Prince Valiant, Vol. 5: 1945-1946
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (729 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1606994840 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Tales of new birth, death, love, betrayal and a mysterious monastery 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 special appeal for this reviewer because it contains a personal favorite story in the adventures of the Prince of Thule, one in which he actually plays a supporting role. I first read this tale many years ago when Fantagraphics published an earlier re. Masterful Reprint of a Comic Masterpiece 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 two series and two movies before Foster handed off to John Cullen Murphy.And yet, here it is. Twenty years after Fantagraphics reprinted the entire series, the company's gone back to the well to launch another reprinting.So it's natural to ask: . Michael T. Smith said Still Good after all these Years.. 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 to buy all the remaining volumes. I highly recommend this series to anyone that remembers and enjoys the Prince Valiant saga.
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
112 full-color pages of comics. But the 1946 strips end with Val and Aleta unable to return to Camelot and the displaced couple journeying to Thule…Half the strips in this volume also include the delightful “The Medieval Castle,” Foster’s chronicle of two young boys growing up during the time of the First Crusade but by the end of the 1945 strips this series has ended and the Valiant portion resume its full-page glory. In “War in the Forest” Val is sent out to spy on encroaching Saxons unknowingly aided by Aleta, who, disguised as a small knight (and dubbed “Sir Puny”) helps prevent disaster. Not surprisingly this is followed by a sequence called “Matrimony,” which ends with a newly wed queen adjusting to the luxurious, exciting court life at Camelot.But Val’s marriage does not signal an end to his adventures, quite the contrary. Our Prince finds his queen to be!Fully half of this latest volume of Hal Foster’s epic
Prince Valiant opens up a world that I wanted to stay ina wide-eyed early 20th century approach to fantasy with a now-vanished sincerity and wholesomeness. 1: 1937-38, and I was able to absorb the material in a wholly new way. “Sure I’d read Foster before, but I’d never found a way in. Fortunately, Fantagraphics recently released Prince Valiant Vol. This edition has been reproduced from pristine printer’s proofs to give the gorgeous artwork its crispest version ever. Prince Valiant is