Prince Valiant Volume 3: 1941-1942 (Vol. 3)  (Prince Valiant)
“A witch named Horrit once prophesied that Val would never know contentment, but fans of the strip will find it here.” (Vanity Fair)“Starred Review. Medieval swordplay and adventure have never been as glorious as in Foster’s Sunday-only comic strip. This edition has been reproduced from pristine printer’s proofs to give the gorgeous artwork its crispest version ever....Prince Valiantis one of the best-drawn comics ever, and this new edition does ample justice to its achievement.” (Publishers Weekly)“The star of what is arguably the twentieth century's best-drawn newspaper comic strip, Hal Foster's Prince Valiant is all hero, through and through, for his age and ours. The first four volumes of Fantagraphics' collectedPrince Valiantreveal young Foster's creation as both the sum total of the heroic ideals that preceded his debut in 1937 as well as a source of serious inspiration for all the heroes that have followed him, in all media formats, in the decades since.” (Alan Scherstuhl - SF Weekly)“One of the greatest comic strips of all time and a peak in visual splendor and breath-taking adventure, the story of Prince Valiant's 30+ year odyssey is getting a marvelous presentation in Fantagraphics' series of books... The strip is violent, sexy, serious, droll and above all eye-catching.... It's a worthy presentation for one of the most important and entertaining works in comic strip history.” (Michael Giltz - The Huffington Post)“Sure I’d read Foster before, but I’d never found a way in. Fortunately, Fantagraphics recently releasedPrince Valiant Vol. 1: 1937-38, and I was able to absorb the material in a wholly new way.... Prince Valiant opens up a world that I wanted to stay in — a wide-eyed early 20th century approach to fantasy with a now-vanished sincerity and wholesomeness. It’s an all too rare pleasure in comics.” (Dan Nadel)“Anyone with a love for fantasy art can only marvel at [Foster's] ability to capture both the gritty down-to-earth feeling of the times as well as those sweeping moments that kindle our sense of wonder.... These books are wonderful — rich and comprehensive...” (Charles de Lint - Fantasy & Science Fiction)