Obscure Adventures in Geek and Nerd Culture

I’m afraid that Big Ugly Conan-style Tarzan designs are perhaps more accurate to the ERBU canon than one might realise, which is why people prefer handsomer and yet more realistic Tarzan designs. Heck, it’s such a good warning when even what Robert E. Howard might’ve imagined of his own Conan the Barbarian is less frightening in hindsight than what ERB himself would imagine of his own ERBU canon Tarzan. This is a perennial mind screw to behold!  John and Sal Buscema’s Tarzan design portfolio was primarily inspired by artists Ruben Moreira, Jack Kirby, Dan and Sy Barry, Steve Ditko, Burne Hogarth, Rex Maxon, Ernie Chan, Bill Montes, Ernie Bache, Jack Kirby, Bob Lubbers, Jesse Marsh, Hal Foster and (more likely) Gray Morrow. Also influencing the design were Lance Henriksen, Charles Bronson, Peter Cullen and fellow action stars Calvin Lockhart and Steve Bond, the artist and his brother themselves, actors Steve Hawkes and Richard Yesteran, actor-producers Tony Goldwyn and Harrison Ford...