New Comic Strip Launch – The Eternal Savage

Enter Africa 100,000 years ago and be surrounded by beasts of a primeval past that know only to kill to survive.

Nu the son of Nu, a savage from the Stone Age, is thrust forward to our age by a quirk in Time long enough to meet Victoria Custer of Nebraska and bring her back to his world of cave people, saber-tooth tigers, and a prehistoric wilderness. The challenges they face together, and the emotions that surface, explain why this story has also been known as THE ETERNAL LOVER.

Eternal Savage

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Written by Martin Powell with art by Steve Gordon, this suspense-packed comic strip is FOR ALL AGES and FOR THE AGES.

Join the excitement. Start reading now at www.edgarriceburroughs.com/comics ! For just $1.99 per month you will have access not only to the upcoming Eternal Savage strips, but all current Tarzan strips by Tom Grindberg and Roy Thomas; the current Carson of Venus strips by Martin Powell, Tom Floyd and Diana Leto; and numerous Bonus Materials and sketches, as well as other fantastic strips such as The War Chief, coming soon!

Don’t wait, Subscribe Today and watch for more announcements later in the month!

WRITER: MARTIN POWELL

Martin Powell, a professional writer since 1986, has written hundreds of stories in numerous genres for such Disney, Marvel, DC, and Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse Comics and others. Nominated for the prestigious Eisner Award for his work with Sherlock Holmes, he has written for some of the most popular characters in the industry, including Superman, Batman, Popeye the Sailor, Tarzan of the Apes. He is currently the author of the online weekly comic strips Carson of Venus and The Eternal Savage for Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Martin has authored many children’s books, and is co-creator of the acclaimed Halloween Legion, with illustrator Diana Leto. Martin’s The Tall Tale of Paul Bunyan won the coveted Moonbeam Children’s Book Award for Best Graphic Novel of 2010.

ARTIST: STEVEN GORDON

Steven E. Gordon, a professional artist for over 35 years, has worked mostly in Animation. His accomplishments include Character Designer and Supervising Animator on the Ralph Bakshi/Frank Frazetta feature film Fire and Ice, Character Designer and Director on X-Men: Evolution and The Ultimate Avengers, and as illustrator on many children’s Superhero books for HarperCollins and other publishers. Steven has been professionally connected to Edgar Rice Burroughs as a storyboard artist on Disney’s TARZAN television series and several direct-to-video sequels.

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Police arrest Thai pet shop owner with rare lions

Thai police arrest pet shop owner for possessing protected wildlife, including rare lions

Associated Press – June 10, 2013

Lions in Cages

Lions rest inside an enclosure after a raid at a zoo-like house on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand Monday, June 10, 2013. Thai police and forestry officials searched and seized a number …more of imported and endangered animals including 14 lions from Africa and arrested the house’s owner. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

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Tarzan Aristocrat slot games win 12 times in readers’ poll

TARZAN, LORD OF THE JUNGLE wins Award second year in a row for Best Penny Slot, second Best Progressive Slot, and third Best Video Slot.
TARZAN AND JANE FORBIDDEN TEMPLE voted Best Slot Graphics and second Best Video Slot Bonus Round.


30 May 2013

LAS VEGAS — (PRESS RELEASE) — Aristocrat slot games are among the most popular with players everywhere, and now the readers of Southern California Gaming Guide(TM) have honored Aristocrat with 12 awards in the Best Slots 2013 Awards, including Best Video Slot, Best Penny Slot, Luckiest Slot and Best Slot Mobile App.

Aristocrat’s wildly popular Buffalo(TM) was named Best Video Slot and Luckiest Slot. Early this year, Buffalo was named the best video slot game for the second year in a row in the 2013 Goldman Sachs Slot Managers Survey.

Aristocrat’s highly successful Tarzan(R) Lord of the Jungle(TM) video slot game was named the Best Penny Slot for the second year in a row in this poll. The game was also voted the #2 Best Progressive Slot and the #3 Best Video Slot.

Tarzan(R) and Jane Forbidden Temple(TM) was voted Best Slot Graphics and #2 Best Video Slot Bonus Round. Mr. Cashman(R) was voted #2 Best Classic Slot and #2 Best Slot Theme. Pompeii(TM) was voted the #3 Best Slot Theme, and the powerful Reel Power(TM) technology was voted #2 Best Slot Innovation.

Taking the fun with them off the casino floor, players voted Aristocrat’s Wild Panda(TM) mobile slot game for iPhone(R) the Best Slot Mobile App.

“We are extremely honored by the results of the Southern California Gaming Guide(TM) readers’ poll. With 22 casinos and more than 37,000 slot machines in the state, casino players in California certainly know their games, and for Aristocrat to win such a huge landslide victory in the readers’ poll for our products both in-casino and online is confirmation that we are continuing to create the world’s best gaming experience every day,” said Aristocrat Technologies’ President Atul Bali.

