Welcome to the official website of Bryan Talbot: writer and artist of comics, graphic novels and illustrations

Welcome to the official website of Bryan Talbot: writer and artist of comics, graphic novels and illustrations

In the Studio with Bryan and Mary Talbot

On Friday 16 October, at 12.30pm - 1pm the Durham Book Festival Online has a specially commissioned film with Mary and Bryan, where they talk about their collaborative process and show us their studio where they work.

Full details of the event and book your place at the Durham Book Festival site.

The Talbots in France

Bryan and Mary are guests of the Festival de la Bande dessinée de Bassillac et Auberoche, 9 to 11 October 2020.

There will be an exhibition of artwork from The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia. The French edition, (Louise Michel, La Vierge Rouge) is being republished to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune.

Salle des Sports et Centre Socioculturel, 24330 Bassillac, à proximité de Périgueux, Coord. GPS : 45.2005 , 0.78573 - more details on the Festival de la Bande dessinée de Bassillac et Auberoche site.

The first complete panel from the Legend of Luther Arkwright to be released!

Once again it gives me intense pleasure to have the honour of publishing - the first ever completed panel from the Legend of Luther Arkwright to be released by Bryan!

This is page 66, panel 1. Bryan tells me that he has inked about 50 pages already.

New original artwork pages available to buy

We've updated our range of original Bryan Talbot comic artwork available to buy: there's a huge range of pages from almost all of Bryan's career.

Nothing better as a gift for a Talbot fan! - even if that fan is yourself!

Bryan is interviewed on the 2000ad thrill-cast!

Bryan has done a lot of work for the amazing 2000 AD - all the way back to Nemesis the Warlock - and they take the chance today to interview him. Also covered is pretty much the whole of Bryan's career - Alice in Sunderland, Luther Arkwright and Heart of Empire, Grandville and the Tale of One Bad Rat are all discussed in some detail.

It's always good to see an interview where the interviewer is so knowledgable about the subject matter - and also obviously a huge fan!

Watch the video above, or download it on Soundcloud at the 2000 AD thrill-cast site.

All 230 pages of the new Arkwright book are now pencilled!

This is the kind of news that fanpage webmasters live for! This is page 128 for your viewing pleasure.

More info just in from Bryan:

it will be in black and white, like the original Arkwright

he has already inked several pages

he hopes to launch it at the Lakes International Comics Festival in 2021.

You asked for - and you've got it! - the complete Frank Fazakerly comic to download for free!

Download Frank Fazakerly as a CBR, or as a PDF, or go to the Frank Fazarkely homepage.

Whether you know Lovern's name or not, if you're a fan of graphic novels and comics you have been impacted by his work.

Lovern is a veteran comics colourist. He's coloured many American comics for over 30 years, by many artists, including work by Bryan for DC Comics. Just last week, Lovern coloured a one-page strip drawn by Bryan for a charity comic to benefit comic retailers struggling with the present situation.

Unfortunately, any career in the arts has the tendency to become unstable and over the years the fluctuations have now left Lovern in a state where he must declare bankruptcy.

While this will help him in some areas, it will be detrimental in many others, the most important being his ability to finance a new computer so he can continue working.

At this time his computer which he's had for the last 11 years is on its last legs, and past repairs, making it difficult for him to manage his day-to-day workload. It is just a matter of time before he cannot work at all.

Lovern's daughter Holly (his other daughter, Jesse did the majority of the colour flats for the Grandville series) has started a Gofundme page to help Lovern get a new computer. If you can donate anything, even $5, it will be very gratefully received!

Jabberwocky read by David Bailie





Veteran Actor David Bailie (Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean etc) has just posted a video on YouTube narrating Lewis Carroll's famous nonsense poem, completely illustrated by frames from Bryan's comic strip adaptation, as seen in Alice in Sunderland and also in our free comics compilation - with permission from Bryan, of course!

Announcing the Bryan Talbot free comics compilation!

As a little pick-me-up during the coronavirus lockdown, I asked Bryan if it would be OK to put together a downloadable version of all of the free comics I've published on the site over the years.

Bryan replied with "of course" - and promptly began sending over even more comics for me to include!

So, with the compliments of Bryan and myself, please feel free to download the Bryan Talbot free comics compilation - CBR version or the Bryan Talbot free comics compilation PDF version!

Inside is: (all comics written and drawn by Bryan unless otherwise stated)

Hasan i Sabah - coloured by Jim Stewart

- coloured by Jim Stewart Jabberwocky

Henry V's Speech before Harfleur

What is Corruption?

An Open Letter to a Comics Virgin

The Cannabis Conspiracy - written by Doug Moench and coloured by Jamie Grant

- written by Doug Moench and coloured by Jamie Grant Brainworms - written by Matthias Schultheiss

- written by Matthias Schultheiss Cold Snap - written by Alan Moore

- written by Alan Moore Komix Comics

For a Few Gallons More - featuring Ogoth and Ugly Boot from the Ogoth the Barbarian strips, written by Mick Farren and drawn by Chris Welch

- featuring Ogoth and Ugly Boot from the Ogoth the Barbarian strips, written by Mick Farren and drawn by Chris Welch The Papist Affair

An Honest Answer - written by Neil Gaiman and lettered by Sonja Curtis

- written by Neil Gaiman and lettered by Sonja Curtis From Homogenous to Honey - written by Neil Gaiman, inks by Mark Buckingham and lettering by Steve Craddock.

- written by Neil Gaiman, inks by Mark Buckingham and lettering by Steve Craddock. Sloth - written by Neil Gaiman

- written by Neil Gaiman The History of British Comics

Nick Cave - written by Nick Cave

- written by Nick Cave The Fire Opal of Set

And the only downside to this is that now I will have to upload all of these comics to the site too! - I will work on that during the lockdown - but in the meantime, Bryan and I hope that these comics will help out with the cabin fever during your lockdown.

