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Many printed covers are also shown along the original artwork (thanks to Heritage Auctions).\n\nLike many artists of the era, he was strongly influenced by one of the very greats, Milton Caniff. But Elias took that as a starting point and excelled beyond even Caniff.\n\nHe illustrated the well-known and excellent space comic strip \u003cem\u003eBeyond Mars\u003c\/em\u003e from 1952 to 1955. And continued working for Harvey. In the 1970s, he added Marvel (\u003cem\u003eMarvel Fanfare\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEpic Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e) and Warren’s magazines to his portfolio. Upon retiring from comics, he became an instructor at the School of Visual Arts and the Joe Kubert School.\n\nSometimes overlooked and underappreciated, this fine new book will nicely address that issue!\n\nThere's a massive 25 page interview with Lee Elias from 1970. This was originally printed in a low print run British fanzine of the time. 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Carmine Infantino had just become DC’s Editorial Director at this time, which was quite a signficant time for DC.\n\nThere are dozens of full page examples of Lee's cover art, both printed and original art versions. The book also features examples of the thumbnail layouts by fellow Harvey Comics artist Warren Kremer which went into producing many of the covers.\n\nAnd comic strips too!\n\nLee Elias was a master of the comic book medium. Equally adept with swathes of black ink applied with a sable brush as he was with fine line pen work drawn with a steel nib dip pen. 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Kane\u003c\/strong\u003e has created a \u003cem\u003emagnum opus \u003c\/em\u003efor Valiant fans...a look behind the scenes at Foster's creation process. The entire series contains 366 penciled layout pages by \u003cstrong\u003eHal Foster\u003c\/strong\u003e (all at original size) -- 8 of which are on two pages; 577 panel-by-panel description and caption pages, 40 character sketches, over 10 dozen pieces of additional art by Foster, over 100 photographs, and 123 letters and notes (mostly from Foster to \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Cullen Murphy\u003c\/strong\u003e). There are also quotes by Foster and many by his fans (like \u003cstrong\u003eFrazetta, Dave Stevens, Burne Hogarth\u003c\/strong\u003e, et al.).\n\nBrian has created a special bookplate, in full color, each one different for each volume, and signed it as the editor.\n\nThis is a true labor of love that Brian has been working on for more than a decade. Foster kept meticulous studies of much of his work and here finally is a chance to see those first concepts and character studies and so much more.\n\nFrom Brian's introduction: \"It was always there, hiding in plain sight.\" In nearly every photo of Foster at his drawing table, there was a 3-ring binder tucked under the board or lying open. It was easy to overlook, since the full PV pages were the center of focus. \"However, all those glorious graphite and India-inked pages were nothing without it, and neither were the four-color newsprint [pages]. That is because all those finished pages--though featuring what is undeniably some of the most gorgeous art ever illustrated for comics--are, by definition, merely the skillful execution of ideas...it was in this unassuming binder that Foster's imagination ran wild in the form of sketches, research notes, character concept drawings, page layouts, and everything related to those legendary quests, sagas or homespun life lessons he endlessly envisioned for his hero, Prince Valiant--the man he wished he were. That binder contained all the raw, inspired sparks that gave life to every \u003cem\u003ePrince Valiant \u003c\/em\u003estory, and it was where Foster's generously creative muse made its home.\"\n\nIt turns out all the older binders are long gone, but all the time Foster was collaborating with John Cullen Murphy (he continued to lay out the pages and write much of the stories for quite a number of years)...he kept the notebooks and these are all still in existence, thanks to Murphy! 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