Category: The Tarzan Files
A Pretty Cool Picture From Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc–from the room where ERB worked
TweetI’m at Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc at a meeting of the steering committee for the Aug 16-18 Dum Dum Convention celebrating 100 Years of Tarzan and John Carter, and I […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Poem “The Black Man’s Burden”
TweetQuite frequently we hear about racism in the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs and I frankly don’t buy it. He was a man of his time, to be sure, and […]
Scott Tracy Griffin on the Tarzan Panels at Comic Con
TweetScott Tracy Griffin is an actor, author, and adventurer and is an internationally recognized authority on Edgar Rice Burroughs and his literary characters, including Tarzan and John Carter of Mars. He […]
Tarzan and the Man Who Made Him — An Article Written in 1945
TweetI just read a delightful “harrumph” from a commenter who objected to something in Andy Briggs “New Adventures of Tarzan” and took Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., to task for not […]
The Guardian is offering a free extract from The New Adventures of Tarzan by Andy Briggs
TweetAndy Brigg’s “The New Adventures of Tarzan” is a modern day Tarzan tale authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, and The Guardian is now offering a free extract which is […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs One of the Fathers of Steampunk
TweetHere’s a nice article on steampunk — its definition, origins in early sci-fi, and even a confirmed description of the origin of the term which I hadn’t heard before, but […]
Allison Bohl Interviews George T. McWhorter, Curator of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Special Collection at the University of Louisville
TweetGeorge McWhorter is a legendary figure among ERBophiles — he’s the curator of the Edgar Rice Burroughs special collection at the University of Louisville, and one of the world’s top […]
The Pulp Magazine Project: Preserving Popular Fiction
TweetFrom the Golden Gazette. The Pulp Magazines Project is a massive undertaking to preserve a vital aspect of American history—the pulp fiction magazines, magazines that launched the careers of legendary […]
Tarzan: Racist Savage or First Eco-Warrior?
TweetThe issue of whether or not Edgar Rice Burroughs put forward racist ideas and subtext in Tarzan and his other novels, including the Barsoom novels, is something that comes up […]
Tarzan at 100: Lord of the Superheroes
TweetFrom The Guardian Some literary characters slip free from their creators and become part of our shared culture, becoming the closest thing we have to a modern mythology. You don’t […]
Saturday at ComicCon: ERB Inc. to Present Tarzan at Noon
TweetThe San Diego ComicCon schedule is out, and the ERB Inc. Presentation will take place at noon on Saturday. Here is how the listing reads: 12:00-1:00 The Naked Truth About […]
The Series Project: Tarzan (Part 1)
TweetBy Witney Seibold via CraveOnline.com According to the Internet Movie Database, there have been nearly 80 feature films to star the character of Tarzan. If The Guinness Book of World Records is […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ “Tarzan of the Apes” Included Among “Books that Shaped America” Exhibit
TweetTurns out Tarzan of the Apes has been included in a Library of Congress Exhibit of the “Books that Shaped America”. WASHINGTON — A new Library of Congress exhibition, “The […]
The Edgar Rice Burroughs Magic — What was it about his writing that was so special?
TweetThere have been recent comments here on JCF about how the adaptation of John Carter was handled by Andrew Stanton, Michael Chabon, and Mark Andrews and as I was writing […]
“Book News Monthly” — 1918 Profile of “The Creator of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs”
TweetSharing a bit of the fruits of research on John Carter and the Gods of Hollywood — this is a lovely 1918 magazine piece on Edgar Rice Burroughs which contains […]
BBC: Ray Bradbury talks about Edgar Rice Burroughs and John Carter in his final interview
TweetThis is a lovely article from the BBC’s Matt Novak, who interviewed Ray Bradbury in his Los Angeles home close to the end. He asks Bradbury if he was thinking […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. President Jim Sullos and Cathy Willbanks interviewed
TweetFrom TheReelBits.com June 1, 2012 This morning, we were delighted to be invited to be a part of a virtual roundtable to celebrate the DVD and Blu-ray release of Disney’s John […]
Investors Business Daily: Burroughs Turned Tarzan into Multi-Media Sensation
TweetFrom Investor Business Daily At 35, Edgar Rice Burroughs had a resume full of failure. He flunked the West Point entrance exam and then was booted out of the Army […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs' hilarious bullet-point outline of his failures tells much about the author of A Princess of Mars
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 […]
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 […]