The Prince Valiant Page (1933865040)

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Editorial Review:

The Prince Valiant Page is the first book collection featuring Gary Gianni's work on Prince Valiant. This book gives a well-rounded informative look at both Gianni's rendition of the Prince Valiant Sunday strip and his own working procedures. Further, he explains the usage of his tools and provides many tips learned during the course of his career.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

A Testament to a Brilliant, Dedicated Artist:

I have poured over every page of this book in complete amazement. Just look at the cover illustration, with the wonderfully ink-rendered face and hands, plus the expertly depicted chain mail. Gianni is a true master.
The book discusses the process of creating the Sunday page, and it includes many reproductions, including preliminaries, pencils, finished black and white pages, and a few color fold-outs. It certainly gives the artist a worthy treatment. What more could be desired? Nothing, unless you... more info

Read the old stuff:

In contrast to the other reviewers here, I've been disappointed by the turn Prince Valiant has taken since Gianni took over. The drawings seem far less detailed and inspired than John Collen Murphy's, and the faces seem "off" somehow. Even the colors look paler. And Gianni seems almost lazy when he draws a large shield full of text to fill a large portion of the strip each week, rather than filling the panel with a drawing that illustrates the story. As for the plot, the stories progress ploddingly slowly... more info

Link to the Golden Age of Illustration:

Prince Valiant has been published continously in Sunday newspapers since 1937. In seventy one years, there have been only three illustrators of whom Gary Gianni is the most recent. Following Hal Foster and John Cullen Murphy must be something akin to following Sean Connery and Roger Moore in the role of James Bond. There is a lot of pressure from fans to maintain the same high levels of excellence.
The Sunday Prince Valiant comic is the most intensely designed strip the genre has ever produced. The... more info

Drawn to Valiant:

I have been a fan of Prince Valiant for more than 50 years, so I have seen the work of the previous artists. This was a very nice introduction to the details of picking up a legacy and carrying it forward with style. I have to agree with John Cullen Murphy's early assessment of Gianni's style...too many lines. Doesn't seem to be a problem now, and it was good of Gianni to show the difficulties he had in taking over. I also liked him showing how they have used photos from life and from movies to model poses.... more info

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