Star-Crossed Lovers
Yesterday, I was confronted by King Features Syndicate's assertion that "Prince Valiant represents America's lasting contribution to Arthurian legend, one of the most persistent folk and literary traditions of Western civilization." And I made the stupid little analogy that that was like saying "Gilligan's Island is America's lasting contribution to the Homeric epic, The Odyssey." And, when you are writing about comic strips and talking about epic poetry, and specifically, one very important epic poem, you expect it to be left at that. Oh well:
Next up: Dennis the Menace makes a lasting contribution to the works of the great American storyteller, Mark Twain. Meanwhile, Hi & Lois puts its stamp on the tragic love story, Romeo and Juliet.
But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
It is the East, and Lois is the sun!
O Hi, Hi, wherefore art thou Hi?
Deny thy drunken neighbor and refuse thy awful hairstyle,
Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I’ll no longer be a realtor.
It has a nice ring to it.
Next up: Dennis the Menace makes a lasting contribution to the works of the great American storyteller, Mark Twain. Meanwhile, Hi & Lois puts its stamp on the tragic love story, Romeo and Juliet.
But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
It is the East, and Lois is the sun!
O Hi, Hi, wherefore art thou Hi?
Deny thy drunken neighbor and refuse thy awful hairstyle,
Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I’ll no longer be a realtor.
It has a nice ring to it.
posted by big al at 2:44 PM
1 Comments:
I don't know if you are old enough to remember the original Hal Foster Prince Valiant since he stopped doing the art back in the 1970s, but it was terrific stuff and I highly recommend it. King Features' praise is over the top, but the old stuff is top notch adventure strip writing and art.
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