Stay safe everyone, and see you all at the comicshop when this is all over.

Luther Arkwright Progress Report

Bryan's pencils for The Legend of Luther Arkwright (working title) have now reached just over 150 pages, so we thought it time to post another teaser image. Here's a frame from page 153.

Only 70 more pages to pencil - then the inks!

The Return of Slow Death!

Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the legendary underground comix horror title, Last Gasp will be releasing SLOW DEATH ZERO, a trade paperback collection of ALL-NEW stories featuring an amazing array of comic book creators.

Among the contributors are old school Slow Death alumni William Stout (who contributes the lead story and cover art), Bryan Talbot, Tim Boxell, and ol' Gore himself, Richard Corben! Plus Rick Veitch, Hunt Emerson, Peter Bagge, Drew Friedman, Savage Pencil, Rick Altergott, Carel Moisewitch, Bob Fingerman, Danny Hellman, Mike Diana, and many more all share tales about the unfolding climate change cataclysm that's ruining our planet!!!

128 pages, edited by Jon B. Cooke and Ron Turner, price to be determined, and it will be available this summer. More details to come!

Interview with Bryan about his illustrations for the German roleplaying game "The Dark Eye"

In 1982, Bryan produced over 100 illustrations for a set of fantasy RPG books, "Das Schwarze Auge", or in English "The Dark Eye", published in Germany by Schmidt Spiele. Just recently a German blogger called Kai Frerich got in touch and asked to interview Bryan.

The resulting blog post is outstanding, and covers in depth an area of Bryan's work that's until now not been widely known.

See Kai Frerich's interview with Bryan on the Dark Eye in English, or in German.

Bryan Talbot's Luther Arkwright

For the first time, The Adventures of Luther Arkwright and Heart of Empire will be available as a trade paperback. Out in June, the book will cost £35.99, substantially cheaper than the deluxe hardback Arkwright Integral, at around £50 - £90, depending on the seller, though most places are now out of stock.

Pre-order it on Amazon now.

Das Schwarze Auge

In 1982, Bryan produced over 100 illustrations for a set of fantasy RPG books, "Das Schwarze Auge", published in Germany by Schmidt Spiele. Bryan was never returned the original art for these books, which have been out of print now for many decades. This week, a German fan, Carsten Sakowski, informed Bryan of the existence of this website.

It's a short article on these illustrations and there are around 30 examples on display. Enjoy!

Visit to Prague

Just discovered this short video of the talk given by Bryan in Prague this September and the mammoth 6-hour signing session (without a single break!) that followed.

Also see this piece on Bryan on their TV news.

While in the Czech Republic, Bryan was a guest of the legendary filmmaker and animator Jan Svankmajer.

Mr Svankmajer was presented with a copy of the Czech edition of The Adventures of Luther Arkwright by publisher Vaclav Dort.

Bryan and Mary were given a personal guided tour of his private museum, containing a huge collection of fetiches, alchemical material and his sculptures. A mind-blowing experience. Bryan took hundreds of photos!

Bryan, Jan Svankmajer, Mary and Vaclav Dort.

World exclusive! - the first ever pencils from the Legend of Luther Arkwright!

Oh you would NOT BELIEVE how good it makes me feel to be able to post the first ever pencils from the forthcoming The Legend of Luther Arkwright!

Luther is the first ever comic of Bryan's I found - the legendary issue of Imagine magazine with the Traveller scenario in it - and I was instantle hooked. To be given the honour of showing to the world the first ever image from Luthers latest adventures is off-the-scale fanboy heaven!

Anyway: back to work: Bryan asked me to also quote him saying: "I apologise for the ropey pencils, but I'm pencilling the pages quite fast and they'll improve immeasurably with the inks.

Bryan's Dr Who image for sale in charity auction for People First

People First Merseyside is a regional self-advocacy charity which is run by and for adults with learning disabilities. Their work helps improve confidence and self-esteem, reduce social isolation, improve psychological well-being and gives people more choice and control over their lives.

They are currently holding a charity comic art auction including a brilliant Doctor Who piece of original art on a blank sketch cover by Bryan Talbot!

There are also lots of other pieces of original art on offer - 100% of all winning bids will go to People First Merseyside to help them continue supporting adults with learning disabilities to speak out, be respected and live active, healthy and happy lives!

Arkwright update

Bryan has pencilled the first 77 pages of the 224 pages of the new Luther Arkwright graphic novel. The working title is "The Legend of Luther Arkwright" but that may change. The script was completed in May.

RAIN featured in the Journal of the Landscape Institute

Rain by Mary and Bryan Talbot has been featured in Landscape - a professional journal for landscape architects - in its latest issue devoted to the Climate and Biodiversity Emergency.

See the full details over on Mary's site.

Another excellent review of Rain from Down the Tubes

"It’s no easy task to deliver such a powerful graphic novel, outlining at the same time some of the environmental issues which face our planet – issues which the authors note were first raised over two hundred years ago."

Full review at the Down the Tubes site.

Mary and Bryan signing copies of Rain and giving a presentation in Newcastle City Library Saturday, 23 November 2:00pm

On Saturday 23 November Mary and Bryan will be giving a presentation on their new graphic novel RAIN and signing copies at the City Library at 2:00pm as part of The Newcastle Book Festival: £3 entrance.

Full details at the Books on Tyne site.

Mary and Bryan will be signing copies of Rain in Newcastle Forbidden Planet tomorrow!

Signing is from 1 to 2 tomorrow: full details over at the Forbidden Planet site.

