Reader discussion: The Mad King

The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs, cover Frank Frazetta

By quill_monesia31

Frank did something like this once, even before it was actually spelled out in his contract that he’d get his original art back. He just really liked the painting, though, so he reached out to Ace and basically asked to borrow it again after they were done with it so he could get a good photo for his portfolio. They returned it, and in the span of a night Frank turned around a fairly quick copy, handed Ace that one, and kept the original. Also, later when Ace reprinted the book, they put the cover using a noticeably worse copy of the painting… and somehow they never seemed to notice it wasn’t the real original. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0894/8394/files/frank-frazetta_the-mad-king_ny-ace-nd.jpg?v=1683928841

[US] Supersonic quiz - Edgar Rice Burroughs

By field_simple

So I’m not totally sure about all of these, but here’s what I’d pick. For the five Burroughs books: **Tarzan of the Apes**, **Pellucidar**, **The Land That Time Forgot**, **John Carter of Mars**, and **The Mad King**. For the five true facts: I think **he lived to 74**, **was born in Chicago**, **worked as a war correspondent**, **inspired Avatar**, and that **there’s a Mars crater named after him**. And for Tarzan actors: **Ron Ely**, **Buster Crabbe**, **Johnny Weiss-muller**, **Christopher Lambert**, and **Alexander Skarsgård**.