This is a page detailing all news and events concerning Bryan and as
such will be kept nice and compact for quick downloads, with only the
most up to date info about Bryan being put up here. For info on what is
new with this site, then check out the what's
new page. Please note: - I do tend to leave the older
articles on this page so that people can browse them at their own pace:
newest news is at the top of the page. (since the old news page contained
a lot of links to fun and eclectic stuff, I have retained it as a news
archive page)
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James
DeCarteret talks to Bryan Talbot and Mark Stafford
about their graphic novel Cherubs! - a podcast
with Bryan and Mark. |
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Bryan will be signing with Steve Dillon at
Waterstone's, Oxford Street, London W1C 2HP on Saturday June 14th
at 2.00pm - 020 7499 6100. |
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Comics Britannia, the 3 part documentary
on British comics will be aired again on BBC2 on Saturday nights for
three consecutive weeks from 12 July. Bryan is in
"Anarchy in the UK". the 3rd part, talking about Alice in
Sunderland on 26th July. |
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Upcoming personal appearances
Bryan will be speaking with Paul Gravett and Hannah Berry at The
Ipswich
Literary Festival Tuesday 1st July and with Alan Grant
at the Edinburgh
Literary Festival at 8.30 on Friday 22nd August.
He will also be signing and
sketching at The Bristol
Comics Expo 10th & 11th May and The
San Diego
Comicon 24 -27th July. |
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Bryan is nominated for two Eagle Awards! - vote
now!
Nominations have started for the eagle awards and this year, for
the first time in ages, Bryan is eligible: so calling all Bryan
Talbot fans: voting for the 2008 Eagle Awards has begun and this
year, Bryan is eligible in several categories!
Please go along to the Eagle
Awards nominations page and vote for Alice in Sunderland
in the Favourite Original Graphic Novel and vote
for The Naked Artist in the Comics-related
Book Category.
Also, the very last category is for the Roll of Honour:
now - Bryan didn't specifically mention this to me but I am also
going to ask everyone to vote for him in this category: he's certainly
made a huge contribution to the art form!
Other awards news: At this year's Comicdom, the annual Athens Comic
Festival, Bryan walked away with two awards in the English Language
section: Alice in Sunderland
won Best Graphic Novel (by two thirds of the ballot) and Bryan won
Best
Writer/Artist. |
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Alice
in Sunderland has been shortlisted for the British
Science Fiction Association award for Best Novel of 2007 --
the first time, I believe, that a graphic novel has been shortlisted
in this category for the BSFA awards. The awards will be presented
on Saturday 22 March 2008 at Orbital,
the British national science fiction convention, which is being
held at the Radisson Edwardian Hotel near Heathrow, London.
Bryan will be attending the convention, along with
his old Sandman colleague, Neil Gaiman. |
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As mentioned before in this
news column, last year Bryan took on the responsibility of being
the sole agent for Veronique Tanaka and to find a publisher for
her innovative graphic novel METRONOME, an experimental and erotically-charged
"visual poem". Well the book is published this month by the New
York company NBM. You can buy the book at www.nbmpub.com
There is also made available a 17 minute animated
version of the book at http://metronome.shadowgallery.co.uk/
It's quite amazing - frame-by-frame at one second a frame, the book
works equally well as an animation, though the experience is very
different. In the animation, you can't see the subliminal shapes
that the panels make on the page. NBM are offering a free 3 minute
excerpt on their site as the animation is usually pay-to-view but
we can offer you unlimited access for the limited time of one month.
Just go to the site and put in this free access code: 04545 |
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Release dates! Cherubs!
will be in the shops from 13th February, published by Desperado.
Heart
of Empire, from Dark Horse will be out in March. Jonathan
Capes' new UK hardback edition of The
Tale of One Bad Rat will be out in April, as will
Dark Horse's new edition of The
Adventures of Luther Arkwright, using the
all new digitally remastered files.
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The launch of the Heart of Empire
CD-Rom first chapter for free has been getting some really nice reviews!
- check out what the nice people at IndieReview,
Down
The Tubes and Forbidden
Planet have to say! |
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Check out an extensive and excellent
interview
with Bryan by Paul Gravett. |
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Alice
in Sunderland is one of the weekly political magazine
The New Statesman's
Books of the Year 2007! The third printing of Alice is now available
from the publishers, Jonathan Cape. This is actually a new edition,
rather than a reprint, as Bryan has taken this opportunity to correct
a couple of typos and fine-tune some of the images. |
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You can now read the first
chapter of the Heart of Empire CD-Rom online for free! |
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Bryan will be giving two
talks in the new year.
