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by Hal Foster & John Cullen Murphy
Fantagraphics' deluxe, full-color library editions of Prince Valiant
were initially intended to end with 2000's Volume 40, the final volume in which
Foster was the chief architect of the strip's visual look. Due to overwhelming
public demand, however, we are continuing the series, reprinting strips written
and roughed-out by Foster and finished by Foster's prodigious assistant, John
Cullen Murphy. Murphy, who had been quietly assisting Foster for several years,
actively took over the bulk of the drawing chores in 1971 and immediately
developed a fan following himself (although, for the most part, your average
newspaper reader couldn't discern a difference between Foster and Cullen
Murphy's styles). Each volume of Prince Valiant features close to a
year's worth of full-page Sunday strips. Volume 42 reprints the adventurous
strips from 1972-73.
SC, 48pg, FC
