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
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
In this groundbreaking and original work of scholarship, four of the most influential and provocative art historians of our time have come together to provide a comprehensive history of art in the twe
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
The eleventh volume of Fantagraphics award-winning Prince Valiant series concludes our heroes’ adventures in Cornwall, and marks the first appearance of Arvak the Red Stallion. At the Council of Kings
The Forgings, the groundbreaking series of industrially forged steel sculptures that the artist produced in 1955 and 1956, are brought together in one book for the first time, alongside complementary
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
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
Established following the 125th anniversary of the Chair of Fine Art at the University of Edinburgh and named after the painter Sir John Watson Gordon, the Watson Gordon Lectures Typify the long-stand
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
The most stunningly gorgeous adventure comic strip of all time finallyreturns in its definitive edition, the first to boast superb restoredartwork that captures every delicate line and chromatic nuan
Imagining a new self equal to the new art of modernism; primordial and futuristic fictions of origin in the work of Gauguin, Picasso, F. T. Marinetti, Max Ernst, and others.
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
Richard Serra is considered by many to be the most important sculptor of the postwar period. The essays in this volume cover the complete span of Serra's work to date -- from his first experiments wit
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
The Return of the Real presents an original reading of art and theory over the last three decades, with special emphasis to the controversial connections between the two. It also rethinks the relatio
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
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
