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The official Bryan Talbot account, writer and artist of comics, graphic novels and illustrations. Managed by James Robertson at bsky.app/profile/brumguvnor.bsky.so… Official fanpage at www.bryan-talbot.com Use #BryanTalbot to tag art.

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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Bryan and @eyedot.bsky.social will be signing copies of Lo! An Amazon! at @goshcomics.bsky.social in London on Friday 18th September 2026, from 6-7pm.
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Watch @eyedotter.bsky.social and Bryan Talbot at Dr Johnson’s House talk About Lo! An Amazon! The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Mary Wollstonecraft - coming soon on Thursday 17 September: tickets available at www.drjohnsonshouse.org/post/lo-an-a...
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Bryan and @eyedotter.bsky.social will be in Sheffield this Friday, and Bryan will be giving his "Grandville and the Anthropomorphic Tradition" presentation. 3:00 - 4:00pm on Friday 2 August at The Comic Fest in Sheffield Central Library. Free entry. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/comic-fest...
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
And this is Bryan's version of Count Binface!
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
La Vierge Rouge to get a new edition! Louise Michel, La Vierge Rouge, the French edition of Bryan and @eyedotter.bsky.social's The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia is going back to print in August with a new cover (the third). Pulishers Vuibert have kept the book in continual print since 2016.
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
@eyedotter.bsky.social and Bryan will be giving a presentation of their biography of Mary Wollstonecraft on 17 September at Dr Johnson's House: doors open at 6: tickets are £27.50 - includes a welcome drink and a chance to view Dr Johnson's House. www.drjohnsonshouse.org/post/lo-an-a...
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
#BryanTalbotsGuideToTheLakeDistrict 4: Castlerigg, Near Keswick and the Lake Windermere ferry
Bryan Talbot's guide to the Lake District from panels from the One Bad Rat comic: Castlerigg, near KeswickBryan Talbot's guide to the Lake District from panels from the One Bad Rat comic: the Lake Windermere ferry
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
#BryanTalbotsGuideToTheLakeDistrict 3: Wast Water and the pub from Jemima Puddleduck, near Sawrey.
Bryan Talbot's guide to the Lake District from panels from the One Bad Rat comic: Wast WaterBryan Talbot's guide to the Lake District from panels from the One Bad Rat comic: the pub from Jemima Puddleduck, near Sawrey
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
#BryanTalbotsGuideToTheLakeDistrict 3: Bowness and Red Skrees, Kikstone Pass, overlooking Brotherswater.
Bryan Talbot's guide to the Lake District from panels from the One Bad Rat comic: BownessBryan Talbot's guide to the Lake District from panels from the One Bad Rat comic: Red Skrees, Kikstone Pass, overlooking Brotherswater.
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
#BryanTalbotsGuideToTheLakeDistrict 2: Haystacks and Cats Bells, near Keswick.
Bryan Talbot's guide to the Lake District from panels from the One Bad Rat comic: HaystacksBryan Talbot's guide to the Lake District from panels from the One Bad Rat comic: Cats Bells
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Directions to locations in One Bad Rat A fan asked for directions to some of the locations used in the Tale of One Bad Rat, so Bryan went off and collated this collection so you can find the locations used. Enjoy! #BryanTalbotsGuideToTheLakeDistrict
