John Carter of Mars Thread

[Guest]

A discussion and appreciation thread for all things John Carter.

From the original novels to the Gold Key and Marvel comics to one of the longest planned movie productions in history. The first movie was planned and scrapped in the 1930s and has been an ongoing struggle ever since. A ray of hope came when Robert Rodriguez untertook the project and even hired Frank Frazetta on board. Due to his resignation from the Guild after Sin City he consequently was replaced on the Carter movie. It is on the back burner at Paramount for the time being but Favreau who is currently directing Iron Man for 2008 may be the next man to take it on.

 

[ArAich]

[Guest]

Very nice, I believe that pin up is the cover to the second issue in the three issue Gold Key run.

[chromium]

 

 

[Freddy-G.-migration]

 

I have the book that Frazetta painted this dustcover for. For me, Frazetta brought the characters to life, just as he did with the Conan books. I also have a copy of Marvel's John Carter Warlord of Mars #1 in CGC 9.8. Lucky me!

[seank]

A John Carter movie by Roberto Rodriguez would kick major *spoon*. Too bad he got replaced.

[Zonker]

 

[mister_not_so_nice]

one of 3 comics had as a kid

 

It wasn't until 2 years ago when I bought the whole run off of eBay that I found out how this battle ended

[ArAich]

[Guest]

More of Frazettas John Carter

 

[qualitycomix]

More of Frazettas John Carter

 

 

Just awesome!!!

[boomtown]

Steve Morger is repping commissions from Warren artist Sanjulian. This is one of the pieces he has done recently. Not mine, but a really nice Carter piece.

 

[Guest]

That's a fantastic piece!

[The Black Hand ®]

 

 

Are those practical shoes that she's wearing?

[Theagenes]

Great thread!

 

Here's a group shot of my Golden Age John Carter collection:

 

 

 

And here are scans of the same books put together with flickr so they're easier to see:

 

[Guest]

That is a very impressive Carter collection. I've never even seen a few of those books before.

[Theagenes]

That is a very impressive Carter collection. I've never even seen a few of those books before.

 

Thanks! Some of the Funnies issues are really tough to find - it wasn't an easy run to put together. I'll try and post some individual scans when I get a chance.

 

As to the movie, I was really bummed when the Favreau project was dropped - I really thought he would have done a great job; he obviously was a fan and loved the material.

 

I have mixed emotions about the current Pixar project - on the one hand it will be disappointing to not see a serious live action JCoM, but on the other hand if they make a cool animated feature like Disney's Tarzan, then my 3-year old son will be just the right age to go see it in a couple of years. That would be a very cool experience to share one of my childhood heroes with him like that.

[Kamandi]

Any gaming miniatures fans out here? Mage Knight produced a line of figures that featured warriors obviously inspired by the Carter series Martians:

There are a couple of others, but I can't seem to access the WhizKids site thoroughly.

[Theagenes]

John Carter's first appearance in comics was in The Funnies #30, April 1939 (top left in the group shot above). It's a Gerber 8 and a tough book to find. Here are the first two pages of the JCoM story from that issue by an unknown artist:

 

 

 

[Theagenes]

With issue #34 the writing and art was taken over by ERB's son John Coleman Burroughs. He would continue as the artist throughout the remainder of the run. Here's a sample of JCB's work from The Funnies #36: