Hal Foster's drawing style is noted for its high level of draftsmanship and attention to detail.
16 Facts About Hal Foster
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In 1919, Hal Foster rode his bicycle to Chicago to see what the job market was like.
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Hal Foster freely "audited" classes at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, a practice commonly made back then by poor students, which is confirmed by the fact that the Art Institute has no record of him taking formal classes.
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In 1925, Hal Foster began working for the Chicago advertising studio Palenske-Young, Inc.
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Hal Foster was selected to illustrate the adaptation, which first appeared in the British weekly magazine Tit-Bits on October 20,1928.
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Hal Foster returned to do the Tarzan Sunday strip beginning September 27,1931, continuing until Burne Hogarth took over the Sunday Tarzan on May 9,1937.
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In 1970, Hal Foster was suffering from arthritis and began planning his retirement.
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Hal Foster had several artists draw Sunday pages before choosing John Cullen Murphy as his collaborator and permanent replacement in 1971.
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Hal Foster attended the Comic Art Convention in 1969, and the OrlandoCon in 1974 and 1975.
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Hal Foster was 73 when he was elected to membership in Great Britain's Royal Society of Arts, an honor given to very few Americans.
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Hal Foster died at a care facility in Hernando, Florida in 1982.
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Hal Foster is a seminal figure in the history of comics, especially action-adventure strips.
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Hal Foster was a major influence on this generation, many of whom went on to become iconic and influential artists themselves.
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Kirby stated that the character design for Etrigan the Demon was an homage to Hal Foster, taken from a Prince Valiant strip.
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Hal Foster won The Silver Lady Award ; the Gold Medal Award ; the Golden Lion Award ; the Alley Award ; the Adamson Award ; the Ignatz Award ; the Inkpot Award ; and the Sondermann Award.
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Hal Foster was recognized for his work by the National Cartoonists Society with the Reuben Award in 1957, Silver T-Square Award, Gold Key Award, Elzie Segar Award, Best Story Strip plaque, and Special Feature plaque, all for Prince Valiant.