Camera-ready comic art drawing for Prince Valiant

Camera-ready comic art drawing for Prince Valiant

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Description (Brief)
This pen-and-ink drawing produced for the Prince Valiant comic strip discusses an oncoming army ready to invade Britain, and shows Prince Valiant going out to warn his countrymen.
Harold Rudolf "Hal" Foster (1892-1982) was a Canadian-born comic artist. In 1928, after studying art in Chicago, he created the Tarzan comic strip, based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs novels. Foster then created Prince Valiant and was hired by William Randolph Hearst. He continued drawing the strip until he chose John Cullen Murphy to succeed him by 1971. Murphy began officially writing the strip in 1975 as well.
Prince Valiant (1937- ) tells the story of the 5th-century character named Val who is haunted by a prophecy of exploits and unhappiness. After an early storyline dealing with the death of his mother, Val meets King Arthur and Lancelot, and then becomes a knight. Prince Valiant eventually marries Queen Aleta of the Misty Isles but shortly after their wedding Aleta is kidnapped and subsequent strips see Val traveling around the world to find her. In 1946 the tale includes the reunion of the couple in the New World at Niagara Falls. Prince Valiant appeared in comic book form in 1941. The story was the subject of a feature film in 1954.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
drawing
Other Terms
drawing; Pen and Ink
date made
1966-09-11
graphic artist
Foster, Harold R.
publisher
King Features Syndicate
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall color)
Measurements
overall: 58.5 cm x 88.7 cm; 23 1/16 in x 34 15/16 in
ID Number
GA.22407
catalog number
22407
accession number
277502
Credit Line
Newspaper Comics Council, Inc., New York, NY
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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