A comprehensive biography of Hal Foster, in which author Brian M. Kane examines the 70-year career of one of the greatest illustrators of the 20th century. "Superman" was modelled after Foster's drawi
A comprehensive biography of Hal Foster, in which author Brian M. Kane examines the 70-year career of one of the greatest illustrators of the 20th century. "Superman" was modelled after Foster's drawi
Hal Foster is in five artistic Halls of Fame—more than any other cartoonist or illustrator. Fantagraphics’ recent reprints of the Prince Valiant strip have received international acclaim, and now we a
In these diatribes on the marketing of culture and the branding of identity, the development of spectacle-architecture and the rise of global cities, Hal Foster surveys our new political economy of d
For the past thirty years, Hal Foster has pushed the boundaries of cultural criticism, establishing a vantage point from which the seemingly disparate agendas of artists, patrons, and critics have a t
Our continuing reprinting of Hal Foster’s sumptuous epic — still scanned directly from Foster’s personal collection of syndicate proofs, providing the most spectacular iteration of this material since
For the past few decades Hal Foster's critical gaze has encompassed the increasingly complex machinery of the culture industry. His observations push the boundaries of cultural criticism to establish
Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant continues as one of the all-time magnificent adventure comics ever conceived and Fantagraphics’ reprinting is the loveliest treatment of the strip in the history of publish
Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant is one of the most magnificent adventure comics ever and Fantagraphics’ reprinting is the loveliest treatment of the strip in the history of publishing. Despite being one o
In the thirteenth volume of Hal Foster’s award-winning, New York Times best-selling, legendary masterpiece, Val's son Arn is kidnapped and daringly rescued. When Val returns home, he greeted by the ne
Hal Foster's legacy as one of the most celebrated comic creators of all time is cemented in this marvelous deluxe volume! Collecting Foster's last two years ofTarzan Sunday strips, expertly restored a
Fully half of this latest volume of Hal Foster’s epic masterpiece — again scanned from superb syndicate proofs — is devoted to the remaining chapters of “The Winning of Aleta,” a 20-month (!) epic in
As this fourth volume begins, Prince Valiant, haunted by Aleta, seeks Merlin’swise counsel. This brief episode segues into one of Hal Foster’s patentedepics, “The Long Voyage to Thule,” which ran for
With this volume, Foster reaches (by common critical consensus) the peak ofhis drawing and storytelling prowess—a peak at which he will remains for mostof the run of this glorious strip.Almost
Foster begins with the primitivist fantasies of Gauguin and Picasso, which he examines through the Freudian lens of the primal scene. He then turns to the purist obsessions of the Viennese architect L
Surrealism has long been seen as its founder, Andre Breton,wanted it to be seen: as amovement of love and liberation. In Compulsive Beauty, Foster reads surrealism from its other,darker side: as an ar
After the dominant models of art-as-text in the 1970s and are now witness to a "return to the real" - to art and theory that seek to be grounded in bodies and sites, identities and communities. Foster
Hal Foster’s masterpiece of adventure enters its second decade as Valiant and Aleta journey to “The New World,” a 16-month epic that allows Foster to draw some of his spectacular native Canadian backg
In Camelot, the troubled Zanedon reveals himself to be a runaway groom as the mischievous twins, Karen and Valeta, hide him in their stable. Prince Arn quenches a coup, Val ends a tyrant’s reign with
Among the many King Arthur inspired adventures in these volumes, Val journeys back to the land of his birth, meets his bride-to-be, and travels to Canada, where his son is born!
After his long sojourn in the Mediterranean, Prince Valiant is back in Britain, where he takes on a new, intricate mission on behalf of King Arthur. Here, Valiant finds himself in the middle of a conf
After traveling the North Atlantic Ocean, shipwrecks and pirate attacks lead PrinceArn and his newly formed crew to the New World, where trade deals soon turninto hostage negotiations. When enemy trib
One of the world’s leading art theorists dissects a quarter century of artistic practice Bad New Days examines the evolution of art and criticism in Western Europe and North America over the last twen
"Arguably the four most important and influential art historians of our time, Foster, Krauss, Bois and Buchloh have collectively transformed the study of modern art. Now, in this extraordinary book, t
Vol. 12 of Fantagraphics’ award-winning series begins with Prince Valiant attempting to rescue Sir Gawain from prison. Most of the first half of this volume finds our two heroes fighting bullies, brig
One of the world’s leading art theorists dissects a quarter century of artistic practiceBad New Days looks back at the last twenty-five years of artistic practice in Western Europe and North America,
