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In the Biography section, you can find the life story of everyone involved in the creation of the Heart of Empire Comics: Bryan Talbot, SMS, Ellie DeVille, and even the story of those only involved in this CD - James Robertson!

 

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1968: left Jarrow Grammar School.

1969-74: studied Graphic Design at Newcastle School of Art. Wrote, drew, self-published and printed Either-Or Comics.

1975: Began long association with the Young Artists agency, painting Science Fiction book covers. Many were reprinted in SF illustration collections. Write and draw various B&W comic stories for Cozmic Comics.

1976: Year of the Heatwave. I went to Spain. It was cooler there.

 

Came back through France. Picked up a copy of Metal Hurlant in Aix-en-Provence market. Walked along the Road to Tarrascon. In Paris wentround to Metal Hurlant offices and met Jean-Pierre Dionnet and Phillipe Maneouvre. Result was Metal Hurlant published my Jet-Man.

1978-80: Heavy Metal runs my fully painted So Beautiful, So Dangerous strip (later reprinted in one volume - see the illustration on the right) and various short colour comic stories. Work on the Heavy Metal movie.

 

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1981-82: Produce a series of short painted strips for Pssst! Magazine which I co-publish with Titan Books in one volume entitled Comic Tales when Tyneside Free Press acquire an A2 Heidelberg Litho.

1984-1990: stopped work for a while to watch little children growing.

 

1991: Write and draw The Blue Lily, published by Dark Horse. Use a computer for the first time, for the lettering. Might get to finish the story some time this Millennium.

1993: Colour Give me Liberty! By Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons digitally. Have coloured all the subsequent Martha Washington stories.

 

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1994-1997: Lots of colouring! More Martha. Teknophage and Shadowdeath for Big Entertainment (Tekno Comics), Frank Miller and Simon Bisley's Bad Boy and projects for DC Comics.

1998: Create The Dome, a fully 3D-rendered comic, written by Dave Gibbons and completely created on computer, for DC's SF imprint Helix.

1998 - 1999: Colour Star Wars for Dark Horse.

1999: Colour Heart Of Empire for Bryan Talbot and Dark Horse. Become Viz's computer advisor.

2000: Colour Phineas Fuddle for DC.

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Also see the other biographies: Bryan Talbot, SMS, Ellie DeVille and James Robertson.

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Heart of Empire Directors Cut
Contents | Annotations | Pencils | Inks | Colours | Hi-res colours | Index

Introduction | About the author | Dramatis Personae | Interviews | Back covers | Biographies

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Heart of Empire Directors Cut and the Adventures of Luther Arkwright: All text and images contained on this CD
are copyright by Bryan Talbot 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001:
no part of this may be reproduced in whole or in part in any medium whatsoever,
without the express, written advance permission of Bryan Talbot.
This CD authored in conjunction with Bryan Talbot by James Robertson.

For more information about Bryan and his work, visit the Official Bryan Talbot fanpage


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