It's been a day to revisit some art. I've got a spare kidney I'd gladly give away to draw a book with these characters.

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Remember the movie "John Carter"? I enjoyed it back in the day. It inspired this drawing --> Point of Exquisite Suspension: Tigrikorn on Barsoom sketch (365 Tigrikorn Day 227) https://t.co/HnLMLVsPoz

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Other artists imagine Ras Thavas, the Master Mind of Mars: (1995), Thomas Yeates (2000), Into Kustannus (2014), Mark Schultz (date unknown)
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Other artists imagine Ras Thavas, the Master Mind of Mars: Frank R. Paul (1927), Roy G. Krenkel (1963), Bruce Pennington (1973), Michael Whelan (1979)
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Remembering the movie "John Carter"... I actually enjoyed it. And it inspired this drawing --> Point of Exquisite Suspension: Tigrikorn on Barsoom sketch (365 Tigrikorn Day 227) https://t.co/HnLMLVsPoz

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What, pray, is the pleasure of doing an easy thing?
THE GODS OF MARS, Ch. 10

in 1918, A. C. McClurg issued the first edition of THE GODS OF MARS, which featured dust-jacket and frontispiece art by Frank E. Schoonover.

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Ray Bradbury was born 100 years ago today in Waukegan, IL. He was a huge fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs and said his very first story, written as a pre-teen, was a sequel to one of Barsoom novels.

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In 2016, Frank Frazetta's "At the Earth's Core" sold at auction for a record $1,075,500 including buyer's premium: https://t.co/Murw0jhge7.
I expect that "A Princes of Mars" will top that: https://t.co/LO7xmbmOBW

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Mark Andrews (2012): "And this was my first idea for a Thern. Crazy! But being that we made them Shapeshifters...who knows what the really look like. I guess we'll need a second movie to find out. Man we had big plans for the continuing tales of on Barsoom....

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in 1925, Ulysses Paxton wrote to about his experiences on Burroughs began writing THE MASTER MIND OF MARS on the same date.
Text: opening paragraphs of Paxton's letter
Art: Frank R. Paul (1927), Bruce Pennington (1973), Michael Whelan (1979)

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returns to ERB with this James E. McConnell cover for the second Amtor (aka Venus) book. It's been far too long since I read this one, but I recall thoroughly enjoying the Venus series. Barsoom better captured my heart, but Amtor holds fond memories.

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"I agree with others of you that seven men cannot rule as well as one. Divided authority is no authority."
SYNTHETIC MEN OF MARS, Ch. 11

in 1940, Inc. published the first edition of his ninth Barsoom novel, with cover and interior art by son John Coleman Burroughs.

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High-resolution images of some art for the JOHN CARTER OF MARS here: https://t.co/cuTmP96VkK
"John Carter of Mars," "Warhoons," "Thoat Riders of Manatos," "Zitidar"

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EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: The outcast Princess of Mars is still fighting to save Barsoom in DEJAH THORIS https://t.co/RdakcQv2tq

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Thomas Yeates provided many wonderful illustrations for the 2009 Fall River Press edition of original Mars trilogy, which the publisher titled JOHN CARTER OF MARS. See more starting here: https://t.co/zGSD2RKUwi

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Happy Birthday to artist Thomas Yeates, born in Sacramento, CA in 1955. My favorite piece of his is "The Fantastic Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs."

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

Image: Jeff Doten (), 2009

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