Forbidden Planet Newcastle has an exhibition of artwork from Rain

Forbidden Panet Newcastle is displaying pages of artwork from Mary and Bryan's new graphic novel Rain: visit them in person, or read more on their site.

They are also hosting a signing of Rain:

Saturday 2nd November 1 - 2pm - Forbidden Planet Megastore, 49, Grainger Street, Newcastle, NE1 5JE

The reviews for Rain keep coming in - and they are glowing!

James Smart at The Guardian: "Passionately political, this tale of a budding relationship between two women set against the 2015 floods in the north of England is an inspiring cry of protest "

Videos from the launch of Rain at the Lakes International Comic Festival

Mary and Bryan launched Rain at the Lakes International Comics Festival on Saturday October 12, and I was there to take some videos of their introduction to their latest graphic novel:

Rain is launched on Saturday!

London - Monday 7th October, 6.30 - 8pm

Ahead of the launch of the new graphic novel, RAIN, at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, the Cartoon Museum will be hosting a presentation about the book by Bryan and Mary Talbot. Free admission. 63 Wells Street, Fitzrovia, London W1A 3AE





Ahead of the launch of the new graphic novel, RAIN, at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, the Cartoon Museum will be hosting a presentation about the book by Bryan and Mary Talbot. Free admission. 63 Wells Street, Fitzrovia, London W1A 3AE Lakes International Comic Art Festival - Saturday 12th October 12.30 -1.30pm

RAIN will be officially launched at LICAF with a presentation in the Council Chamber, followed by a signing in the Page 45 room 2.00 - 4.00pm in the Comics Clock Tower, Kendal Town Hall, 9a Lowther St, Kendal LA9 4DL





RAIN will be officially launched at LICAF with a presentation in the Council Chamber, followed by a signing in the Page 45 room 2.00 - 4.00pm in the Comics Clock Tower, Kendal Town Hall, 9a Lowther St, Kendal LA9 4DL Rain also now has a dedicated subsection on the site, where I will collate all reviews and information on it. There are links to two reviews there already.



Launch events for Rain -the next graphic novel by Mary and Bryan Talbot

Preview of Rain the next graphic novel by Mary and Bryan Talbot

Mary has just published a preview taster of hers and Bryan's next graphic novel: Rain. Check it out at Mary Talbot's official site.

Don't forget - Bryan will be in Prague - 14 September 2019

On the 14th September, Bryan will be giving the presentation "Grandville and the Anthropomorphic Tradition", followed by a Q & A, then a signing at The Municipal Library of Prague, (Městská knihovna) Mariánské náměstí 1110 00 Praha 1- Staré Město.

When the Rain Comes: announcing the official launch of Bryan and Mary Talbot's new graphic novel

RAIN, the 4th graphic novel from Bryan and Mary Talbot will be officially launched at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival at 12.30 in the council Chamber of Kendal Town Hall ("The Comic Clocktower") on Saturday 12th October with a presentation on the book, followed by a signing in the Page 45 room.

Set against the backdrop of disastrous flooding in the North of England, Rain dramatically chronicles the developing relationship between two young women, one of whom is a committed environmental campaigner. Their wild Brontë moorland is being criminally mismanaged. Birds and animals are being slaughtered. Across the country, crops are being systematically poisoned, even the soil itself.

Rain is a complete departure from Bryan and Mary Talbot's previous biographical and historical collaborations. It deals instead with the here and now of environmental degradation that threatens us all. The characters are fictitious: what's happening around them is shockingly real.

Book tickets at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival official site.

Hebden Bridge launch of Rain



RAIN is set in a fictional version of Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, and the following Saturday October 19 at 7:00pm, there's a special launch event there for the book, a presentation at the Town Hall, followed by a signing.

More signings to be announced, so watch this space!

Announcing - the Legend of Luther Arkwright

In a literal global exclusive, Bryan has published the press release about his new graphic novel, the Legend of Luther Arkwright here first:

PRESS RELEASE

22nd August 2019

THE LEGEND OF LUTHER ARKWRIGHT – a milestone in British comics history

To be published by Jonathan Cape in the U.K. and Dark Horse Books in the U.S.A., author/artist Bryan Talbot has completed the script for the third Luther Arkwright book and started drawing it. It is scheduled to be published in 2022.

The first, The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, is considered by many to be the first British graphic novel. First serialised in the adult SF comic Near Myths from October 1978, the same month that A Contract with God by Will Eisner, considered to be the first U.S. graphic novel, was published. The first collected volume appeared in 1982.

Praised by many writers and artists, such as Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Jean Giroud (Moebius), Michael Moorcock and Iain Banks, the ground-breaking, experimental adult SF story was a seminal work and inspired and influenced many comic creators including Garth Ennis, Rick Veitch and Warren Ellis, winning four Eagle Awards and the Society of Strip Illustration Award for Best Graphic Novel. The subject of role-playing games and a 3-hour audio drama in 2004, featuring David Tennant as Luther Arkwright, it is frequently cited as an all-time favourite graphic novel by its readers. The second Arkwright graphic novel, Heart Of Empire, was published in 2001. Both books have been in continual print since they were first published.

Like the first two books, The Legend of Luther Arkwright, to be released nearly 20 years after the last one, contains a strong anti-fascist theme. The first book, appearing against the background of the rise of the British extreme right, with the coming-to-power of the Thatcher Government and the National Front marching on the streets, was a forerunner of V for Vendetta. At the time, Talbot was doing voluntary illustrative work for his local Anti-Nazi League Group. Now, with the extreme right on the rise again, all over the world, the timing of the book is especially pertinent.

