Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Hal Foster's Prince Valiant (Prince Valiant)
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (544 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1606998978 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. About the Author Hal Foster (1892-1982) created Prince Valiant in 1937. 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
Foster was and remains an artist’s artist, which is why he is in five artistic Halls of Famemore than any other cartoonist or illustrator. Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant Studio Edition is a 192-page collection scanned from Foster’s original art and printed in full color, capturing every nuance of Foster’s masterly brush strokes. Fantagraphics’ recent reprints of the Prince Valiant strip, scanned from original color engraver’s proof sheets, have received international acclaim, and now we are printing the Holy Grail of comics art. Painstakingly researched and illustrated, Foster spent more than 50 hours a week crafting every Sunday page. Each page is so rare that the sum total of the original art reprinted in this book would likely cost millions. Each one of his Sunday pages stands as a testament to t
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. . Hal Foster (1892-1982) created Prince Valiant in 1937