Hal Foster (b. 1892)
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Biography:
Hal Foster was an artist and writer best known for his work on two newspaper strips, “Tarzan” and “Prince Valiant”.
Born in Nova Scotia, Foster rode his bicycle to the United States in 1919 and began to study in Chicago, eventually living in America.
In 1928, he began one of the earliest syndicated adventure strips, an adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s “Tarzan”.
In 1937, William Randolph Hearst offered him complete ownership to create a new strip for the Hearst papers. The result was Foster’s signature strip, the weekly “Prince Valiant”.
The medieval fantasy adventure is set in medieval times. The strip featured his dexterous, detailed artwork; unusually, he preferred putting narration and dialogue in captions rather than balloons within the art.
Notes:
To be confirmed against the Who's Who entry.
Name:
- Hal Foster
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Type: Common Alternative Name
Given name: Hal Family name: Foster
Other Names:
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Harold Foster
Type: Common Alternative Name
Given name: Harold Family name: Foster -
Harold R. Foster
Type: Common Alternative Name
Given name: Harold R. Family name: Foster -
Harold Rudolf Foster
Type: Name at Birth
Given name: Harold Rudolf Family name: Foster - Харолдъ Фостеръ
- Хал Фостър
- Харолд Фостър
Signatures:
- H Foster [generic]
- H FOSTER [generic]
- HAL FOSTER [generic]
- Hal Foster [generic]
- HAROLD FOSTER [generic]
- HAROLD R FOSTER [generic]
- HF [generic]
Relations:
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Parent of
- Arthur James Foster (b. 1919)
Notes: Brain M. Kane and J. David Spurlock, ed. Hal Foster: Prince of Illustrators- Father of the Adventure Strip. Lebanon, New Jersey: Vanguard Productions, 2001
Schools:
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Chicago Art Institute ? to ?
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Chicago Academy of Fine Arts ? to ?
Art Influences:
Influences by Hal Foster (b. 1892) were stated by:- Alfredo Alcala (b. 1925)
- Gerald Altman (b. 1919)
- Murphy Anderson (b. 1926)
- Jim Aparo (b. 1932)
- Enrico Bagnoli (b. 1925)
- Ken Barr (b. 1933)
- Eduardo Barreto (b. 1954)
- Mark Beachum (b. 1962)
- John Belfi (b. 1924)
- Joe Bennett (b. 1968)
- Jerry Bingham (b. 1953)
- Frank Brunner (b. 1949)
- John Buscema (b. 1927)
- Gene Colan (b. 1926)
- Gene Day (b. 1951)
- Víctor de la Fuente (b. 1927)
- Alex Dellinges (b. 1932)
- Dick Dillin (b. 1928)
- Jay Disbrow (b. 1926)
- Hy Eisman (b. 1927)
- George Evans (b. 1920)
- Ted Galindo (b. 1927)
- José Luis García-López (b. 1948)
- Ron Garney (b. 1962)
- Woody Gelman (b. 1915)
- Yan Gevuld (b. 1960)
- Alberto Giolitti (b. 1923)
- Dick Giordano (b. 1932)
- Sam Glanzman (b. 1924)
- Mike Grell (b. 1947)
- Bo Hampton (b. 1954)
- Chris Hanther (b. 1946)
- Rocky Hartberg (b. 1953)
- Don Heck (b. 1929)
- Vern Henkel (b. 1917)
- Ovi Hondru (b. 1956)
- Klaus Janson (b. 1952)
- Bruce Jones (b. 1944)
- Jeff Jones (b. 1944)
- Jack Katz (b. 1927)
- Everett Kinstler (b. 1926)
- Jack Kirby (b. 1917)
- Warren Kremer (b. 1921)
- Joe Kubert (b. 1926)
- Gary Kwapisz (b. 1961)
- Bob Lubbers (b. 1922)
- Pablo Marcos (b. 1937)
- Lee Marrs (b. 1945)
- Fran Matera (b. 1924)
- Grant Miehm (b. 1960)
- Sheldon Moldoff (b. 1920)
- Rick Norwood (b. 1942)
- Joe Orlando (b. 1927)
- Virginia Pearson (b. 1918)
- Howard Purcell (b. 1918)
- Fred Ray (b. 1920)
- Nestor Redondo (b. 1928)
- John Ridgway (b. 1940)
- Paul Ryan (b. 1949)
- Sanjulián (b. 1941)
- Jesse Santos (b. 1928)
- Kurt Schaffenberger (b. 1920)
- Mark Schultz (b. 1955)
- Val Semeiks (b. 1955)
- Syd Shores (b. 1913)
- Dick Sprang (b. 1915)
- Frank Thorne (b. 1930)
- Terry Tidwell (b. 1954)
- Angelo Torres (b. 1932)
- Sal Trapani (b. 1927)
- Mike Vosburg (b. 1947)
- Tom Yeates (b. 1955)
Memberships:
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National Cartoonist Society Type: member