Bryan Talbot's guide to the Lake District from panels from the One Bad Rat comic: a map of locations and the panels set thereBryan Talbot's guide to the Lake District from panels from the One Bad Rat comic: a map of locations and the panels set thereBryan Talbot's guide to the Lake District from panels from the One Bad Rat comic: the Lake Windermere ferry
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
To celebrate the completion of all artwork for "Lo! An Amazon!" Bryan has released these pages for preview. The new graphic novel, written by @eyedotter.bsky.social details the life of the author of the manifesto "Vindication of the Rights of Woman" - Mary Wollstonecraft.
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Bryan has just finished the artwork for his 6th graphic novel collaboration with @eyedotter.bsky.social - "Lo! An Amazon!" In the Age of Revolutions demanding greater liberties for mankind, Mary Wollstonecraft spoke out for the other "'one-half of the human race": that of womankind. #BryanTalbot
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Includes a section showing the creation of a complete comic page from scratch: the pencils, inks and colouring. www.bryan-talbot.com
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The Graphic Novel man - the comics of Bryan Talbot: a masterful documentary, directed by Russell Wall, not only reveals the life and work of a great artist and writer but also the talent and passion that has made Bryan Talbot one of the world's most influential comic creators. www.bryan-talbot.com
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The Spanish edition of Sally Heathcote Suffragette by Edicions La Cupola will be going into its 11th edition on 14th May!
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
And three more badges for #DarkTheyWereAndGoldenEyed by Bryan!
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
A badge Bryan designed for the comic shop Dark They Were and Golden Eyed, from London in the 70s and 80s. Cracking artwork, and the best name for any comic shop EVER! #DarkTheyWereAndGoldenEyed
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
From 2000AD in 2013, from Stickleback strip, drawn by Matt Brooker with a certain someone we know on the pub sign!
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Bryan and @eyedotter.bsky.social announce their next graphic novel, Lo! An Amazon! In the Age of Revolutions demanding greater liberties for mankind, Mary Wollstonecraft spoke out for the other “’one-half of the human race”: that of womankind. 1/4
Bryan and Mary Talbot announce their next graphic novel, Lo! An Amazon! - this is the front cover done in the style of a pamphlet of the timePage 5 of the new graphic novel, Lo! An Amazon! from Bryan and Mary Talbot
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Get a signed copy of the Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor @goshcomics.bsky.social event on Saturday 8th November 2025 between 1-2pm! - full details over at goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo... - and you can even buy a copy in advance, to be signed on the day!
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Get a signed copy of the Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor @goshcomics.bsky.social event on Saturday 8th November 2025 between 1-2pm! - full details over at goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo... and there's even the ability to pay for a copy in advance!
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The extreme right appropriate this flag as an emblem for a small-minded tribal concept of a mythological Britain that has never, nor will ever exist... ...except in their dreams. This flag is special. It represents our land, our people, our history, our culture. ALL our culture. ALL our people.
"The extreme right appropriate this flag as an emblem for a small-minded tribal concept of a mythological Britain that has never, nor will ever exist...
...except in their dreams.

