Category: Barsoom
Den of Geek: Does John Carter Break the Edgar Rice Burroughs Movie Curse?
Tweetby Terence Bowman for Den of Geek: Adaptations of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novels haven’t fared well in the past, so can Andrew Stanton’s John Carter break the cycle? Terence finds […]
A Beginner’s Guide to John Carter’s Mars
TweetFrom Superhero Hype: This Friday, Finding Nemo and WALL•E director Andrew Stanton will go where no other filmmaker has managed to go before, as he tackles the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs in Disney’s John […]
John Carter Review: “Fresh and emotionally stirring in unexpected ways. 9/10”
Tweetby Michael D. Sellers: Star Wars, Avatar, and John Carter. That’s the cinema progression although by now everyone knows that the 100 year old John Carter books by Edgar Rice […]
AICN has a nice John Carter set visit article out today
TweetThe set visit articles — recounting visits to the John Carter set that took place well over a year ago — are starting to come out now, and this is […]
Could Disney’s John Carter help inspire a comeback of classic adventure lit for kids and young adults?
TweetThe list of major creative minds who, in their boyhood, discovered Edgar Rice Burroughs’ world of Barsoom and were inspired by it are legion: Ray Bradbury, Arthur Clark, Carl Sagan, […]
Q & A with Gregory Manchess, an artist who’s done one great piece of Barsoomian art and will hopefully do more
TweetOne of my favorite pieces of Barsoom art that wasn’t done by St. John, Krenkel, Frazetta, or any of the “usual suspects” of Barsoomian artists is by Gregory Manchess, and […]
Reading Barsoom: How Edgar Rice Burroughs became the father of modern science fiction
TweetiO9 has a nice article about how Edgar Rice Burroughs became the father of modern science fiction which I think is worth sharing. The piece is written by John […]
Happy Hour Treat: Taking a tour of John Carter Fan Videos
TweetWell, it’s a Friday night, the best moment of the week — and I just found myself browsing through Youtube fan videos of John Carter, a Princess of Mars, and […]
Just how popular were Edgar Rice Burroughs “John Carter” Novels? Think Harry Potter and then some…..
TweetIn 1945 more than 30,000, 000 copies of his novels in 58 languages and dialects made him the most widely read author on earth. In the July 14 edition of […]
John Barth, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter, and the “Masculine Narrative”
TweetIn this, the season of John Carter, I have found my thoughts occasionally returning to the year 1976 when I was a graduate student in a seminar on the Modern […]
Best. Barsoom. Art. Ever?
TweetEverbody has their favorites out there — I know it. Frazetta is great , Krenkel is cool, and there are others who have done excellent illustrations of various John Carter […]
New International Poster of John Carter provides much food for thought
TweetJohn Carter has a new poster for the hispanic market featuring the tagline: Dos Mundos. Un Heroe (no, we’re not gonna translate that, you can figure it out.) Without further […]
Could Disney's John Carter help inspire a comeback of classic adventure lit for kids and young adults?
TweetThe list of major creative minds who, in their boyhood, discovered Edgar Rice Burroughs’ world of Barsoom and were inspired by it are legion: Ray Bradbury, Arthur Clark, Carl Sagan, […]
Willem Dafoe describes playing Tars Tarkas in Disney’s John Carter
TweetDisney Studios have released an interview of Willem Dafo, who plays Tars Tarkas in John Carter, set to be released on March 9. In the sci-fi epic Dafoe plays a […]
Willem Dafoe describes playing Tars Tarkas in Disney's John Carter
TweetDisney Studios have released an interview of Willem Dafo, who plays Tars Tarkas in John Carter, set to be released on March 9. In the sci-fi epic Dafoe plays a […]
John Carter Japanese Trailer offers tantalizing clues to the Stanton's script and John Carter's backstory
TweetMoreso than any other trailer released to date, the new Japanese international trailer (I’m calling it the Japanese trailer because so far there is another international trailer that is different, […]
How Many Legs Does a Calot Have? (and a Woola wallpaper image)
TweetThere’s been some discussion on message boards lately about Woola, John Carter’s “calot”, who is featured prominently in the TV Spot entitled “Lost”. So it seems a good time to […]
Carl Sagan on the magical Mars of John Carter and Edgar Rice Burroughs
TweetHere’s a wonderful 3 minutes from Carl Sagan on how as a young boy he was mesmerized by the Mars of John Carter, Tars Tarkas, and Dejah Thoris. The reverence […]
New John Carter TV Spot: Dear John Carter Trailer Team, I have an idea
TweetDisney has just released two TV spots for Andrew Stanton’s John Carter, set to hit theaters and IMAX on March 9th. Here is the spot entitled “Lost” Review: Actually this […]
Barsoomian joins Dothraki as the invented language du jour
TweetAT HIS best friend’s wedding reception on the California coast, David Peterson stood to deliver his best-man toast to the newlyweds. He held his champagne glass high and shouted ”hajas!” […]
From the archives: 100 Years of John Carter
TweetIn February, it will be 100 years since Edgar Rice Burroughs’ “Under the Moons of Mars” debuted as an adventure serial in All Story Magazine, bringing Barsoom, John Carter, Dejah […]
Who is John Carter?
TweetPam Harrison of the Louisvill Comics Examiner has a great article up entitled “Who is John Carter”. Like the rest of the JC universe she’s in a “can’t wait” mode […]
Tars Tarkas, John Carter's Fierce Ally as played by Willem Dafoe in Disney's "John Carter"
TweetThough a great warrior and leader among his people (the brutal and mirthless Tharks) he possesses a sense of compassion and empathy uncharacteristic of his race.
Map of Barsoom
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People and Cultures of Barsoom
TweetRed Martians The Red Martians are the dominant culture on Barsoom. They are organized into a system of imperial city-states including Helium, Ptarth and Zodanga, controlling the planetary canal system, […]
Woola, the fierce, lovable "calot" of Barsoom — John Carter's loyal doglike pal
TweetDisney has released a still of Woola, John Carter’s lovably ferocious Barsoomian calot, an animal that serves a role roughly equivalent on Mars to man’s best friend on Earth. According […]
The White Ape of Barsoom
TweetThe folks at Disney have released a still of the great White Ape of Barsoom as part of the ramping up of their promotion of John Carter, which hits theaters […]
The proverbs of John Carter's Barsoom
Tweet “Blessed be your ancestors for this meeting.” — common “In the name of the Ninth Ray!” — common “Only our first ancestor knows.” — common “A warrior may change […]
Military Ranks on John Carter's Barsoom
Tweet Military Titles & Units The military titles are all attested, but most of the names of military units are conjecture. But if we assume that *u- [< utan and umak] is a prefix […]