the iconic superheroine. With her godlike powers, lasso of truth and Amazon heritage, Princess Diana of Themyscira is understandably looked on as one of the clearest manifestations of female power in the comic book universe. There is of course a backstory to WW’s dominant appearance and that lies with the attitude and views of her creators, writer William Moulton Marston and illustrator Harry G Peter. Marston in particular was heavily influenced by his feminist wife, Elizabeth who wanted her husband to create a powerful female hero, physically superior to men, and equal to them intellectually to demonstrate women’s potential to challenge the restrictive gender roles of the early 1940s. The Marstons lived an unconventional lifestyle, establishing a ménage a trois with the beautiful dark haired Olive Byrne, who Peter allegedly used as his inspiration for Diana’s appearance. William Marston’s liberal and pro-feminist views were real enough, but he also had a deep fascination with the bondage fetish and his Golden Age stories are filled with imagery of Wonder Woman being tied up, chained up and generally held captive by any number of male and female villains. It was therefore no accident that Diana’s principal weapon is not her super strength or robot plane, but her golden lasso - a lariat that compels anyone caught in it to tell the truth, but which is also a super tough rope very useful for restraining enemies who did not wish to be captured by the Amazon.

As can be seen from the page above, the bondage in Marston’s and Hay’s work was not confined to Wonder Woman herself. Her college sidekicks, the Holliday Girls led by the overweight but irrepressibly cheery Etta, were frequently bound and gagged and requiring Amazonian rescue, but were more than capable of dishing out the bondage themselves when the occasion arose. As the relative comics artistic freedoms of the wartime years were pulled back in the 1950s, and the portrayal of Wonder Woman passed to other illustrators, the fetish imagery associated with the character was considerably reduced. However, Wonder Woman has remained a favourite comic book character, female role model and feminist icon ever since. The groundbreaking Marstons would be proud.

Source: Wonder Woman: the Golden Age Omnibus Vol 1 (2023)

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Bookmarking Book Art - Nicholas Rougeux

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Innovative combinations of color and geometry in artists’ books — think of Ursula Hochuli-Gamma’s 26 farbige Buchstaben (1986), Jeffrey Morin & Steven Ferlauto’s Sacred Space (2003), Sarah Bryant’s The Radiant Republic (2019)Ana Paula Cordeiro’s Body of Evidence (2020) — make for a useful angle on which to focus in appreciating book art. Nicholas Rougeux shows that it is also a useful…

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Fantastic Four #254

by John Byrne; Glynis Oliver and Jim Novak

Marvel

[orlissa]

I was at a book launch with a friend last night--the book itself was a richly illustrated album containing biographies of women from history wo, for different reasons - forward in romance, having power, demanding recognition - were labelled a whore during their lifetime. It was written by two very sweet women, and whole launch was just lovely.

The friend bought the book and some of their earlier stuff (the yhave written several similar books on women's history before, and one of them also has several historical novels published), and we remained behind to have them signed and to have a few words with the authors - and I mentioned them that they would surely find William Moulton Marston's story fascinating with his "pro-women" crusade and two wives who pretty much enabled his carreer (the authors were fascinated, made a note of it, and thanked me for the tip).

And then somebody behind my back just yelled in "akshually, the two women were in love with each other, not with Marston."

First of all, RUDE. Second of all, you have seen Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, have you? Bless your heart.

I hate that movie. Okay, I have a love-hate relationship with it, because it does a good job at explaining Martson theory. But all the historical bits are basically bullshit, and let's be clear here: the movie was written and directed by a lesbian woman, and she pretty much pushed the envelope on the clear lesbian angle.

The truth is... we will problaly never know the whole story. But the facts: 1, Marston brough Olive into the relationship, and pretty much said that Elizabeth either accepts her, or he is choosing Olive. Elizabeth wasn't present for the beginning of the relationship. 2, Marston did have this idea that a woman who has sexual relations with another woman will be a better lover for her man 3, The children (both Elizabeth and Olive had two kids from Marston) didn't know that they were biologically half-siblings, or that Olive and Marston were lovers. Olive An, Elizabeth's daughter, still said, as late as in 1999, that Olive was their housekeeper. 4, After Marston's death in 1947, Olive and Elizabeth lived together for the rest of their lives, altough Marston's biographer, Jill Lepore, puts it down firmly that they had seperate bedrooms (which the other end of the envelope pushing, imho).

So it's likely that there was something between Elizabeth and Olive, but it's clearly Marston who was the center of this relationship-universe. To say that the primary relationship was between Elizabeth and Olive is inaccurate.

...And to yell it from behind my back while I'm talking to the authors is rude.

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Fantastic Four #285 'Hero' (1985) by John Byrne, Al Gordon and Glynis Oliver. Edited by Michael Carlin and Michael Higgins. Cover by Byrne.