Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs for March 22, 2025

“Numasmitists.”

More like a dance for two? (first panel)

“This lion protected us from danger, and you’ve killed it? Done that before hm?”

“True as a die,” is an old expression dating to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century. Instead of every part for everything being made entirely by hand, machine tools stamped out parts from carefully made & hardened metal dies – lowering the cost of production and, in the opinion of the 19th century Arts & Crafts Movement sucking all the life and beauty out of the world. I’m rather surprised any writer used it in the 20th century but I guess he’s playing with the language “die” a metal piece you need to carefully align so it’s true with “die” in what the lion does.

Lions : 0. Tarzan: 9756.

Great artworks, though.

Luckily they were interrupted. Tarzan would have to explain how he was ready to steal the native’s weapons until the lion came along.

Tarzan: “Hey, wait a second! I have not given yet the victory cry of the bull ape.”

Natives: “We read the book (2nd novel, chap. 14). You never did that in the parallel scene.”

Lion guts for garters, special in Aisle 5.

And that was the Daddy of the cubs.

“I was just swinging through the trees when I saw this guy and thought that, if I killed him, I could use his weapons. So…”

Numa meat for everyone, freshly slaughtered and much cheaper than at the Nairobi grocery market! Umgowa and heat up the grill!!

Da Chief: They killed my putty tat! Waste ‘em!