#Martian Princess

[pulpsandcomics2]

Martian Princess by Daryl Mandryk

[nfcomics]

WARLORD OF MARS no.1 • cover art • Joe Jusko [Oct 2010]

The original warrior of Mars returns from Dynamite! Warlord of Mars is an enhancement of the classic Edgar Rice Burroughs story, Princess of Mars! If you thought you knew the story, think again! This series will capture the ?grit and action of the original while expanding on it with new elements. The story is about John Carter, an ex-cavalry officer in the Confederate Army who finds himself mysteriously transported to Mars! Joining him in his adventures there are Tars Tarkas, his Martian comrade, and Dejah Thoris, a Martian Princess.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

HIS SEARCH WAS FINALLY OVER -- 'TWAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT IN THE LAND OF BARSOOM.

PIC INFO: Meanwhile, in the omniverse -- Spotlight on a digital art/crossover piece titled "Dejah & Marvin," published September 2016, artwork by Axel Medellin.

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Source: https://buhitter.com/search?q=looneytunes&offset=40&order=2.

[a-little-ray-of-fantasy]

Please judge me based on my comfort characters. 0w0

[evilhorse]

Cosmic Odyssey house ad (circa October 1988)

[romancemedia]

Not Even Death could tear apart these true loves🩷🥀

[thetownsendsw]

Today marks the premier of #Pathfinder’s Triumph of the Tusk Adventure Path, so I’d like to take a moment to discuss a relevant topic near and dear to my heart.

ORCS!

While Tolkien was drawing on some linguistic antecedents, Orcs in fantasy originate from The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings, where they’re brutish soldiers of various forces of evil.

Initially lacking redeeming quality, Orcs have become a darling of pop culture, their thuggish nature explored from many angles across TTRPGs, video games, comics, novels, and more.

Now, when you picture an Orc, you no doubt imagine something akin to the Warcraft or Warhammer franchises: statuesque, green skinned humanoids with protruding underbites and looming tusks, often locked into a primitive, itinerant lifestyle, eschewing technology beyond what they pillage from other races.

Interestingly, none of this is in Tolkien.

In Tolkien, “Orc” was essentially another word for “Goblin,” or perhaps unusually large Goblins. Far from statuesque, Gollum (a (former?) Hobbit) could easily be confused for one. The Uruk-hai, a new, stronger Orcish offshoot were described as Orcish in appearance but only as tall as a Man, not taller.

Tolkien’s Orcs are described as deformed, but nothing as specific as green skin or tusks is specifically mentioned (Tolkien saved in-depth sensory detail for trees, and occasionally beards).

Far from being savages, Tolkien’s Orcs were–in his grand Romanticist narrative–stand-ins for industrialization. They were destroying the forests to build grand weapons of war, and soot-covered Mordor evoked the smokestacks of 19th century london.

In many ways the conflict of LotR can be interpreted as Tolkien pitting the noble myths and tales he studied up against his real experiences in WWI.

(the thought amuses me of a firmly medieval fantasy setting, except when we zoom in on the Orcish Badlands they’re all shelling each other from the trenches)

But while none of these traits are in Tolkien, there is a source where they are central.

The Green Martians, or Tharks, first appeared in A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, published in All-Story Magazine from Feb-July 1912, well before any of the kids Tolkien decided to tell a fairy tale to were born.

The Tharks are described as 15 foot tall nomadic savages, favoring mighty beasts and weapons salvaged from the more civilized races of Barsoom. They have green skin and tusks, as well as six limbs (interestingly, the middle limbs are described as functional as either crude arms or secondary legs, but art always just depicts four arms)

Culturally, the Tharks are clearly meant as extensions of the Apache raiders encountered in the early chapters of the book set in Arizona; i.e. some California ranch-owner’s idea of wasteland savages. Nomadic, inhuman raiders redeemable only when breaching their primitive traditions.

The parallels are almost uncanny, and I’ll admit I’m honestly not sure where the crossover occurs. Early editions of D&D–another driver of fantasy trends–depict orcs as pig-people, which is probably how tusks became so iconic. They later added gray skin, which persisted officially until the current edition.

Somewhere between there in ‘74 and Warhammer in the early 80s is when the pseudo-Barsoom look took over in broader culture, and at this point there’s no getting around it. Even the more recent Tolkien film adaptations can’t entirely escape the expectation of modern Orcishness.

Turning back the clock a bit, Tolkien notably was never entirely sure where Orcs came from. His first idea was that they were molded from clay by Morgoth, a dark mirror to Adam, but being a Catholic at heart, he disliked the idea of Evil being a creative force.

He flip-flopped for the rest of his life, whether Orcs were corrupted men/elves/hobbits, uplifted beasts, even (according to one post I saw) soulless bodies remotely piloted by demons. He could never quite square the need for unfailingly evil mooks with his own feelings on Good & Evil.

Personally, I find particular resonance in the parallel between what D&D used to call an “always chaotic evil” race and the very Catholic concept of Original Sin. Was Tolkien merely dancing around the idea that the Orcs only needed to be Saved?

I can’t say what Tolkien would think of modern Orcs, either their merging with an earlier, American space alien, or our attempts to humanize what was supposed to be fundamentally inhuman. But I think his insecurity speaks to the same source as our fascination.

Who among us hasn’t struggled with what it means to be good? Or to be evil? And if we are made to be evil, what does it mean to strive against that purpose or to surrender to it? Can we abandon the precepts of predestiny? Or do we reject that they were ever there?

Stare deeply into that Jungian shadow and tell me…

Is it green? And do you want it to be?

