Obscure Adventures in Geek and Nerd Culture

The series formerly known as BaRuuba’s Adventures is going to be heavily revised into three series, Barumba the Wild Jungle SnowBoy, Barumba’s Adventures and BarumbaLand.  BarumbaLand seems to have a bigger amount of long term potential, given that it’s going to heavily promote the increasing international prominence of both regional Ugandan mythologies and Salgarian style adventures for people who aren’t interested in both Karl May and Edgar Rice Burroughs. Then again, Emilio Salgari has inspired two whole generations of both novelists and mangaka, as well as Kamishibai makers, comic book artists and picture story authors.  Barumba has about three sons, starting with the eldest named Barkha, 

The Nakazawa Lineage  Nakazawa School Kazuto Nakazawa   Shuto Enomoto  *Kazuto Nakazawa’s style is mainly based lightly on Satoru Utsunomiya’s, but with a fair amount of Shinya Ōhira’s smoke added in.  The Katsumata Lineage  Katsumata School Tomoharu Katsumata Ryoma Ebata  Matsutake School Hirofumi Suzuki  Tokuyuki Matsutake  Tetsuya Nishio  Hidetsugu Ito  *Tokuyuki Matsutake remains influenced by both Kanada-Itano hybrids and less radical first generation Kanada and Itano schoolers, such as Cindy H. Yamauchi and Mutsumi Inomata. Hirofumi Suzuki instead has a stronger dual realist origin, at least in both Takashi Nakamura’s early works and Yasuji Mori’s Nippon Animation period. The Nakajima Lineage  Wakabayashi School Atsushi Wakabayashi  Shota Goshozono  Do note that Atsushi Wakabayashi has a spiritual successor in Shota Goshozono, who still goes for a speedier direction more akin to that of Atsuko Ishida’s style instead....

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!  Ernie Chan’s Tarzan design portfolio is inspired by the Buscema brothers, John Romita Sr, Bob Lubbers, Rex Maxon, Alfredo Alcala, Paul Reinman, Nick Cardy, Steve Ditko, Francisco V. Coching, Joe Kubert, Neal Adams and Russ Manning.  Alfredo Alcala’s Tarzan design portfolio is influenced by Alex Toth, Nick Cardy, Paul Reinman, Burne Hogarth, Dan and Sy Barry, Rex Maxon, Jesse Marsh and Hal Foster.  John and Sal Buscema’s Tarzan design portfolio was primarily inspired by artists Milton Caniff, Jack Kirby, Dan and Sy Barry, Steve Dit...