Prince Valiant: Far From Camelot
by Gary Gianni, Mark Schultz
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Author: Gary Gianni, Mark SchultzBrand: Andrews and McMeel
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-21
ISBN: 0740777378
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Book Review: Prince Valiant seems to have wound up in good hands
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm a huge fan of Prince Valiant and have read the entire Hal Foster body of work through the Fantagraphics series which carried Prince Valiant from the beginning to about 1980. But since Foster left the strip for good I've read nothing.
This volume seemed like a good time to jump back on board with a new creative team. And so it proved. I prefer Foster but this collection succeeds on its own terms just fine. The characters seem true to Foster and the plots, which I don't think Foster would have approved of, are interesting and surprisingly fast paced for a weekly Sunday strip.
The plots rely far more on the supernatural, fantastic, and exotic than Foster would have been comfortable with. Foster was a much more down to earth writer and while Prince Valiant could never have been described as authentic it was grounded in realism. The Gianni and Schultz version seems to have been influenced by contemporary trends in cinema where the fantastic is heavily emphasized. Again, I prefer Foster but there's nothing basically wrong with the Gianni and Schultz approach.
One thing that did put me off was the jarring anachronistic teasers for the next strip. "A View to a Kill", "Covert Action", "A Little Payback", "Val's Mission Statement" are just a few samples that can easily break up the mood that has been carefully built up.
I recommend this book to all Prince Valiant fans and fans of fantastic fiction in general.
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