#masterman

[bxdbxdboy]

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HISTORY, CHAOS REIGNS. EVIL HAS WON AND THE FOURTH REICH NOW RULES THE WORLD."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on textless & published cover art to "Invaders/Avengers" Vol. 1 #11 [featuring the Super-Axis]. July, 2009. Marvel Comics. Artwork by Alex Ross.

Resolution at 1334x2048 & 1280x1968.

Members of the Super-Axis team of Nazi Germany-inspired supervillains include: U-MAN (Meranno), BARON BLOOD (John Falsworth), THOR, MASTER MAN (Wilhelm Lohmer), WARRIOR WOMAN (Frieda Ratsel), and IRON CROSS (Helmut Gruler).

"On the other side of history, chaos reigns. Evil has won and the Fourth Reich now rules the world. Only the combined might of the Avengers, The Invaders and the mysterious new heroes Electro, The Challenger, The Silver Scorpion, The Black Widow, the Black Avenger and Captain Terror have a hope of setting the world right."

-- MARVEL COMICS, c. May 2009

Sources: Marvel Database (official) & X (formerly known as Twitter).

[asteroidgalore]

The Masterman (21561) asteroid can create a natural high through conquering in us! It’s about dominating, conquering something!

Or, alternatively, gaining a mastery level of something or some subject! Mastery of something is of a higher impact than even an being an Expert in that subject.

[neylo]

Additional bunch of Napoleonic discord stickers/emojis for my collection

Featuring some British Bisexual boat men aka Kiss me Hardy and one traffic cone

[astoppedclock]

[fofi42]

Win win win win Be calm! Win win win Be nice!

[aeolianblues]

Dave was 100% correct when he said that Elis and John were amongst the most important shows on Radio X. No one did it like them before. They completely turned X’s desired focus demographic of chavism on its head. They brought in a kind of patience and consideration, an empathy and ability to look out for and care for the people around you without getting laughed at. They were closer to the spirit of the pits at the shows the bands played on X embodied: if someone falls, you pick them up and then have fun. No one’s done it since, either. Ed Gamble has a certain style of comedy (one that I’d have to approximate as ‘bullying with a twinkle in the eye’) but Ed and Matthew’s shows aren’t anywhere near Elis and John’s. I kind of wish they were on a music station these days, I feel like they were the perfect foil for any extra-lightheadedness that 6 Music’s perfect world can pretend to bask in (or rather John’s sourness as a counter to the ‘everything’s great!’ 6 vibe, and Elis as the foil to John), but also again the way they would ground music listeners in the world of pointless egos that is the music business would’ve been much better used on 6 than on a podcast.

Anyway, yes Dave. One of the most important shows on Radio X.

[oxymoronish]

postman dave jingle (live) @ dancing with dave (23rd March 2024)

[uwmspeccoll]

It's Fine Press Friday!

Today's book includes text from an old English folk song with prints by Polly B. Johnson of the Press of the Unseen Unicorn in San Antonio, Texas entitled The Fox. The Fox is a traditional English folk song, the earliest versions of which are from the 15th century and written in Middle English. It is number 131 in the Roud Song Index. This song has also been used and modified throughout the modern age, and has been covered by popular musicians and groups from 1950s to today.

The story is about a fox that goes into a town to terrorize the people and animals living there, while also gathering food for his family living outside the town limits. As the fox goes back to his family, the children exclaim about how wonderful the food he has gathered from the town is, and request that he go back frequently for more exploits.

The Fox was printed with hand-set Masterman type using a Golding Pearl Letterpress on Teton Text Paper, except for the black paper, which is Canson Mi Teintes paper, in an edition of 50 copies. The prints were made using linoleum, wood, and torn chipboard. The cover is made of a rough woven cloth and includes a bone that was boiled, washed, and soaked in Clorox, and dipped in shellac. Our copy is another gift from the estate of our late friend Dennis Bayuzick.

View another book by Polly B. Johnson.