Heart of Empire was not just a repetition of The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, but a different kind of adventure, told in a different style. The Legend of Luther Arkwright, another stand-alone story, continues this tradition, while still maintaining continuity with the Arkwright mythos.

The Legend of Luther Arkwright, a 220-page hardback black and white graphic novel, is set 51 years after the events of Heart of Empire and takes place on several very different parallel worlds, though Arkwright, being a homo novus, looks not a day older.

Incidentally, the previous two books, currently available as a lavish 550-page hardback Arkwright Integral version from Dark Horse, will be republished next year in a trade paperback omnibus edition, minus all the extra material contained in the Integral.

Download this press release as a PDF, and follow the Bryan Talbot fanpage on Twitter and Facebook.

Bryan in Prague - 14 September 2019

On the 14th September, Bryan will be giving the presentation "Grandville and the Anthropomorphic Tradition", followed by a Q & A, then a signing at The Municipal Library of Prague, (Městská knihovna) Mariánské náměstí 1110 00 Praha 1- Staré Město.

Mary and Bryan Talbot's schedule for the forthcoming SF Worldcon in Dublin: 15-19th August 2019

77th World Science Fiction Convention

Dublin Convention Centre

Friday 16th

20.00 Worldcon Philharmonic Concert

Dotter of her Father's Eyes, 3 movements

Part of the Worldcon Philharmonic Concert (Gary Lloyd commission)

Auditorium (Convention Centre Dublin)

Saturday 17th

12.00 Grandville and the Anthropomorphic Tradition

ECOCEM Room (Convention Centre Dublin)

Presenter: Bryan Talbot

15.30 Signature Style

Panel discussion with Kaja Folio, Sultana Raza, Pat Robinson and Bryan Talbot

Odeon 1 (Point Square Dublin)

Sunday 18th

16.30 Politics in Art and Art in Politics

Panel discussion with Jim Fitzpatrick, Siobhan Murphy, Dominic Riemenschneider and Mary Talbot

Odeon 3 (Point Square Dublin)

Monday 19th

13.00 Familiarity Breeds…Comics

Panel discussion with Declan Shalvey and Bryan Talbot

Liffey Room-2 (Convention Centre Dublin)

14.00 When the Rain Comes

Preview of Rain by Bryan and Mary Talbot

Liffey Room-2 (Convention Centre Dublin)

For more details see the Dublin Worldcon site. If any fellow fans video any of these events, please feel free to send me the link and I will post them here.

Bryan and Mary to be guests at SF Worldcon Dublin 2019

Bryan and Mary will be guests at the 77th World Science Fiction Convention August 15 - 19 at the Convention Centre, Dublin.

Among other things, a few excerpts will be performed of composer Gary Lloyd's and choreographer Bettina Carpi's work-in-progess, an opera with modern dance based on Dotter of Her Father's Eyes, with lyrics by Mary Talbot.

The Talbots in Oslo

Mary has posted some photos of their recent presentation at The Bloomsday celebrations in Oslo on her website.

Bryan and Mary will be at the Oslo Bloomsday celebrations - Sunday 16 June

They will be attending the Bloomsday celebrations on the evening of 16th June. James Joyce's Ulysses is set on a single day: 16th June 1904 (the date Joyce met the love of his life, Nora Barnacle).

Every year, it's the day the reknowned Irish writer is remembered worldwide. Bryan and Mary will be giving a presentation of their Joycean-themed graphic novel Dotter of her Father's Eyes. At The Nordic Black Theatre, Hollendergata, 8, Oslo.

The day before they're doing another talk and a signing about the four books they've worked on together at the Outland bookstore, Kirkegata 23,0153 Oslo.

Nordic Black Theatre & Cafeteatret Hollendergata 8, Oslo

Sunday 16th June 2019 at 18.00

Entrance fee: Adult 200 kr. – Students 150 kr.

Tickets available at the Nordic Black Theatre site.

Tickets also available on the door – cash or VIPS only

Bryan and Mary are guests this coming weekend at the Comics Salopia International Comics Festival

Bryan and Mary are guests this coming weekend at the Comics Salopia International Comics Festival. They will be giving their presentation of "The Power of the Graphic Novel" together on Saturday 10.00 – 11.00 at The Guildhall, Room 019.

Tickets are on sale now at £5 each.

The Fire Opal of Set

This is it: literally the exact moment I first became aware of Bryan and his work!

The Fire Opal of Set is a scenario for the Traveller RPG system, based on the adventures of Luther Arkwright. It has a 2 page mini-strip to introduce the scenario - and it is something I have wanted to repost to the site in better quality for over 20 years!

Rain from Bryan and Mary Talbot - published October 2019

Set against the backdrop of disastrous flooding in the North of England, Rain dramatically chronicles the developing relationship between two young women, one of whom is a committed environmental campaigner. The local wild Brontë moorland is being criminally mismanaged. Birds and animals are being slaughtered. Across the country, crops are being systematically poisoned, even the soil itself. Rain centres on one relatively small example of moorland ownership by an elite group that impacts catastrophically on the unlanded majority living in the valley below.

Rain is a complete departure from Bryan and Mary Talbot's previous biographical and historical collaborations. It deals instead with the here and now of environmental degradation that threatens us all. The characters are fictitious: what's happening around them is shockingly real.

Published October 2019 Jonathan Cape U.K., Dark Horse U.S.A.

The Grandville programme guide is now available!

Set in an alternate history of anthropomorphic animals and steampunk automata, Grandville follows the adventures of Detective Inspector Archibald "Archie" LeBrock of Scotland Yard!

This 7TV second edition programme guide contains profiles and episodes so you can fight as the furry-faced heroes and villains of Bryan Talbot's acclaimed graphic novel series.

