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Videos on Bryan and his work
Over the years there have been many videos on or about Bryan and his work - so we thought we should collate all of the best ones here in one place!
Tweet This!Armed with Madness - the trailer!
This short but perfectly-formed trailer has been released to promote the new graphic biography by Mary M Talbot and Bryan Talbot, Armed With Madness: The Surreal Leonora Carrington. Directed and edited by designer Jordan Smith, it features music composed by Gary Lloyd.
Jordan has collaborated with Bryan before, notably producing the cover to Alice in Sunderland, based on Bryan's pencil rough.
Gary, who in the past has worked on projects with Alan Moore and Iain Banks among others, composed the music for the modern dance performance piece When You Light a Candle You Also Cast a Shadow, featuring a poetry cycle written by Mary. The trailer soundtrack includes a specially recorded cameo by composer-musician Gary Carpenter playing the same Nordic Harp that he used for Willow's Song in the film The Wicker Man (1973). The vocals are by Isabelle Mohan.
Armed With Madness: The Surreal Leonora Carrington is published in April in the USA and May in the UK by Self-Made Hero.
Fifty years of Luther Arkwright
Bryan talks about the Legend of Luther Arkwright and the current exhibition of artwork at the Cartoon Museum on the opening night. With guest appearances from many distinguished fans!
Grandville L'Intégral gets 100% recommendation from Bleeding Cool!
Kavus Torabi introduces Bryan at the launch event for the Legend of Luther Arkwright
The Legend of Luther Arkwright was lauched at an event at the Cartoon Museum: this is the speech that Kavus Torab gave to introduce Bryan, and Bryan's reply.
Lena Albro reviews Dotter
A video review of Dotter of her Father's Eyes by Lena Albro.
In the Studio with Bryan and Mary Talbot
Enter the studio of Mary and Bryan Talbot.
In this specially commissioned film for the Durham Book Festival, Mary and Bryan talk about their collaborative process and show us where and how they work.
Bryan Talbot and the locations of One Bad Rat
The Lake District is Bryan’s favourite place, and he spent his childhood exploring it. Many years later he used some of his most personally significant spots as locations for his harrowing graphic novel about the effects of child abuse, The Tale of One Bad Rat.
This film was put together by the Lakes International Comics Festival.
Also see our own page where I visited some of the locations in The Tale of One Bad Rat and took photos to compare them to Bryan's drawings.
Bryan is interviewed on the 2000ad thrill-cast!
Bryan has done a lot of work for the amazing 2000 AD - all the way back to Nemesis the Warlock - and they take the chance today to interview him. Also covered is pretty much the whole of Bryan's career - Alice in Sunderland, Luther Arkwright and Heart of Empire, Grandville and the Tale of One Bad Rat are all discussed in some detail.
It's always good to see an interview where the interviewer is so knowledgable about the subject matter - and also obviously a huge fan!
Watch the video above, or download it on Soundcloud at the 2000 AD thrill-cast site.
Animated trailer for the Turkish edition of Sally Heathcote: Suffragette
The publishers of the Turkish language edition of Sally Heathcote: Suffragette
Bryan meets William and Kate
Bryan was a guest yesterday at the unveiling of the plaque to commemorate the opening of Sunderland's new arts centre, the completely refurbished Edwardian Fire Station in the city centre. After the unveiling, Bryan presented The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall with a copy of Alice in Sunderland.
And here's the video of the occasion!
How women won the vote
Kate Charlesworth, Bryan and Mary Talbot give a talk on Sally Heathcote: Suffragette at the Edinburgh Book Festival in August 2014
Grandville and the anthropomorphic tradition
Bryan's presentation and slideshow on anthropomorphism in comics and it's history - and how it influenced him in creating the Grandville series of graphic novels
Encounter with a madman - part 1
A 30 minute 1981 programme on Science Fiction from Granada TV's erstwhile culture show Celebration featuring SF writer Bob Shaw and graphic novelist Bryan Talbot. The first half is documentary, the second a short time travel film, Encounter With a Madman, written by Shaw and starring the then unknown Jenny Eclair.
Encounter with a madman - part 2
Not quite videos, but still in the general "audio-visual" area: Bryan was on the BBC Radio 4 show Saturday Live on Saturday August 14th 2010 in the "Inheritance Tracks" section. Guests present a track that takes them back to their childhood and one that they'd like to pass on to their children, so see if you can guess what he chooses!
We have the segment as an MP2 file and also as MP3 file for your listening pleasure, and amazingly enough the entire show is still available on the BBC site to listen to.
Bryan and Mary were also on national BBC radio on Monday May 9th 2016 talking about the Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia: listen to them on the BBC site on Free Thinking on Radio 3 and also on Front Row, Radio 4.
A reportage style review of Bryan and Mary's "The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia"
A review of Bryan and Mary's "The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia" in a reportage video-blog style format.
This is from the rather excellent Internal Combustion blog: go check it out and tell him I sent you!
Dadspace interview
Bryan Talbot & Mary Talbot at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Winners of the Costa Award for Biography in 2012, illustrator Bryan Talbot and writer Mary Talbot brought the graphic novel form to massive mainstream attention with Dotter of Her Father's Eyes. In this event recorded live at the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival they discuss their award-winning interweaving of two father-daughter relationships, and also to present the third graphic novel in the hugely popular steampunk detective series: Grandville Bête Noire, written and illustrated by Bryan.
Bryan Talbot & Mary Talbot Interviewed at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Bryan Talbot at Central Library
Senior Community Librarian Graham Whatley interviews author Bryan Talbot at Central Lending Library about his latest work 'Grandville' and his presentation entitled 'Grandville and the Anthropomorphic Tradition'.
Comics Unmasked - Bryan Talbot
Grandville teaser trailer
A teaser trailer for the very first Grandville by Jordan Smith.
Grandville full trailer
A full trailer for the very first Grandville by Jordan Smith.
Grandville Mon Amour full trailer
A full trailer for Grandville Mon Amour by Jordan Smith.
Grandville Force Majeure trailer
Here is the full, final version of the Grandville: Force Majeure video trailer from longtime Talbot collaborator Jordan Smith of Darkview fame.
Alex Fitch interview Bryan on the Tale of One Bad Rat. (1 of 2)
The first half of Alex Fitch's interview with Bryan Talbot about his 'Classic British Graphic Novel' - The Tale of One Bad Rat.
Alex Fitch interview Bryan on the Tale of One Bad Rat. (2 of 2)
The first half of Alex Fitch's interview with Bryan Talbot about his 'Classic British Graphic Novel' - The Tale of One Bad Rat.
Comic Book Creation (part 1)
Dr Bryan Talbot gives a lively detailed explanation of how to construct the words and pictures of a graphic novel to bring it to life and make the story flow.
Comic Book Creation (part 2)
Comic Book Creation (part 3)
Comic Book Creation (part 4)
Bryan signing copies of Alice in Sunderland
Bryan signing copies of "Alice in Sunderland" at Forbidden Planet International on Southbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 3rd 2007