Prince Valiant, Vol. 4: 1943-1944
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (632 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1606994557 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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(Win Wiacek - Now Read This!) . Starred Review. (Chris Mautner - Robot 6)…The mastery Foster brings to bear on his every panel may have been equaled both before and since his prime, but it’s never been surpassed. (Publishers Weekly)…Valiant remains a hugely enjoyable action strip, as Valiant battles a variety of ne’er do wells on a quest to find his true love, Aleta. Prince Valiant is one of the best-drawn comics ever, and this new edition does ample justice to its achievement. Medieval swordplay and adventure have never been as glorious as in Foster’s Sunday-only comic strip. (Matt Seneca - The Comics Journal)Rendered in a simply stunning panorama of glowing visual passion and precision, Prince Valiant is a non-stop rollercoaster of stirring action, exotic adventure and grand romance; blending human-scaled fantasy with
112 pages of full-color comics. After a series of shorter adventures including “The Seductress,” “The Call of the Sea,” and “The Jealous Cripple,” Val finally decides he can stand it no more and sets out to find his long-lost love. This brief episode segues into one of Hal Foster’s patented epics, “The Long Voyage to Thule,” which ran for seven straight months and featured Valiant’s return to his birthplace and reunion with his father. Long-time fans know that his quest will eventually be successful, but Foster throws so many obstacles in the way of true love that the saga “The Winning of Aleta” would end up stretching a full year and a half, well into the next volume. Of course, Foster’s astonishingly detailed and evocative depictions of Val’s homeland contribute greatly to this sprawling epic. With its stunning art reproduced directly from
Hal Foster (1892-1982) created Prince Valiant in 1937. He teaches in the Illustration Department at the Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, Ohio. in Art Education with an emphasis in Visual Culture. Though remaining involved with the strip until his death in 1982, Foster handed the bulk of the scripti
Tales of new birth, death, love, betrayal and a mysterious monastery L. W. Swint Fantagraphics Books, Inc. continues its ambitious and admirable hardcover reprint series of the 20th century's classic contribution to the Arthurian legends with "Prince Valiant Vol. 13: 1961-1962," by master newspaper comic strip creator Hal Foster. This particular edition has a specia. "Masterful Reprint of a Comic Masterpiece" according to Author Bill Peschel. What is the appeal of Prince Valiant? It seems so uncool, so dorky, with its stories of noble knights and that weird narration-under-the-art that I doubt we'll ever see it rebooted as its contemporaries, such as Batman (premiered two years after Prince Valiant) and Star Trek, which saw . "Still Good after all these Years." according to Michael T. Smith. It is Hal Foster's premier work, in my opinion, so that pretty much sums it up. I remember waiting for the Sunday morning paper just so I could read the next installment to this wonderful story. This particular volume is very impressive in terms of size, coloring and clarity. I am going