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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2017 22:24:12 GMT -5
Kubert is doing a great job adapting the first Tarzan novel into comic book form. He packs a lot of story into each page. He paces the story well so that it is clear. His art continues to amaze as he shows the savage beauty of life in the jungle. He also shows Tarzan growing into an adult & being able to dominate with his strength, intellect & use of weapons.
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Post by tarkintino on Jan 31, 2017 6:47:55 GMT -5
The story is familiar. I knew Tarzan's origin. I had read the novel. I had seen Tarzan in movies & on TV. I think Kubert did an excellent job adapting it into a comic book. He is an excellent storyteller IMO. His art is perfect for Tarzan. It isn't polished. It is raw & explosive. It is detailed but yet simple at the same time. I remember eagerly awaiting the next issue back in the 70's. "Raw and explosive" is a perfect way to describe Kubert's Tarzan; at the time, I appreciated his art taking it as far from DC's superhero art as possible. The world created/adapted could not fit with Gotham or Metropolis, and that was perfect. Kubert's wonderfully sketchy style placed it in some kind of long gone period, but it was accessible to then-modern readers. DC's Tarzan was a brief, golden period for the character. |
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Post by brutalis on Jan 31, 2017 8:02:48 GMT -5
Kubert excelled at making the jungle a part of the comic. With backgrounds including wildlife and color schemes that made you feel that Tarzan's jungle was full and alive and active, not looking like some park or modern day forest. Kubert's animal art was wild, vibrant and always moving/in motion even if they were just standing still.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2017 19:06:48 GMT -5
 Conclusion of Tarzan's Origin. Lt D'Arnot of the French Navy finds the marooned Porter group. He leads a search for Jane & is captured & tortured by the M'Bonga tribe. However Tarzan & Jane are enjoying getting to know each other.  While the search party finds Jane at the cabin Tarzan rescues D'Arnot. While Tarzan nurses D'Arnot back to health he teaches Tarzan to speak French. The search party leaves. D'Arnot & Tarzan go to a trading outpost. They make their way to Paris & finally Tarzan finds his way to Baltimore to find Jane. D'Arnot researches Tarzan's fingerprints & finds out he is Lord Greystoke heir to the Greystoke fortune.  However when Tarzan finds Jane engaged to William Clayton he returns to the jungle. He prefers the jungle to so called civilization. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2017 19:20:05 GMT -5
This part of the story explains how Tarzan learns to speak English & French. He also learns about life outside the jungle with D'Arnot. We also discover Tarzan is wealthy but his apparent death in the cabin his relative William is the heir to the Greystoke title & estate plus he is engaged to Jane. Kubert continues with his raw visceral art. In this issue he also gets to draw scenes of Tarzan in civilization.
I continue to be impressed with Kubert doing the whole comic (except colors). He wrote/adapted/edited the story. Penciled, inked & lettered too! Has there been any other creators that did this? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2017 8:07:41 GMT -5
 Plot & art by Burne Hogarth. Kubert provides new material around a story reprinted from United Features' Tarzan comic strip from 1942. While swimming Tarzan goes over some rapids, is stunned & comes to in a mysterious valley ringed by stone walls. The water in this valley contains something that causes men & animals to grow to giants. An evil midget (can't believe I just wrote that!) seeks the secret & drinks the water transforming into a giant & fights Tarzan. Tarzan later escapes from the valley with the woman who piloted a plane into the valley.   |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2017 8:18:18 GMT -5
A fill in. Kubert frames some new pages around a reprint from the Tarzan comic strip. The panels had to be cut apart and re-ordered by Kubert. He also recripted some of them. It was interesting to compare the two different art styles. The interesting thing to me was there was a 1940's style of airplane in this story.
The story itself was OK. I remembered being a little disappointed by it back in the 70's when I reached page 4 & it was obvious it wasn't Kubert's art. As an adult I like the way Kubert kept a monthly schedule by giving us a classic story from 1942.
