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!
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 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!
Another good write up about the passing of Denny Miller, courtesy of Review Journal
It is always a sad news to see a great talent pass away. Denny Miller was an accomplished author and actor, appearing in 237 different television programs as well as 20 movies. He has starred in 1959’s “Tarzan, the Ape Man,” soon growing to be a big member of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Community.
The Examiner just wrote a great article about Miller’s life and accomplishments, from his early days at UCLA, through unsuccessful dreams of becoming a professional ball player, all the way to his fame on the big screens. Read the full report here.
Charles Babalola, a former St Bonaventure’s pupil finishing his program at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, has just scored a supporting role in the upcoming Tarzan movie. The lucky break came during the last week of school, when an agent pushed him for the audition. Babalola already visited Warner Bros Studios to have his costumed fitted. He also met with David Yates, director of the previous four Harry Potter movies, who personally offered him the role in the newest Tarzan.
The filming of the movie has already begun, but young actor cannot reveal much at this point. Charles expressed his excitement over this “biggest break” he has ever had, as well as a number of “surreal” experiences such as chatting with Samuel L Jackson. He has also met Alexander Skarsgård and Margot Robbie.
The movie is scheduled to release in 2016.
Source: New Ham Recorder
Ron Marz has been writing comics for more than two decades, starting his career with a lengthy run on Silver Surfer for Marvel. Since then, he has worked for virtually every major publisher and compiled a long list of credits, including stints on Green Lantern for DC, Star Wars and Conan for Dark Horse, Witchblade for Top Cow, and as a staff writer for CrossGen Comics. He is also the current writer for The Mucker and Korak the Killer web comic hosted by Edgar Rice Burroughs website.
In an interview for ComicVine, Ron Marz goes into details about his inspiration and love for Edgar Rice Burroughs comics, as well as beginning work on the newest John Cater Warlord of Mars series published by Dynamite. He explains how John Carter made him want to become a writer growing up. He has ambitious plans for the first storyline as well as a great new villain. Marz also hopes to bring in new readers by starting fresh and re-introducing the world and setting, while still focusing on the heart of the series.
You can read the full article here!
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Columnist Dan O’Neil takes a look at the 100 years of Tarzan:
Instead, we celebrate the first true 100th birthday of the first superhero – Tarzan. The “true” hundredth because although the noblest savage of ’em all appeared earlier in an obscure pulp magazine, no-one took much notice until the book Tarzan of the Apes was published in 1914.
It was a sensation, selling a million copies in a year and it signalled the birth of an immortal. Now a century on, yet another Tarzan movie is in the works which means that Tarzan films have been with us almost as long as the 40-odd books written by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Here was a man who found it hard to separate fact from fiction and for proof, here’s how he described his upbringing to his readers: “I was born in Peking at the time that my father was military advisor to the Empress of China and lived there in the Forbidden City until I was 10 years old.” A tall tale to rank with Tarzan’s upbringing by apes. Burroughs was born in Chicago in 1875, the fourth son of a wealthy businessman.
Read the full article Here!
Huffington Post has just put up an interesting article interviewing 15 different real-world scientists about their literary preferences. From cosmology and physics professors at MIT to astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute, these men of science shared what their favorite sci-fi and fantasy books are. Among them, Dr. Jane Goodall from the UN Messenger of Peace listed the Tarzan of the Apes classic. It is great to hear the ERB stories inspired such creative and important minds!
Full article at Huffington Post
