Wednesday, August 28, 2019

“’Twas Morgan Le Fey”


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Art and text: Hal Foster (from page 28, March 5, 1938).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 1): 1937-1938 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2009).

Saturday, August 24, 2019

Karran









NEXT: Karran's Story


Art: Hal Foster and John Cullen Murphy (circa 1980). At this point in Prince Valiant's run, Murphy, who had been quietly assisting Foster since 1970, was well into his first decade of drawing the strip over Foster's writing and roughs.
Source: The Sun Herald (Sydney, Australia); from the collection of Michael J. Bayly (circa 1981).

Monday, August 19, 2019

No Choice



Art: Gary Gianni (from page 3699, December 30, 2007).
Text: Mark Schutz.
Source: Prince Valiant: Far from Camelot – Gary Gianni and Mark Schultz (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008).

Friday, August 9, 2019

A Part of Merlin's Saga


While searching for Merlin's cave in the barren wastelands beyond the town of Myrddin, Prince Valiant encounters the calm and courteous Lionors.

“Why do you seek Merlin's cave?” the old man asks Val.


Art and text: Hal Foster and John Cullen Murphy (from page 1777, February 28, 1971).
Text: Hal Foster.
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 18): 1971-1972 – Hal Foster & John Cullen Murphy (Fantagraphics Books, 2018).

See also the previous posts:
Merlin
Wise Merlin
Seeking Merlin's Counsel
An Appeal to Merlin
Old Beyond Years
“It Is Indeed I”