King Features comic editor Brendan Burford announced that yesterday was Prince Valiant artist Gary Gianni last strip and that Thomas Yeates will no draw the iconic classic feature. Mark Schultz will continue to pen the series. Correction: The headline when originally posted stated that Mark Schultz was the new artist. Headline has been corrected.
Yesterday was Prince Valiant’s 75th birthday. The strip was created by Hal Foster in 1937. Hal was authoring the popular Tarzan comic strip when he was invited to create his new strip by William Randolph Hearst who distributed it through his syndicate King Features. The strip has since been adapted in many forms. It was […]
Alan Scherstuhl looks at 10 reasons why Prince Valiant should be better known as one of the best action heroes. He’s part Errol Flynn, part gritty badass, part Joseph Campbell myth on the make, part nostalgic vessel for our grandparents’ yearning for some more civilized age, part Mel Gibson-style torture survivor, even part MMORPG knight […]