The first is part of the Leicester Library
Comics event BLAM! Breaking in to Comics
and Graphic Novels: Tuesday 12th February, 7 -
9pm Central
Lending Library, Leicester: Bryan will talk about storytelling
in comics and answer questions from the audience. This event is
free but places are limited. To book please phone 0116 2527347 or
e-mail: booknews@leicester.gov.uk
- and also see the poster of for
the event.
The second is at the Literary and Philosophical
Society on Monday 4th February 6.00pm.
Phone or email to reserve seats: The Lit & Phil, 23 Westgate
Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1SE. Tel: 0191 232 0192 Email: library@litandphil.org.uk
or see their
site. |
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After being out of print for over
5 years, the trade paperback edition of
Heart of Empire
is being reprinted by Dark Horse Comics. This will be
followed by a new edition of The
Adventures of Luther Arkwright, using the
files digitally remastered for the Czech edition. The pages now
have a
clarity never before seen in an English language version.
Release dates: Heart of Empire on sale Feb
20, The Adventures of Arkwright March 12.
Both will have new ISBNs. The Adventures of Luther
Arkwright: 978-1-59307-725-9 Heart of Empire: 978-1-59307-726-6
Copies of the slipcased delux limited edition hardcover of Heart
of Empire are still available from Dark Horse Comics |
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Rare Luther Arkwright
artwork for sale for the first time!
Bryan is releasing five pages of original artwork from the first British
graphic novel, The Adventures of Luther Arkwright!
These historic pages,
some dating back to 1978, have never been on sale before. The first
pages from this batch are on sale in the online
shop. |
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Whatever Comics just published
a questionnaire
with Bryan; well worth a look! |
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The second Jonathan Cape
printing of Alice in Sunderland has
sold out! The
book has now gone to its third reprint in seven months. Copies are
currently
unavailable in the UK but the new edition should be on sale by mid-December.
This is actually a new edition, rather than a reprint, as Bryan
has
corrected the few minor mistakes that managed to creep in to the
first
edition.
Fortunately the stores where Bryan is signing in
December stocked up well in
advance! The first foreign edition of AIS was published in Italy
last week by Comma 22, owned by Danielle Brolli, Bryan's longtime
Italian publisher. Editions
in France, Spain and the Czech Republic will appear next year.
BTW, the first Greek edition of The
Adventures of Luther Arkwright is published in December. |
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Bryan will be doing three Alice
in Sunderland signings in December. These are:
Sunday 9th December 1.00pm - 3-00pm,
Page
45,
9 Market Street, Nottingham, NG1 6HY, Tel: 0115 9508045: Signing
with Guardian artist Posy Simmonds
Saturday 15th December 11.00 -
2.00pm, Waterstones
,31 The Bridges,, Sunderland , SR1 3LB, Tel: 01915674331, Signing
with cover artist Jordan Smith
Saturday 22 December 1.00 - 3.00pm,
Travelling
Man, 43 Grainger Street, Newcastle, NE1 5JE, Tel:0191
2614993. Signing with cover artist Jordan Smith
Free mince pies and mulled wine! |
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"The
Art of Bryan Talbot" is mainly a collection of the
best magazine and book illustrations Bryan has done over the years,
plus some previously unpublished material, such as some examples
of his home made comics drawn when he was about 12 and a selection
of life drawings. It's 96 pages with a commentary by Bryan and is
published by NBM in December. There's an introduction by Neil Gaiman.
See the front
cover to the Art of Bryan Talbot and the Art
of Bryan Talbot press release, or buy
it direct from Amazon. |
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Bryan got interviewed on a podcast
over at the rather excellent
Inkstuds site; check it out! |
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Inside the Alice in Sunderland
House!
Bryan is reluctantly having to leave Sunderland - for exactly the
same reason he moved there. Ten years ago, his wife Mary accepted
a post as lecturer at Sunderland University. Bryan can work anywhere
he can set up a studio. On arriving in Sunderland he found that
not only did he really like the place but that the city had many
links to both Lewis Carroll and his supposed muse, Alice Liddell.
Bryan had in mind for a long time the idea of a graphic novel based
around Carroll and the result of his moving there was Alice
in Sunderland and his house features in the graphic
novel. Now Mary has accepted a much better position at Nottingham
Trent University and they will be moving to the city within the
next few months.
