Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs for May 05, 2024

“Dr. Jane” cures what ails ya.

At least we now know the plot. Will Jane find the ailment, never mind the cure, in time……….

Doctor Shelby was right about two things, you blonde.

John Tarzan got conked in the head a few too many times.

There were a couple Jane-centric stories in the novels (at least in my faulty memory – and more sub-stories than the primary focus). Given how dreadful the last few Sunday strips have been this will have to be better. At least it can’t be worse.

OTOH… If you’re driving out to the jungle in a jeep should you be in jungle chic with spear or something a little more modern?

Was there mobile phones back in 1999? In African jungles?

Jane, Jane, Jane of the Jungle, friend to you and me! (watch out for that tree!)

Tarzan just wanted to go to that stag party and get out of cleaning the house and see his friends, Gorilla Monsoon, George the Animal, and Jake the Snake. This is already as silly as the Neanderthals. Hand smack to face.

I like these, actually, they can be silly, but it allows us to be silly at the same time.

And of course practical shorts with pockets and a modest t-shirt detract from survival probability in the jungle.

Jane is on her way to her Sports Illustrated jungle swimsuit photo shoot

So that’s were 50 cent got his album title.

I hope Tarz taught her how to dig a pit! ☺

Time for Nairobi Mall shopping Jane to show her mettle and jungle smarts, but can she talk to the animals like clogged-up Tarzan does?

“We were cleaning the bungalow and he collapsed!”

Aha! Tarzan isn’t sick—he’s just goldbricking to get out of housework!

I am trying to understand, other than for gratuitous nudity, why Jane would wander into the jungle wearing hardly anything. I would think that a civilized woman from Baltimore would be dressed more ruggedly. Shirt, pants, boots, and a rifle….