I've seen a little of Corben's work. Not where I'd look for beauty.
That got me thinking about other comic book/comic strip artists. In general I don't think they are attentive to the beautiful. A real exception is Hal Foster (
Prince Valiant. His art celebrates human and natural beauty.
Unfortunately, one of the most readily available presentations of it, a series of Fantagraphics reprints from 30 years or so ago, features coloration that makes it seem that everyone is wearing red lipstick. My favorite book presentation of some of Foster's art is seven books issued by Hastings House many years ago, in which the art is presented in black and white, allowing one really to savor Foster's drawing, with the text being an adaptation of Foster by Trell. The ideal presentation of
Prince Valiant by Foster would be oversize books, perhaps with careful use of color according to Foster, or else black and white. But the Fantagraphics books are good resources. I'm not sure they are in print; but they seem to be available for reasonable prices on ebay:
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Fantagraphics may have re-presented Foster's
Prince Valiant in some other formats, too.
I collected
Prince Valiant newspaper strips at the very tail end of Foster's career. I started in mid-December 1969. I was able to get many of the strips as presented in a San Francisco newspaper that printed them in a larger format than did the Portland, Oregon, newspaper that was the alternative available to me.
Note: there have been at least two artists on
Prince Valiant since Foster's retirement (and death, I believe). From what I have seen their work is palatable but not as good as his.