Bryan Talbot

Bryan Talbot (born 24 February 1952) is a British comics artist and writer, best known as the creator of The Adventures of Luther Arkwright and its sequel Heart of Empire, as well as the Grandville series of books. He collaborated with his wife, Mary M. Talbot to produce Dotter of Her Father's Eyes, which won the 2012 Costa biography award.[1]

For the footballer, see Brian Talbot.

Bryan Talbot
Talbot signing Alice in Sunderland at Eastercon in England, 25 March 2008
Born (1952-02-24) 24 February 1952
Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK
NationalityBritish
Area(s)Writer, Penciller, Inker, Colorist
Pseudonym(s)Véronique Tanaka
Notable works
The Adventures of Luther Arkwright
Heart of Empire
Alice in Sunderland
The Tale of One Bad Rat
Grandville
AwardsEisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint (1996)
Haxtur Award for Best Long Comic Strip (1999)
Inkpot Award (2000)
Costa biography award (2012)
http://www.bryan-talbot.com

Early life

Bryan Talbot was born in Wigan, Lancashire[2] on 24 February 1952.[3] He attended Wigan Grammar School, the Wigan School of Art, and Harris College in Preston, Lancashire, from which he graduated with a degree in Graphic Design.[4]

Career

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,[5] 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.[6]

Talbot 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 into one volume by Dark Horse Comics. Along with When the Wind Blows it is one of the first British graphic novels. In the early to mid-eighties he provided art for some of 2000 AD's flagship serials, producing three series of Nemesis the Warlock, as well as occasional strips for Judge Dredd. His The Tale of One Bad Rat deals with a girl's recovery from childhood sexual abuse.

Talbot moved to the U.S. market in the 1990s, principally for DC Comics, on titles such as Hellblazer,[7] Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, and Dead Boy Detectives. Talbot collaborated with Neil Gaiman on The Sandman and provided art for the "Fables & Reflections", "A Game of You", and "Worlds' End" story arcs.[8][9] He drew The Nazz limited series which was written 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 illustrated Bill Willingham's Fables,[10] as well as returning to the Luther Arkwright universe with Heart of Empire.

In 2006, he announced the graphic novel Metronome, an existential, textless erotically-charged visual poem,[11][12] written under the pseudonym Véronique Tanaka.[13] He admitted that he was the author in 2009.[14] Talbot turned down an offer to appear in character as Tanaka for an in-store signing of the work.[15]

In 2007 he released Alice in Sunderland, which documents the connections between Lewis Carroll, Alice Liddell, and the Sunderland and Wearside area.[16] He wrote and drew the layouts for Cherubs!, which he describes as "an irreverent fast-paced supernatural comedy-adventure."[17]

In 2019 it was reported that Talbot was producting the latest instalment in the Arkwright series tentatively titled The Legend of Luther Arkwright, to be published in 2021.[18]

Awards and recognition

Bibliography

Tharg's Future Shocks

Ro-Busters
  • Ro-Busters: "Old Red Eyes is Back" (with Alan Moore, in 2000AD Annual 1983, 1982)

Nemesis the Warlock
  • "The Gothic Empire (Book IV)" (in 2000 AD No. 390–406, 1984–1985)
  • "Vengeance of Thoth (Book V)" (in 2000 AD No. 435–445, 1985)
  • "Torquemurder (Book VI) Part 1" (in 2000 AD No. 482–487, 1986)
  • "Torquemurder (Book VI) Part 2" (in 2000 AD No. 500–504, 1986–1987)
  • Torquemada: "The Garden of Alien Delights" (with Pat Mills, in Diceman No. 3, 1986)

Sláine
  • "The Time Killer" (with Pat Mills, in 2000 AD No. 431, 1985)

Judge Dredd
  • "House of Death" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in Diceman No. 1, 1986)
  • "Last Voyage of the Flying Dutchman" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in 2000 AD No. 459, 1986)
  • "Judge Dredd and the Seven Dwarves" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in Judge Dredd Annual 1987, 1986)
  • "Ladies' Night" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in 2000AD Annual 1987, 1986)
  • "Caterpillars" (script by Michael Carroll, coloured by Alwyn Talbot, in 2000 AD No. 1730, April 2011)

