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Prince Valiant by Hal Foster - Comic Strip
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Prince Valiant

Comic Strip
1946
Ink
29.1 x 20.4 cm (11.46 x 8.03 in.)

Description

Hal Foster Prince Valiant # 510 Sunday Comic Strip, planche d'ouverture datée du 11-17-46 (King Features Syndicate, 1946). Ce dessin d'ouverture figure un prince vaillant vengeur exigeant la libération de sa femme kidnappée par un monarque vicieux avec au centre le fils arrogant du roi, qui deviendrait bientôt l'ennemi le plus acharné de Val.

About Hal Foster

Before Hal Foster started his illustration and comics career, he held several jobs in Nova Scotia, from newspaper boy, woodchuck and hunting guide, to a stint as a gold prospector. In 1921, he finally chose to explore the fine arts, and cycled 1,000 miles from Manitoba to Chicago to study at the Chicago Art Institute, and later, at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Working as a successful illustrator, Foster was asked in 1928 to make 300 illustrations for the 'Tarzan' comics. Although Harold Foster hated the Tarzan character, he nevertheless agreed to do a Sunday page of 'Tarzan' when the 300 illustrations he made were enthusiastically approved. Then the legendary newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst laid his eyes on Hal Foster's 'Tarzan'. Hearst went to great lengths to get Foster to do a comic for him. As a response, Foster sent his idea for a comic named 'Derek, Son of Thane', which later became 'Prince Valiant'. Upon receiving Foster's proposal, Hearst was so impressed that he promised Foster the ownership of 'Prince Valiant' if he would start the series, a very rare offer in those days. In 1937, the first Sunday page of Prince Valiant appeared and met with immediate success. Foster's work has influenced a great many other artists, and was even copied by some of them. Text (c) Lambiek
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craoland Magnifique illustration du prince valiant de hal Foster +++++++++
Jan 6, 2021, 8:41 PM
philofanfan Doit on dire : pièce magnifique ou pièce épique ? Les deux mon capitaine !
Jan 6, 2021, 11:16 AM
MV9957 Gorgeous !
Jan 6, 2021, 7:59 AM
mateurdebd Un de mes graal (mais pas du tout celui de mon banquier , hélas ) ...
Jan 6, 2021, 3:31 AM
ThierryStark Magnifique !
Jan 5, 2021, 10:47 PM
Carbonnieux Respect !
Jan 5, 2021, 2:02 PM
Bdborabora Superbe Pièce du Grand Hal Foster pour son Prince Valiant ( Prince Vaillant et Le Roi Arthur !! , Top ) , Bel Achat !! , Bravo 👍 .
Jan 5, 2021, 1:52 PM
artlock on manque de superlatifs devant une telle pièce ! félicitation
Jan 5, 2021, 1:49 PM