Lady Godiva, which I cover in the next article, is a good example of a short and simple legend with a strongly visual story – she rode naked through the streets of Coventry – which was both highly attractive to the painter, but a tricky motif until the late nineteenth century. I will perhaps return to them on another occasion. They are also among the most complex legends, with multiple literary versions, some degree of absorption into non-English accounts, and a vast literature. The most popular British legends, even today, remain those of King Arthur, Camelot, and the Knights of the Round Table. For a change, I have chosen two of the best-known British legends which haven’t been formalised in well-known literary works: Robin Hood, and Lady Godiva. There are many legends which have provided the narrative to paintings. Although there is considerable overlap between these two categories of story, and myths and fairy tales, in general a legend is a semi-factual or fictional story about a named and famed figure of the vague past. Throw in the style of the original 1977 Star Wars movie, with more than a dash or two of Indiana Jones thrown in for seasoning, and smatterings of influence from films and plays like Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, The Lion In Winter, Ocean’s Eleven, and Lord of The Rings, the story endeavour to offer “a definitive take on Robin Hood that is as fun as it is thrilling for readers”.Last weekend, I looked at the use of fables as the basis for narrative painting, and in doing so mentioned legends. Not too dark, but also not too silly, offering classic story telling, with sweeping adventure, romance, drama, and some comedy, Robin Hood – the Legend of Sherwood is inspired as much by Errol Flynn’s Robin Hood and the 1980s cult classic Robin of Sherwood TV series. The strip is an expanded adaptation of the successful stage play script, Robin Hood – Legend of Sherwood, written by Robert Akers and Jeff Messer, and produced to record-setting audiences by multiple theatres across the past 20 years. The latest in the line of SHIFT special editions – GetM圜omics is working with a number of publishers and creators to highlight their work, and bring it to an unsuspecting public – this new title delivers the first chapter in a new telling of the Robin Hood legend. Comic Projects: The Really Heavy Greatcoatīarry Kitson, originally lined up to provide the cover, will now be providing art for the second Robin Hood instalment.Comics Projects: Return to Planet Earth.Starblazer Checklist: Starblazer Abroad.Starblazer Recalled: Forgotten Fantasy Fiction – With Pictures.British Comic Reference | British Comic Characters Profiled | Garth.Marvel UK | “Genesis ’92”: Looking Back and What Might Have Been.Marvel UK in Print: Captain Britain, Death’s Head, Doctor Who and more – A Quick Guide.Action – The Sevenpenny Nightmare – Micro Site.British and Irish Creators and Publishers on Twitter.British Classic Comics and Creators on Facebook.British Comics Sales Figures: The Good Old Days.British News Stand Comics and Magazines for Teens, Pre-Teens and Children.Why Your Favourite British Comic Strip of 1974 Hasn’t Been Reprinted – Yet!.Lakes Festival Focus – Comic Creator Interviews.Roy of the Rovers – Rebellion Books Check List.2023 2000AD, Treasury of British Collections and Specials.
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