Enemy Alien
  • "Enemy Alien" (with script and pencils Mike Matthews, in 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1987)

Memento
  • "Memento" (in 2000 AD Prog 2002, 2001)

Ad Astra
  • Frank Fazakerly, Space Ace of the Future (October 1978 - September 1981)[2]

Avatar Press

Chester P Hackenbush, the Psychedelic Alchemist
  • "Out of the Crucible" (in Brainstorm Comix No. 1, 1975, Alchemy)
  • "From Here to Infinity" (in Brainstorm Comix No. 2, 1976, Alchemy)
  • "A Streetcar Named Delirium" (in Brainstorm Comix No. 4, 1977, Alchemy)

Amazing Rock'n'Roll Adventures
  • "The Omega Report" (in Brainstorm Comix No. 6, 1978, Alchemy)

Dark Horse Comics
  • The Tale of One Bad Rat (1995, ISBN 1-56971-077-5)

DC Comics/Vertigo
  • Hellblazer Annual No. 1 (written by Jamie Delano, 1989)
  • The Nazz (Graphic Novel) (written by Tom Veitch, issue #1 coloured by Steve Whittaker and issues #2-4 coloured by Les Dorscheid, 1990 - 1991)
  • Batman: Dark Legends (reprints Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight No. 39 – 40, 50, 52 – 54, 1996, ISBN 1-85286-723-X)

The Sandman

Shade, the Changing Man
  • The Sante Fe Trail (written by Peter Milligan, inks by Mark Pennington, coloured by Daniel Vozzo, August 1991)

Fables

Desperado Publishing

Jonathan Cape

Grandville
  • Grandville (graphic novel, 104 pages, November 2009)
  • Grandville Mon Amour (graphic novel, 104 pages, December 2010)
  • Grandville Bête Noire (graphic novel, 104 pages, December 2012)
  • Grandville: Nöel (graphic novel, Jonathan Cape, November 2014)
  • Grandville: Force Majeure (graphic novel, Jonathan Cape, November 2017)

Luther Arkwright
  • The Papist Affair (in The Mixed Bunch 1, 1976)
  • The Adventures of Luther Arkwright (various publishers: 1978–1989, ISBN 1-56971-255-7)
  • For A Few Gallons More (with Chris Welch, in Moon Comics 3, 1979 Street Comics)
  • The Fire Opal of Set (in Imagine 14, 1984 TSR UK Ltd)
  • Heart of Empire: Or the Legacy of Luther Arkwright (Dark Horse Comics, nine-issue limited series, 1999, ISBN 1-56971-567-X)
  • The Legend of Luther Arkwright (forthcoming)

Moonstone Books
  • The Naked Artist: Comic Book Legends. Calumet City, Illinois: Moonstone Books. 2007. ISBN 978-1-933076-25-6.

NBM Publishing
  • The Art of Bryan Talbot (96 pages, NBM Publishing, December 2007, ISBN 1-56163-512-X)
  • Metronome (as Véronique Tanaka,[14] 64 pages, NBM Publishing, May 2008, ISBN 1-56163-526-X)

Sounds (Magazine)
  • Scumworld (credited to The Crabs from Uranus, 1983 – 1984)

Tekno Comix
  • Neil Gaiman’s Mr. Hero the Newmatic Man (Issue #1, 6 pages pencils and inks, written by Rick Veitch, coloured by Angus McKie, 1995)
  • Neil Gaiman’s Mr. Hero the Newmatic Man (Issue #2, 5 pages, inked by Angus McKie (1995, Tekno Comix Written by Rick Veitch, coloured by Angus McKie, 1995)
  • Neil Gaiman’s Wheel of Worlds One shot, 11 pages (1995, Tekno Comix Written by Rick Veitch, coloured by Angus McKie,)
  • Neil Gaiman's Teknophage (pencils only, written by Rick Veitch, Issues #1-6, 1995-1996)
  • Neil Gaiman's Phage: Shadow Death (script, with pencils by David Pugh and inks by Tim Perkins, six-issue limited series, Tekno Comix, June–November 1996)

Other
  • Superharris with Bonk in Hac, Harris College's Student Newspaper 1971 - 1972)
  • Brainworms (script by Matthias Schultheiss, in Crisis presents the Second Xpresso Special, 1991)

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