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Informationen zum Autor Noah Berlatsky is the editor of the comics and culture blog The Hooded Utilitarian . He has written on gender! comics! and culture for many publications! including Slate! Public Books! The Chicago Reader! Reason! The Comics Journal! The Baffler ! and The Atlantic . Klappentext William Marston was an unusual man - a psychologist! a soft-porn pulp novelist! more than a bit of a carny! and the (self-declared) inventor of the lie detector. He was also the creator of Wonder Woman ! the comic that he used to express two of his greatest passions: feminism and women in bondage.Comics expert Noah Berlatsky takes us on a wild ride through the Wonder Woman comics of the 1940s! vividly illustrating how Marston's many quirks and contradictions! along with the odd disproportionate composition created by illustrator Harry Peter! produced a comic that was radically ahead of its time in terms of its bold presentation of female power and sexuality. Himself a committed polyamorist! Marston created a universe that was friendly to queer sexualities and lifestyles! from kink to lesbianism to cross-dressing. Written with a deep affection for the fantastically pulpy elements of the early Wonder Woman comics! from invisible jets to giant multi-lunged space kangaroos! the book also reveals how the comic addressed serious! even taboo issues like rape and incest. Wonder Woman: Bondage and Feminism in the Marston/Peter Comics 1941-1948 reveals how illustrator and writer came together to create a unique! visionary work of art! filled with bizarre ambition! revolutionary fervor! and love! far different from the action hero symbol of the feminist movement many of us recall from television.
