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JOHN CARTER OF MARS (1979)
Acrylic - 22” x 28”

I’ve had a special fondness for The Martian Tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs even since I first read them in my early teens. This was the last of 11 covers, so it seemed fitting to have John Carter and Dejah Thoris ride off into the sunset. 1/3

#sciencefiction #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #barsoom #delreybooks

JOHN CARTER OF MARS (1979)
Acrylic - 22” x 28”

I’ve had a special fondness for The Martian Tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs even since I first read them in my early teens. This was the last of 11 covers, so it seemed fitting to have John Carter and Dejah Thoris ride off into the sunset. 1/3

#sciencefiction #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #barsoom #delreybooks

JOHN CARTER OF MARS (1979)
Acrylic - 22” x 28”

I’ve had a special fondness for The Martian Tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs even since I first read them in my early teens. This was the last of 11 covers, so it seemed fitting to have John Carter and Dejah Thoris ride off into the sunset. 1/3

#sciencefiction #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #barsoom #delreybooks

THE CHESSMEN OF MARS (1979)

Acrylic - 20” x 25”

“As Gahan entered his square, U-dor leaped toward him with drawn sword with such fury as might have overborne a less skilled and powerful swordsman.” 1/4

#sciencefiction #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #barsoom #delreybooks

THE CHESSMEN OF MARS (1979)

Acrylic - 20” x 25”

“As Gahan entered his square, U-dor leaped toward him with drawn sword with such fury as might have overborne a less skilled and powerful swordsman.” 1/4

#sciencefiction #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #barsoom #delreybooks

THE CHESSMEN OF MARS (1979)

Acrylic - 20” x 25”

“As Gahan entered his square, U-dor leaped toward him with drawn sword with such fury as might have overborne a less skilled and powerful swordsman.” 1/4

#sciencefiction #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #barsoom #delreybooks

Does anyone in the #Mastodon #books hivemind know where one might find a *complete* collection of the #Barsoom novels of Edgar Rice #Burroughs?

The Suns of Scorpio by Alan Burt Akers https://hokkaidomarket.net/books-info.php?item=1522 #FANTASY #BOOKS #BOOKSHOP #SCIFI #SWORD #GOR #BARSOOM #bookstodon

The Suns of Scorpio by Alan Burt Akers https://hokkaidomarket.net/books-info.php?item=1522 #FANTASY #BOOKS #BOOKSHOP #SCIFI #SWORD #GOR #BARSOOM #bookstodon

The Suns of Scorpio by Alan Burt Akers https://hokkaidomarket.net/books-info.php?item=1522 #FANTASY #BOOKS #BOOKSHOP #SCIFI #SWORD #GOR #BARSOOM #bookstodon

A PRINCESS OF MARS (1978)
Acrylic on Illustration Board - 24” x 28”

I have a special fondness for The Martian Tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs, ever since I first read them in my early teens. 1/4

#sciencefiction #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #dejahthoris #barsoom #delreybooks

A PRINCESS OF MARS (1978)
Acrylic on Illustration Board - 24” x 28”

I have a special fondness for The Martian Tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs, ever since I first read them in my early teens. 1/4

#sciencefiction #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #dejahthoris #barsoom #delreybooks

A PRINCESS OF MARS (1978)
Acrylic on Illustration Board - 24” x 28”

I have a special fondness for The Martian Tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs, ever since I first read them in my early teens. 1/4

#sciencefiction #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #dejahthoris #barsoom #delreybooks

Really hope I get some sleep in tonight. Been out of sync again with the rest of the world and it’s starting to get to me.

I mean sure, I get a lot of stuff done, but I don’t get to meet up with a lot of people. So it’s quite a bit isolating.

Yet I try so hard to stick to my routines. Maybe I’m not really made for 24h life?

#barsoom

#EdgarRiceBurroughs offered a wealth of critical fodder with his #Tarzan stories (was it even necessary to list all the problems, starting with the very idea of him?), or his #Barsoom series, where the protagonist #JohnCarter had been a captain in the Army of New #Virginia before becoming a Martian warlord. "A #Confederate officer?" Atticus's father had said, appalled. "That's the hero?"