This flag is special.  It represents our land, our people, our history, our culture.

ALL our culture.

All our people.
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Bryan has an exhibition of artwork in the gallery of the bande designée shop Librairie Bulle until the 27th September. 45 of the original pages are from the new Stamford Hawksmoor book and 15 are from the Grandville series. All are for sale. www.librairie-bulle.fr/les-expositi...
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
@comicartfestival.bsky.social has announced writer Grant Morrison MBE as a guest at this year’s annual gathering of comic creators, publishers and fans in Bowness-on-Windermere next month (Friday 26th – Sunday 28th September 2025). www.comicartfestival.com/news/grant-m...
Grant Morrison who will be attending this years Lakes International Comics Festival
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Cartoonists launch Cartoonists For #Gaza to respond to the humanitarian crisis in #Palestine. The artwork protests violence, calls for awareness, and demands action through visual storytelling and dissent. #cartoonistsforg4za
Cartoonists launch Cartoonists For #Gaza to respond to the humanitarian crisis in #Palestine.

The artwork protests violence, calls for awareness, and demands action through visual storytelling and dissent.

#cartoonistsforg4za
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Bryan's contribution to #cartoonistsforg4za The artwork protests violence, calls for awareness, and demands action through visual storytelling and dissent. www.brokenfrontier.com will be showing the work on their website in the next week.
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
850 are already pre-ordered, so they are going fast! Here's the cover of the limited edition. Each one comes with an illustrated signed bookplate. The book is only available through Canal BD. 2/3 www.canalbd.net/articles/les...
The bookplate of the French edition Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor, and anthropomorphic graphic novel by Bryan Talbot
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
The French Special Edition of The Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor Delirium, Bryan's French publisher, is putting out a special edition of a thousand copies of the book to coincide with its launch and an exhibition of the artwork at the BD store Bulle in Le Mans on Saturday September 6th. 1/2
The cover of the French edition Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor, and anthropomorphic graphic novel by Bryan Talbot
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
The advanced publicity copies of Hawksmoor have just arrived and Bryan's just received a copy! The book is published in the UK by @jonathancape.bsky.social in November, though Bryan's hoping to get some early copies in time for #LICAF in September. #Grandville #AnthropomorphicComics #BritishComics
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Lakes International Comic Art Festival tickets are now available at www.comicartfestival.com/festival-tic... and new guests have been announced at www.comicartfestival.com/guests Come and see and meet Bryan and @eyedotter.bsky.social and and more at @comicartfestival.bsky.social! #LICAF
The Lakes International Comics Art Festival - or "LICAF" to its many friends - is the best comic festival in the UK and this year is in Bowness on Windermere from 26 to 28 September.
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
One of my all-time favourite images of Bryan's: Hiram Kowolsky sitting in his room on London Bridge, just after the Royalist massacre from the #AdventuresOfLutherArkwright: known as the "I am the light of the world" panel due to the poster on the wall behind him.
One of my all-time favourite images of Bryan's: Hiram Kowolsky sitting in his room on London Bridge, just after the Royalist massacre from the #AdventuresOfLutherArkwright: known as the "I am the light of the world" panel due to the poster on the wall behind him.
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Join Bryan and @eyedotter.bsky.social at the @jonathancape.bsky.social graphic novel mini con on Saturday 21 June at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social with @alisonbechdel.bsky.social where they'll be signing at 2. #GraphicNovels #ComicArt www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cape-graph...
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The Directors Cut of Grandville: an attempt to answer "where do you get your ideas from?", and to showcase the influences and images that went into the creation of #Grandville. www.bryan-talbot.com/grandvilledi... #BryanTalbot #Grandville #GraphicNovel #ComicArt #ComicArtist #AnthropmorphicComic
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
A fan named Christian Galli has drawn an amazing image of DI LeBrock of #Grandville fame: check out the #BryanTalbot fan art page at www.bryan-talbot.com/fanart/index... to see it at full size and follow him on Instagram at www.instagram.com/chrillustrat...
A fan-made image of DI LeBrock from the Grandville series by Bryan Talbot, drawn by Christian Galli
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
If you want to buy something unique for the #BryanTalbot fan in your life, can we suggest - an original page of artwork? There's even some #LegendOfLutherArkwright pages, Heart of Empire and #Grandville pages still available... - although they're going quick! www.bryan-talbot.com/onlineshop/i...
If you want to buy something unique for the #BryanTalbot fan in your life, can we suggest - an original page of artwork?

There's even some #LegendOfLutherArkwright pages, Heart of Empire and #Grandville pages still available... - although they're going quick!

https://www.bryan-talbot.com/onlineshop/index.phpIf you want to buy something unique for the #BryanTalbot fan in your life, can we suggest - an original page of artwork?

There's even some #LegendOfLutherArkwright pages, Heart of Empire and #Grandville pages still available... - although they're going quick!

https://www.bryan-talbot.com/onlineshop/index.phpIf you want to buy something unique for the #BryanTalbot fan in your life, can we suggest - an original page of artwork?

