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JOHN CARTER OF MARS
John Carter is a fictional character, created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, who appears in the Martian series of novels. Though actually a Virginian from Earth and a visitor to Mars, he is often referred to as "John Carter of Mars" in reference to the general setting in which his deeds are recorded, in the time-honored tradition of other heroes (such as Lawrence of Arabia). The character is an enduring one and has appeared in various media following his 1912 serialized debut.
John Carter first appeared in A Princess of Mars, the first Burroughs novel set on the fictionalized version of Mars that the author dubbed "Barsoom." Written between July and September 28, 1911, it was serialized as Under the Moons of Mars in the February to July 1912 issues of the magazine All-Story and first published in book form in October 1917.
Carter reappeared in subsequent volumes of the series, most prominently in the second, The Gods of Mars (1918), the third, The Warlord of Mars (1919), the eighth, Swords of Mars (1936), the tenth, Llana of Gathol (1948), and the eleventh, John Carter of Mars (1964). John Carter is also a major secondary character in the fourth volume, Thuvia, Maid of Mars (1920), and the ninth, Synthetic Men of Mars (1940).
Andrew Stanton of Pixar has confirmed that his next project is going to be a film adaptation of John Carter of Mars for Pixar Animation Studios. It is rumored that the film will integrate animation with live action.
On Mars, which its natives call Barsoom, Carter encounters both formidable alien creatures resembling the beasts of ancient myth and various humanoids and finds his true calling in life as a warrior-savior of the planet's inhabitants. He wins the hand of Martian princess Dejah Thoris of Helium, but ultimately sacrifices himself to save Barsoom. Awakening again after this second death he finds he has been miraculously transported back to Earth, and his original body. Carter then earns great wealth as a result of a find of a rich vein of gold ore. Unable to return to Mars, he spends his last years in a small cottage on the Hudson River in New York, where he once more dies on March 4, 1886.
Again, Carter's apparent demise is not a true death; rather, he is restored to Barsoom, where after more adventures he rises to the position of Warlord of Mars. He afterwards returns to Earth on a number of occasions to relate his adventures to his nephew (Burroughs), revealing that he has mastered the process of astral travel between the two worlds. During his adventures on Mars his earthly body reposes in a special tomb that can only be opened from the inside.
John Carter and Dejah Thoris become the parents of a son, Carthoris, and daughter, Tara. Carthoris plays a secondary role in The Gods of Mars and The Warlord of Mars, and is the protagonist of Thuvia, Maid of Mars. Tara is the heroine of The Chessmen of Mars (1922), and the mother of Carter's granddaughter Llana, heroine of Llana of Gathol.
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Carter appeared in various Big Little Books of the 1930s and 1940s and has appeared as well in numerous adaptations of the Martian stories, notably in a 1994-1995 storyline in Tarzan's Sunday comic strip[1] and various comic book series, including Marvel Comics' John Carter, Warlord of Mars, two appearances in Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. In the story Allan and the Sundered Veil that appeared in the end of volume one, Moore states that H. P. Lovecraft's Randolph Carter is a descendant of John Carter. He also appears in the beginning of volume two, helping the Barsoomians fight the Martians from The War of the Worlds. The same scenario also appeared in the Burroughs entry in the War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches anthology.
One of the protagonists of Robert A. Heinlein's The Number of the Beast is a Captain Zebediah John Carter- the fact is commented on, since all of the protagonists are fans of science fiction from this period.
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JOHN CARTER OF MARS LOST ANIMATION:
Bob Clampett and the Burroughs family
In 1931, the first documented attempt was made by animation pioneer Bob Clampett. It was to be his first independent project since making a name for himself as an animator at Warner Bros. Clampett approached Edgar Rice Burroughs himself about making an animated version of the books Clampett adored. To the animator's pleasant surprise, Burroughs was enthusiastic about the idea of an animated film as he was eager to give his characters wider exposure. (The Mars books had won a reasonable level of success on their own, but nowhere near the author's Tarzan book series.) Burroughs' son, Jack Burroughs, recently-graduated from college, was fascinated by Clampett's unique animation style. He and the animator collaborated in creating an extensive cachet of notes, sketches, and models--that would be the film's blueprints--and a reel of test footage. All the while, Burroughs the author sold the film rights to Metro Goldwyn Mayer, the studio that was already producing the Tarzan film series starring Johnny Weismuller.
The project was moving ahead expeditiously, until 1935. The executives at M.G.M soon clashed with Clampett and the two Burroughs men over the direction in which to take the film: the creators wanted a serious sci-fi adventure tale; the execs wanted a slapstick comedy with a swashbuckling hero. Eventually, the studio put an end to the entire project, citing it as "too expensive." Had it been created, the first in a series of short films would have debuted in 1936.
When Clampett toured colleges and universities in the late 1970s, he would screen test footage he had co-created with Jack Burroughs. The audience reaction was always ecstatic.
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BORIS
ROLAND
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Although Tarzan
is by far Edgar Rice Burroughs’s most famous creation, John Carter of Mars was
his first and, for my money, his most interesting. In the novel A
Princess of Mars (originally titled Under
the Moons of Mars), we are introduced to Virginia Civil War Captain John
Carter who, while entering a lonely cave, is consumed by a mysterious vapor
which renders him unconscious. When he awakes, he finds that he is on the planet
Mars. Naked and completely vulnerable, he happens upon a nest of giant eggs.
Turns out these are the incubating offspring of the Tharks. Soon, he is attacked
by a group of 15-feet-tall, green creatures with four arms and tusks jutting
from their protruding jaws. While unarmed, Carter is able to avoid injury by
leaping great distances and exhibiting tremendous strength, thanks to the
lighter gravity on Mars. The leader of the Thark group, Tars Tarkus, finds
Carter a novelty and decides to take him back to his village. Here Carter meets
the other Tharks and learns the language of Mars, or Barsoom as it is called in
the native tongue.
John Carter of Mars is a planned film under development at Pixar as of 2007 about John Carter, the lead character in much of Edgar Rice Burroughs's 11-volume Barsoom series. It will be directed by Andrew Stanton.[1]
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