tOADSOF sass PARkLINo FOR rHousAanor cans DAitY Prince Valiant Comic Celebrates 25 Years fay scenes ihcswaan KEEPING Coith CPiFol tuy who goes boingbotaging though ier like pinball car toonist Harold Hall Foster sets high standards for his brainchild Prince Valiant th worid of comic strips now Is marking the ailver anniver sary of Valiant as noble knight as King Arthur ever knew and Foster admits hes proud about it in bewildered sort of way As the genial Canadianborn artist tells it life bounced him along itssuccess but his con temporaries tall dditferent which he discovered the wealth of story material available in libraries ADMITS STEALING My first strip appeared in New York ieh ls m7 Thats long time ago Sometimes find myself stealing from me ive used all of history stolen from allihe best authors Now wish Id left some of tt movie was based on Valiant and at least to hardcover books were based on the character Cartoonists have honored Foster with their highest awards My strip contains no mes sage except things lm fond of orydhoy say Foster created Iomething new 25 years ago and ouilahed it with honest and imaginative toll Not only did he many the middleagego the condosin unnurtorm bur ha in uced the concept of dramatic picture story based on history rand replete with fascinating plnstaiting detail At the Joust Valiantwho up gears in newspapersis un estable ihe nearest Fostar ever came to least was pro feeaional boxing match in Win whinil he won through ah terror TiiulttEYFKILOSOINY interviewed at his homeand workshopin this sylvan res treat 60 miles from New York Foster dropped into the conver aatlon such offbeat hits at phi losophy as this You dont plan life You go down through it like the ball in pinball machine You bounce this way make certain contacts you never know but some youll fall in foul pocket or whatever Every time hit bad luck dropped into some thing better Foster showed early gifts as an artist but newsboy guide prospector boxer and secretary were some of the roles he glayed in his trek from Halifax is birthplace to Winnipeg io mileago where he took formal artistic training and embarked on his comics career He had leit school at 15 in the ninth grade It was as an illustrator for Tarzan that he developed the idea of his own stripmoving for his material into the past ln artists were doing at the time Fosters ideas were developed after many hungry years in ICOPPERTONE SUN TAN OIL BANDAIDS adventure rt dai try laid Footer Therar ao=litila of there today The more learn about the past the less think of our modern civil isation Prince Valiant is the man with were Unlike many of todayia ti comics Prince Valiant is free of political 1or cold war aiant Foster being willing to leave dc cisinnsgon such matters to edi tors its idealism is commended by parents and authorities wor ried about smut in young poo pics reading Harold Rudolph Foster 70 whose fitness shows his love of oae at whomaArthuma slsana REFERRING CONSTANT Foster horn in Halifax 79 stead of the future as other to history books artist Hal Foster draws chapter in the adventurous life of his comic strip hero Prince Valiant Roz 150 63c years agofworks itoursn week at his drawing board at his home so miles from New York GP Photo aaturesalsstdtcet he iightswcre ferocious in red and gun to he typical suhur to until with madden bursts of laughter he speaks of the foibles of mankind espeeialiy his ownand the Pmdennca of pompous as ses in the world LONG HOURS The artist sits at his drawing boardï¬bcuruweekandpiote the exploits that have taken Valiant knight of King Arthurs round table to tour confluent and battleawtth Saxons Picia Vikings traitors and vile rela ves Foster and his wife Helen Erecede the mythical Valiant on is travels caretuiiy photo graphing terrain for authenti city The cartoonist seizes these opportunities to hunt and fish in foreign lands He also makes periodictishing trips to New liruaswicka Miramlchi tha bruwneycd Helen is socrclary housewifetreat surer business manager comps onlncrlme and even at times hps been used as hunt ing dog They have two sons ddocs backgreun ï¬d color for Valiant like toigive Valiant some home life too said Foster Thpeaktag of the hem so casually interviewer expected him in coma clattering wound in full armor Valiant has wifa and four children including twins When go hunting Valiant goes asweil Foster confided Valiant distributed by King rsi survlv Its one rowaool fight decided ifbctter do veiop my brainlstead of my torsoit was frightful Fosters nsbseoueat secretar ial career came to an and when It conflicted with duck burnt so having done admtistng hatrationsin Winnipeg he and friend went to Chicago to look over the artistic possibilities While we were looking over the people in Chicago they were looking us over said Foster We were robbed within couple of hours wired my young witc piease send the reserve fund She knew then what life was going to be like Foster whose home sits in live wooded acres beside stream has his serious side as is seen from his recipe for full life varied knowledge that ona westernersante wiov great variety of things The piling up of possessiona is regarded with such approval that many incompetent strive to do so all their lives Monkeys 1ndbinejaysi ateorcolléctThxlghF objects So few people take time off to eniey what theygaiready have that trout stream and hedgerows are left peacefully for such leisurely financial in competean as To contribute something iast ing to the sum of human know iedge or enioyment is to the real success 21 countries including guide in éBuses Repalflted ll languages SAILING WHIZ Biographical say Foster was boy wonder as sailor in Halifax but his own version is laconic convinced yacht owner fax harbor We went aground that knew every rock in Hall and quickly told him theres one of them iiuw lie rowed me ashore in dinghy and kicked me Fosters stepfather Cox devoted outdoors man gava him this code Never shoot sitting bird Never take more fish than you can fit into try ing pen Never take more liquor than You can hold like gentleman Harolds family moved to Winnipeg when he wasa boy and he recalls wonderful placenvherc you couidvbuy cuts from frozenmuosa at the mar ketplke was plled like cord wood on sleighs and the prairie chicken limit was 71 day the multlraeiui societyHalifax had been comparatively genteel and he took boxing lessons for fSaiety White MONTREAL CPt lIIe Montreal Transportation Com4 mission called in psychologist when it decided to repaint its fleet of 2000 buses The result clean clear and cool look lltTC officials hope it will persuade passengers to help keep the vehicles clean The newreolor scheme in eludes lighter brown across the lower part of the bus brighter red line around the middle and above it white in stead of aluminum in the matter totsafety the white will make the buses vla lble at greater distance es peciallyiat nightand during rainy and foggy weather said Brig Guy Geuvreau 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