Wednesday, October 28, 2009

#268. Tarzan of the Apes (1972)

The American artist Burne Hogarth (25th December 1911 - 28th January 1996) specialized in drawing the dynamic anatomy of the human body and animals, as can be best seen in his rendition of 'Tarzan'. He studied at the Chicago Art Institute from age 12, and got his first cartoon job at 15, when he became the assistant at the Associated Editors Syndicate. At this time, he was assigned to illustrate a series called 'Famous Churches of the World'. In 1929, Hogarth created his first comic strip for the Barnet Brown Company, called 'Ivy Hemmanhaw'. A year later, he came up with 'Odd Occupations and Strange Accidents' for Ledd Features Syndicate.
After a couple of years working as an editor, advertising artist and panel illustrator, Hogarth found employment with the King Features Syndicate in 1934. Now located in New York, he did the pirate strip 'Pieces of Eight' with scripts by Charles Driscoll, starting in 1935. Two years later, Hogarth had a breakthrough when the United Features Syndicate hired him to take over the 'Tarzan' strip from Harold Foster. He drew the 'Tarzan' Sunday page for twelve years, from 1937 to 1945 and from 1947 to 1950, bringing it to new artistic heights.
During the 1945-1947 interlude, due to a dispute with his syndicate, Hogarth moved over to the Robert Hall Syndicate, where he created 'Drago', the adventures of a young Argentine nobleman battling post war Nazis in South America. While being in his second run on 'Tarzan', he additionally created 'Miracle Jones' for United Features, his first and only humorous series. In 1950 he completely abandoned his own comics production, to devote all his time to teaching at the Cartoonists and Illustrators School (later the School of Visual Arts), which he had founded with Silas Rhodes back in 1947. Hogarth taught at this school until 1970, and also authored a series of books on drawing and anatomy.
In 1972, years after his final professional comics work, Hogarth returned to the field with a new 'Tarzan' book, adapting Burroughs first novel, 'Taran of the Apes'.

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Don't know who scanned it, however many thanks to Zen Reaper for uploading this unique comics.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

#267: Batman & Tarzan - Claws of the Catwoman (all 4 parts)

Two fearless warriors who have sworn to protect their respective homelands. Now, a new evil has surfaced, one that will bring these two legendary heroes together for the first time. In a rousing adventure that reaches from the shadowy spires of Gotham City to the dark forests of deepest Africa, all the skills and instincts of the Dark Knight and the Lord of the Jungle will be needed to save an opulent lost civilization from destruction.

 





All credits to unknown person(s)  who scanned.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

#266. Russ Manning's Tarzan Daily Strips (Complete collection))

In 1967 he was chosen by Robert Hodes of ERB, Inc. to do the daily and SundayTarzan strips for United Feature Syndicate. The strips had drifted far from the Burroughs vision and Russ was committed to bring the strip much closer to the style of the original Tarzan novels. Each week he wrote and illustrated -- with the assistance of artist Bill Stout -- the large colour Sunday page and six daily strips. His illustration and writing abilities brought a quality and accuracy to the strip that had not been seen since the days of Foster and Hogarth in the '30s and '40s.

Read full article at www.erbzine.com

Yesterday I found following strips posted at one of my favorite forum by  Satanius. Many Thanks to Marsupilami for gathering and scanning these strips. Jaklar has compiled them into 6 comic-sized volumes. All credits to these guys only.


Volume #01

Tarzan, Jad-Ben-Otho ~ Dec. 11, 1967 - Oct. 5, 1968 

Volume #02

Tarzan and the Renegade ~ Oct. 7, 1968 - Oct. 18, 1969 
Ch. 1: Tarzan and the Pallids of Pal-Ul-Don
Ch. 2: Tarzan and the Tyrannosaurs
Ch. 3: Tarzan and the Winged Men of Pal-Ul-Don

Volume #03

Ch. 4: Tarzan and the Tor-O-Dons 
Korak's Story (Gryf Worshippers) ~ Oct. 29, 1968 - Jan. 03, 1969
Tarzan and the Renegade-ch 5-the Magii of Pal-Ul-Don ~ Jan. 5, 1969 - May 23, 1970

Volume #04

Tarzan and the Stone Pharaoh ~ May 25, 1970 - Jan. 02, 1971
Korak and Pasha Rochi ~ Jan. 4, 1971 - March 11, 1971

Volume #05

Tarzan and the Cult of the Mahar ~ March 12, 1971 - July 31, 1971
Korak and the White Water Runner ~ Aug. 2, 1971 - Nov. 20, 1971

Volume #06  

Tarzan Returns to the Earth's Core ~ Nov. 22, 1971 - July 29, 1972

Monday, October 19, 2009

#265: Dell: 425 - The Return Of Zorro; 497 - The Sword of Zorro; 574 - The Hand of Zorro; 617 - The Quest of Zorro; 732 - The Challenge of Zorro

Dell Comics (1949-1956) - These were original stories by Johnston McCulley (the creator of Zorro) from Ajnaabi's e- collection. All thanks to unknown scanner(s) and him.



The Return Of Zorro - Dell #425 



 

The Sword Of Zorro - Dell #497 





The Hand Of Zorro - Dell #574



 

The Quest Of Zorro - Dell #617






The Challenge Of Zorro - Dell #732