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Dale Holman

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Name: D.F. Holman, Dale Holman
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Dale Holman was a fanartist that contributed to zines in the 1970s and 1980s.

From a fan in K/S & K.S. (Kindred Spirits) #12 (1985):

She was a staunch ST/LN fan and enjoyed as well as believed thoroughly in the IDIC concept. I am going to miss her very much, and I am sure the folks who knew Dale, the gentle soul she was, will miss her also.

Zine Contributions

A 1983 Portfolio

In 1983, Holman contributed art to Organia for "A Portfolio of Art in Science Fiction Literature". The artist's statement:

This portfolio includes images of five human females who are central to the works of science fiction they inhabit. Four of the five are Earthlings, and all share circumstances which you will find familiar. Some of these woman are neither likeable nor courageous; but, it seems to me, they are very real. Each of my subjects has story-specific, personal goals, but all are struggling to make themselves what they most want to be, consciously or subconsciously. The images are arranged in sequence (as I see it) from that of the least to that of the most self-aware character.

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In these images I have tried to convey something of the "whole" person: roots, environment, and personality. They are interpretations, not illustrations, and thus somewhat abstract. I hope that one or another of these images moves — or annoys — you enough to make the subject's acquaintance first hand.

The Organia Art

The comments on each are from the artist's statement:

  • "First "MOONSTAR ODYSSEY, by David Gerrold, displays the pain and dislocation of becoming adult when you are not sure you want to be an adult."

    "First "MOONSTAR ODYSSEY, by David Gerrold, displays the pain and dislocation of becoming adult when you are not sure you want to be an adult."

  • "Then "Shadows" by Pamela Sargent, from the short story collection STARSHADOWS, gives us a stifled, culture-bound woman who saves her species by being most adept at following the rules."

    "Then "Shadows" by Pamela Sargent, from the short story collection STARSHADOWS, gives us a stifled, culture-bound woman who saves her species by being most adept at following the rules."

  • "JEM, by Frederick Pohl, features a slam-bang America Firster, who lives and dies fulfilling her understanding of 'heroism' and 'patriotism,' never questioning 'right and wrong'."

    "JEM, by Frederick Pohl, features a slam-bang America Firster, who lives and dies fulfilling her understanding of 'heroism' and 'patriotism,' never questioning 'right and wrong'."

  • "From THE BEST OF C.L. MOORE I took "No Woman Born," a study of a woman who overcomes massive handicaps — her own and her society's — to do what she knows she has to do."

    "From THE BEST OF C.L. MOORE I took "No Woman Born," a study of a woman who overcomes massive handicaps — her own and her society's — to do what she knows she has to do."

  • "Finally, there is STARDANCE, by Spider and Jeanne Robinson. A paean to the power of growing creativity, this story gives us a woman who leads others to expand beyond their Earth-bound humanity."

    "Finally, there is STARDANCE, by Spider and Jeanne Robinson. A paean to the power of growing creativity, this story gives us a woman who leads others to expand beyond their Earth-bound humanity."

Fan Comments

The best in the issue is Dale Holman's "A Portfolio of Women in Science Fiction Literature." Holmes takes several sf books and presents her interpretations of different female characters. The pieces are not necessarily visions of what Holman believes they should physically look like; rather they are her interpretations of their emotional conflicts, their role in their societies, what they want to offer others. Predictably, some readers have reacted negatively to Holman's art, one even complaining that her figures are "out of proportion," not understanding that that may be the whole point. Fandom seems to think that the human body should be inviolate. Holman offers us a powerful vision, and uses the human body to present an idea. Her drawings are so different from fandom's usual fare because it moves; it breathes, and even attacks. Yes, Virginia, art can do something other than illustrate (with that ever monotonous stipple zip-a-tone) Luke and Han and Kirk and Spock. [1]

Sample Art

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1976

1980

1981

1983

References

  1. ^ from Universal Translator #19
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