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Volume 0363
ERB ECLECTICA 2000.06.09
MOTES & QUOTES No. 21
Part of the ERBzine Eclectica Series



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The Writer's 1932  Year Book & Market Guide:  Protecting the Author's Rights by ERB	All-Story Weekly ~ January 20, 1917 Announcement of the formation of the Tribe of Tarzan

Rob Wagner's Script Weekly May 28, 1932 "The Red Necktie" mystery	Rob Wagner's Script Weekly July 9, 1932 "Edgar Rice Burroughs Tells All"  A tongue-in-cheek autobiography

TARZAN the Human Ape  1937 Circus Window Card Ape is wearing a 3 piece tuxedo  and using a knife and fork,  eating at a perfectly set table	CAB CALLOWAY and his Orchestra  on a 10-inch, 78 rpm VOCALION record.  Songs are “Tarzan Of Harlem” (WM1102)  and “A Bee Gezindt” (WM1113).	Tarzan Song on Little Golden Records b/w Superman Song 45 rpm record

Film Fax #12: Contains an article about how  Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Jungle Girl"  became the Nyoka movie serial.	A 1939 color trading card showing Johnny Weissmuller, famous Olympic Gold Medal winner and star of numerous Tarzan movies. It is from a set called Famous Film Stars, issued with Mars Milky Way candy bars in England. There is a text writeup about Weissmuller on the back. The card measures 1 5/16 x 2 11/16 inches.	Johnny Weissmuller  Olympic Trading Card No. 77 ~ '30s

A portrait of ERB burned into basswood by artist fan.	Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. (the tall actor on the left) watching "Uncle Andy" (Rooney) dance.	Argosy April 1970 Real-Life Modern Tarzan Found

The Son of Tarzan ~ 1920 Serial Part 6: The Killers The serial ran in 15 weekly episodes	Adventures of Tarzan ~ 1921 Serial  A 15 week serial  taken from the later chapters of  Return of Tarzan

Tarzan and Tradition Classical Myth in Popular Literature Erling B. Holtsmark	ERB by Erling B. Holtsmark	40th Anniversary Edition of Esquire  October 1973 "Tarzan Revisited" article by Gore Vidal.

5. NEW IMPROVED ATMOSPHERE PLANT ON MARS

New oxygen machine will let astronauts live on Mars
BY MICHAEL HANLON
SCIENCE EDITOR - DAILY EXPRESS ONLINE
2000.05.31

NASA scientists have successfully tested a machine capable of extracting oxygen from the dusty atmosphere of Mars.  Such a device will be needed if astronauts are to spend the year or more on the Martian surface that would be part of any manned mission to the Red Planet. The prototype, about the size of a microwave oven, was placed in a chamber which mimicked the cold, hostile environment. After several days it was able to produce substantial amounts of pure oxygen from the thin Martian carbon dioxide air. Dr David Kaplan, chief scientist behind the project at the Johnson space centre in Houston, Texas, said it "performed brilliantly". The solar-powered machine was supposed to fly to Mars on a lander Nasa planned to launch next year. But the lander - identical to another probe lost last December - has been delayed until at least 2003.Mars is so far away that a round trip would take at least three years, including a year on the surface. Carrying all the water, oxygen and food needed to support astronauts on such a voyage would be impossible, so most of it would have to be produced on the planet.

     © Express Newspapers, 2000

Ink drawing of "Death of Kala" by Richard Carsley I'm a life long ERB fan. At first it was just the Tarzan stories and a few titles like the Lost Continent, The Monster Men (which I think I bought for the Frazetta covers), but in the last couple of years I included almost all of his titles. I really enjoyed his western novels. I'll be 53 this July and later will retire from my job as a police officer for the last 30 years. My next line of work is in Real Estate. I have already started to work part time and will go full time after I retire.  In my off time I draw. The main source of my work has been ERB titles. I have done some work that has been published. Several years ago I drew a story for a comic that was a parody of the Rocketeer. I would really like to see a Mars series in comic book form drawn by the likes of Frank Cho. Speaking of comics, I see Dark Horse has canceled the Tarzan River of Blood series. Do you know if we the fans will ever see the conclusion of this neat story? I'm new to the on line world but really enjoy what you are doing.Thanks for such a fine product.
Richard Carsley

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