So - if you’ve ever wondered what Bryan’s house looks
like, just go to:
http://www.andrew-craig.co.uk/
then click on buy a home, then type in 450000 both in price
from and price to, choose Sunderland
from the area list and click search.
Only one house comes up for that price at the moment
- St Bede's Terrace, Ashbrooke - and that's it. There’s
even 360 degree "virtual tours" of some of the
rooms. Unfortunately the studio is not included – it’s
just too damn untidy for the estate agents!
Because of the book Bryan has actually been
made an official "Ambassador of Sunderland" by Sunderland
City Council. |
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Bryan's new book - the Naked
Artist - is released! |
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Official reproductions of Arkwright's
vibro-beamers announced!
A fellow fan has secured permission from Bryan to
create actual reproductions of Arkwrights vibro-beamer! - check
out the vibro-beamer page
for more info and see the gorgeous
looking prototype vibro-beamer in its presentation box! |
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Alice in Sunderland
sells out!
The UK edition of Alice in Sunderland has completlety
sold out within its first month of sale and has now gone to reprint!
The second edition will be available from the 25th
of May. |
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Announcing the UK signing
tour for Alice in Sunderland
Bryan will be touring the UK to publicise and sign
copies of Alice in Sunderland; this page will list the dates and
venues as and when they are finalised. (this info will be duplicated
on the Alice in Sunderland homepage)
See the Alice
in Sunderland homepage for a complete listing of the Alice in Sunderland
signing tour dates; it is such a big list that I don't
want to publish it here too! |
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Bryan is exclusively representing
the new graphic novel, Metronome by
Franco-Japanese concept artist Véronique Tanaka:
http://metronome.shadowgallery.co.uk.
If you check it out, please let Bryan know what you think of it through
the fanpage or our
Yahoo group. |
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Does anyone still have a copy
of the strip called Scumworld? - Bryan drew it for
a year in Sounds magazine and we cannot locate a
copy anywhere! - it is the one thing I would love to include on the
site, so if anyone still has a copy could they scan it and forward
it to us here? - there'll be a free copy of the Heart
of Empire CD-Rom in it for you at the very least! |
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Bryan has just been told about
his publication dates from Dark Horse this year: they are:
The Tale of One Bad Rat; February
Alice in Sunderland: March
The Adventures of Luther Arkwright: April
Heart of Empire; April |
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Bryan has written Cherubs!
- a 4-part miniseries, currently being drawn by hot Brit indy artist
Mark Stafford. The first of the bi-monthly series will be published
in June by Desperado. Cherubs! is a fast-paced supernatural
comedy-adventure featuring five cool cherubim who, put in the frame
for the first murder in Heaven, are forced to chase the archangel
murderer to New York, where they discover that all hell is about to
break loose! Here is a rough mock-up of the cover to issue one! Check
out the mockup of the first issue
cover in Gallery 18. |
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The Judge Dredd Megazine
number 257, on sale 4 April, will feature
a cover painting of Judge Anderson by Bryan. He's also recently done
a Judge Dredd / Satanus cover and a black and white Nemesis the Warlock
"Gothic Empire" pin-up for 2000AD. The issues and dates
for these will be announced as soon as we know them. |
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The Sunderland Exhibition of artwork
from Alice in Sunderland
will be at the Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art,
Fawcett Street, Sunderland SR1 1RE from 22 June - 14 April.
Tel: 0191 - 5141235 or email ngca@sunderland.gov.uk
for details or go to their website
for directions. |
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Bryan will be signing every day
at the Angouleme International Comic festival 25 - 28 January
at the Kymera booth. They will be publishing the first of a three
volume edition of Heart of Empire in time for the event. For details
see: www.bdangouleme.com |
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Bryan is just about to publish
a book of anecdotes and stories about comic writers and artists, and
the things they get up o when they are "tired and emotional"
at conventions... Now - I've been to a couple of cons and heard Bryan's
stories, and they have had me literally crying with laughter! - I
cannot wait until this book comes out! Also the see the accompanying
press release on the Naked Artist and the
Naked Artist front cover. |
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The
Cartoon Museum in London is running an exhibition of pages of
original artwork from Alice in Sunderland on 5th April to
the 1 July. called Alice in Sunderland: A Labyrinth
of Dreams - An exhibition of original artwork from the graphic
novel by Bryan Talbot. There is also a programme of related events
- tel 020 7580 8155 |