PRINCE VALIANT HAL FOSTER ORIGINAL Comic Strip Art 1939

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This is an original, one-of-a-kind comic art panel of PRINCE VALIANT, by Hal Foster, published by King Features Syndicate, 1939. Drawing is on a piece of rigid bristol board about .010 to .015 mm thick, approximate size 10 3/4 inches tall by 8 3/4 inches wide. Condition is excellent, very clean with some age toning, and some very minor soiling. There's a small grouping of 5 tiny pinholes near the center, bottom, just below the artwork border. The red marks are evidently directions to the colorist as to where the metallic highlights should go. This piece was framed, under glass, where it had been well protected for many years. A incredible original depiction of Prince Valiant from the Golden Age of comic art, 1939, only about 2 years from the origin of the strip in February, 1937. Paypal only, no reserve, and no buy it now. Piece will ship fully insured, expedited, and well packed and protected. Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur, or simply Prince Valiant, is a long-run comic strip created by Hal Foster in 1937. It is an epic adventure that has told a continuous story during its entire history, and the full stretch of that story now totals more than 3700 Sunday strips. Generally regarded by comics historians as one of the most impressive visual creations ever syndicated, the strip is noted for its realistically rendered panoramas and the intelligent, sometimes humorous, narrative. While drawing the Tarzan comic strip, Foster wanted to do his own original newspaper feature, and he began work on a strip he called Derek, Son of Thane, later changing the title to Prince Arn. The King Features manager eventually renamed it Prince Valiant. In 1936, after extensive research, Foster pitched his concept to William Randolph Hearst, who had long wanted to distribute a strip by Foster. Hearst was so impressed that he gave Foster ownership of the strip. Prince Valiant began in full-color tabloid sections on Saturday February 13, 1937. The first full page was strip #16, which appeared in the Sunday New Orleans Times Picayune. The internal dating changed from Saturday to Sunday with strip #66 (May 15, 1938). The full-page strip continued until 1971 when strip #1788 was not offered in full-page format—it was the last strip Foster drew. The strip continues today by other artists in a half page format.