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{{Short description|Canadian-American illustrator (1892–1982)}}
{{About|the comic strip artist|the art critic and Princeton professor|Hal Foster (art critic)}}
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| caption       = Foster at his drawing board in 1962
| birth_name    = Harold Rudolf Foster
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1892|08|16}}<ref>"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JTRZ-ZPP : accessed 25 Feb 2013), Harold Foster, July 1982; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).</ref>
| birth_place   = [[City of Halifax|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]], Canada
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1982|07|25|1892|08|18}}
| death_place   = [[Hernando, Florida]], U.S.
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| notable works = ''[[Prince Valiant]]'', ''[[Tarzan (comics)|Tarzan]]''
| awards        = [[Inkpot Award]] (1977)<ref>[https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot Inkpot Award]</ref>
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'''Harold Rudolf Foster''', [[FRSA]] (August 16, 1892 – July 25, 1982) was a Canadian-American comic strip artist and writer best known as the creator of the comic strip ''[[Prince Valiant]]''. His drawing style is noted for its high level of draftsmanship and attention to detail.

Born in [[City of Halifax|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]], Canada, Foster moved to the United States in 1921, and began his illustration career in [[Chicago]], eventually becoming an American citizen. In 1928, he began one of the earliest adventure comic strips, an adaptation of [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]'s ''[[Tarzan (comics)|Tarzan]]''. In 1937, he created his signature strip, the weekly ''Prince Valiant'', a fantasy adventure set in medieval times. The strip featured Foster's dexterous, detailed artwork; Foster eschewed word balloons, preferring to have narration and dialogue in captions.{{sfn|Kane|2001|p=67}}