Cullen Murphy (AC 1974) Prince Valiant Comic Collection 1971-2000

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Cullen Murphy (AC 1974) Prince Valiant Comic Collection 1971-2000

The Cullen Murphy (AC 1974) Prince Valiant Comic Collection contains sketches, story and illustration scripts, and original artwork in final panel layout created by Hal (Harold Rudolf) Foster and John Cullen Murphy from 1971-2004. Also includes a single panel comic by Stan Drake.

5.5 linear feet; 2 half archives boxes, 4 oversize flat boxes

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SNAC Resource ID: 6321446

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Foster, Harold R. (Harold Rudolf), 1892-1982

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Harold R. (Hal) Foster (1892-1982) was a Canadian-American cartoonist. His most famous creation was the Prince Valiant strip. Born in Nova Scotia in 1892, Foster studied at the Chicago Art Institute, supplemented with night classes at the National Academy of Design and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. His artistic influences included E.A. Abbey, Howard Pyle, Arthur Rackham, Maxfield Parrish, J.C. Leyendecker, James Montgomery Flagg, and N.C. Wyeth. Foster worked as a st...

Murphy, John Cullen

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d. 2004. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122406929 John Cullen Murphy was born May 3, 1919 in New York City. His family moved to Chicago when was he was young, and he enrolled at the Chicago Art Institute when he was only 9. He studied at the Grand Central Art School and won a scholarship to Phoenix Art Institute where he studied under Charles Chapman and George Bridgeman. At age 17, Murphy landed his f...

Drake, Stan, 1921-

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Stanley Drake (1921-1997), commonly known as Stan Drake, was an American cartoonist. He was co-creator of the newspaper comic strip The Heart of Juliet Jones . Drake was born in Brooklyn and studied at the Art Students League of New York. His career began with work on comic books and pulp magazines such as Popular Detective and Popular Sports . He served in World War II and afterwards worked in advertising for a time. In 1953 he ventured into newspaper comics, collaborat...

Murphy, Cullen, (AC 1974)

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Prince Valiant was created by Hal (Harold Rudolf) Foster and was first published on February 13, 1937. The strip consisted of one full newspaper page published in color once a week. Pages were numbered consecutively. Hal Foster wrote and drew the strip himself until 1971 when he entered semi-retirement. John Cullen Murphy, a professional cartoonist and illustrator, took over drawing Prince Valiant based on rough pencil sketches and story scripts supplied by Foster. There...