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Post by brutalis on Feb 3, 2017 8:43:42 GMT -5
Can you really call a Russ Manning Tarzan a fill-in though? Yes, i know it was really a DC Tarzan fill-in as most likely Kubert needed some wiggle room as he was doing everything and this was his labor of love at the time. It is still a gorgeous comic nonetheless and I had collected the Manning Tarzan black and white series of books so actually i have seen more of Manning's Tarzan artwork versus Kubert until i bought the TPB collecting Kubert's run last year. So seeing the Manning issue here was actually a nice surprise which allowed me viewing it in color. And while both artists styles are different they both compliment Tarzan and bring his jungle world to life in spectacular fashion.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2017 8:59:39 GMT -5
Can you really call a Russ Manning Tarzan a fill-in though? Yes, i know it was really a DC Tarzan fill-in as most likely Kubert needed some wiggle room as he was doing everything and this was his labor of love at the time. It is still a gorgeous comic nonetheless and I had collected the Manning Tarzan black and white series of books so actually i have seen more of Manning's Tarzan artwork versus Kubert until i bought the TPB collecting Kubert's run last year. So seeing the Manning issue here was actually a nice surprise which allowed me viewing it in color. And while both artists styles are different they both compliment Tarzan and bring his jungle world to life in spectacular fashion. Sorry to correct you...this was Burne Hogarth not Russ Manning. |
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Post by brutalis on Feb 3, 2017 9:36:57 GMT -5
Can you really call a Russ Manning Tarzan a fill-in though? Yes, i know it was really a DC Tarzan fill-in as most likely Kubert needed some wiggle room as he was doing everything and this was his labor of love at the time. It is still a gorgeous comic nonetheless and I had collected the Manning Tarzan black and white series of books so actually i have seen more of Manning's Tarzan artwork versus Kubert until i bought the TPB collecting Kubert's run last year. So seeing the Manning issue here was actually a nice surprise which allowed me viewing it in color. And while both artists styles are different they both compliment Tarzan and bring his jungle world to life in spectacular fashion. Sorry to correct you...this was Burne Hogarth not Russ Manning. Thanks for the correction. End of work week, brain running slow and offline i think  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2017 9:41:05 GMT -5
Tarzan has had some outstanding artists over the years. Both in comic strips & comic books. Hal Foster. Burne Hogarth. Russ Manning. Jesse Marsh. Kubert. John & Sal Buscema. Tom Yeates. Mike Grell. And others I have forgotten/overlooked.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2017 21:37:46 GMT -5
 Adapted from ERB's short story: "The Capture of Tarzan." Tarzan watches from the trees as a tribe digs a pit, puts spikes in the bottom & then covers the pit with long leaves. Later the tribe frightens Tantor the elephant & chase him toward the pit. Tarzan stops Tantor but falls into the pit evading the spikes. The tribe pulls him out of the pit & later Tarzan wakes up tied to wooden poles as the tribe appears to prepare him as a sacrifice. Tarzan lets out his cry of the great bull ape & Tantor comes to his rescue. This whole incident further shows why Tarzan became the legend of the Lord of the Jungle.   |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2017 21:50:02 GMT -5
Kubert returns to adapting some of ERB's stories. And he does the story justice with his script & his art. Look at the beautiful cover & some of the inside art. Kubert continues to draw the jungle & the animals with a gritty realism. He also uses this story to further the legend of Tarzan.
I was 10 yrs old when this story came out. I lived only 2 blocks from a library. I went several times a week & devoured many novels. Tarzan. Conan. James Bond. Sherlock Holmes. I read all the Star Trek stuff I could find. And many Science Fiction novels. These books were more exciting than the Hardy Boys or Tom Swift novels that I had been reading!
Comic books became my "gateway drug" into a lifelong love of reading. My Mom who was a teacher was very pleased. I loved finding books like Tarzan that I had read in the comics or seen on TV.
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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 14, 2017 15:04:03 GMT -5
Kubert returns to adapting some of ERB's stories. And he does the story justice with his script & his art. Look at the beautiful cover & some of the inside art. Kubert continues to draw the jungle & the animals with a gritty realism. He also uses this story to further the legend of Tarzan.
I was 10 yrs old when this story came out. I lived only 2 blocks from a library. I went several times a week & devoured many novels. Tarzan. Conan. James Bond. Sherlock Holmes. I read all the Star Trek stuff I could find. And many Science Fiction novels. These books were more exciting than the Hardy Boys or Tom Swift novels that I had been reading!
Comic books became my "gateway drug" into a lifelong love of reading. My Mom who was a teacher was very pleased. I loved finding books like Tarzan that I had read in the comics or seen on TV.
Very much enjoying this thread for many reasons, not the least of which is that it reminds me that we should never take Joe Kubert for granted. Those pages above are gold. There are no "bests" in any field. But no one ever was better than Kubert. Is it possible that he was at the height of his powers for a longer time than any other artist? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2017 20:47:15 GMT -5
Very much enjoying this thread for many reasons, not the least of which is that it reminds me that we should never take Joe Kubert for granted. Those pages above are gold. There are no "bests" in any field. But no one ever was better than Kubert. Is it possible that he was at the height of his powers for a longer time than any other artist? Thank you for the kind words. I agree Kubert never hit his peak. in 2008 he returned to his creation - Tor at the age of 82. Look at the cover to #1:  And interior art:  |
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