Hal Foster is in five artistic Halls of Fameâe"more than any other cartoonist or illustrator. Fantagraphicsâe(tm) recent reprints of the Prince Valiant strip have received international acclaim, and now we are printing the Holy Grail of comics art. Hal Fosterâe(tm)s Prince Valiant Artistâe(tm)s Edition is a 192-page collection scanned from Fosterâe(tm)s rare, original pages and printed in full color, capturing every nuance of Fosterâe(tm)s masterly brush strokes. From Fosterâe(tm)s very first Prince Valiant page to his very last, the public will be treated to a selection of some of the most iconic and beautiful comic art ever made.

A Collection featuring Gary Gianni's work on Prince Valiant, his working procedures and a well-rounded, historical artistic overview of the Prince Valiant Sunday strips. After 25 years as a professional illustrator, Gianni became the 3rd artist in the 70-year history of the feature created by Hal Foster. Includes: in-depth description of the strip's creative process; collaborative art of John Cullen, Murphy and Gianni; samples of Gianni's work over 30 years; three gatefolds of Prince Valiant strips; and reproduction from the original artwork.

The ultimate book for Prince Valiant fans and collectors. Out of print for over a decade, The Prince Valiant Companion has become a Holy Grail for collectors of the series. Now, in anticipation of the seventy-fifth anniversary of comics’ longest-running adventure strip, and to celebrate their own just-launched reprinting of the strip’s classic earliest years, Fantagraphics is proud to present an expanded version of this hard-to-find collector’s item. Compiled by award-winning Foster biographer Brian M. Kane, The Definitive Prince Valiant Companion beautifully and definitively showcases the careers of artists Hal Foster, John Cullen Murphy, and Gary Gianni. In addition to updating the original version’s story synopsis section with over thirty years of material, The Definitive Prince Valiant Companion also contains rare and new articles. Included in this volume is a never before reprinted newspaper feature from 1949, Foster’s final interview conducted by Arn Saba, an extensive interview with John Cullen Murphy, and a new interview with the current Prince Valiant creative team of Gary Gianni and Mark Schultz. The Companion also contains a new, in-depth article by Kane on Foster’s artistic influences, as well as a foreword by comics historian Brian Walker, and an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ray Bradbury. A special feature of The Companion is a sixteen-page color section of carefully selected strips from the entire run of the comic. Showcasing this section are eight pages by Foster, scanned and digitally restored from original color engraver’s proofs that had been carefully stored and preserved for over forty years. For the first time ever, collectors will be able to see Prince Valiant as Foster intended it to be seen, with all of his fine inked line work intact. Rounding out this section are four John Cullen Murphy pages from the Murphy family’s collection of proofs, and four Gary Gianni pages that were selected by the artist and digitally recolored under his supervision.

Prince Valiant is a high-art comic novel that follows the exploits of the iconic knight errant.

"Universally acclaimed as the most stunningly gorgeous adventure comic strip of all time, Prince Valiant ran for 35 years under the virtuoso pen of its creator, Hal Foster. (Such was its popularity that today, decades after Foster's death, it continues to run under different hands.) The giant Sunday-funnies pages (Valiant ran only on Sundays) gave Foster a huge canvas upon which he was able to limn epic swordfights, stunning scenes of pomp and pageantry, and some of the most beautiful human beings-- male and female-- ever to appear in comics. And he matched his nonpareil visual sense with the narrative instincts of a born storyteller, propelling his daring young hero from one crisis to another with barely a panel to catch one's breath. Prince Valiant has previously been widely available only in re-colored, somewhat degraded editions (now out of print and fetching collectors' prices). Thanks to advances in production technology and newly available original proof sheets, this new series from the industry leader in quality strip classics is the first to feature superb restored artwork that captures every delicate line and chromatic nuance of Foster's original masterpiece. Comic strip aficionados will be ecstatic, and younger readers who enjoy a classic adventure yarn will be bowled over"--Publisher's web site.

The Vikings have invaded Briton, and all is not well in the country. To escape a prearranged marriage, Princess Ilene runs off, disguised as a page, and meets young Valiant in her journey. The stalwart Valiant is on a quest of discover--and is about to learn that he is actually the son of the King of Vikings. Reissue with the Paramount Pictures video release.

Hal Foster's Prince Valiant, with its thrilling continuities of a knoble knignt in the days of King Arthur, began in newspapers in 1937 and continues to this day. Fantagraphic's deluxe, full color library editions of Prince Valiant was intially intended to end with the 2000's Volume 40, the final volume in which Foster was the chief architect of the strip's visual look. Due to overwhelming demand, however, Fantagraphics is continuing the series, reprinting strips written and roughed-out by Foster and finished by Foster's prodigous assistant, John Cullen Murphy. Each volume of Prince Valiant features close to a year's worth of full-page Sunday strips. Volume 41 presents the "King of Atheldag," Cullen Murphy's first major story arc, reprinting from strips from 1971-72.