A Collection featuring Gary Gianni's work on Prince Valiant, his working procedures and a well-rounded, historical artistic overview of the Prince Valiant Sunday strips. After 25 years as a professional illustrator, Gianni became the 3rd artist in the 70-year history of the feature created by Hal Foster. Includes: in-depth description of the strip's creative process; collaborative art of John Cullen, Murphy and Gianni; samples of Gianni's work over 30 years; three gatefolds of Prince Valiant strips; and reproduction from the original artwork.

Prince Valiant is a high-art comic novel that follows the exploits of the iconic knight errant.

There's Merlin, Mordred, Maeve, Monsters, and Magic in this collection of the beloved Arthurian newspaper strip!

Arvak the Red Stallion's first appearance occurs in this volume of the classically illustrative Sunday comic strip, based on the King Arthur myth.

Renowned painter and graphic novelist George Pratt (Batman, Sandman) introduces the volume. In these full-page, gorgeously illustrated newspaper strips, Prince Valiant journeys from the upper regions of the Alps to the bowels of the Earth on an allegorical quest for humility involving the mysterious Wanderer, a curse on the kingdom, monstrous imps, and a mystical casket. York, Lincoln, Colchester, and Londinium are sacked as Mordred leads an invasion across Britain, culminating in the siege of Camelot. Aleta's pregnancy promises to bring a new child into the family, but the newly crowned Emperor Justinian plots to have the infant stolen at birth. Arn begins a dangerous courtship of the huntress maiden Maeve and embarks on quests to obtain the Sacred Ring of India and to find his lost newborn brother.

Arn journeys on his first solo adventure, is later kidnapped by an unscrupulous knight, and, eventually, plays an instrumental role in the defeat of Cidwic, the king of North Wales.

Hal Foster is in five artistic Halls of Fameâe"more than any other cartoonist or illustrator. Fantagraphicsâe(tm) recent reprints of the Prince Valiant strip have received international acclaim, and now we are printing the Holy Grail of comics art. Hal Fosterâe(tm)s Prince Valiant Artistâe(tm)s Edition is a 192-page collection scanned from Fosterâe(tm)s rare, original pages and printed in full color, capturing every nuance of Fosterâe(tm)s masterly brush strokes. From Fosterâe(tm)s very first Prince Valiant page to his very last, the public will be treated to a selection of some of the most iconic and beautiful comic art ever made.