PUNOGRAPHY
From the Madcap Mind of John "Bridge" Martin

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The Tarzans and Janes Visit the Fair

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  One March day in Huston, Elmo hopped in his Lincoln and drove a few Miles to the Kingston Fair. He walked past the cattle Barnes and the carnival Barker and the booth where they Pierce your navel, until he came to the cages, where he paid to look at the Pollar bear, the Wolf, the Hart and the rare French Crabbe, though he was careful not to get too Close.

  As Crosby crooned on the Fair loudspeaker to the sounds of Alexander's Ragtime Band, Elmo saw Gordon, Andie was with Brenda. Someone asked, "Where did Mar go." But nobody knew. So they all went to the Dunbar, where Elmo ordered a Jock Buster, Gordon asked for a Scott on the Brix, and Brenda said she'd just have a Miller's, but she was also hungry and thought she'd have a Lydie Denier.

  Dempsey Tablered the bill and Elmo took out a fifty and Bennett and told the waiter to keep any extra Mahoney.

  Gordon and Brenda left to ride on the Merrill-go-round. Afterward, Brenda had her fortune told by the Wise Muller and Gordon had fun as a Minnie Driver on the bumper car ride. Elmo, seeking something more macho, went to the Maureen recruiter's booth and picked up some flyers.

  He then hit the midway for a game of chance, successfully anagramming Enid's name as Dien, to win a free ride home in Casper's Van.

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Photo Phinish

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  Kodak the Klicker dumped the arrows out of his quiver and rummaged around in the junk at the bottom until he found what he was looking for. "My Brownie camera," he said proudly, holding it out so that his wife, Minolta, could see it.

  "Now, smile," he said, placing the camera up to his face so he could look through the little view-finder. Minolta obediently placed her right palm against the side of her head and her left hand on her hip in the classic pinup girl pose.

  Kodak pressed the shutter and heard the satisfying sound of the click.

  At that moment there was a sound of crashing bushes and trees and both turned to look in time to see Tenba the elephant charging into the clearing. "Oh no," wailed Kodak. "I left my spear back by that big tree. I don't have time to get it. We'll be trampled to death."

   Fortunately, there was another crashing sound as Toshiba of the Apes dropped from a tree limb above and stood between Kodak and Minolta, facing Tenba and raising his hand in a warning gesture. Tenba came to a screeching halt.

  Minolta screamed as another creature dropped down from the tree. It was Hasselblad, the snake, hissing hysterically at having missed his intended prey, Toshiba, and now casting his beady, slitted eyes on the frightened girl.

  Fortunately, Bogen, the rhinocerous, charged into the clearing from one direction and Nikon, the lion, came roaring in from other. The two natural enemies saw each other and lowered their heads in the traditional butting position and headed for an ear-shattering collision. It was Hasselblad's misfortune that he was hanging between the two and had no time to lift his body out of the way before the behemoths banged into each other, squashing Hasselblad along with each other's skulls.

  The entire incident took place alongside the Canon River and Graflex, the crocodile, lugged his bulky body up over the muddy bank just far enough to get a toothhold on Nikon's foot so he could drag the body of the King of Beasts back into the river with him. Sony, the leopard, came from the other direction to start eating on Bogen.

  All the while, Kodak clicked his camera crazily at all of the amazing action.

  "Well," said Toshiba. "What say the three of us hop on the back of Tenba here and ride away from this place."

  "Great idea, Dad," said Kodak. "I can get some great shots from Tenba's back."

  "Is that all you ever think about," said Toshiba. "Taking pictures?"

  "No it's not, Dad," replied Kodak. "I also think about getting to the Nairobi Trading Post where I can buy some film for this thing."

In animation Meugniot has served as producer and/or director of many projects, including: Jem, EXOsquad, The Real Ghostbusters, X-Men The Animated Series, Conan The Adventurer, Spider-Man Unlimited, Captain Planet, Bob the Builder and G.I. Joe Valor VS Venom. 

