ERBzine 3799: Northern California Mangani Event

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Volume 3799

The Northern California Mangani Present
THE TARZAN CENTENNIAL PROGRAM
SACRAMENTO CENTRAL LIBRARY ~ AUG 25 and 26
PART I: ERB PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS
(Continued in Part II: Displays of Collectibles and Behind the Scenes)
Photographs by Rachael Wenban and David Lemmo

Reference Page: Modern Myth Museum

Introduction by David Lemmo
It all starts with Ralph Brown. Ralph approached David Lemmo with the idea of a Northern California chapter of the Burroughs Bibliophiles. David was more than enthusiastic about the idea, and of having a Tarzan Centennial program of some kind. Ralph put him in contact with Tom Tolley, Sacramento Central Library rare books technician, Richard A. Lupoff, artist Thomas Yeates, and Professor Tom Krabacher of California State University, Sacramento. More people joined, and we all agreed on the name Northern California Mangani.
David created a Northern California Mangani page on his Museum of Modern Mythology and Pop Culture website, which has recorded the activities that led to the two day Tarzan Program, and month-and-a-half Tarzan memorabilia exhibits at the Central Library. Our membership: Ralph Brown, Kathleen Brown, Tom Tolley, Thomas Yeates, Tom Krabacher, Richard and Patricia Lupoff, John and Paula Pappas, Rachael Wenban, David Lemmo, Duane Covey, Don Gray, and Steven Baran. Richard Lupoff and Thomas Yeates are already enthusiastic about doing another program in 2013, and we're throwing ideas around.

**THE GUESTS OF HONOUR**
Legendary writer/editors and Hugo Award winners **Patricia Lupoff and Richard Lupoff**
Artist, Inkpot Award winner and musician **Thomas Yeates**; ERB collector
**Ralph Brown** who was responsible for this event, as he had the original idea of starting the Mangani chapter

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THE PROGRAM

The cover of the pamphlet designed by Tom Tolley.

Pamphlet back with a photo of Gordon Scott.

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Special thanks to Tom Tolley,
the Sacramento Central Library rare books technician
who worked very hard to get our program together.

Library entrance sign,
advertising the two day Tarzan Program.
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Exhibits of Tarzan memorabilia are on display through September, 2012
in the main lobby of the Central Library,
and upstairs in the Sacramento Room.

Some collectible items on Edgar Rice Burroughs, himself.
Most of the display items are from the collections of
Ralph Brown, Tom Tolley, and David Lemmo.

Wooden display case with Tarzan comics and other illustrated itmes.
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Tarzan movie items from the Main Lobby displays.
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Tarzan toy belonging to Ralph,
or, as he'd put it, one of his "doo-dads."

This wall display case is only one of several exhibits
in the upstairs Sacramento Room.
The first editions and the pulp magazines shown are
from David Lemmo's Museum collection,
the rest of the items are Ralph Brown's.

More memorabilia of Ralph's,
including the original
Tarzan Ice Cream Cups advertisements.
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One of Ralph's many statues, this one of
Tarzan and Jad-bal-ja, the Golden Lion.

Tarzan game, premium booklets,
a Big Little Book, and a radio advertisement.

Writer, editor, ERB scholar Richard A. Lupoff,
author of
Edgar Rice Burroughs: Master of Adventure.

Richard, with slideshow accompaniment,
entertained and educated the audience,
eliciting interest and comments from them.

Audience members during Richard Lupoff's talk on ERB and Tarzan.
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Thomas Yeates, Artist and
recent Comic Con International Inkpot Award winner
talking (with slideshow)
on the many ERB illustrators
who have adapted Tarzan for book illustrations,
newspaper comic-strips,
comic-books, pulp magazines and other forms.

Yeates, himself an illustrator
of many Tarzan/ERB projects,
talked not only about the various artists,
but individual techniques of illustration.
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Professor Krabacher
owns a collection of pulp magazines,
some of which were on display
during the two days of events.

Professor Tom Krabacher of California State University, Sacramento,
did a stunning and informative slideshow lecture on
the history of pulp magazines, and Tarzan's career
within the pages of these long-gone magazines.

Tarzan movie panel with slideshow,
featuring David Lemmo, Ralph Brown, and Tom Tolley.
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Actor and motion picture historian Matias Bombal
gave an incredibly knowledgeable talk
on silent films before showing
a couple of chapters from the 1921
Adventures of Tarzan starring Elmo Lincoln
as the Ape-Man.

This ended the Saturday day of events.

Sunday morning, David, the Lupoffs and John and Paula Pappas
arrived at the Central Library before the start of the program.
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Tom Tolley kicks off the day's events,
as he did on Saturday,
with an introductory talk on
Burroughs, Tarzan, and the centennial.
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Artist Thomas Yeates, and his ERB artwork through the years,
was the subject of a slideshow/lecture.
Thomas went through the arc of his career as an artist,
emphasizing the work he did on Tarzan projects.
He also talked about how he began drawing as a child, kept at it,
studied under the legendary Joe Kubert himself,
and is now the artist for the Prince Valiant newspaper comic-strip.

Ralph Brown did a slideshow/lecture on the various Tarzan toy merchandise (the "doo-dads").
Ralph has one of the most incredible collections of Tarzaniana in existence.
He is also the original catalyst of these two days of events.
Ralph approached David Lemmo with the idea of forming a Northern California chapter of
the Burroughs Bibliophiles, and directed him to Tom Tolley at the Sacramento Central Library,
Richard and Patricia Lupoff, Thomas Yeats, and others.
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Program panel on Tarzan fandom (with accompanying slideshow),
featuring Richard Lupoff, Patricia Lupoff, John Pappas, Ralph Brown, and Tom Krabacher.
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Questions were taken from the audience during the Tarzan fandom panel,
and here, Patricia Lupoff enlightens curious fans.
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David Lemmo, who had, the day before,
done a lecture/slideshow on Tarzan as Myth,
here, on Sunday, talks on 100 Years of Tarzan.

Tarzan Program question-and-answer session with the audience,
featuring Richard Lupoff, Tom Krabacher, John Pappas, David Lemmo, and Thomas Yeates.
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Fans not acquainted with the novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs
were intrigued by the inter-genre aspect of the Tarzan myth.
Tarzan is not merely a jungle hero:
English Viscount, family man, secret agent, science fiction adventurer, paranormal investigator, RAF officer,
and immortal, the Ape-Man of the original stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs
is perfectly adaptable to the ongoing 21st Century modern mythological pantheon.
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Many thanks to the Sacramento Central Library for hosting our event,
and especially to Sacramento Room Technician
Tom Tolley, who made it possible.
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RELATED LINKS OF INTEREST
Modern Myth Museum
Mangani Centennial Page
Northern California Mangani members
Thomas Yeates, John Pappas, Paula Pappas, Rachael Wenban and David Lemmo
perform the old Kinks song Ape-Man
The Ralph Brown Tarzan Collection
Northern California Mangani : A Chapter of the Burroughs Bibliophiles
Sacramento Channel 10 interview with Tom and David Lemmo:
Sac & Co Interview
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the life and works of the Grandfather of American Science Fiction

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(Continued in Part II: Displays of Collectibles and Behind the Scenes)
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