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This page lists all of the additional illustrations that Bryan has added to the CD in order to better explain and illustrate the comic. The directory is broken down by chapter with a brief description of what each image is.

Chapter One

  Davide Fabbri, the model for the assasin-monk Barberini
  Rosettis Proserpine : a use of pomegranates representing fertility and immortality.
  Colour guides for page 7, page 8 and page 9; and also lettering guides for page 6 and page 8.
  Character sketch of the pope.
  The first page of the Adventures of Luther Arkwright, and the page where we first see the airship.
  "The plum pudding in danger" - cartoon by Gillray.
  The compositional line of page 23, page 26 and page 27.
  Dulac's painting of an alchemist's lair - inspiration for Dr Dee's lair.
  Page 9: as it was printed, and as it should have been printed: also, the apology that was printed subsequently.
  The very first character sketch of Victoria.
  The plan of Dee's lair.
  Liberty leading the people, by Delacroix.
  Daniele Brolli, one of the models for the Cardinals.
 

Chapter Two

  Mike Collins inks for page 42.
  The wonderfully daft monocle man.
  SMS's version of the palace.
  Charles Robinson painting - inspiration for the gardens of the palace.
  The orginal picture of the succubus, which inspired the image of the Queen draining Strickland.
  The Art Nouveau stained glass window by Eugene Grasset: inspiration for the flower girl costume, and the drawing by Lely that inspired the standard bearers costume.
  An image of Queen Anne from the Adventures of Luther Arkwright.
  The amazing subliminal image from the Adventures of Luther Arkwright - the skull panel.
  Arthur Rackham's Valkyrie
  The Franciscan Monk in charge of the real world tomb in Rome, and the central steps in Rome, and the statue in Bologna.
  Reference photo of a dodo.
  Mary posing as Victoria.
  Kenny Baker, the model for Sir Kenneth.
   

Chapter Three

  Glorifying the Fuhrer - a reference made when Hirst is painting Kray.
  Beardsley's cover of Savoy Comic Cuts, showing a camp John Bull.
  The actual comics cuts logo.
  Colonel Blimp, a famous British wartime newspaper cartoon character by David Low.
  The inspiration for Maurice's suit.
  An original picture of Mayhew's London.
  The Preston Sci-Fi group as a revolutionary committee in the Adventures of Luther Arkwright.
  The first instance of psychic vampirisim from the Adventures of Luther Arkwright.
  The inks that SMS created for page 63 and page 64.
  The Witch of Wapping - the image is the cover of the pamphlet giving an account of the witch and her subsequent hanging.
  Elaine Mace dressed as Victoria
   

Chapter Four

  Cromwell's speech from the Adventures of Luther Arkwright.
  Statues in the Russell Hotel, used as reference.
   

Chapter Five

  Canaletto's watercolour of London.
  The magnificent full page picture of Hiram from the Adventures of Luther Arkwright.
  The original manic street preacher!
  Plate 8 from Hogarth's "A Rake's Progess"
  The original Walpurgis Nacht singers.
  Sketch of a nurse's uniform.
   

Chapter Six

 

Luther dresses in the flag, from the Adventures of Luther Arkwright, and also from the same story,

 

 

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  The sky from the Tale of One Bad Rat
  Hogarth's Gin Lane.
  Page 198's colour guide.
  Skegness is so bracing!
   

Chapter Seven

  The Last of England
  The colour guide for page 228
  Le Petomane
   

Chapter Eight

 

The

from the Adventures of Luther Arkwright

   

Chapter Nine

  Mad Murdoch's Exorcism, from the Adventures of Luther Arkwright, and the last page of the same story.
  The White Horse of Uffington.
   
Also see the additional illustrations from the Dramatis Personae section:
  the image of Gabriel, Victoria and Ophelia drawn by Al Davison.
  Victoria as Queen, in Victoria Regina.
  Victoria as Britannia, from the Comics 2000 poster.
  Victoria as the Queen of Hearts from the charity deck of Cards created by various artists for Comics 2001.
  Luther Arkwright, by Alwyn Talbot
  Luther Arkwright, by Dave McKean.
  Luther Arkwright, by Dave Gibbons.
  Luther Arkwright by Graham Manley
  Luther and Atomika by Newton Junior
  Luther and Octobriana by Tony O'Donnel
  Luther, Octobriana and Fairfax by Paul Selvey
  The Comicraft character Hip Flask as Luther Arkwright.
   
  Victoria by Jeff Smith
  Victoria by Chantal Herskovic
   
  Rose Wylde by Ian Gibson
   
  Harry Fairfax by Hunt Emerson
  Harry Fairfax by Glen Fabry
   
  Octobriana by Bryan Talbot.
  Al Davison's Octobriana strip from issue 9 of the first Dark Horse edition of The Adventures of Luther Arkwright. Bryan can be seen next to Octobriana in the last panel: page one and page two.

 

 

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