This 80 page hardback book contains:

An exhaustive Grandville timeline dating back to the Great Flood and ending with the events of Force Majeure.

dating back to the Great Flood and ending with the events of Force Majeure. New Gadgets: a whole new deck of Grandville gadgets from brolly swords to exploding pipes with which to outfit your heroes and villains.

a whole new deck of Grandville gadgets from brolly swords to exploding pipes with which to outfit your heroes and villains. New Countdown Cards: To give episodes that uniquely Grandville atmosphere, this programme guide includes a new deck of countdown cards to evoke the elegant, deadly, action-packed drama of the graphic novels.

To give episodes that uniquely Grandville atmosphere, this programme guide includes a new deck of countdown cards to evoke the elegant, deadly, action-packed drama of the graphic novels. New Episodes: New generic episode The Rescue is detailed, as well as a series of original episodes set in the world of Grandville with quick-start casts and special rules already supplied.

New generic episode The Rescue is detailed, as well as a series of original episodes set in the world of Grandville with quick-start casts and special rules already supplied. New Profiles – 40 new profiles for LeBrock, Ratzi, Billie and 35 other individual profiles detailing their allies and enemies over two new genres. Plus a range of steam-driven vehicles.

– 40 new profiles for LeBrock, Ratzi, Billie and 35 other individual profiles detailing their allies and enemies over two new genres. Plus a range of steam-driven vehicles. New Injury rules





A copy of the 7TV rules are needed for play.

Available from Crooked Dice Game Design Studio.

LeBrock fanart by Patrick Charell

A fan of Grandville, Patrick Charell has created this excellent fan art of DI LeBrock.

Grandville Miniatures

The long-awaited Grandville tabletop battle game is now at the printer and will soon be on sale. Using the popular 7TV ruleset from Crooked Dice Game Design Studio, the Grandville Programme Guide contains playable profiles for LeBrock, Ratzi, Billie and 35 other individual profiles detailing their allies and enemies.

Included is an exhaustive Grandville timeline dating back to the Great Flood and ending with the events of Force Majeure. There are also stats for steam-driven vehicles, gadgets as seen in the graphic novels and rules for characters that suffer injuries.

The programme guide contains seven playable scenarios (‘episodes’) set in both Paris and London. Some involve classic characters from the books, some introduce new characters like the Phantom of the Follies and the mercenary Gun Dogs. Plus snippets of never-before seen Grandville scripts, written by Helena Nash. All approved by Bryan Talbot.

The Grandville Programme Guide is an 80-page hardback book. Separate high-quality profile, gadget, injury and countdown cards will also be available.

See more about the new Grandville Game on the Grandville Miniatures site!

We all knew this day would come eventually - the final Grandville Force Majeure annotations are now live

It seems fitting to sign off on the Grandville Annotations project with this image - "will we ever see his like again..." - as Roderick refers to Hawksmoor, but as I prefer to see it - referring to the appearance of the determined, brilliant, insightful Detective Inspector LeBrock.

We've been posting annotations for the Grandville series for a long time now, and I know how much of Bryan's time it has taken up... - but I know from fans reaction how much they have appreciated the insight into Bryan's creative process, and seeing the references, influences and hpstorical elements that have been incorporated into the magnificent series that is the Grandville books. Thank you to Bryan and thank you to all the fans who've read and appreciated the annotations

So, it is with a heavy heart, but a sense of a job well done, I present to you the final batch of Grandville Force Majeure annotations.

And - if you like the Grandville Annotations, you'll love the Heart of Empire Directors Cut!

The latest Grandville Force Majeure annotations are now online

The latest Grandville Force Majeure annotations are now online, covering pages 120 to 145.

This week's Grandville Force Majeure annotations are now live

The annotations for Grandville pages 103 to 116 are now live.

Into the Unknown

The massive science Fiction exhibition that's been touring the world is about to be shipped to the Netherlands for a 3-month run at Kunsthall, Rotterdam.

One of the exhibits is this classic Nemesis the Warlock 2000AD cover by Bryan. The exhibition will open on the 16th March through to 30th June 2019.

Also check out the tour report (PDF) - some gorgeous images of the exhibition in there.

Supercontext does The Tale of One Bad Rat

Charlie Bennett and Christian Sager in an in-depth discussion about the award-winning graphic novel.

The latest Grandville Force Majeure annotations are now live: pages 97 to 109

The latest Grandville Force Majeure annotations are now live: pages 97 to 109

Latest Grandville Force Majeure annotations are now live: pages 97 to 109

Check out the latest addition to the Grandville Force Majeure annotations: pages 82 to 96 are now live.

Latest Grandville Force Majeure annotations are now live: pages 78 to 81

I've just uploaded the latest Grandville Force Majeure annotations covering pages 78 to 81.

The annotations for pages 62 to 75 are now live.

The annotations for Grandville Force Majeure pages 62 to 75 are now live.

No Grandville annotations today - Bryan is at Angoulême

Bryan is at the Angoulême comics festival this weekend - so there's no Grandville annotations updates: check back next Sunday for the next batch!

Grandville Force Majeure annotations for pages 47 to 58 now online

The Grandville Force Majeure annotations for pages 47 to 58 are now online

Grandville Force Majeure annotations for pages 41 to 44 now online

The Grandville Force Majeure annotations for pages 41 to 44 now online.

Newest Grandville Force Majeure annotations now online

The newest Grandville Force Majeure annotations are now online.

Latest batch of Grandville Force Majeure annotations now online

Check out the latest annotations for Grandville Force Majeure pages 29 to 30, and pages 31 to 33.

Animated trailer for the Turkish edition of Sally Heathcote: Suffragette

The publishers of the Turkish language edition of Sally Heathcote: Suffragette created this excellent animated trailer.

