In her 1998 letter to George McWhorter, Curator of the ERB Memorial Collection at the University of Louisville, Jane described how she worked with husband Jack in creating the series of the 1942 John Carter of Mars Sunday Pages:

    "Perhaps it would be of interest to elucidate on the "John Carter of Mars" comic strip panels drawn by my husband, John Coleman Burroughs, in 1942. My facial features were drawn and I posed in a swim suit and Martian harness for the body proportions and positions. Never has it been known that I also drew all the backgrounds and buildings, did all of the coloring and all of the lettering, and very much enjoyed the project. My love to all." ~ "Dejah Thoris" (Jane Ralston Burroughs) Irvine, California.