(1/4)

#JimCrow #racism #bigotry #fiction #fantasy #scifi

#EdgarRiceBurroughs offered a wealth of critical fodder with his #Tarzan stories (was it even necessary to list all the problems, starting with the very idea of him?), or his #Barsoom series, where the protagonist #JohnCarter had been a captain in the Army of New #Virginia before becoming a Martian warlord. "A #Confederate officer?" Atticus's father had said, appalled. "That's the hero?"

(1/4)

#JimCrow #racism #bigotry #fiction #fantasy #scifi

#EdgarRiceBurroughs offered a wealth of critical fodder with his #Tarzan stories (was it even necessary to list all the problems, starting with the very idea of him?), or his #Barsoom series, where the protagonist #JohnCarter had been a captain in the Army of New #Virginia before becoming a Martian warlord. "A #Confederate officer?" Atticus's father had said, appalled. "That's the hero?"

(1/4)

#JimCrow #racism #bigotry #fiction #fantasy #scifi

#EdgarRiceBurroughs offered a wealth of critical fodder with his #Tarzan stories (was it even necessary to list all the problems, starting with the very idea of him?), or his #Barsoom series, where the protagonist #JohnCarter had been a captain in the Army of New #Virginia before becoming a Martian warlord. "A #Confederate officer?" Atticus's father had said, appalled. "That's the hero?"

(1/4)

#JimCrow #racism #bigotry #fiction #fantasy #scifi

Via @dysonlogos: Adventures on Barsoom with Lords of Mars! https://dysonlogos.blog/2024/06/18/adventures-on-barsoom-with-lords-of-mars/ #Barsoom #TTRPG

Rule of Cool - this game would explore a world that’s imaginative and unpredictable, yet tonally consistent. Things wouldn’t have to make sense logically, only stylistically. Hence “the rule of cool”. A good example of that would be Alex Raymond’s #FlashGordon comic book or its 1980s movie adaptation. #barsoom novels by E. R. Burroughs or #StarWars movies are also great examples. 2/?

A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS (1979)
Acrylic - 24" x 32"

Since I was endeavoring to be the illustrator most faithful to Burroughs' descriptions, Lester del Rey and I had a lengthy discussion about whether the white lizard I wanted to show had six or eight legs. 1/4

#sciencefiction #scifi #scifiart #sff #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #barsoom

Today's The Daily Cass: "Bureaucrat of Mars". Introducing Firen Buldak, the person behind the Princess who actually gets things done.
(Comic contains nudity; preview image does not, in this case)

https://dailycass.cfw.me/comics/17/

#Webcomic #Barsoom

JOHN CARTER OF MARS (1979)
Acrylic - 22" x 28"

I’ve had a special fondness for The Martian Tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs even since I first read them in my early teens. 1/4

#sciencefiction #scifi #sff #scifiart #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #barsoom #mars #dejahthoris #tarstakas

JOHN CARTER OF MARS (1979)
Acrylic - 22" x 28"

I’ve had a special fondness for The Martian Tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs even since I first read them in my early teens. 1/4

#sciencefiction #scifi #sff #scifiart #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #barsoom #mars #dejahthoris #tarstakas

JOHN CARTER OF MARS (1979)
Acrylic - 22" x 28"

I’ve had a special fondness for The Martian Tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs even since I first read them in my early teens. 1/4

#sciencefiction #scifi #sff #scifiart #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #barsoom #mars #dejahthoris #tarstakas

JOHN CARTER OF MARS (1979)
Acrylic - 22" x 28"

I’ve had a special fondness for The Martian Tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs even since I first read them in my early teens. 1/4

#sciencefiction #scifi #sff #scifiart #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #barsoom #mars #dejahthoris #tarstakas

JOHN CARTER OF MARS (1979)
Acrylic - 22" x 28"

I’ve had a special fondness for The Martian Tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs even since I first read them in my early teens. 1/4

#sciencefiction #scifi #sff #scifiart #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #barsoom #mars #dejahthoris #tarstakas

Today on The Daily Cass on ComicFury:
It's Mars, Cass, but not as we know it.

https://dailycass.cfw.me/comics/15/
(linked comic has nudity)
#Webcomic #Barsoom

THE MASTER MIND OF MARS (1978)
Acrylic - 21" x 27"