Will has just wrapped work on his online comic strip Jungle Girl, and Jungle Tales of Tarzan.
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PLANNED HAL FOSTER EXHIBIT IN NOVA SCOTIA

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Letter from Sid Weiskirch
I wrote a post on the Edgar Rice Burroughs group's FB page about the possible burroughs\Foster museum in Nova Scotia. 
There might be a connection to the traveling exhibit by the Smithstonian at the Skokie Library where the Hal Foster exhibit is in storage.
I forgot to mention that for more information, go to
https://sidneyweiskirch.wordpress.com/

Following are a few videos regarding an exhibit I used to take to local libraries and museums throughout the Chicagoland area regarding the history of Hal Foster and his birthing the Sunday comic industry:
Exhibit About Hal Foster (Video)
“The Art Of Hal Foster” Part 1:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ1Ugnnh_Tk
“The Art of Hal Foster” Part 2 :
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjh5CkryPI8
“Comic Book Collecting” (North Suburban Library System):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4adlK0SqQ4
ARTICLE:
Modern Day Superhero Industry Born In Chicago
As you know, there are hundreds of millions of us all over the world. The TRILLION DOLLAR SUPER HERO INDUSTRY started in the newspaper Sunday comics in the 1930’s.

The next step was comic books, radio serials, TV series, movie serials, next came block buster one half billion dollar movies, Broadway shows, video games, (a billion dollar industry itself), and now beautiful graphic novels. Many side industries grew. Toys, clothes, even the Disney empire rode the wave of comic popularity.

Perhaps, you would like to know who was responsible for all of this, and why no one knows anything about it ?

DID YOU KNOW THAT TWO CHICAGO MEN WERE THE ONES  RESPONSIBLE FOR GIVING BIRTH TO THIS GIGANTIC INDUSTRY? 
THERE IS A STORY HERE WORTHY OF A BLOCK BUSTER MOVIE TELLING THE TRUE STORY OF HOW IT ALL STARTED IN THE 1920’s and 1930’s 
IN AN ART STUDIO ON MICHIGAN AVENUE IN CHICAGO. . . .  more 

Editor's Note:
An interesting project. The two Chicago-based men mentioned in the article are Joe Neebe and Hal Foster 
BUT . . . obviously a third name must be added to this: Edgar Rice Burroughs.

• Edgar Rice Burroughs’ first Tarzan story, Tarzan of the Apes, was published in the October 1912 edition of The All-Story pulp magazine. The author first began writing the tale of the orphaned babe raised by apes on Dec. 1, 1911.
• Tarzan was raised by the fictional simian tribe known as the Mangani, meaning “great-ape” in their own elaborate language, which was invented by Burroughs. Other Mangani words include: Tarzan (white-skin); Numa (lion); Histah (snake); Bolgani (gorilla); Manu (monkey); and Tarmangani (white human being or white great ape.) You can read a scholarly article by Dr. Peter Coogan about the great apes’ language and an extensive listing of words over at the Official Philip José Farmer Web Page.
• Batman is often considered the first “superhero” without actual super-powers, but the truth is that Bob Kane’s caped-crusader was at least partially inspired by Tarzan (not to mention The Shadow and Doc Savage as well.) Both Bruce Wayne and John Clayton (Tarzan’s real name) were orphaned as children, inherited fortunes, and would go on to fight injustice and evil using their wits and physical prowess. The big difference is that Tarzan doesn’t have all the fancy gizmos. As Jane states in the upcoming film, “No man ever started with less.”
• The love of Tarzan’s life, Jane, has been portrayed in the movies as both American and British. The best known Jane was played by Maureen O’Sullivan in the Johnny Weissmuller films from the ’30s and ’40s, where she was an English woman named “Jane Parker.” The real Jane, from the books, is an American woman (Jane Porter) from Baltimore.
• Tarzan’s father, the British Lord Greystoke, is killed by the Mangani leader, Kerchak; but when Tarzan, nurtured and raised by the she-ape Kala, becomes a young adult he avenges his father by killing the malevolent Kerchak and taking on his role as the king of the tribe.
• The first Tarzan movie was a silent film released almost 100 years ago. Tarzan of the Apes hit theaters in 1918 and starred the very stout Elmo Lincoln as the Ape Man, and the doe-eyed Enid Markey as Jane. The movie was a huge hit, but author Edgar Rice Burroughs was not thrilled with the casting of Tarzan. (You can watch the film on YouTube HERE!)
• The Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan pulp stories have been re-published into 24 novels in multiple languages. Most of the tales are set in Africa, although the author never actually set foot on the continent
• Jane Porter is one of the first female characters in popular culture to be written as a strong, independently-minded woman; even though her Ape Man often arrives just in the nick of time to save her skin.
• The fictional character of Tarzan is one of the best known and most popular characters the world over. His pulp magazine heroics have inspired countless other adventure heroes and have greatly influenced the serial storytelling medium as a whole.
• While some believe that Burroughs’ Ape Man was inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, the late author always maintained Tarzan of the Apes was his original tale and that if he was subliminally influenced by anything it was most likely the Roman myth of Romulus and Remus.