Theagenes Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Did ERB use Argosy to print his early stories first or did Argosy take the novels and break them into serial form? Pirates of Venus was serialized in 1932 and published as a book in 1934. The latest news is that Angelic Pictures has acquired the license to produce Pirates of Venus from ERB, Inc., the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Last month they announced the completion of a Pirates of Venus treatment and screenplay adaptation. Pirates of Venus Movie That is very cool! Hopefully, it won't have the same problems as the John Carter movie. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 More of these cover-swipe sources, please! An artist friend has made "trading cards" of some of them. I'll check whether he'd mind me posting some of them. Jack Also, I'd love to see more swipe sources too! Cool stuff! Jeff I'd like to see more, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Speaking of ERB's Venus series, I just got this in the mail the other day: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 Speaking of ERB's Venus series, I just got this in the mail the other day: Very nice. I haven't read any Burroughs stories since I was a kid. I loved them back then. Has anyone here read them as an adult? I wonder if they retain their quality when reread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 Continuing my series of covers apropos to the spirit of Halloween... Ghost Stories is a pulp that ran for 64 issues from 1926-1932. For the first two years of its life the title was published bedsheet sized. Here are the first two and last two issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Theagenes Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Speaking of ERB's Venus series, I just got this in the mail the other day: Very nice. I haven't read any Burroughs stories since I was a kid. I loved them back then. Has anyone here read them as adults? I wonder if they retain their quality when reread? I'm actually re-reading At the Earth's Core right now in anticipation of my Hi-Spot #2 getting here (Heritage is dropping ball with some seriously slow delivery ). It's pretty fun, but admittedly a bit pedantic - it was definately better when I was 10 or 11. I reread the first few Tarzan and Mars books several years ago on a whim. What shocked me the most was some of the racial language and social Darwinist ideas, things that of course didn't register with me when I was a kid. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aman619 Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Tar-zan is all about the racial supremacy of the white man. Burroughs definition of "Tar zan" was white skin. And as you know, at its heart, the story says if you drop a white man in the heart of Africa as an orphaned infant, and even raise him by apes, he will RISe to a position of leadership of his clan, and, become a Lord of the entire jungle, including the native humans. A thrilling story, but it would be pretty controversial if released today. Or just shunned as stupid social science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Tar-zan is all about the racial supremacy of the white man. Burroughs definition of "Tar zan" was white skin. And as you know, at its heart, the story says if you drop a white man in the heart of Africa as an orphaned infant, and even raise him by apes, he will RISe to a position of leadership of his clan, and, become a Lord of the entire jungle, including the native humans. A thrilling story, but it would be pretty controversial if released today. Or just shunned as stupid social science. Exactly. As a kid, it was just a cool adventure story - rereading them as an adult, I was kind of taken aback, though I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised given the whole premise. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Wonders never cease in the BZ universe! I know that bedsheet tend to have survived better than their other brethren because they were trimmed while regular pulps were not, but still ... just amazing copies. I have to believe that few people have held pulps in their hands to see how fragile they are to read because of the way the cover is either glued or stapled to the book. Your copies are ridiculous when you take all this into account! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxstuf Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 NUDITY COVER! :o West :applause:Wow, the census only lists 3 of this issue graded thus far. A 6.0, 8.5 and a 9.0, Does anyone know if the 9.0 is the Church copy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 .... More of these cover-swipe sources, please! An artist friend has made "trading cards" of some of them. I'll check whether he'd mind me posting some of them. If you want to see five of the "cards", they're in the GA BEST ARTIST SURVIVOR SERIES POLL: RD.11 thread. I didn't have the heart to hijack this thread. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Also, I'd love to see more swipe sources too! Cool stuff! Jeff I'd like to see more, too. This is a repost but for the sake of completeness, here goes: John Severin - Charles Russell - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 There's also this pulp to comics variation. Shadow pulp: Shadowed Millions - January 1933 - Spy Smasher # 1 - 1940 - (even though, it might simply be a swipe from The Shadow Comics which used the January 1933 cover on its May 1940 issue) - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 Cool stuff, Scrooge. Thanks for posting. I'm especially impressed that you caught the John Severin - Charles Russell swipe. Very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Cool stuff, Scrooge. Thanks for posting. I'm especially impressed that you caught the John Severin - Charles Russell swipe. Very impressive. Scrooge is one of the unsung heroes of these boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Cool stuff, Scrooge. Thanks for posting. I'm especially impressed that you caught the John Severin - Charles Russell swipe. Very impressive. Let's not get overly excited here. It's Severin himself that pointed it out to everyone. It's recorded in Squa Tront # 11. Think of me as the archivist / librarian of the group ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
