The Ring

See also the previous posts:
• Rumours
• A Distant Memory
• The Forest
• Merlin Ambrosius

Art: John Cullen Murphy (circa 1983).
Text: Cullen Murphy.
Source: The Sun Herald (Sydney, Australia); from the collection of Michael J. Bayly (circa 1985).

Mesmerized

See also the previous posts:
• Brogut of the Raven Clan
• A Most Wondrous Thing
• More Terrible Than Expected
• Lake Dragons

Art: Gary Gianni (from page 3557, April 20, 2005).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: Prince Valiant: Far from Camelot – Gary Gianni and Mark Schultz (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008).

Stirred Emotions

See also the previous post:
• Numair the Bedouin Raider
• One Desperate, Tigerish Leap
• Out of Nowhere

Art: Thomas Yeates (from page 4183, April 9, 2017).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: Comics Kingdom.

No Way of Knowing

Art and text: Hal Foster and John Cullen Murphy (from page 1796, July 11, 1971).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 18): 1971-1972 – Hal Foster and John Cullen Murphy (Fantagraphics Books, 2018).

Merlin Ambrosius

NEXT: The Ring

See also the previous posts:
• Rumours
• A Distant Memory
• The Forest

Art: John Cullen Murphy (circa 1983).
Text: Cullen Murphy.
Source: The Sun Herald (Sydney, Australia); from the collection of Michael J. Bayly (circa 1985).

More Terrible Than Expected

See also the previous posts:
• A Most Wondrous Thing
• Brogut of the Raven Clan
• Lake Dragons

Art: Gary Gianni (from page 3554, March 20, 2005).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: Prince Valiant: Far from Camelot – Gary Gianni and Mark Schultz (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008).

Commemorating Hal Foster and Prince Valiant

Kevin Sollows‎ recently shared the following message and photos with the Hal Foster's "Prince Valiant" Purists Facebook page.

Greetings from Nova Scotia!

Earlier this week, a stainless steel plaque commemorating Hal Foster and his creation Prince Valiant was installed by Emera Corporation in Foster’s hometown of Halifax, NS. Emera owns an electrical utility, Nova Scotia Power, a company with roots back to the same Lower Water Street site.

When Foster was a boy, the neighbours to the north of his grandfather Stevens’ house were the many horses of the tramway company, which were retired in favour of a new-fangled machine called an electrical generator. Now, over a century later, the trams and most of the old neighbourhood are long gone, but there is still electrical equipment working at the site, surrounded by the large concrete firewall visible in the accompanying photos. In light of how many horses he later drew for Prince Valiant, it is interesting that Foster was familiar with the sights, sounds and smells of a large horse barn from the time of his birth.

The effort to have a commemoration for Foster installed at this site began nearly two decades ago, with the publication of Dr. Brian M. Kane’s book, titled Hal Foster, Prince of Illustrators, Father of the Adventure Strip, and it is a pleasure to share the news of the installation here today.

See also the previous posts:
• How It All Began
• Mark Schultz on Prince Valiant as an American Invention
• "He Wasn't a Superhero But He Was a Hero"
• Celebrating 83 Years of Prince Valiant

“Find the Soul of Asia!”

See also the previous post:
• Legion of Nightmares

Art: Thomas Yeates (from pages 4124, February 21, 2016).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: Comics Kingdom.

This Pointless Existence

Art and text: Hal Foster (from page 1774, February 7, 1971).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 18): 1971-1972 – Hal Foster and John Cullen Murphy (Fantagraphics Books, 2018).

The Forest

NEXT: Merlin Ambrosius

See also the previous posts:
• Rumours
• A Distant Memory

Art: John Cullen Murphy (circa 1983).
Text: Cullen Murphy.
Source: The Sun Herald (Sydney, Australia); from the collection of Michael J. Bayly (circa 1985).