[alalaya2]

Decided to continue this enjoy

Part 2 Ecto hits the fan

While Tim found the hornet nest that would cause the JL to be up in arms ready to attack the United States government . There was a town in the west of Huntington ky on the ohio side of the river in Amity Park. The young King was looking up at the night sky he was floating high enough that most Ecto weapons wont hit him and if any GIW had a jet packs he would hear them coming with enough time to get away.

He had just turned 16 today and Clockwork has finally told him that he was now the king of the infinite realm. Things were going to happen soon and fast the realms themselves were gearing for war. If things didn’t change soon. Then he, as the king, would have to lead them to battle.

Danny closed his eyes let the light of the stars shine over him. It was getting harder to keep both the humans and ghosts safe from the GIW. They didn’t care who they hurt Star and Wes were still in the hospital from when a stray shot from agent O nearly killed them. If Danny had been a second late they would’ve been crushed by the tree Agent O had shot down. As it was Wes had a broken arm and Star had broken 4 ribs while both of them had a concussion.

Last year his entire class had discovered his identity after an incident with Vlad. They had all started to help him because members of team Phantom. His parents had interrupted Boxy’s and Lunch Lady’s bonding ceremony and now admitted that ghosts were sentient and not all ghosts were evil. He finally told him that he was a halfa two months ago so things were going well at the home front at least.

While his personal life was getting better it didn’t change the fact that he was not ready to be a king and he didn’t want to go to war. Phantom opened his eyes looking at a satellite and wondering if it was the Famous watchtower. Most of the tower had tried to contact the JL many times his first year as a hero. They had thought that the first time was a prank call and by the next call the GIW had started to put up an informal barricade. No other calls had gotten through.

Tucker had hacked their system and found out that by the end of the first year. No information about the ghost were available to anyone outside of Amity and anyone who was in Amity was heavily edited to the rest of the world Amity Parker’s didn’t exist. Danny’s first thought was to fly up to the watchtower himself and tell them what was happening. Sam had stopped him while Amity wasn’t public knowledge the Anti-Ecto acts were publicly available. This either meant they knew and agreed with them or they didn’t know and we’re being kept in the dark. Now he couldn’t leave even if he wanted to it was too dangerous for his people for him not to be around.

His ghost senses went off and he sighed. His rouges had been getting better at not being destructive but The GIW were also out. He looked down to see Ellie running from the GIW. protective rage thrummed through his core

Not My Daughter

He took off like a shot his core screamed as he saw Ellie take a shot to the back. Ectoplasm seeping down her back as she was still trying to get away.

“Papa!” She cried out as she saw him coming.

Dani now called Ellie had finally stabilized and had created a parent- child bond with him. He could feel the echo of pain from that bond.

“Ellie” he cried out looking at the GIW he noticed the had a net. “Ellie look out” he pushed her out of the way the net wrapped around him and a high electric current went through the net. The last thing he saw before passing out was Wulf grabbing Ellie and taking her to safety

[trucywright]

A random assortment of DC Halloween icons.

Top row, JSA: Jade, Cyclone, Liberty Belle

2nd row, magic: Xanadu, Amethyst, Heather After

3rd row, Titans: Miss Martian, Duela Dent, Stitch

4th row, random: Gotham Girl, Bleez, Lia Nelson/Lightray

5th row, JSA-adjacent: Judy Garrick, Salem the Witch Girl, Inza Nelson

Feel free to use. Credit appreciated but not required.

[bluealienobsesser]

I've been imagining red Martians looking more similar to green martians because I would like if they looked more alien

Thuvia and her banths

Dejah is a princess so she has alot of gold and her body paint is blue to represent her kingdom

[angelica-cj]

John Carter Tharks anyone? Just me? Ok...

My favorite characters from the film, I love them, also the movie is good too.

[nfcomics]

WARLORD OF MARS: DEJAH THORIS no.3 • cover art • Art Adams [May 2011]

A horde of savage green Martians has surrounded the Warlord of Yorn in Dejah Thoris's city of Lesser Helium. No red Martian will come to the aid of a backstabbing tyrant like Yorn, but Yorn has a big surprise in store, one he paid a very high price for.

While the siege rages on, Dejah Thoris fights to free her one-time enemy, the Jed of Greater Helium. Valian, Yorn's son, has thrown in his lot with Dejah. It's only a matter of time before his father finds out…

Comic • 32 pages • $3.99 US

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

NOW, THIS IS HOW YOU DEPICT A RED MARTIAN PRINCESS -- WITH A MARTIAN RED SKIN TONE!!

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on textless & published Variant M cover art to "Dejah Thoris" Vol. 4 #4. August, 2023. Dynamite Entertainment. Artwork by Mark Laming.

Resolution at 761x1136 & 659x1000 (2x).

Man, so I might sound like a scratched record at this point, but I am so tired of seeing Dejah depicted as a Caucasian female, and even just giving her a tan is equally lazy. She is described by Edgar Rice Burroughs as having skin of a "light reddish copper color," and anything less than that is just bastardizing her character and creating someone else entirely. That is all.

Sources: www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/APR230571 & https://planetcomicsanderson.com/products/apr230571-dejah-thoris-2023-4.

[luckylunatix]

Some things I drew back on Mar10 Day, back when I was really hyped for Princess Peach: Showtime (which btw is a really good game y'all) but also still super hyperfixated on Marvin. So I basically gave Marvin some costumes based on different characters Peach portrays in the stage plays in the game.

They're mostly based on which ones I really liked (since I really wasn't feeling up to the trouble of giving him a version of every single costume), but I figured the Mighty costume being a sci-fi superhero also fit Marvin's vibe pretty well, being an alien and all.

Also, similar to how Peach still has her brooch from her dress somewhere on her costumes, I gave Marvin a star on each of his.

[evilhorse]

DC All In Special #1

[romancemedia]

Cartoon Romances + Caressing Lover's Cheek