There's even some #LegendOfLutherArkwright pages, Heart of Empire and #Grandville pages still available... - although they're going quick!

https://www.bryan-talbot.com/onlineshop/index.php
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
#Grandville Wins Le Prix Actusf De L'uchronie! The Grandville series has won the 2025 Prix Graphique. The ActuSF Prize for Uchronia is a French literary award created in 2011. Each year, it rewards the best works relating to alternative history. downthetubes.net/bryan-talbot... 1/2
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Bryan will be giving a presentation at Leeds Arts University, Blenheim Walk, LS2 9AQ on Wednesday 30 April. This is open to all students and staff.
Bryan will be giving a presentation at Leeds Arts University, Blenheim Walk, LS2 9AQ on Wednesday 30 April.
This is open to all students and staff.
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Bryan sent over this image of Billie and LeBrock drawn by a fan and asked me to add it to the fan art gallery... - and when I did I realised I had not updated it in 15 years and it was still in the old version of the site! Here is the relaunched fan art gallery! www.bryan-talbot.com/fanart/index...
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Bryan has sent over the final versions of the front and rear covers to the Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor.
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
DI LeBrock investigates some fresh graffiti on his patch.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Bryan told me I've been using an out of date version of the front cover, so here it is - the official (and now correct) cover to the Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor!
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
And Bryan just sent over the back cover too, for your viewing pleasure!
The back cover to the Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor by Bryan Talbot, a standalone prequel to the Grandville series.
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Bryan just emailed to say - he's now completely finished Hawksmoor! I'll update further when we know actual publication details!
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
And: did you know - Bryan is the only artist to have ever drawn #JudgeFear's face! www.bryan-talbot.com/oldsite/gall... Not to mention old stony face headbutting Fear good and proper.... #BryanTalbot
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
The protest against the homophobic legislation was successful, and we need to make one thing clear: WE DID IT ONCE AND WE CAN DO IT AGAIN. More details on the #BryanTalbot fanpage at www.bryan-talbot.com/homogenous/i...
A panel from the comic "From Homogenous to Honey" by Bryan Talbot, Neil Gaiman, with inks by Mark Buckingham and letters by Steve Craddock. It was a protest against proposed homophobic legislation in the UK in 1988 and showed what would happen if all fey and homosexual influences were removed from society. Bryan said "It appeared in the benefit comic AARGH! (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia) published by Alan Moore's Mad Love imprint and was my first collaboration with Neil." A panel from the comic "From Homogenous to Honey" by Bryan Talbot, Neil Gaiman, with inks by Mark Buckingham and letters by Steve Craddock. It was a protest against proposed homophobic legislation in the UK in 1988 and showed what would happen if all fey and homosexual influences were removed from society. Bryan said "It appeared in the benefit comic AARGH! (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia) published by Alan Moore's Mad Love imprint and was my first collaboration with Neil." A panel from the comic "From Homogenous to Honey" by Bryan Talbot, Neil Gaiman, with inks by Mark Buckingham and letters by Steve Craddock. It was a protest against proposed homophobic legislation in the UK in 1988 and showed what would happen if all fey and homosexual influences were removed from society. Bryan said "It appeared in the benefit comic AARGH! (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia) published by Alan Moore's Mad Love imprint and was my first collaboration with Neil." A panel from the comic "From Homogenous to Honey" by Bryan Talbot, Neil Gaiman, with inks by Mark Buckingham and letters by Steve Craddock. It was a protest against proposed homophobic legislation in the UK in 1988 and showed what would happen if all fey and homosexual influences were removed from society. Bryan said "It appeared in the benefit comic AARGH! (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia) published by Alan Moore's Mad Love imprint and was my first collaboration with Neil."
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
It showed what would happen if all fey and homosexual influences were removed from society. Bryan said "It appeared in the benefit comic AARGH! (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia) published by Alan Moore's Mad Love imprint and was my first collaboration with Neil."