View other books from the collection of Dennis Bayuzick.

View more Fine Press Friday Posts.

– Sarah S., Special Collections Graduate Intern

[hellkitepriest]

[john-robins]

Are All Comedians at Elis' Wedding Going To Be Dressed The Same?

Jokes about Ed Gamble's wedding suit... I'm laughing with John ;D

[placeofwonder]

I wish this episode had been out already when John was about to be on Taskmaster and people were posting "if you want to know who John Robins is, just listen to this" clips because this is truly the quintessential Elis James & John Robins podcast vibe

[katzell]

Charlene Kaye sings the song Taylor Swift would write after breaking up with John Robins

[rulebaetannia]

Parties? On HMS Victory? Oh, the shame of it!

There is nothing funnier to me than this piece from some years ago, in which the Daily Mail tries to lazily fear monger about allowing small and respectable receptions and dinners on the over two hundred year old warship, HMS Victory.

"The Great Cabin, where Admiral Lord Nelson plotted his strategy during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, is available for fine dining by a group of 20 people for a minimum cost of £30,000." Trying to make it sound so grandiose and therefore undignified to have a dinner party in the room that Nelson planned his battles in! And that Nelson lived in. And that Nelson invited people into to come visit him. And...had dinner parties in.

"[. . .]dinner on the Lower Gun Deck – where the lower ranks survived on stale biscuits and ale – starts at £240 a head." What an affront to history! Eating fancy food where battle hardened sailors once survived on dusty crumbs! Never mind that Nelson constantly went out of his way to make sure his sailors ate well, but no one writing this actually cares one whit about Nelson or Victory.

"The use of the vessel – which led Britain to victory against the French and Spanish fleets – will dismay traditionalists who believe treasured parts of the nation’s heritage should not be exploited for commercial benefit." The money is specifically going toward the on going restorations of Victory, of course. Unfortunately these traditionalists don't seem to be aware that Nelson loved dinner parties so much that his two closest companions, Captain Hardy and Lady Hamilton, were both known for their knack and grace when hosting dinner parties. Honestly, eating overpriced food and pretending to know about wine is probably the most historically accurate thing you could do on this ship.

Also funny, they quote people who have much reason to care about the ship--a descendant of Nelson's, the Nelson society, the National Museum of the Royal Navy--all of whom were generally of the opinion this is fine, as long as the ship is taken care of and respected. But surely the dignity of Victory shouldn't be the site of some brat teenager's 16th birthday! Or a hen night (bachelorette party) oh, the indignity of penis shaped candles on Lord Horatio Nelson's hallowed ship!

But then they have a quote from the man who books the parties saying that they are very selective and have strict rules regarding allowing parties on the ship. Most of these are to do with preserving the ship's condition, though they say they are also careful about choosing what to allow on the ship. They even specifically rule out 18th birthday parties and the aforementioned hen nights. It's nice when conservative rage bait pieces helpfully debunk themselves.

But my friends, this is the best punchline to this article:

You can have a party around Nelson's crypt! He's entombed in the black marble sarcophagus above the plinth in the centre. They even gave him lovely lesbian lighting.

[clove-pinks]

A mortar shell fired by bomb vessel HMS Terror in the Battle of Stonington, Connecticut, during the War of 1812 two hundred and nine years ago today: 9th August 1814. With another mortar shell it now flanks the entrance to the Stonington library (New London County Historical Society).

HMS Terror having an interesting time in 1842, some years later. Curiously no paintings of her War of 1812 service!

For being a minor engagement apparently based on poor intelligence ("Royal Navy cannonading set 20 buildings on fire while killing a horse and a goose," Wikipedia reports), the Battle of Stonington drops some big names. Not only HMS "Franklin Expedition" Terror, but the British squadron was commanded by Sir Thomas Masterman "Kiss Me" Hardy!

[brainyraccoons]

"kiss me, Hardy."

full version up on my patreon 😉