Bryan Talbot

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born

February 24, 1952 in Wigan, Lancashire

gender

male

website

http://www.bryan-talbot.com/

genre

Comics & Graphic Novels, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Talbot began his comics work in the underground comix scene of the late 1960s. In 1969 his first work appeared as illustrations in Mallorn, the British Tolkien Society magazine, followed in 1972 by a weekly strip in his college newspaper.

He continued in the scene after leaving college, producing Brainstorm Comix, the first three of which formed The Chester P. Hackenbush Trilogy (a character reworked by Alan Moore as Chester Williams for Swamp Thing).

He started The Adventures of Luther Arkwright in 1978. It was originally published in Near Myths and continued on over the years in other publications. It was eventually collected together into one volume by Dark Horse. Along with When the Wind Blows it is one of the first British graphic novels...more Talbot began his comics work in the underground comix scene of the late 1960s. In 1969 his first work appeared as illustrations in Mallorn, the British Tolkien Society magazine, followed in 1972 by a weekly strip in his college newspaper.

He continued in the scene after leaving college, producing Brainstorm Comix, the first three of which formed The Chester P. Hackenbush Trilogy (a character reworked by Alan Moore as Chester Williams for Swamp Thing).

He started The Adventures of Luther Arkwright in 1978. It was originally published in Near Myths and continued on over the years in other publications. It was eventually collected together into one volume by Dark Horse. Along with When the Wind Blows it is one of the first British graphic novels.

In the early to mid-eighties he provide art for some of 2000 AD's flagship serials, producing 3 series of Nemesis the Warlock, as well as strips for Judge Dredd and Sláine.

The Tale of One Bad Rat deals with recovery from childhood sexual abuse.

Talbot moved to the American market in the 1990s, principally for DC, on titles like Hellblazer, Sandman and Batman. He also produced the art for The Nazz by Tom Veitch and worked with Tom's brother Rick Veitch on Teknophage, one of a number of mini-series he drew for Tekno Comix.

Talbot has illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.

He has also illustrated Bill Willingham's Fables, as well as returning to the Luther Arkwright universe with Heart of Empire. He has also worked on The Dead Boy Detectives.

In 2006, he announced the graphic novel Metronome, an existential, textless erotically-charged visual poem,written under the pseudonym Véronique Tanaka. He admitted that he was the author in 2009.

In 2007 he released Alice in Sunderland, which documents the connections between Lewis Carroll, Alice Liddell, and the Sunderland and Wearside area. He also wrote and drew the layouts for Cherubs!, which he describes as "an irreverent fast-paced supernatural comedy-adventure."

His upcoming work includes a sequel to 2009's Grandville, which Talbot says is "a detective steampunk thriller" and Paul Gravett calls it "an inspired reimagining of some of the first French anthropomorphic caricatures". It is planned as the first in a series of four or five graphic novels.

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Books by Bryan Talbot

Average rating: 4.42 · 49,462 ratings · 1,342 reviews · 45 distinct works

	The Tale of One Bad Rat 3.83 avg rating — 669 ratings — published 1995 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot, A.N. Other (Introduction) 3.77 avg rating — 444 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Grandville (Grandville #1) 3.84 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Adventures of Luther Arkwright 3.99 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 1993 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Heart of Empire: The Legacy of Luther Arkwright 4.03 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Grandville Mon Amour (Grandville #2) 3.97 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Batman: Dark Legends (Batman by Bryan Talbot (Author/Illustrator), Dennis O'Neil, Alan Grant 3.19 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Adventures Of Luther Arkwright, Book 2: Transfiguration by Bryan Talbot, Alan Moore (introduction) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings	My rating:
	The Naked Artist Comic Book Legends by Bryan Talbot, Hunt Emerson 3.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Brainstorm : The complete Chester P. Hackenbush and other underground classics 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:

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