Hal Foster
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Awards | Inkpot Award (1977)[2] |
Harold Rudolf Foster,
Born in
Early life
Born in
In 1925, Foster began working for the Chicago advertising studio Palenske-Young, Inc., and his clients were: Union Pacific Railroad, Johnson Outboard Motors, Wurlitzer Grand Pianos, Jelke Margarine, and the International Truck Company. In 1928, Palenske-Young was hired by Joseph Henry “Joe” Neebe, owner of Famous Books and Plays, to adapt the novel
Prince Valiant
William Randolph Hearst, who had long wanted Foster to do a comic strip for his newspapers, was so impressed with Foster's pitch for Prince Valiant that he promised Foster a 50-50 split of the gross income on the strip, a very rare offer in those days. Prince Valiant premiered on February 13, 1937. It still continues today by other creators since the 1970s. In 1944, Foster and his wife Helen moved from Evanston, Illinois to Redding Ridge, Connecticut. In 1954, the couple was seen on television's This Is Your Life. In 1971, the Fosters retired to Spring Hill, Florida. In 1967, Woody Gelman revived some of Foster's earlier work for his Nostalgia Press.[7]
Retirement and death
In 1970, Foster was suffering from
Foster attended the Comic Art Convention in 1969, and the OrlandoCon in 1974 and 1975.[8][9]
Foster was 73 when he was elected to membership in UK's Royal Society of Arts, an honor given to very few Americans.[10]
Foster died at a care facility in Hernando, Florida in 1982.[11]
Influence and legacy
Foster is a seminal figure in the history of comics, especially action-adventure strips.
Foster's clear yet detailed panels, uncluttered by word balloons, were appreciated by contemporaries of his generation such as
Awards
Foster won The Silver Lady Award (The Artists and Writers Association, 1952); the Gold Medal Award (Parent’s Magazine, 1954); the Golden Lion Award (Burroughs Bibliophiles, 1967); the Alley Award (Academy of Comic Book Arts and Sciences, 1967, 1968 & 1969); the Adamson Award (Swedish Academy of Comic Art, 1969); the Ignatz Award (OrlandoCon, 1974); the Inkpot Award (San Diego Comic-Con International, 1977); and the Sondermann Award (Frankfurt Book Fair, 2008). Foster was also recognized for his work by the
References
- ^ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JTRZ-ZPP : accessed 25 Feb 2013), Harold Foster, July 1982; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ^ Inkpot Award
- ^ Kane 2001, p. 67.
- ^ a b Mastrangelo, Joseph P. (April 22, 1978). "Val's Sire at 85". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ^ Donoghue, Steve, "Prince of a Lost Realm", Open Letters Monthly (book review), archived from the original on March 23, 2019, retrieved September 18, 2010.
- ^ Markstein, Don, "Prince Valiant", Toonopedia.
- ISBN 978-0-8021-1939-1
- ^ Jim Ivey's Photo Album, Part One
- ^ San Diego Comic Con 1974
- ^ Kane 2001, p. 155.
- ^ Ancestry dot com Death Record
- Harvey, R.C. (Jan 2009). "Alex Raymond at Last". The Comics Journal(295): 161–173. ISSN 0194-7869.
- ^ Spiegelman, Art (October 13, 2010). "The Woodcuts of Lynd Ward". The Paris Review. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ^ Lundy, Tiel (2011). "Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist". Shofar 29 (2): 193. doi:10.1353/sho.2011.0069.
- ^ a b Cronin, Brian (January 8, 2009). "Comic Book Legends Revealed #189". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ^ Cronin, Brian (September 18, 2008). "Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #173". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ^ Mendryk, Harry (August 28, 2009). "Jack Kirby, Fanboy". The Jack Kirby Museum. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ^ Best, Daniel (August 19, 2012). "The 1975 COMIC ART CONVENTION: Jack Kirby, Walter Gibson and Jim Steranko". 20th Century Danny Boy. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ^ McLauchlin, Jim (June 30, 2010). "Tragic Genius: Wally Wood". The Hero Initiative. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ^ Winiewicz, Dave (September 21, 2011). "Frazetta and Hal Foster". Frazetta. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ^ Carl Barks : Conversations
- ^ Goode, Gregory (Nov 2, 2009)"Steve Ditko, co-creator of Spider-Man, is 82 today". Examiner.com
- ^ Schultz, Mark (March 8, 2011). "Mark Schultz on the Art of Hal Foster". A Prince Named Valiant. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ^ a b Seneca, Matt (October 18, 2011). "Prince Valiant, Volume 4: 1943-1944". The Comics Journal. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ^ Ward, Bill. "Autobiography". Bill Ward Archive
- Fictioneer Books. p. 59.
- ^ National Cartoonists Society Awards
- ^ Kane, Brian, Foster (biography), BPIB.
Sources
- ISBN 1-56163-049-7
- Kane, Brian M (2001), Hal Foster: Prince of Illustrators, Vanguard Productions, ISBN 1-887591-25-7
- Kane, Brian M (2009), The Definitive Prince Valiant Companion, Fantagraphics Books, ISBN 978-1-60699-305-7
External links
- Karlen, David ‘Dave’ (February 1, 2009), "Buried treasure: Hal Foster's The Medieval Castle", Original art blog
- Hal Foster at the Grand Comics Database
- "Hal Foster Papers 1937–1973", Digital guides, Syracuse University
- Cullen Murphy (AC 1974) Prince Valiant Comic Collection at the Amherst College Archives & Special Collections