We are on our Christmas break

The next Grandville annotations will be posted on Sunday December 30: until then - hope everyone gets some graphic novels for Christmas!

Grandville Force Majeure annotations pages 27 and 28 are now online

The annotations for Grandville Force Majeure pages 24 to 26 are now online

Grandville Force Majeure annotations pages 24 to 26 are now online

The Grandville Force Majeure annotations for pages 24 to 26 are now online.

The latest batch of Grandville Force Majeure annotations are now online

The latest batch of Grandville Force Majeure annotations are now online.

The next batch of Grandville Force Majeure annotations are now online

The next batch of Grandville Force Majeure annotations are now online.

First batch of Grandville Force Majeure annotations now online!

The first annotations for Grandville Force Majeure just went live.

RIP Stan.

Final batch of Grandville Noël annotations now online

The final batch of annotations for Grandville Noël are now online!

Bryan and Mary Talbot in Sheffield

What can the graphic novel form bring to storytelling?

Costa award-winners Bryan and Mary Talbot talk about the books they've done together and what the graphic novel form brings to their storytelling. Talking about their collaborative work to date, they demonstrate the power of the graphic novel to communicate complex material in an accessible way.

Emotionally charged biographical details, tangled historical events or the contemporary challenges of climate change – whatever the subject, the graphic novel's unique combination of word and image can render it compelling.

Free entry! - 28th November, 6.00-7.30 Norfolk Building, Room 210, City Campus, Sheffield Hallam University, Howard Street, Sheffield, S1 1WB

Latest Grandville Noël annotations now published

The latest Grandville Noël annotations have now been published.

The Nazz collected edition - coming soon from It's Alive...

New Grandville Noël annotations now published

The latest batch of Grandville Noël annotations are now online, covering pages 26 to 42.

Latest batch of Grandville Noël annotations

We've just published the latest batch of Grandville Noël annotations, covering pages 21 to 25.

Batch 2 of the Grandville Noël annotations

We've just published batch 2 of the Grandville Noël annotations - but Bryan asked me to say "why are you reading this when you could be at the Lakes International Comics Festival instead?"

Grandville Noël annotations

Now we have completed all of the annotations for Grandville, Grandville Mon Amour and Grandville Bete Noire, it is time to move onto Grandville Noël: the first batch of annotations are now online covering pages 1 to 12.

Meet the authors event at Holmfirth library

Bryan and Mary will both be appearing at Holmfirth library on Sunday 21 October at 2:00pm: it's a free event - you just need to book.

Graphic Novels with Bryan and Mary Talbot

Bryan and Mary talk about the power of the graphic novel, at Tate Liverpool, Saturday October 20 2018.

Full booking info on the Liverpool Uni site.

Final batch of Grandvile Bête Noire annotations

The final batch of Grandvile Bête Noire annotations are now online, covering pages 66 to the end.

Grandvile Bête Noire annotations covering pages 60 to 65 now online

The latest pages in the Grandville Annotations series have just been posted, covering Grandvile Bête Noire pages 60 to 65.

Grandvile Bête Noire annotations covering pages 42 to 55 now online

We've just uploaded the Grandvile Bête Noire annotations covering pages 42 to 55.

Forthcoming events Bryan and Mary are attending

Morecambe and Vice: Morecambe Crime Writing Festival - 29th September 2018

Bryan will be on a panel alongside Sean Phillips, Stephen Gallagher and Paul Gravett.

Morecambe Winter Gardens, 209, Marine Road West, Morecambe, LA4 4BU

Weekend ticket £40/Day ticket £25/Individual panel tickets £5

Salon du Livre, Albert, France - 6th & 7th October 2018

Alongside other contributors, Mary and Bryan will be promoting the Traces of the Great War anthology, a joint publication with LICAF and the Amiens BD Festival

Free entry.

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Kendal, Cumbria - 12 - 143 October

Lakes International Comics Festival weekend passes are £35 / £25, and Saturday passes are £22 / £17.

Graphic novels with Bryan and Mary Talbot, Liverpool Literature Festival 20th October 2018 - 11:30

Tate Liverpool (4th Floor Auditorium), Liverpool L3 4BB, tickets £6 and £4.

Graphic novels at the library: Meeting Bryan and Dr Mary Talbot, Holmfirth Library, 21st October 2018 - 2pm

Holmfirth Library, 47 Huddersfield Road, Holmfirth HD9 3JH.

Free event.



Latest Grandvile Bête Noire annotations published covering pages 28 to 40

Today we're publishing the latest Grandvile Bête annotations which cover pages 28 to 40.

Grandville Bête Noire annotations published today covering pages 21 to 26

We've just published the Grandville Bête Noire annotations covering pages 21 to 26: enjoy!

The second batch of annotations for Grandville Bête Noire are now live

The second batch of annotations for Grandville Bête Noire are now live - and this week's update has the amazing sequence above where Bryan explains the fantastic amount of work that goes into each page of his graphic novels.

The first annotations for Grandville Bête Noire are now live

The first annotations for Grandville Bête Noire are now live.

Final batch of Grandville Mon Amour annotations now live

The final batch of annotations for Grandville Mon Amour are now live.

The third batch of Grandville Mon Amour annotations are live

The third batch of Grandville Mon Amour annotations are now live.

The second batch of Grandville Mon Amour annotations are now live

The second batch of Grandville Mon Amour annotations are now live!

The first Grandville Mon Amour annotations are now live

Last Sunday we published the final batch of Grandville annotations... - and so that means that this is the first week of the Grandville Mon Amour annotations!

Interview with Bryan in The Scrawl

The literary magazine has just posted a new interview with Bryan by Remy Dean.

The Lakes International Comics Festival has published their full program!

Bryan is a founding patron of the Lakes International Comics Festivcal - and they have just published their fulll program for this year: including a sneak preview of Bryan and Mary's next collaboration!

The final annotations for Grandville

The final set of annotations has now been published for Grandville.

A tribute to Steve Ditko

After hearing the sad news about Steve Ditko, Bryan asked me to post this private commission from 2008 as a tribute.

How much are signed books worth?

BBC reporter Duncan Leatherdale has written an article on the subject, inspired by the impending auction of signed Harry Potter books. It includes quotes from Bryan and Mary and photos of him and sketches he has done in the Grandville books.

Page three of the Grandville Annotations is now live!

The third installment of the Grandville Annotation is now live - covering pages 41 to 60.

Please vote for the HOAX project!

Ravi Thornton says: "The HOAX Project is based on a poem written by my younger brother Rob, who lived with the mental health condition, schizophrenia. After Rob took his own life aged 31, I turned his poems, with the help of some truly great people, into a stage musical, a graphic novel and an interactive app. The app invited users to take part in research aimed at helping people with psychosis in the future. "

The HOAX Project has reached the finals of the National Lottery Awards 2018!

To win the award HOAX needs public votes. The project with the most votes wins £5,000 to carry on the work, and will be featured on the BBC One show: please vote for the HOAX project here.

New Grandville Annotations released today

The Grandville Annotations have had their weekly update: see page 19 in the first section - or the entirely new section covering pages 21 to 40 of Grandville.

Bryan Talbot FRSL

On Wednesday 27th June, Bryan signed the roll of The Royal Society of Literature to formally accept his election as a Fellow of the Society, following a short ceremony of induction.

Earlier, there had been the induction of 40 new Fellows under 40 years old, including Mary and Bryan's friend, comic writer/artist Hannah Berry. He followed his old collaborator, Neil Gaiman, in signing the roll at the event.

New Fellows are offered a choice between TS Eliot's fountain pen, or the dip pens of either George Eliot or Lord Byron. Bryan used Byron's pen and carried out his threat to do so wearing a big Byronic shirt! The event took place in the British Library and was followed by a reception.

See a longer write-up of the day and even more photos over at Mary's site.

Announcing the launch of the Grandville Annotations!

Bryan and myself are working on the Grandville Annotations, answering the eternal "where do you get your ideas from?" and "what are your influences?" questions.

We will publish a new section once a week or so; unlike the Heart of Empire Directors Cut we are not publishing the original comic alongside the commentary and reference images: this is meant to be an additional bonus for people who have already read Grandville and want to know more about how this amazing world and story was created.

Grandville Annotations homepage

On a marché sur la Bulle

Mary's posted some photos of the Talbot's recent visit to the Amiens Festival

Deep Signal - The Illustrated Anthology

Stories from Ken Liu, Aliette de Bodard, Hamid Ismailov, Elaine Lee, Mike Kaluta, Moebius, Christopher Moeller, Bryan Talbot, and more.

Support it now on Kickstarter; and check out the amazing trailer.

Bryan awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Literature

On the 4th June, the Royal Society of Literature announced the appointment of its new Fellows, including Bryan, Neil Gaiman and Joff Winterheart. It's only the third time that comic creators have been elected to be Fellows of the RSL, the first two being Posy Simmonds and Raymond Briggs. With his other honorifics, his official title is now "Bryan Talbot Hon. D.A., Hon. D.Litt., FRSL"!

The Society was founded in 1825.

New Fellows sign the RSL roll book using TS Elliot's or George Elliot's fountain pen, or Lord Byron's dip pen. Needless to say that the latter is what Bryan will be using!

See their news page with the announcement.

23rd Rendez-Vous de la Bande Dessinée d'Amiens

Bryan and Mary are guests of the Amiens comic festival On a Marché sur la Bulle, 2nd –3rd June, where they'll be giving a presentation on The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopai on Sunday 3rd at 11.30am., published in France under the title Louise Michel, La Vierge Rouge by La Librairie Vuibert.

More details over on the Amiens festival site.

Grandville Pages up for auction!

The Lakes International Comics Art Festival auction containing two Grandville pages ends on the 14th May.

Aiming to raise funds for LICAF and the charity OCD Action, the auction showcases original published artwork including pages and covers from Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), Dave McKean (Cages), Bryan Talbot (Grandville), Glyn Dillon (The Nao of Brown), Sean Phillips (Kill or be Killed), John Higgins (Judge Dredd Unchained) and Michael Cho (Hawk and Dove), to name but a few.

All proceeds will be divided between OCD Action to help continue its excellent work in supporting those suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and LICAF to fund future original commissions from comics creators in the UK and overseas.

The auction closes at 5.00pm on 14th May 2018, and can be previewed on Proxibid – you'll need to register on site to bid

Kate Evans, Frank Quitely and more join Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2018 line-up

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is delighted to announce more guests for its Festival weekend (12th - 14th October 2018) in Kendal, including Kate Evans and Frank Quitely.

The latest guests revealed are Hunt Emerson (Calculus Cat, Bloke's Progress), the Etherington Brothers (Long Gone Don, Monkey Nuts), Kate Evans (author of Threads from the Refugee Crisis), New Yorker cartoonist The Surreal McCoy (author of The Wolf of Baghdad), Luke McGarry (Sad Chewie), Frank Quitely (Judge Dredd Megazine, All Star Superman), Bryan Talbot (Grandville), Mary Talbot (Dotter of her Father's Eyes) and Emma Vieceli (BREAKS).

