Editing Hal Foster (section)

==Influence and legacy==
Foster is a seminal figure in the history of comics, especially action-adventure strips. [[R.C. Harvey]] argues that Foster and ''[[Flash Gordon]]'' artist [[Alex Raymond]] "created the visual standard by which all such comic strips would henceforth be measured."<ref>[[R.C. Harvey|Harvey, R.C.]] (Jan 2009). "Alex Raymond at Last". ''[[The Comics Journal]]'' (295): 161–173. ISSN 0194-7869.</ref>

Foster's clear yet detailed panels, uncluttered by word balloons, were appreciated by contemporaries of his generation such as [[Lynd Ward]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/10/13/the-woodcuts-of-lynd-ward/ |title=The Woodcuts of Lynd Ward |last=Spiegelman |first=Art |author-link=Art Spiegelman |date=October 13, 2010 |website=[[The Paris Review]] |access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref> but perhaps his greatest impact was on the young artists who drove the [[Golden Age of Comics]]. Foster was a major influence on this generation, many of whom went on to become iconic and influential artists themselves. [[Joe Kubert]] called Foster, Raymond and [[Milton Caniff]] the "three saints" of comic art in the 1930s and 1940s.<ref>Lundy, Tiel (2011). "Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist". [[Shofar (journal)|Shofar]] 29 (2): 193. doi:10.1353/sho.2011.0069.</ref> Several sources have identified early work by [[Joe Simon]], [[Jack Kirby]] and [[Bob Kane]] as [[Swipe (comics)|swipes]] from Foster,<ref name="cbr189">{{cite web |url=http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/01/08/comic-book-legends-revealed-189/ |title=Comic Book Legends Revealed #189 |last=Cronin |first=Brian |date=January 8, 2009 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/09/18/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-173/ |title=Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #173 |last=Cronin |first=Brian |date=September 18, 2008 |website=Comic Book Resources |access-date=January 21, 2014 |archive-date=June 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630225104/http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/09/18/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-173/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2198 |title=Jack Kirby, Fanboy |last=Mendryk |first=Harry |date=August 28, 2009 |website=The Jack Kirby Museum |access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref> and Kirby claimed that he "cannibalized" Foster's style, among others.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ohdannyboy.blogspot.jp/2012/08/the-1975-comic-art-convention-jack.html |title=The 1975 COMIC ART CONVENTION: Jack Kirby, Walter Gibson and Jim Steranko |last=Best |first=Daniel |date=August 19, 2012 |website=20th Century Danny Boy |access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref> Kirby also stated that the character design for [[Etrigan the Demon]] was an homage to Foster, taken from a ''Prince Valiant'' strip.<ref name="cbr189" /> [[Wally Wood]] was "obsessed" with Foster's work, and began copying his newspaper strips at the age of two.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://heroinitiative.blogspot.jp/2010/06/tragic-genius-wally-wood.html |title=Tragic Genius: Wally Wood |last=McLauchlin |first=Jim |date=June 30, 2010 |website=[[The Hero Initiative]] |access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref> [[Frank Frazetta]] called Foster's work on ''Tarzan'' "perfection, a landmark in American twentieth-century art that will never be surpassed."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fritzfrazetta.blogspot.jp/2011/09/frazetta-and-hal-foster.html |title=Frazetta and Hal Foster |last=Winiewicz |first=Dave |date=September 21, 2011 |website=Frazetta |access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref> Among the many other artists who have cited Foster as an important influence are [[Carl Barks]],<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Carl-Barks-Conversations-Comic-Artists/dp/1578065011 Carl Barks : Conversations]</ref> [[Steve Ditko]],<ref>Goode, Gregory (Nov 2, 2009)"Steve Ditko, co-creator of Spider-Man, is 82 today". [[Examiner.com]]</ref> [[Mark Schultz (comics)|Mark Schultz]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aprincenamedvaliant.blogspot.jp/2011/03/mark-schultz-on-art-of-hal-foster.html |title=Mark Schultz on the Art of Hal Foster |last=Schultz |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Schultz (comics) |date=March 8, 2011 |website=A Prince Named Valiant |access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref> [[William Stout]],<ref name="Vol4 tcj">{{cite web |url=http://www.tcj.com/reviews/prince-valiant-volume-4-1943-1944/ |title=Prince Valiant, Volume 4: 1943-1944 |last=Seneca |first=Matt |date=October 18, 2011 |website=[[The Comics Journal]] |access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref> [[Bill Ward (cartoonist)|Bill Ward]],<ref>[[Bill Ward (cartoonist)|Ward, Bill]]. {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20140121123314/http://www.billwardarchive.info/bio.html "Autobiography"]}}. ''Bill Ward Archive''</ref> and [[Al Williamson]].<ref name="Vol4 tcj" /> Williamson, who met Foster on a few occasions, described him as "a very stern gentleman, very stern, no nonsense. You could never call him Hal or Harold, it's Mr. Foster. ... you don't see that kind of people anymore, the ones that really command your respect."<ref>{{cite news | last = Zimmerman | first = Dwight Jon | date = November 1988 | title = Al Williamson | work = [[Comics Interview]] | issue = 62 | page = 59 | publisher = [[Fictioneer Books]]}}</ref>