Category: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs Poignantly Hilarious Bullet Point Outline of his failures
TweetEdgar Rice Burroughs, who wrote “A Princess of Mars” which forms the basis for Disney’s “John Carter”, was famously “selling pencil sharpeners” at the time he wrote this, his first […]
Kellen Lutz and Spencer Locke are the new Tarzan and Jane
TweetFrom Hollywood Reporter The Twilight star and Resident Evil actress will topline what will be a performance-capture 3D adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs jungle story. Kellan Lutz, co-star of […]
Thomas Bertonneau: Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Masculine Narrative
TweetAs many of you know, I’ve got my head down writing a book that is now tentatively entitled “Hollywood vs Mars”, about the recent John Carter debacle and what path, […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1930 on “The Purpose of Entertainment Fiction”
TweetI just love this article, and most of the others that Burroughs wrote. His sly self-effacement is, for me, a cover for the fact that he knows he’s one up […]
A Beautiful Scan of one of ERB’s favorite pieces of Barsoom art – St. John’s Thuvia
TweetBob Zeuschner saw my previous post about the J. Allen St. John “Thuvia” and was good enough to send me a really good quality scan, and for that I’m immensely […]
Cool John Carter Fan Art: A Woola Cake!
TweetWoola Character from Disney’s John Carter created by Michelle Wibowo of Michelle Sugar Art http://www.michellesugarart.co.uk
Roy Krenkel’s Evocative Cover Art for Edgar Rice Burroughs
TweetA disciple of J.Allen St. John, Franklin Booth, William Walcot and Norman Lindsay, Roy Krenkel was responsible for vividly evocative cover art for the ACE 1960’s Edgar Rice Burroughs paperbacks. […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs Trivia Game — Fun!
TweetSomeone on the Facebook John Carter Sequel Group found this Edgar Rice Burroughs Trivia game which is pretty fun stuff. I took the one for A Princess of Mars and […]
New John Carter Fan Art Gallery
TweetThe fans at the Facebook Group “Take Me Back to Barsoom! I want John Carter to have a sequel!” are continuing to make fan art that celebrates John Carter. This […]
John Carter: A Just Fight, and a good cause
Tweetfrom StevenEGordon.blogspot.com — by Steve Gordon A just fight… …and a good cause. I know it’s been quite awhile since I last blogged and I will blog again to bring you […]
Scott Dutton on the Robert K. Abbett Ballantyne Barsoom Cover Art
TweetFrom Catspaw Dynamics: In 1963, Robert K. Abbett was commissioned by Ballantine Books to paint the covers for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom series. 1965 saw the addition of John Carter of Mars as the 11th […]
John Carter Files Interview and Art Gallery: Jeff Doten, Barsoomian
Tweet Jeff Doten is one of the true stalwarts of the Edgar Rice Burroughs universe. He studied anatomy and animation at the Alberta College of Art and Design and zoology […]
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 […]
An Evening with Danton Burroughs, Keeper of the Flame for Edgar Rice Burroughs
TweetAs an “Army brat” teenager I truly fell in love with the fantastic tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ stories, which in those days were being reissued on paperback by ACE […]
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 […]
WETA Sponsors “Writer’s Quest with Edgar Rice Burroughs” Writing Contest
TweetWETA, the PBS Station in Washington, DC, is sponsoring an Edgar Rice Burroughs writing contest that runs through May 4, 2012. Here is the announcement — please help spread the […]
Our Documentary: The Life and Mind of Edgar Rice Burroughs
TweetAs some of you know, John Carter Files, while a fan site for sure, happens to be run by a fan whose also an indie film-maker. We have had fun […]
Chicago Tribune: John Carter, star of Mars and movie screens, was born in Chicago
TweetEdgar Rice Burroughs fueled the imaginations of many with his pulp characters, like Tarzan and John Carter By Jeff Long, Chicago Tribune reporter: As John Carter rides into movie theaters […]
Official John Carter Crew T-Shirts Now Available — Very cool stuff
TweetSeveral years ago Andrew Stanton commissioned Last Exit to Nowhere to manufacture the official John Carter Crew T-Shirts and now they are available online. We think these are truly cool […]
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 […]
Manila Bulletin John Carter Review: “Finding a cause to love in John Carter”
Tweetby Rowena Joy A. Sanchez. MANILA, Philippines — It might seem that the science-fiction film “John Carter” is derivative of classics such as “Star Wars” and “Avatar,” but a trip […]
John Carter Files Presents a documentary film: “The Life and Mind of Edgar Rice Burroughs”
TweetHere’s some news some of you may know a bit about — but has not been officially announced until now: The John Carter Files guys who cut the now somewhat […]
Video: “John Carter Primer” by Larry Ketchersid
TweetSFSignal has put up a nice page with a “John Carter Primer” by Larry Ketchersid . Larry had previously done a wonderful text and images version of the John Carter […]
John Carter, the action hero who inspired the young Ronald Reagan
TweetFrom the National Review: To a certain ten-year-old boy living in Dixon, Illinois, in 1921, the town’s modest public library was a revelation, a “house of magic,” as he would […]
Another cool piece of John Carter Fan Art
TweetThis nice piece of fan art comes from Damian Johns of Big Picture Studios in the UK and we love it! Andrew Stanton tweeted about it — that’s how we […]
John Carter Mondo Poster Rocks
TweetThis poster, which you get a copy of if you go to the midnight IMAX showing on March 8/9, reminds of the imagination that lies at the base of John […]
Very nice John Carter Fan Poster –check it out
TweetThanks to Karin Neva for finding and clearing our posting of this nice piece of fan art for John Carter. It’s by A13XANDER at www.A13XANDER.deviantart.com and please go there to check out […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs and “The Damphool Species of Narrative”
TweetElsewhere on this site there is a raging argument going on between two otherwise sane and reasonable guys over whether a) Andrew Stanton has silly ideas, b) Edgar Rice Burroughs […]
John Picacio illustrates “Under the Moons of Mars”
TweetDisney’s John Carter should steer some moviegoers to the source material of Edgar Rice Burroughs, who in addition to Tarzan’s adventures also wrote Carter’s escapades on Mars in his classic Barsoom series. […]