JOHN CARTER OF MARS (1979)
Acrylic - 22” x 28”

I’ve had a special fondness for The Martian Tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs even since I first read them in my early teens. This was the last of 11 covers, so it seemed fitting to have John Carter and Dejah Thoris ride off into the sunset. 1/3

#sciencefiction #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #barsoom #delreybooks

THE CHESSMEN OF MARS (1979)

Acrylic - 20” x 25”

“As Gahan entered his square, U-dor leaped toward him with drawn sword with such fury as might have overborne a less skilled and powerful swordsman.” 1/4

#sciencefiction #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #barsoom #delreybooks

THUVIA, MAID OF MARS (1979)
Acrylic and Gouache on Illustration Board - 20” x 25”

Here was another one of the Barsoomian beasts that was basically an Earthly one with more legs. 1/5

#sciencefiction #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #barsoom #delreybooks

A PRINCESS OF MARS (1978)
Acrylic on Illustration Board - 24” x 28”

I have a special fondness for The Martian Tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs, ever since I first read them in my early teens. 1/4

#sciencefiction #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #dejahthoris #barsoom #delreybooks

Really hope I get some sleep in tonight. Been out of sync again with the rest of the world and it’s starting to get to me.

I mean sure, I get a lot of stuff done, but I don’t get to meet up with a lot of people. So it’s quite a bit isolating.

Yet I try so hard to stick to my routines. Maybe I’m not really made for 24h life?

#barsoom

#EdgarRiceBurroughs offered a wealth of critical fodder with his #Tarzan stories (was it even necessary to list all the problems, starting with the very idea of him?), or his #Barsoom series, where the protagonist #JohnCarter had been a captain in the Army of New #Virginia before becoming a Martian warlord. "A #Confederate officer?" Atticus's father had said, appalled. "That's the hero?"

(1/4)

#JimCrow #racism #bigotry #fiction #fantasy #scifi

Yesterday's links:

ERBzine: Barsoomian airships
https://www.erbzine.com/mag28/2806.html

More on Traveller noble PCs
http://ancientfarfuture.blogspot.com/2025/08/another-benefit-of-playing-noble-pc.html

Intelligent weapons demands
https://icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/08/downtime-demands-of-sentient-weapons-or.html

#TTRPG #skyships #Barsoom #Traveller #SciFiFeudalism
#MagicItem

LLANA OF GATHOL (1979)
Acrylic - 24" x 32"

Since I did the eleven Martian Tales books over the course of a year, as time went on some things became less important. This time we did not worry about the title of the book, and Llana herself does not even appear in my painting. 1/4

#sciencefiction #sff #scifi #scifiart #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #johncarter #mars #barsoom #delreybooks