Hal Foster : prince of illustrators, father of the adventure strip / written and compiled by Brian M. Kane ; edited by J. David Spurlock.
- Title
- Hal Foster : prince of illustrators, father of the adventure strip / written and compiled by Brian M. Kane ; edited by J. David Spurlock.
- Published by
- Lebanon, N.J. : Vanguard Productions, c2001.
- Author
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- Description
- 195 p. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.
- Summary
- In the first comprehensive biography of Hal Foster, author Brian M. Kane examines the 70-year career of one of the greatest illustrators of the twentieth century. Superman was modeled after Foster's drawings of Tarzan, Flash Gordon's Alex Raymond borrowed compositions from Prince Valiant and thousands of artists, including the famous contemporary Western painter James Bama, count Foster among their greatest influences.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Contents
- One. Hal from Halifax -- two. Portaging Canada -- Special gallery. Companions in Adventure -- three. Helen the Fair -- four. Knight Errant -- five. "We Ate Ape" -- six. In the Days of King Arthur -- seven. Father of the Adventure Strip -- Hal Foster: A Color Gallery -- eight. The Bard of Avalon -- nine. Voice from Val-Hal-En -- ten. A Canadian Yankee in King Arthur's Court -- eleven. The Spoils of War -- twelve. Beyond Camelot -- thirteen. The Royal Family -- fourteen. Knights of the Drawing Table -- fifteen. Passing of the King -- Tributes. A Knight to be Remembered.
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- Harvard Library
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