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Cobblepot
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 Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 8:24 am Post subject: The inspiration for Etrigan. |
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I just found an old issue of Prince Valiant called "In the Days of King Arthur" by Harold Foster and Max Trell. In this issue Prince Valliant dresses up like a "yellow demon", by skinning a goose and making a mask out of it. To scare of some knights that are after him.
Here are the images:
See the resemblence!
Notice that the ears are the gooses feet 
Did Kirby ever mention this.
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| CameronStewart Moderator
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| Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, Kirby was no dishonest swiper, he was open about basing Etrigan on the Prince Valiant demon.
Man. Hal Foster could draw, huh?
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| Denis Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Total posts: 2939 |
| Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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| CameronStewart wrote: |
Man. Hal Foster could draw, huh? |
You can say that again. 
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| AgentHelix Moderator
Joined: 10 Jun 2003 Total posts: 5654 Location: Some Outer Rim shithole or another. Gender: Male |
| Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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Indeed he could.
I'd read some time ago that this is where the inspiration for Etrigan came from, but I'd never actively sought out the source material. Fine work, indeed.
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| HellboyOne Site Admin
Joined: 28 Jan 2002 Total posts: 13539 Location: "Los Angeles is what's happening." Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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| CameronStewart wrote: |
| Yes, Kirby was no dishonest swiper |
I love the notion of an "honest swiper". 
Kirby rules!
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| CameronStewart Moderator
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| Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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You can swipe and be honest about it! It's maybe not the most ethical thing to do, but stealing a drawing and admitting it is better than stealing a drawing and pretending you came up with it on your own.
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| Captain Fabulous Joined: 16 May 2005 Total posts: 189 Location: Vancouver, BC Age: 27 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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i saw that in a book about Hal Foster. it also showed drawings he did that looked very similar to some of the early batman pictures.
a very good artist, very influencial.
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Jeff Bartoletti
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| Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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| I never got crazy for Foster, for whatever reason.
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Cobblepot
Joined: 17 May 2005 Total posts: 439 Location: Rotterdam Age: 29 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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| That's good to hear Kirby gave him credit. Even Etrigan's origin story has some resemblance to the Prince Valiant story.
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| HellboyOne Site Admin
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| Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 2:13 am Post subject: |
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| CameronStewart wrote: |
| You can swipe and be honest about it! It's maybe not the most ethical thing to do, but stealing a drawing and admitting it is better than stealing a drawing and pretending you came up with it on your own. |
Haha...I know, I know. Totally no explanation necessary. It's just a funny phrase, is all.
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Kelly Tindall
Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Total posts: 3486 Location: Canada Gender: Male |
| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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That explains Etrigan's little slippers!
Nice stuff.
K.
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| suryrony Joined: 07 Mar 2003 Total posts: 2729 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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it's like that old saying "good artists borrows , brilliant artists steal"
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MORTCO
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| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 1:08 am Post subject: |
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| I like the more political use of "inspired by".
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| Puppy_Zwolle Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Total posts: 36 |
| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:36 am Post subject: |
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Just luck that he did not get inspired by paleontology......
I actually owned a copy of that Valiant and therefore never doubted where demons came from. From a shop where they hang chickens in the window or pictures of laughing cows or pigs.
Pure evil 
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