Bryan Talbot Archives

Tomrrow, Bryan Talbot, creator of One Bad Rat, Grandville, Alice In Sunderland and Nemesis The Warlock will be presented by an honorary Doctorate of Letters for his body of work by Northumbria University at their annual degree ceremony in Newcastle. He already is an honorary Doctor of Arts, having received it four years ago from Sunderland[...]

I've just come back from the rather convivial launch party for Dotter Of Her Father's Eyes, by Mary M Talbot and Bryan Talbot, published by Dark Horse and Jonathan Cape Man At The Crossroads, Paul Gravett led the speeches, followed by Lee Harris, Bryan's first comics publisher in the seventies. Hosted at Orbital Comics in London,[...]

So what were the bigger scoops that Bleeding Cool managed to grab this year? There certainly seem to have been a lot to pore through. Here are a few

Trying to join lines between one Bryan Talbot project and the next is nigh impossible Heart Of Empire, Alice In Sunderland, Grandville, each occupies very different worlds, styles, genres, approaches to the form And now it's time for him to do it again, this time working with his wife, Mary Talbot, in creating Dotter Of[...]

And Gail Simone has been round the Leeds City Centre shops looking for a Dalek. It can only be the launch of what many consider Britain's best comic convention, Thought Bubble. This weekend, as part of the Leeds Sequential Arts Festival running right now, the city will host a comic convention dedicated to style. Add Jeff Lemire, Adam[...]

Bryan Talbot has announced the threequel to his steampunk anthropomorphic series of graphic albums, Grandville Bête Noire follows the original book and its sequel Mon Amour, detailing the adventures of a Sherlock Holmes/James Bond hybrid, in badger form. And here's the cover, and page one… Thanks to all the people who emailed me this one[...]

Bryan Talbot is launching a digital version of his Naked Artist volume, a collection of anecdotes experienced and tall tales told to the comic book creator, often involving luminaries of the comic book scene From Alan Moore to Frank Miller to Robert Crumb, they're all in here, with illustrations from the amazing Hunt Emerson. He tells[...]

The Best Graphic Story nominations were;l Fables: Witches, written by Bill Willingham; illustrated by Mark Buckingham (Vertigo) Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse , written by Phil and Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment) Grandville Mon Amour , by Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse) Schlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel , written[...]

Twenty-five years ago, Bryan Talbot was a Judge Dredd artist Since then he's worked on books from Sandman to Hellblazer, to his own work One Bad Rat, Heart Of Empire, Alice In Sunderland and the recent Grandville volumes And now… full circle. On the 20th of April, Rebellion publish 2000AD Prog 1735, featuring a new[...]

What now? Well, if you can get yourself to the rolling hills of Shropshire in the UK in October and have a spare £625 ($1000) on you (£575 if you don't mind sharing) you can stay for a week at the John Osbourne Arvon Centre to work on it, with Bryan Talbot, creator of One Bad[...]

BBC Radio 4 have a number of book review programmes, which takes a relatively highbrow approach to modern literature. Last year Radio 4's Saturday Review ran a thorough roundtable piece on Bryan Talbot's Grandville, so publishers got in touch with another show, wondering if they might like to look at the sequel. And[...]

The Comic Book Alliance, basically the UK equivalent of the CBLDF and HERO with a proactive role improving the lot of the comics, has got a huge amount of very desirable material up for auction. First on the block is a role, both name and likeness, in an upcoming issue of Batman, Inc, courtesy of Grant[...]

The first Grandville book, a steam punk romantic anthropormophic thriller, starring a badger halfway between Sherlock Holmes and James Bond, has been followed by Grandville Mon Amour, currently going through a "soft launch" and available in bookshops shortly. But before most people get a chance to buy the second, Bryan Talbot has announced his third book[...]

UPDATE: Bryan Talbot adds to the article below; From what I gather, Dave was shown the story about him in The Naked Artist completely out of context and I imagine he's never actually read the book or he wouldn't consider it as a libel Contrary to how you describe it, Rich, it is not a book[...]

Name: Grandville Mon Amour Creator: Bryan Talbot Price: £16.99 ($11.99) Story pages: 94 Price per thick glossy oversized gorgeously coloured page: 18 pence (27 cents) Is there previous history?: Grandville, published last year is a wonderful anthropormorphic fin-de-siecle steampunk detective thriller, somewhere between Sherlock Holmes and Bulldog Drummond, with influences from everything from Tintin to the Phileas Fogg cartoon to[...]

The 108 page hardcover created by Bryan Talbot is set for release in December, and here's the new trailer promoting the release: And here's a preview of the material: Grandville Mon Amour is scheduled to hit stores December 8 from Dark Horse. As reported by BC in August, Grandville is returning for a second installment this[...]

A glance at the roster of talent involved is enough to take the breath away, and it should be remembered that a whole generation of readers was able to pick up almost any given issue and see a dozen of these guys at their very best. So thank you: Pat Mills, John Wagner, Gerry Finley-Day, Alan[...]

On the 17th of July, comic book writer/artist Bryan Talbot is to be awarded an honorary doctorate for his "outstanding contribution to the Arts as writer and graphic artist" by Sunderland University, the ceremony to occur at Sunderland's Stadium Of Light, home to Sunderland Football Club. Talbot, best known for the likes of Nemesis The Warlock,[...]