Showing posts with label Russ Manning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russ Manning. Show all posts

Monday, October 4, 2021

Musical Monday with Tarzan, Baltimora & Adele

Tarzan by Russ Manning

Tarzan first appeared in the pages of All-Story magazine in October of 1912. We're celebrating that historic event with "Tarzan and Rain" by The Reborn Identity, a mash-up video and song using clips from a Tarzan film and the works of Baltimora and Adele. (It also happens to be the 10th anniversary of the release of "Tarzan and Rain" this year.)



Friday, December 20, 2019

Celebrating the Rise of Skywalker!

Today is the official release day for "Star Wars IX: The Rise of Skywalker", and to celebrate, we're presenting a gallery of art featuring some of the great characters from the galaxy far, far away!

By Gary Erskine




By C. Love
By Colleen Doran



By Russ Manning
By Gene Day

By Gene Day



By Tony DeZuniga







By David Golding

By Randy Martinez
By Randy Martinez
By Carmine Infantino & Gene Day
By Arthur Adams
By Art Hodges




By Bill Sienkiewicz
By Admira Wijaya
By Odoro



Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Not So Picture Perfect Wednesday:
Even on Mars, there's 'That Not So Fresh Feeling'

An illustration for an Edgar Rice Burroughs' Martian Tale, or advertising art for Barsoomian feminine hygiene products?


(For the background of this joke, click here, here, and here.)

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Picture Perfect Wednesday:
Manning, Tarzan, and Dinosaurs!

One of the greatest newspaper strip artists of all time was Russ Manning. He also happens to be one of the greatest Tarzan artists of all time. The man also drew some mean dinosaurs!



For more illustrations of Tarzan by master artists, including Manning, visit Rip Jagger's Dojo for the "Tarzan Black & White!" gallery post.

Friday, October 22, 2010

'Luana: Jungle Girl' by Frazetta and Manning


In 1968, the promoters of an Italian jungle flick with a cute little Asian actress as a female Tarzan-type character took the unusual step of creating a daily newspaper strip drawn by artist Russ Manning to promote the film. At the time, Manning was the lead artist on the Tarzan daily and Sunday newspaper strips, and to this day, few comic book artists are as closely associated with the character of Tarzan than Manning. This approach undoubtedly created additional interest in the film from fans of Tarzan. In addition to Manning, famed artist Frank Frazetta--who had painted numerous iconic covers for paperback editions of Edgar Rice Burroughs' novels--was hired to produce additional promotional art. (One of Frazetta's pieces can be seen at the top of this post.)

To read the "Luana" strips, click on each one for a larger version. The story isn't all that--with the last three strips being a summary of the movie--but Russ Manning's art is as gorgeous as always.


You can read my review of the "Luana" movie at Movies You (Should Die Before You) See, but you've already seen the worthwhile version with the Manning strips. For some exposure of another jungle-dwelling babe, click here for a little "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle".