Richard Harris sings Camelot / 1967
written by Lerner and Loewe
“Don’ t let it be forgot …”
Prince Valiant / Paladin
‘Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur’
In my exploration of Paladins in history and modern culture
I discovered an interesting coincidence with one of my childhood icons:
Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur
“Universally acclaimed as the most stunningly gorgeous adventure comic strip of all time, Prince Valiant ran for 35 years under the virtuoso pen of its creator, Hal Foster. (Such was its popularity that today, decades after Foster’s death, it continues to run under different hands.)”
“Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur, often simply called Prince Valiant, is an American comic strip created by Hal Foster in 1937. It is an epic adventure that has told a continuous story during its entire history, and the full stretch of that story now totals more than 4600 Sunday strips. The strip appears weekly in more than 300 American newspapers, according to its distributor, King Features Syndicate.”
The interesting coincidence I refer to, of course, is the similarity
of Paladins/Have Gun Will Travel Knight chess piece
and Prince Valiant’s chosen icon of the red horse.
I wouldn’t say for certain that Paladin borrowed
the Prince Valiant symbol, but even if he did,
it was a pretty good idea.
Coming:
Paladins of modern culture.
– and more
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eACH CEL WAS A WORK OF ART
Even as a kid I couldn’t believe what this guy was dong. Nobody has matched the inspired art, storyline and legacy of his work. Influenced so many artists.
I hope I’ve fixed all the obvious typos. I really need a proof reader.
Hey Don … hope you and yours are OK.
Just wanted to tell you that it seems I’m not getting Notifcations from your blog? Again.
This has happened before – at least 3 times – and I don’t know why. Similar problems with Marilyn.
She can’t seem to make Comment. Again, I don’t know why?
I don’t want you to think I’m not paying attention or not caring. I do.
But after a while I have to check and make sure I’m not in omission. ??
I’m not all that bright anymore at 77 so I really do screw up at times.
I haven’t submitted to my blog recently, JC. Hope to get out of this funk and begin to write again.
Thanks a million for your concern..
AH good. Glad to hear you are still with us!
I get in that funk myself at times and can last quite a while. Truthfully, it would be easy to post something every day, but I don’t like to just stick something up. ??