Bryan Talbot was born on 24 February 1952 and 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.
11 Facts About Bryan Talbot
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Bryan Talbot collaborated with his wife, Mary M Talbot to produce Dotter of Her Father's Eyes, which won the 2012 Costa biography award.
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Bryan Talbot was born in Wigan, Lancashire on 24 February 1952.
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Bryan Talbot 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.
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Bryan Talbot moved to the US market in the 1990s, principally for DC Comics, on titles such as Hellblazer, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, and Dead Boy Detectives.
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Bryan Talbot 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.
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Bryan Talbot has illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.
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Bryan Talbot has illustrated Bill Willingham's Fables, as well as returning to the Luther Arkwright universe with Heart of Empire.
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Bryan Talbot admitted that he was the author in 2009.
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Bryan Talbot turned down an offer to appear in character as Tanaka for an in-store signing of the work.
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In 2019 it was reported that Bryan Talbot was producing the latest instalment in the Arkwright series tentatively titled The Legend of Luther Arkwright, to be published in 2021.