“Kanab, Utah, bills itself as “Little Hollywood” due to all the Westerns that have filmed there. The local Walk of Fame includes plaques for actors who have appeared in movies or television shows shot locally. Here’s Denny’s plaque.”
Posted by Scott Tracy Griffin on the official Denny Miller: Man For All Reasons Facebook, group
Edgar Rice Burroughs, the most influential Sci-Fi writer of all time, predicted the wide-spread use of wireless technology seventy years before earthly adoption began.
Carson of Venus web comic strip No. 61.
See the first four episodes of all 13 of our story lines at edgarriceburroughs.com/comics – no charge.
Fans can gain unlimited access to the entire site and all the strips from the beginning for only $1.99 per month or $21.99 per year.
Regularly updated and expertly curated, the Edgar Rice Burroughs Digital Comic Strips service offers all new web comic adventures based on the classic characters and stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Current offerings include:
THE LOST CONTINENT™ by Martin Powell and Oscar Gonzalez
THE MONSTER MEN™ by Tom Simmons, Erik Roman, L Jamal Walton and Cristian Docolomansky
JOHN CARTER WARLORD OF MARS™ by Roy Thomas, Pegaso, Salvador López, Carolina Sánchez, Guadalupe Rivera and Olivia Peña
KORAK THE KILLER (TM) by Ron Marz, Rick Leonardi, Neeraj Menon and Troy Peteri
THE MUCKER (TM) by Ron Marz, Lee Moder, Troy Peteri and Neeraj Menon
TARZAN OF THE APES (TM) by Roy Thomas and Tom Grindberg
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF TARZAN (TM) by Roy Thomas and Tom Grindberg
CARSON OF VENUS (TM) by Martin Powell, Thomas Floyd, and Diana Leto
THE ETERNAL SAVAGE (TM) by Martin Powell and Steven E. Gordon
THE WAR CHIEF(TM) by Martin Powell and Nik Poliwko
THE CAVE GIRL (TM) by Martin Powell and Diana Leto (A Bi-Weekly)
PELLUCIDAR (TM) by Chuck Dixion and Tom Lyle
THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT (TM) by Martin Powell, Pablo Marcos and Oscar Gonzalez
FirstPost just wrote up a great little article talking about the Red Planet and how it’s been used in literature through the ages. Of course, it mentions Edgar Rice Burroughs who has made Mars the new home of John Carter. The other highlights include Ray Bradbury, Doctor Who and Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks. Check out the full article here!
Sirga is a poor lioness who was orphaned just days after birth. Her siblings were killed and her mother stopped providing her with milk. However, the little helpless cub was rescued by Valentin Guener, an animal conservatist and founder of the Modisa Wildlife Project in Botswana. Guener slept with the cub almost every night for the first eight months.
Guener has returned to the sanctuary to visit Sirga who is now 3 years old. Their reunion was a heartwarming moment of true love. Just watch the video below!
Are you excited about the new Tarzan film coming out in 2016? If not, perhaps Margot Robbie can sway you playing Jane Porter, an adventuress who of course becomes the love interest of Tarzan.
Her gorgeous looks aside, Robbie is also bringing several years of acting experience to the set. She has starred in a number of TV series such as Neighbors or Pan Am, and a few blockbuster movies including About Time and The Wolf of Wallstreet. She is also rumored to be acting in a potential Ghost In the Shell film, for the dystopian cyberpunk fans out there.
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Our friends at the ERBZine have added a wonderful tribute page to the recently deceased Denny Miller. As we mentioned before, miller was an accomplished author and actor starring in 237 television programs and over 20 different movies. He has also played the lead role in “Tarzan, the Ape Man” from 1959, soon becoming an important member of the Edgar Rice Burroughs family.
The ERB Zine page has a more in-depth biography, as well as several pictures from Miller’s life. Check out out here!
Recent news published by Nature website has been making headlines around the web, looking at the reason behind chimpanzee violence against each other. Some theories previously claimed the “chimp murders” were a product of human interaction; that is, the chimps learned violent tendencies from us. The latest study, however, disproves this theory. Nature website showed that the “murders” are better explained via natural causes such as competitiveness and adaptation.
Jane Goodall’s studies have previously shown that, for the most part, chimps were ” generally peaceful, playful, sophisticated and easygoing” as The New York Times wrote back in 1988. Despite that, further research showed that the males do occasionally engage in active killing of others. An anthropology professor at Indiana University Kevin D. Hunt further concluded that the persistent thread of violence was part of the reason for the social bonding, as chimps would have to “hang together to protect against extra-group murderers.”
If the chimps are our evolutionary ancestors, what does this speak of the human nature as well? Could violence thus be an inherent trait of our (and many other) species? Studies have already pointed out that some aggression can be beneficial, promoting the survival of the most powerful individuals. After all, “survival of the fittest” is one of evolution’s guiding principles.
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Junkee just posted a great article about what attracts the modern filmmakers to the ageless story of the king of the jungle:
Yet, 15 years after Disney’s animated version – which sparked a lame stage musical adaptation – there’s renewed interest in the Tarzan story. Another live-action Tarzan movie is slated for 2016, starring Alexander Skarsgård (who also looks really nice with few clothes on) alongside Margot Robbie as Jane.
Read the full story at Junkee
The British Film Institute is running an open-ended poll in the search of The Greatest SciFi Character out there! Checking their result, it seems several votes were already cast for John Carter of Mars. So why not contribute and pitch in your voice?
The iO9 website known for a variety of tech gadgetry and Scifi topis is also asking its readers for their thoughts. You can leave a comment about your favorite choice here.
The Idaho Comics Group is a small, regional and independent comic book publisher located in Boise, Idaho. They are now officially licensing “Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho” series which you can purchase for just $3 (+ shipping/handling) by sending an email to idahocomicsgroup@yahoo.com. As their official blog explains:
Why did we license Tarzan for our comic book anthology? Edgar Rice Burroughs used to live in Idaho on three separate occasions in his life and first started writing notes for his Tarzan first draft here in the Gem State. You can read more about this in an article on the history of comic books in Idaho contained within the pages of Idaho Comics #1.
Check for more details on their Official blog on Tumbr!
