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Okay, I know I joked about being Bane in an ERB. But imagine his first verse ending like
“My second verse will arrive
In appropriate time.
But now that I’ve finished my first
You have my permission to rhyme.”

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2020-01-10

in 1941, artist Boris Vallejo was born in Lima, Peru. In the 1970s, he created iconic covers for Ballantine editions of a dozen books (#ERBzine 3610). These and other favorites are posted below.

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2020-01-09

Weekly :: Dec 27, 2019
https://t.co/f5b2iayzvW
52 ERBzines from 2019 ~ 17 More ERB Drabbles Sunday 5 ~ Martin's 25 Days of Xmas 4 & 5 ~ Events ~ Lubbers, Hogarth, Foster, Manning, Maxon ~ Updates https://t.co/SNOtOpD0pH

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2019-12-27

"O Christmas thark, O Christmas thark,
How lovely are thy four arms."

Image: Jeff Doten (), 2009

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2019-12-24

presents another S&P comic. Adam Strange is the creation of the great Gardner Fox, and owes much to ERB's John Carter. Fox and his fiction, prose and comic, are finally drawing well-deserved attention, including a biography and a huge Adam Strange omnibus.

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2019-12-07

I've decided to run two daily art posts—space opera and sword & planet. Our first entry is of Mark Schultz's "Cadalacs and Dinosaurs" comic. It's supposedly a post-apocalypse with dinosaurs, but it reminds me of ERB's Pellucidar. Exciting stories and great art.

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2019-12-05

IN STORES TODAY -- PELLUCIDAR: WINGS OF DEATH Written by Mike Wolfer. Illustrated by Vincenzo Carratu. Colors by Periya Pillai. Lettering by Natalie Jane.

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2019-12-04

In stores THIS WEDNESDAY -- PELLUCIDAR: WINGS OF DEATH Written by Mike Wolfer. Illustrated by Vincenzo Carratu. Colors by Periya Pillai. Lettering by Natalie Jane. It's the pulse-pounding conclusion of the epic adventure at the Earth's core!

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2019-12-03

In Chapter 22 of THE CHESSMEN OF MARS, Turan (Gahan, Jed of Gathol) rescues Tara of Helium, illustrated in St. John’s frontispiece:
"Turan, the slave!" they cried, "Death to him!"
[Image: 4190, https://t.co/21YiW2UN8w]

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2019-11-30

Preliminary sketch for Frank "The Huntress," used for the Ace editions of SAVAGE PELLUCIDAR (1964) and THE CAVE GIRL (1973): https://t.co/GSpvTErrEu

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2019-11-02

No dumb vine or ERB reference today because I’m frustrated this is the second Kiitober I did today because I deleted the Kii-Kirby file before I saved it properly OOPS

I rushed this one lul

Day 18: Kii but Espeon

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2019-10-19

"Korak!" she cried. "Korak! My Korak! I knew that you would come. Kill him, Korak! Kill him!"
Meriem, THE SON OF TARZAN, Ch. 11

Frank preliminary and final cover art for the 1963 Ace edition of fourth novel

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2019-10-12

For much more about the art and various editions of A PRINCESS OF MARS, see 0421: https://t.co/fEP01bBcrf.
Cover artists: Ludwig Hohlwein (1925), Robert Abbett (1963), Motoichiro Takebe (1965), Bruce Pennington (1972)

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2019-10-11

I turned to meet the charge of the infuriated bull ape.
A PRINCESS OF MARS, Ch. 6
Original Schoonover art and image as printed

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2019-10-11

Four of St. John's first-edition covers for Tarzan novels.
TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION (1923)
TARZAN, LORD OF THE JUNGLE (1928)
TARZAN AND THE CITY OF GOLD (1933)
TARZAN'S QUEST (1936)
[Images:

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2019-10-02

J. Allen St. John, born in 1872, painted first-edition covers for first two Venus novels.
PIRATES OF VENUS (1934), cover and spine art
LOST ON VENUS (1935), preliminary cover art and final cover
[Images: Heritage Auctions]

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2019-10-02

J. Allen St. John, born in Chicago in 1872, created first-edition dust-jacket art for 4 of 11 Mars novels.
THE WARLORD OF MARS (1919)
THE CHESSMEN OF MARS (1922)
THE MASTER MIND OF MARS (1928)
SWORDS OF MARS (1936)
[Images:

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2019-10-01

On October 1, 1872, James Allen St. John was born in Chicago. He would create over 30 cover illustrations for first editions. TARZAN AND THE JEWELS OF OPAR (1918), AT THE EARTH'S CORE (1922), THE ETERNAL LOVER (1925), THE MOON MAID (1926) [Images via ]

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2019-10-01