His drawing style is noted for its high level of draftsmanship and attention to detail. It was the chronicle of a real even if fictional life, with action, romance, family and humor and wasnt simply just an adventure story of superficial heroic posturing. Fully half of this latest volume of hal fosters epic masterpiece again scanned from superb syndicate proofs is. In it, a very young robert wagner plays the title character, son of the king of scandia during the time of king arthur brian aherne. The drawings were made by the great master harold foster. Especially given the intelligent cartoonists of the past few decades moves away from genre and into the territory of real literature, it seems unlikely that a warmly narrated, incrementally plotted. From fosters very first prince valiant page to his very last the public will be treated to. Everything published with a picture and an estimated value. Harold rudolf foster august 16, 1892 july 25, 1982 was a canadianamerican comic strip artist and writer best known as the creator of the comic strip prince valiant. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Hal fosters prince valiant purists has 1,101 members.
This firstever prince valiant boxed set collects over six years of hal foster sunday strips along with. Hal fosters prince valiant artists edition is a 192page collection scanned from fosters original pages and printed in full color, capturing every nuance of fosters masterly brush strokes. Fully half of this latest volume of hal fosters epic masterpiece again scanned from superb syndicate proofs is devoted to the. Hal fosters masterpiece of adventure enters its second decade as valiant and aleta journey to the new world, a 16month epic that allows foster to draw some of his spectacular native canadian backgrounds, and during which aleta gives birth to arn and acquires her. Hearst was so impressed that he promised foster the ownership of the strip if he would start the series, a very rare offer in those days. Harold hal fosters complete run of prince valiant, remastered and collected in hardcover. Hal foster,august 16, 1892 july 25, 1982, was a canadianamerican illustrator best known as the creator of the comic strip prince valiant.
Prince valiant fantagraphics collectible graphic novels. Prince valiant was a real world with real characters. Born in halifax, nova scotia, canada, foster rode his bike to the united states in 1919 and began to study in chicago, eventually living. Hal foster 18921982 created prince valiant in 1937. Hal fosters masterpiece of adventure enters its second decade as valiant and aleta journey to the new world, a 16month epic that allows foster to draw some of his spectacular native canadian backgrounds, and during which aleta gives birth to arn and acquires her indian nurse, tillicum. The most gorgeous adventure comic strip of all time, the ongoing prince valiant sundayonly comic strip ran for 35 years under its creator, hal foster. Prince of a lost realm steve donoghue open letters monthly, 2009. Created by hal foster in 1937, prince valiant is a knight of the round table who travels throughout europe with his friends sir gawain and tristram. Fully half of this latest volume of hal foster s epic masterpiece is devoted to the remaining chapters of the winning of aleta a 20month. For those who love the hal foster strip prince valiant. Buy prince valiant by hal foster online at alibris. With james mason, janet leigh, robert wagner, debra paget. Set in the time of king arthur, it is a familyoriented adventure show about an exiled prince who goes on a quest to become one of the knights of the round table.
Though remaining involved with the strip until his death in 1982, foster handed the bulk of the scripting and art chores over to his longtime assistant, john cullen murphy, in 1971. Prince valiant is the best arthurianfantasy spaghetti ever like you have cyberpunk and steampunk, you have western spaghetti and. He begins his quest after having a dream about camelot and its idealistic new order. Bayly the wild reed, august 28, 2010prince valiant don markstein toonopedia. It is an epic adventure that has told a continuous story during its entire history, and the full stretch of that story now totals more than 3900 sunday strips. Despite the fact that he sports a dutch bob that makes him look like actress phyllis kirk, robert wagner is. Foster limned epic swordfights and some of the most beautiful human beings ever to appear in comics.
Each page is so rare that the sum total of the original art reprinted in this book would likely cost millions. The legend of prince valiant is an american animated television series based on the prince valiant comic strip created by hal foster. In a time now lost in the mists of memory, the great king arthur rules in the legendary citadel that is camelot. Still, fosters art graced the color sunday comics one last time when the landmark p. Hal fosters prince valiant purists public group facebook. Hal foster is one of the grandmasters of american newspaper comics, and one of the mediums great innovators. Prince valiant by hal foster large full page color sunday comic july 2, 1961. Currently, the strip appears weekly in more than 300 american newspapers, according to its distributor, king. Hal never included a locale that he had not personally visited for thematic accuracy.
Hal fosters prince valiant original at billy ireland cartoon library and museum. Prince valiant in the days of king arthur, or simply prince valiant, is a longrun comic strip created by hal foster in 1937. Harold rudolf foster, genannt hal foster geboren am 16. His knights of the round table commit acts of derringdo and spend their spare time jousting, much to the delight of the local citizens and especially to princess ilene, a guest at camelot. In 1936, foster pitched prince valiant to william randolph hearst, who had long wanted foster to do a comic for his papers.
With stephen moyer, katherine heigl, thomas kretschmann, edward fox. For the ignorant lot that knows not what im talking about, let me put it this way. Prince valiant in the days of king arthur or simply prince valiant, is an american comic strip created by hal foster in 1937. Just like all the other books in this line published by fantagraphics, this prince valiant volume is a pleaser. Many of the first two generations of comic book creators owe a great debt to foster. In the adventureromance prince valiant 1954, the long running popular comic strip of the same name, comes to life in a colorful, lively production mounted by 20th century fox.
Prince valiant pv from now on is based on the prince valiant series of arthurian graphic novels authored by hal foster. Adapted from the same cult 1937 hal foster comic strip as the previous 1954 film, this 1997 prince valiant stars stephen moyer as the famed arthurian squire who, while masquerading as a knight, must both protect the welsh princess ilene katherine heigl while foiling the sorceress morganas plans to steal the legendary sword, excalibur. A history of valiants kim thompson fantagraphics books, may 11, 2009. It is an epic adventure that has told a continuous story during its entire history, and the full stretch of that story now totals more than 3700 sunday strips. Prince valiant and aleta travel to canada, where their child is born, in this legendsoftheroundtableinspired strip. Prince valiant by hal foster newspaper strips full color 1930s1960s duration. Although foster once commented that he might return to illustrate a prince valiant page or two, he never did. Young comic book artists studied fosters technique, sometimes copying panels from his strips. The stumbling block facing critical discussion of prince valiant is that it has probably done more time than any other as the popular imaginations pick for greatest comic ever. Hal fosters sundaycomics saga of a young viking prince in the service of king arthur is brought to the screen in cinemascope and technicolor in prince valiant. It is an epic adventure that has told a continuous story during its entire history, and the full stretch of that story now totals more than 4000 sunday strips. A young viking prince strives to become a knight in king arthurs court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne.