Bryan Talbot
Talbot signingAlice in Sunderland atEastercon in England, 25 March 2008
Born	(1952-02-24)24 February 1952 (age 73) Wigan,Lancashire, England, UK
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
Awards	Eisner 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

Bryan Talbot (born 24 February 1952) is a Britishcomics artist and writer, best known as the creator ofThe Adventures of Luther Arkwright and its sequelsHeart of Empire andThe Legend of Luther Arkwright, as well as theGrandville series of books. He collaborated with his wife,Mary M. Talbot to produceDotter of Her Father's Eyes, which won the2012 Costa biography award.^[1]

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

Talbot began his comics work in theunderground comix scene of the late 1960s. In 1969 his first work appeared as illustrations inMallorn, the BritishTolkien Society magazine,^[5] followed in 1972 by a weekly strip in hiscollege newspaper. He continued in the scene after leaving college, producingBrainstorm Comix, the first three of which formedThe Chester P. Hackenbush Trilogy, a character reworked byAlan Moore as Chester Williams forSwamp Thing.^[6]

Talbot startedThe Adventures of Luther Arkwright in 1978. It was originally published inNear Myths and continued on over the years in other publications, includingPssst! and by the publisherValkyrie Press. It was eventually collected into one volume byDark Horse Comics. Along withRaymond Briggs'When the Wind Blows, it is considered one of the first Britishgraphic novels.^{[citation needed]} In the early-to-mid 1980s Talbot provided art for some of2000 AD's flagship serials, producing three series ofNemesis the Warlock, as well as occasional strips forJudge Dredd.

Talbot moved to the U.S. market in the 1990s and principally worked forDC Comics on titles such asHellblazer,^[7]Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, andDead Boy Detectives. Talbot collaborated withNeil Gaiman onThe Sandman and provided art for the "Fables & Reflections", "A Game of You", and "Worlds' End" story arcs.^[8][9] HisThe Tale of One Bad Rat (1994) deals with a girl's recovery from childhoodsexual abuse. He drewThe Nazz limited series which was written byTom Veitch and worked with Tom's brotherRick Veitch onTeknophage, one of a number ofmini-series he drew forTekno Comix. Talbot has illustrated cards for theMagic: The Gathering collectible card game. He has illustratedBill Willingham'sFables,^[10] as well as returning to the Luther Arkwright universe withHeart of Empire.

In 2006, he announced the graphic novelMetronome, an existential, textless erotically charged visual poem,^[11][12] written under the pseudonymVéronique 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 releasedAlice in Sunderland, which documents the connections betweenLewis Carroll,Alice Liddell, and theSunderland andWearside area.^[16] He wrote and drew the layouts forCherubs!, which he describes as "an irreverent fast-paced supernatural comedy-adventure."^[17]

In 2019 it was reported that Talbot was producing the third installment in the Arkwright series, titledThe Legend of Luther Arkwright,^[18] which was published by Dark Horse in 2022.

In April 2024, it was announced that Talbot will be inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame, the highest accolade for comic writers and artists from across the world.^[19]

• 1985Eagle Award for Favourite Character forTorquemada, fromNemesis the Warlock^[20]
• 1988:
  • Eagle Award for Favourite Artist (British)^[21]
  • Eagle Award for Favourite New Comic, forThe Adventures of Luther Arkwright
  • Eagle Award for Favourite Character (UK), for Luther Arkwright
  • Eagle Award for Favourite Comic Cover, forThe Adventures of Luther Arkwright
• 1989Society of Strip Illustration Mekon Award for "Best British Work" forThe Adventures of Luther Arkwright^[22][23]
• 1995UK Comic Art Award for Best New Publication forThe Tale of One Bad Rat
• 1996Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint, forThe Tale of One Bad Rat
• 1999Haxtur Award, for Best Long Comic Strip forThe Tale of One Bad Rat
• 2000Inkpot Award^[24]
• 2007:
  • BSFA Award nominee, Best Novel, forAlice in Sunderland
  • Nominated for "Award for Favourite Comics Writer/Artist" Eagle Award^[25]
  • Nominated for "Favourite Original Graphic Novel" Eagle Award, forAlice in Sunderland
• 2008: Nominated for "Best Painter or Multimedia Artist (interior art)"Eisner Award.^[26]
• 2009 Talbot was given anHonorary Doctorate of Arts byUniversity of Sunderland in July 2009, the first time this has been done for a comic book artist.^[27]
• 2010: Nominated for "Favourite Original Graphic Novel Published During 2009" Eagle Award forGrandville
• 2012:
  • Talbot was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters on 17 July 2012 byNorthumbria University in recognition of his lifetime's work in the graphic novel field.^[28]
  • Winner of theCosta biography award forDotter of Her Father's Eyes, with Mary Talbot.^[1]
  • Prix SNCF for "Best Bande Dessinée 2012" forGrandville Mon Amour^[29]
• 2014: Guest of honor atNordicFuzzCon.
• 2018: Elected a Fellow of theRoyal Society of Literature.

• "The Wages of Sin" (withAlan Moore, in2000 AD No. 257, 1982)

• Ro-Busters: "Old Red Eyes is Back" (with Alan Moore, in2000AD Annual 1983, 1982)

• "The Gothic Empire (Book IV)" (in2000 AD No. 390–406, 1984–1985)
• "Vengeance of Thoth (Book V)" (in2000 AD No. 435–445, 1985)
• "Torquemurder (Book VI)" (in2000 AD No. 482–487 and 500–504, 1986–1987)
• Torquemada: "The Garden of Alien Delights" (with Pat Mills, inDiceman No. 3, 1986)

• "The Time Killer" (with Pat Mills, in2000 AD No. 431, 1985)

• "House of Death" (withJohn Wagner/Alan Grant, inDiceman No. 1, 1986)
• "Last Voyage of the Flying Dutchman" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in2000 AD No. 459, 1986)
• "Judge Dredd and the Seven Dwarves" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, inJudge Dredd Annual 1987, 1986)
• "Ladies' Night" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in2000AD Annual 1987, 1986)
• "Caterpillars" (script byMichael Carroll, coloured by Alwyn Talbot, in2000 AD No. 1730, April 2011)

• "Enemy Alien" (with script and pencils Mike Matthews, in2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1987)

• "Memento" (in2000 AD Prog 2002, 2001)

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

• Nightjar (with Alan Moore, inAlan Moore's Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths No. 1,Avatar Press, 2003)

• "Out of the Crucible", inBrainstorm Comix #1 (Alchemy, 1975)
• "From Here to Infinity", inBrainstorm Comix #2 (Alchemy, 1976)
• "A Streetcar Named Delirium", inBrainstorm Comix #4 (Alchemy, 1977)

• "The Omega Report", inBrainstorm Comix #6 (Alchemy, 1978)

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

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

• The Song of Orpheus (inSandman Special 1, inks byMark Buckingham, coloured byDaniel Vozzo, 1991)
• A Game of You (DC Comics, 1991–1992,ISBN 1-56389-089-5 )
• Fables and Reflections (DC Comics, 1991–1993,ISBN 1-56389-105-0 )
• Worlds' End (DC Comics, 1993,ISBN 1-56389-170-0)
• The Dreaming No. 9–12 (writer, with artistsDave Taylor (No. 9) andPeter Doherty (No. 10–12), DC Comics, February–May 1997)
• The Dead Boy Detectives (withEd Brubaker,Vertigo, four-issue mini-series, 2001)

• The Santa Fe Trail (written byPeter Milligan, inks by Mark Pennington, coloured by Daniel Vozzo, August 1991)

• Bag o’Bones (withBill Willingham, Vertigo, 2004,ISBN 1-4012-0256-X)

• Cherubs! (withMark Stafford,graphic novel, 104 pages,Desperado Publishing, November 2007,ISBN 0-9795939-9-9)

• Alice in Sunderland (graphic novel,Jonathan Cape, April 2007,ISBN 978-0-224-08076-7)
• Dotter of Her Father's Eyes (written byMary M. Talbot, 2012)
• Sally Heathcote: Suffragette ( written by Mary Talbot, lettering, layouts and rough pencils by Bryan, finished artwork byKate Charlesworth, 2014)
• The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia (written byMary M. Talbot, 2016)
• Rain (Graphic Novel) (written byMary M. Talbot, 2019)

• 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)

• 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 (withChris 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 (Dark Horse Books, 2022,ISBN 9-781-50673-647-1)

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

• 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)

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

• Neil Gaiman’sMr. Hero the Newmatic Man (Issue #1, 6 pages pencils and inks, written byRick Veitch, coloured byAngus McKie, 1995)
• Neil Gaiman’sMr. Hero the Newmatic Man (Issue #2, 5 pages, inked by Angus McKie (1995, Tekno Comix Written by Rick Veitch, coloured byAngus 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 byRick Veitch, Issues #1-6, 1995-1996)
• Neil Gaiman's Phage: Shadow Death (script, with pencils byDavid Pugh and inks byTim Perkins, six-issue limited series,Tekno Comix, June–November 1996)

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related toBryan Talbot.

• Official site
• Bryan Talbot at the Comic Book DB (archived fromthe original)
• Bryan Talbot at theGrand Comics Database
• Bryan Talbot at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
• "Memento" and"From Homogenous to Honey", free online comics by Talbot
• The Moorcock EffectArchived 1 November 2010 at theWayback Machine by Bryan Talbot,Heliotrope 5, 2008

• British Comics Month – Bryan Talbot speaks,Forbidden Planet, 26 July 2006
• Curioser and curioser – Bryan draws on Alice,Sunderland Echo, 17 March 2008

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