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War, Frank Frazetta’s Death controversy and acclaim. aesthetic of this massive
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PROMETHEUS UNBOUND AND MAKING A FOOL OF GOD
An essay of Gladiator, the “oh my god you have to read this” novel by Philip Wylie.

Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf or pursuing justice by beating the turds

in 1930, although evidence exists that out of motley crews of law-breaking ne’er Hugo is from birth a
an earlier version had been submitted do wells. Hugo is a young man with great man-god, a super-man
in 1926, Gladiator is the story of Hugo gifts of strength, and even before puberty
Danner, a product of his timid scientist fa- is painfully all too aware of what makes whose physical consti-
ther’s early experimentation into genetic him different and sets him apart from his
manipulation. But Hugo is also a product fellow man. In his youth he makes tre- tution is exponentially
of his times, as the then young Philip mendous efforts in hiding those gifts, and greater than that of any
Wylie’s novel presents a penultimate fish as he matures he gradually wrestles more
out of water tale, a slice of life coming and more with the ongoing dilemma of other man. And contrary
of age narrative where the lead charac- allowing those gifts to control the world
ter struggles with finding his place in a around him, or allowing the world to that origin, this is no
rapidly changing world while growing around him to control those gifts. superhero story.
up and preternaturally growing wise  
across America and around the globe. To After a failed attempt at college and a
complicate matters, thanks to his conspir- promising athletics career (due to a mo- precursor, the Fly), and the super-soldier
ing against nature parents, Abednego and ment of lost control), Danner becomes a idiom of Captain America (or the better
Matilda, Hugo is from birth a man-god, drifter, traveling about incognito while variant, Fighting American) to name a
a super-man whose physical constitution taking on any number of random odd few. I would even suggest that Hugo’s
is exponentially greater than that of any jobs on his voyage of self-discovery. sweaty but insightful encounters with a
other man. And contrary to that origin, Finding a momentary sense of purpose, long line of female companions may have
this is no superhero story. he enlists in the Foreign Legion for a influenced the philosophy of relationship
  world-spanning war and soon becomes writings of the great Milan Kundera. But
While the book has gone through at least a hero to many, although he’s eventu- as my title expresses, I also feel that, not
a dozen printings in the almost ninety ally disheartened by seeing such epic at all contrary to Wylie’s suggestive ob-
years since it was written, where it rates potential for destruction within himself servations concerning the strange roads
on anyone’s radar is generally in refer- in a very “Heart of Darkness” sort of way. that scientific achievements are leading
ence to how Wylie’s Hugo Danner was a Following the years of grisly horrors on our species down, in many ways this may
precursor to the likes of Superman and the battlefield, Hugo returns to the states be his updating or homage of Mary Woll-
Doc Savage, in that Hugo has rock-hard with a better sense of his capabilities and stonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein. The
flesh, can run faster than a speeding bul- the increasing desire to repurpose himself ultimate man, with no suitable rules to
let, is more powerful than a locomotive for greater aims, which puts him at odds abide by and meeting nary a friendly face
and can leap tall buildings in a single with both corporate and political powers. without duplicity or other ulterior mo-
bound. Yet at no point does he even re- Danner comes full circle and embraces tive, Hugo Danner is the more than man,
motely consider dressing abnormally a manner of self-acceptance, almost to freak of a man. In the three times I have
the point of becoming a bully, pushing read/studied/fought with this book over
what he feels is ethically right and proper. the last couple of years, I have avoided
Thus his questing takes him into moral reading other essays or reviews of the
territory where the adage “might makes work as I prefer to form my ideas with
right” is certainly put into question. From as little influence as possible. That said, I
the ostracizing of his youth, to dealing sincerely believe this is Wylie’s modern-
with the prospect of becoming a leader ization of Prometheus Unbound, cast in
of men, Hugo is as torn as any intelligent an age even more befitting of the moralis-
but non-super mortal might be, and the tic implications of sciences that are over-
book ends on a surprisingly shocking and taking our dogmatic social insecurities.
violent note that is arguably loaded with Wylie was by no definition a rookie scribe
bitterness of spiritual insinuation.  when this novel was originally released,
  young though he truly was. He went on
While this novel absolutely predates the to write many more books and essays
costumed superheroes of the comic book while staying ever mindful publicly, and
medium, it also preexists many of the perhaps even vigilantly, of the bridg-
prose pulp heroes of the 1930s and ‘40s. ing points between science, politics, and
It is definitely conceivable that Hugo morality. While at once perfecting Shelley
was some degree of influence on those and laying the groundwork for the gods
that came later, but that should not be of old to be reinterpreted as heroes of
limited to Superman or Doc Savage, as today, Gladiator is a powerhouse novel,
specific elements of the narrative could and should be celebrated widely.
easily have also inspired the “rejected by
society” themes of the assorted X-Men
characters, the proportionately bug-
like abilities of Spider-Man (or his own by Richard Caldwell

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M ark A. Nelson
y per-
sonal work reflects a
long standing inter-
est in myths, folktales
and different cultures.
Joesph Campbell (The
Power of Myth), Buffy
Johnson (Lady of the
Beasts), Marija Gimbu-
tas (The Language of
the Goddess), natural
history writers: David
Quamman, S. J. Gould,
Carl Zimmer, Edward
O. Wilson, and a large
list of sci-fi and fantasy
writers have created the
base for my personal
quest and approaches
to creating images.
The Broken Angel series
deals with the god-
dess and the jaguar,
the Headdress series
deals with the various
sides of the goddess
and the Medusa series
deals with the myths of
the Medusa and metis.
Each drawing is also
influenced by the model
I use. There are a lot
personal symbols in
these drawings, and I
don’t expect the viewer
to know them all. They
become designs and
elements in the draw-
ings and hopefully help
the story by creating acrylics, watercolors, pastels, and add layers of color. I try to
a mood or questions. silverpoint, lithography, etching blend layers of color as I did with
The best description and drawing. These images are glazes in oils or the transparency
of my work came from done on paper first, the drawing of litho-inks. The computer for me
another artist, who is worked up with black and white is another tool for the artist to use
said “your work is very prisma-color pencil on a grey to express their ideas.
shamanistic.” paper, and then scanned into the
computer for the coloring.   - Mark A. Nelson
I have worked with a
variety of mediums. I find that with Photoshop, I can
Everything from oils, keep the character of the drawing

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