A panel from the comic "From Homogenous to Honey" by Bryan Talbot, Neil Gaiman, with inks by Mark Buckingham and letters by Steve Craddock. It was a protest against proposed homophobic legislation in the UK in 1988 and showed what would happen if all fey and homosexual influences were removed from society. Bryan said "It appeared in the benefit comic AARGH! (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia) published by Alan Moore's Mad Love imprint and was my first collaboration with Neil." A panel from the comic "From Homogenous to Honey" by Bryan Talbot, Neil Gaiman, with inks by Mark Buckingham and letters by Steve Craddock. It was a protest against proposed homophobic legislation in the UK in 1988 and showed what would happen if all fey and homosexual influences were removed from society. Bryan said "It appeared in the benefit comic AARGH! (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia) published by Alan Moore's Mad Love imprint and was my first collaboration with Neil." A panel from the comic "From Homogenous to Honey" by Bryan Talbot, Neil Gaiman, with inks by Mark Buckingham and letters by Steve Craddock. It was a protest against proposed homophobic legislation in the UK in 1988 and showed what would happen if all fey and homosexual influences were removed from society. Bryan said "It appeared in the benefit comic AARGH! (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia) published by Alan Moore's Mad Love imprint and was my first collaboration with Neil." A panel from the comic "From Homogenous to Honey" by Bryan Talbot, Neil Gaiman, with inks by Mark Buckingham and letters by Steve Craddock. It was a protest against proposed homophobic legislation in the UK in 1988 and showed what would happen if all fey and homosexual influences were removed from society. Bryan said "It appeared in the benefit comic AARGH! (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia) published by Alan Moore's Mad Love imprint and was my first collaboration with Neil."
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
In light of the rising tide of #homophobia and #transphobia, we present From Homogenous to Honey, a collaboration between Bryan and @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com with inks by Mark Buckingham and letters by Steve Craddock. It was a protest against proposed homophobic legislation in the UK.
A panel from the comic "From Homogenous to Honey" by Bryan Talbot, Neil Gaiman, with inks by Mark Buckingham and letters by Steve Craddock. It was a protest against proposed homophobic legislation in the UK in 1988 and showed what would happen if all fey and homosexual influences were removed from society. Bryan said "It appeared in the benefit comic AARGH! (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia) published by Alan Moore's Mad Love imprint and was my first collaboration with Neil." A panel from the comic "From Homogenous to Honey" by Bryan Talbot, Neil Gaiman, with inks by Mark Buckingham and letters by Steve Craddock. It was a protest against proposed homophobic legislation in the UK in 1988 and showed what would happen if all fey and homosexual influences were removed from society. Bryan said "It appeared in the benefit comic AARGH! (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia) published by Alan Moore's Mad Love imprint and was my first collaboration with Neil." A panel from the comic "From Homogenous to Honey" by Bryan Talbot, Neil Gaiman, with inks by Mark Buckingham and letters by Steve Craddock. It was a protest against proposed homophobic legislation in the UK in 1988 and showed what would happen if all fey and homosexual influences were removed from society. Bryan said "It appeared in the benefit comic AARGH! (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia) published by Alan Moore's Mad Love imprint and was my first collaboration with Neil." A panel from the comic "From Homogenous to Honey" by Bryan Talbot, Neil Gaiman, with inks by Mark Buckingham and letters by Steve Craddock. It was a protest against proposed homophobic legislation in the UK in 1988 and showed what would happen if all fey and homosexual influences were removed from society. Bryan said "It appeared in the benefit comic AARGH! (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia) published by Alan Moore's Mad Love imprint and was my first collaboration with Neil."
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
The front cover to the Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor, the prequel to #Grandville, that Bryan is currently working on.
The front cover to the Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor, the prequel to #Grandville, that Bryan is currently working on.
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
And here are the three stages - first rough draft, pencils, final colour - as stand-alone images. #BryanTalbot #ComicArt #Anthropomorphic
Page 159 of the graphic novel, the Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor by Bryan Talbot, in first rough draft versionPage 159 of the graphic novel, the Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor by Bryan Talbot, in first pencils versionPage 159 of the graphic novel, the Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor by Bryan Talbot, in final colour version
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