Book : Prince Valiant Vol. 22 1979-1980 - Foster, Hal

-Titulo Original : Prince Valiant Vol. 22 1979-1980

-Fabricante :

Fantagraphics

-Descripcion Original:

In this collection of Sunday newspaper strips, Prince Valiant is enslaved and King Arthur is on his deathbed! Val, deprived of his Singing Sword, is enslaved in the Berber salt mines. A death watch has begun for the bedridden King Arthur, and the monarchs half-brother Mordred plots to usurp the throne. Aleta investigates a murder in Cornwall. This volume includes a tour of Prince Valiants England by Vanity Fair and The Atlantic editor Cullen Murphy, John Cullen Murphys son, who begins his long tenure as the strips scriptwriter with this volume. Plus: Todd Goldbergs examination of the historical reality behind the Prince Valiant strip continues. Full-color illustrations throughout. Review In the grand tradition of Arthur Rackham and Howard Pyle... Every panel packs a punch. Vanity Fair About the Author 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. John Cullen Murphy, a six-time recipient of the National Cartoonists Societys Best Story Strip for his work on Prince Valiant, continues to draw the strip from his home in Connecticut, while his son, Cullen Murphy, writes the strip in between serving as the Managing Editor for The Atlantic.