The only John Carter cover in which I intentionally deviated from the story. The Master Mind does not appear in the actual scene but Lester del Rey thought the cover should go along with the title, so I took liberty placing the character there. 1/5

#sciencefiction #scifi #scifiart #sff #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #dejahthoris #barsoom

THE WARLORD OF MARS (1979)
Acrylic - 20" x 25"

Since Barsoom is a desert planet, it seemed likely that most of my cover art would feature scenes in arid locales. 1/4

#sciencefiction #scifi #scifiart #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #barsoom #woola

THE WARLORD OF MARS (1979)
Acrylic - 20" x 25"

Since Barsoom is a desert planet, it seemed likely that most of my cover art would feature scenes in arid locales. 1/4

#sciencefiction #scifi #scifiart #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #barsoom #woola

THE WARLORD OF MARS (1979)
Acrylic - 20" x 25"

Since Barsoom is a desert planet, it seemed likely that most of my cover art would feature scenes in arid locales. 1/4

#sciencefiction #scifi #scifiart #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #barsoom #woola

THE WARLORD OF MARS (1979)
Acrylic - 20" x 25"

Since Barsoom is a desert planet, it seemed likely that most of my cover art would feature scenes in arid locales. 1/4

#sciencefiction #scifi #scifiart #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #barsoom #woola

THE WARLORD OF MARS (1979)
Acrylic - 20" x 25"

Since Barsoom is a desert planet, it seemed likely that most of my cover art would feature scenes in arid locales. 1/4

#sciencefiction #scifi #scifiart #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #barsoom #woola

Welcome to Barsoom.

Felt like taking a shot at Dejah Thoris from the John Carter series. She actually described as barely clad except for her ornaments. I added something to maintain modesty and make it postable. Watercolors with a Tombow caligraphy pen and Sharpie paint pen. Worx battery powered heat gun to dry portions quicker.

Yes, the waist proportions are extremely exaggerated, that was intentional.

22x replay:
https://youtu.be/7KMpXQRXJGA

YT Short:
https://youtube.com/watch/CNcyvL6vOc4?feature=share

#watercolors #dejahthoris #johncarter #barsoom #MastoArt

THUVIA, MAID OF MARS (1979)
Acrylic and Gouache on Illustration Board - 20" x 25"

Another cover from The Martian Tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs. I had to be careful with Thuvia, as everyone on Barsoom goes nude, and yet full-frontal nudity was unacceptable for the cover. 1/4

#sciencefiction #scifi #sff #scifiart #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #mars #barsoom #thuvia

A PRINCESS OF MARS (1978)
Acrylic on Illustration Board - 24" x 28"

I have a special fondness for The Martian Tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs, ever since I first read them in my early teens. 1/4

#sciencefiction #scifi #scifiart #sff #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #dejahthoris #barsoom #mars

SYNTHETIC MEN OF MARS (1979)
Acrylic - 32" x 24"

After experiencing the look of the Plant Men on the second cover of the series, I was hesitant to follow exactly Burroughs' description of the Synthetic Man. 1/3

#sciencefiction #scifi #scifiart #sff #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #barsoom

Deal of the Day on DriveThruRPG is John Carter of Mars Core Rulebook from Modiphius. 80% off its normal price. 4 bucks instead of 20. #ttrpg #rpg #discount #barsoom

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/260847/John-Carter-of-Mars-Core-Rulebook

@jeremy

Have you read the #Dune Saga by #FrankHerbert?
However, vocabulary might not be easy.

Where it definitely is not easy, but a must-read, nonetheless, is #IsaacAaimov's #FoundationTrilogy.

A much easier read, but a really old one and in the #PlanetaryRomance genre, is the #Barsoom franchise, featured yesterday in our #SciFiSaturday on the #Fediverse:

https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110165098417008754

@jeremy

Have you read the #Dune Saga by #FrankHerbert?
However, vocabulary might not be easy.

Where it definitely is not easy, but a must-read, nonetheless, is #IsaacAaimov's #FoundationTrilogy.

A much easier read, but a really old one and in the #PlanetaryRomance genre, is the #Barsoom franchise, featured yesterday in our #SciFiSaturday on the #Fediverse:

https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110165098417008754