Prince Valiant Vol. 21: 1977-1978 body horror No other book on comics

No other book on comics has taken such a simple yet methodical approach to laying bare how the comics medium really works

Catalog and exhibition simultaneously

In an age when the medium is growing up and aspiring to more mature and hoity-toity literary heights

Brown's cartoons combine a penchant for the absurd with the gimlet observational eye of Roz Chast

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Prince Valiant Vol. 21: 1977-1978 body horror No other book on comicsIn this volume of the beloved newspaper strip based on Arthurian legend, it's election time for the King of Minstrels. A scoundrel has ruled over the continent's troubadours for the past three years, introducing scum and villainy into their ranks. Arn and Court Jester Sir Dinadan travel to France to set things right, while Prince Valiant accompanies the headstrong Gunther of Germany on his quest to recover stolen holy relics and claim a wife in