Tarzan Takeoffs in Comic Books

Tarzan takeoffs conquered comic books.  Naturally.  When something is worth parodying or paralleling, it’s worth parodying or paralleling as much as possible.  The comic book arena provided another platform for creators to capitalize on Tarzan’s...

Tarzan Takeoffs in Films

Tarzan inspired film studios to invent their versions of a jungle hero.  The results range from hysterical to sober. In 1973, Disney mined Tarzan for laughs in The World’s Greatest Athlete, a benign film set on the fictional Merrivale College campus.  Faced with...