Guests announced so far for this year's Festival weekend are Steven Appleby, Yomi Ayeni, Sayra Begum, Elizabeth Breitweiser, Corey Brotherson, Stanley Chow, Guy Delisle, Alan Grant, Ottilie Hainsworth, Rian Hughes, Kripa Joshi, Joe Kelly, Ian Kennedy, Kaisa Leka, Victoria Lomasko, Steve McGarry, Graeme McNee, Mikiko, Emmi Nieminen, Ken Niimura, Ian Rankin, David Silverman, Orijit Sen, Seth and John Wagner.

The Festival is the only one of its kind in the UK, taking place in one of the country's most beautiful areas – the English Lake District, in the market town of Kendal. Modelled on European-style festivals, such as Angoulême in France, it takes over the whole town for a weekend of comic art. Its aim is to celebrate the whole spectrum of comic art, inspiring existing comic art fans and creators and, it hopes, generating new audiences and creators too. It invests in creators through a commissioning programme and has an emphasis on developing international collaborations.

"We're delighted to be welcoming both new and returning faces to this year's Festival," said Festival Director Julie Tait. "Together with guests already announced, the latest creators to be announced, who include some of our patrons, reflect the wide range of 'comic voices' we want to bring to the attention of both comics fans and the wider public."

"Another great line-up of guests that reflects the diversity always promoted by LICAF," says Festival patron Bryan Talbot of this year's growing guest line-up. "Whatever your taste in comics, you won't be disappointed. This year will be bigger than ever."

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival will be back in Kendal 12th - 14th October 2018

Event at the Institut Français

As part of the Beyond Words Festival, Pénélope Bagieu's graphic novel Brazen (Penguin) presents a series of portraits of 30 incredible women such as Josephine Baker, Peggy Guggenheim or Tove Jansson.

Penelope will be discussing these rebel ladies with Mary and Bryan Talbot, who revisit the life of anarchist and Communarde Louise Michel in the graphic novel The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia (Jonathan Cape).

They will be joined by DJ Iko Chérie for some Little Trouble Girls sets. Chaired by Paul Gravett.

Tuesday 15 May 2018 6.15pm in English and French £7, conc. £5 at Institut Français 17 Queensberry Pl, Kensington, London SW7 2DT.

Book tickets at the Beyond Words site.

Auction of original comic artwork

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is running another amazing original art auction, and advance viewing has just opened.

The online auction itself begins on 1st May 2018.

Aiming to raise funds for LICAF and the charity OCD Action, the auction showcases original published artwork including pages and covers from Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), Dave McKean (Cages), Bryan Talbot (Grandville), Glyn Dillon (The Nao of Brown), Sean Phillips (Kill or be Killed), John Higgins (Judge Dredd Unchained) and Michael Cho (Hawk and Dove), to name but a few.



All proceeds will be divided between OCD Action to help continue its excellent work in supporting those suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and LICAF to fund future original commissions from comics creators in the UK and overseas.



The auction opens on 1st May 2018 and closes at 5.00pm on 14th May 2018, and can be previewed on Proxibid – you'll need to register on site to bid

Free Grandville comic

Schreiber and Leser, the German publishers of the Grandville series, will be giving away a comic containing the first 35 pages of the first volume as one of their contributions to this year's Free Comic Book Day, Saturday 12th May.

Full details are on the Schreiber and Leser site.

Reminder: Bryan is a guest at the British Library "Digital Conversation" event on April 18th.

The British Library is hosting an event on digital comics on April 18th, as part of its "Digital Conversations" series - and Bryan is one of the guests, providing input on creator rights.

Titled "Venturing off the page: exploring multimedia, animation and new narrative forms" the event is chaired by comics editor and publisher John Freeman and the other guest speakers are Kate Ashwin (creator of "Widdershins"), Yomi Ayeni ("Clockwork Watch") and digital comics agent provocateur Daniel Merlin Goodbrey. This is the first event British comics news site downthetubes has ever been a partner in organising.

Wednesday 18 Apr 2018, 18:30 - 20:30 Full Price: £6.00 Member: £6.00 Under 18: £4.00

There's more information at the Down the Tubes site, or you can simply go ahead and book your seat at the British Library site.

Bryan and Mary have recently returned from Spain, where they have been guests of The Splash Sagunt Festival.

The Spanish editions of their graphic novels are very well-received, with Sally Heathcote, Suffragette recently going into its 7th printing and Grandville Force Majeure hot from the press. While there, they were presented with an award for their collaborations from Festival Director Fran Garcia.

Mary has just posted a blog about the visit here.

Turkish translation of Dotter of her Father's Eyes

Bryan and Mary just received a scan of the cover to the Turkish edition of Dotter of her Father's Eyes ("Fathers and Daughters"), so here's a chance to let you see the other non-English language editions.

And the Spanish hardback edition:

The Spanish softback translation:

Abd the Serbian translation:

The Polish translation:

Chinese:

New Grandville miniatures now available!

There is now an entire range of Grandville miniatures available... - and they look AMAZING!

British Library "Digital Conversation" event in April

The British Library is hosting an event on digital comics in April, as part of its "Digital Conversations" series - and Bryan is one of the guests, providing input on creator rights.

Titled "Venturing off the page: exploring multimedia, animation and new narrative forms" the event is chaired by comics editor and publisher John Freeman and the other guest speakers are Kate Ashwin (creator of "Widdershins"), Yomi Ayeni ("Clockwork Watch") and digital comics agent provocateur Daniel Merlin Goodbrey. This is the first event British comics news site downthetubes has ever been a partner in organising.

Wednesday 18 Apr 2018, 18:30 - 20:30 Full Price: £6.00 Member: £6.00 Under 18: £4.00

There's more information at the Down the Tubes site, or you can simply go ahead and book your seat at the British Library site.

All of the older announcements of news and events have been moved to the old announcements page.