Aristocrat Technologies Inc. is a subsidiary of Aristocrat Leisure Limited (asx:ALL), a leading global provider of gaming solutions. The Company is licensed by more than 200 regulators and its products and services are available in more than 90 countries around the world. Aristocrat offers a diverse range of products and services including electronic gaming machines and casino management systems. For further information visit the company’s website at www.aristocrat-us.com.

http://www.casinocitytimes.com/news/article/aristocrat-slots-win-12-times-in-readers-poll-205455

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All New Carson of Venus Comic Strip by Edgar Rice Burroughs

We are expanding our existing Tarzan (R) online comic strip with Carson of Venus (TM), an all-new, full-color online weekly comic strip of interplanetary romantic adventure brought to you by writer Martin Powell, illustrator Tom Floyd and artist Diana Leto.

Be thoroughly entertained with Love Forbidden, Adventure Unending and Terror Eternal!

Carson of Venus Title

Join the excitement. Start reading now at www.edgarriceburroughs.com/comics ! For just $1.99 per month you will have access not only to the upcoming Carson of Venus strips, but all current Tarzan strips by Tom Grindberg and Roy Thomas, numerous Bonus Materials and sketches, as well as other fantastic strips such as The Eternal Savage, coming soon!

Don’t wait, Subscribe Today and watch for more announcements on June 16th!

Best Regards,
The Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Team

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How Jane, the woman who loved Tarzan, was conceived

Robin Maxwell

Review by Margaret Leubs for the Newsletter Purple Sage of the Eash Sierra Branch, California Writers Club

Robin Maxwell introduced herself to the Ridge Writers by explaining that she too was a desert denizen, as she and her husband run a bed and breakfast near Yucca Valley.

She then told us how she came to be interested in both Tarzan and Jane. Tarzan was her first heartthrob, a gorgeously muscled he-man, living free. The romantic in her loved that he loved an American girl.

She also enjoyed other comics, such as Superman, but no super-hero could hold a candle to Tarzan. She never actually read Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novels, but she did love the movies based on them.

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Virunga National Park’s Warden and a Gorilla – a real Friendship

Patrick Karabaranga and a Gorilla
Source: Phil Moore / AFP / Getty Images

A truly inspirational photo – the warden at the Virunga National Park in Congo, Patrick Karabaranga, sharing a bonding moment with one of the orphaned gorillas he takes care of inside the sanctuary. As he states on his profile:

Patrick Karabaranga carrying a Gorilla

Patrick carrying his companion. Courtesy of BBC.

“Baby gorillas need as much affection and attention as human babies. My colleagues and I take turns caring for them 24/7. In the morning, we prepare their bottles and then later we feed them fruit and other native plants. The whole time that we are doing this, we are also playing with them and showering them with affection … we should really stop persecuting them and destroying their habitat.

Let’s not forget how close gorillas and humans are, both in terms of genetics and their social structure. No surprise Patrick finds them to be “Man’s best friend!” You can learn more about him and his work by clicking here, and please consider donating to the gorilla conservation fund!

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Substantially expanding the Sunday Comic Strip Subscription website

Greatest Wrong Turn in History Sketch by Carson

To our Loyal, Steadfast, Patient Subscribers – We’ve got Great News for you! Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. is substantially expanding its Sunday Comic Strip Subscription website. Over the next several months, at no increased cost to you, we will be adding four or five new exciting comic strip series for your enjoyment. Beginning June 1, we will be adding a CARSON OF VENUS comic strip written and drawn by extremely gifted and experienced professionals to complement our existing TARZAN strip.

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The Company That Time Will Never Forget: A Visit to Edgar Rice Burroughs, Incorporated

In the waning days of March 2013, I made a trip I should’ve taken years before. I’ve lived in Los Angeles since I was four, became a fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs in my teens, but never thought about taking the jaunt on the I-405 into the Valley to visit the office of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. I knew the office was there; that part of the Valley didn’t get the name “Tarzana” by accident. But it wasn’t until after working for three years writing numerous articles about Burroughs’s books and movies based on them that I realized the opportunity in plain sight — actually, over the hill. I looked up the company’s website, found a phone number, and gave the office a call, wondering what might come of it. A pleasant-sounding woman answered the phone, and after I provided her only a sentence of explanation (ERB fan, live in L.A., would like to write something about the company for an online magazine), she cheerfully told me to call the president of the company, James J. Sullos Jr., and gave me his cell phone number. Another call later — and a half-hour of quality fan talk with Mr. Sullos — and I had an appointment to come out to the offices and have lunch with him and Cathy Wilbanks, the company archivist and executive assistant.

Read Ryan Harvey’s full retrsopective Here!

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