Obscure Adventures in Geek and Nerd Culture

Dear dad, please be warned that the ERB Universe is a Sasural Simar Ka meets Evangelion prototype on steroids. That means I have proven that Edgar Rice Burroughs was a rather egregiously bad writer who could still succeed. He’s basically the Stephanie Meyer of his time! Holy shit dad, I’m telling you that the huge and hulking canon Tarzan is a part of a mind screwy multiverse. No wonder why I’m tired of having an archive panic of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ own Tarzan books.  Also, as much as I used to like the Edgar Rice Burroughs Books more often, I think even the more sensible veteran fans would be put off by the fact that the ERB universe is not only developing too slowly (thanks to all the senseless debates around both Jane Porter and especially Korak), but also has begun to imitate Dragon Ball somehow. I’m also thinking that ERB Inc. is just that nuts. That being said, it’s becoming pretty obvious to me and other Tarzan fans (we’re mostly Disney’s Tarzan fans, y’know!) when ERB Inc...

Welcome back, fans of 90s cool!  Well, thank goodness Wolf Larson’s in ERB Inc. He’s such a smart, creative businessman that he’s moved on from medium-low tv budget acting. Wolf’s a promoted fanboy of Tarzan after all. That’s because he must’ve watched the 1960s show with Ron Ely as a kid, decades before playing a 90s Tarzan variant raised by gorillas. Thankfully his own take on Tarzan can speak normally, but usually acts somewhat like a gorilla because as a young child, he survived a terrible plane crash that killed his birth parents. Tellingly, the 1990s French-Canadian Tarzan show, though flawed but decent, does have great moments and is a spiritual predecessor to Disney’s Tarzan because it’s got Thomas Yeates-esque writing. Comic writer-artist Thomas Yeates himself must’ve watched the Ron Ely show too when he was young!  It’s a more optimistic and humorous take on the edgier but more nuanced 1960s show with Ron Ely, which is aimed at a young adult to new adult audienc...