Comments on: British Comics Month – Bryan Talbot speaks

By: Author event coming up « The Edinburgh SF Book Group

Author event coming up « The Edinburgh SF Book Group — Wed, 30 May 2007 20:52:33 +0000

[...] Author event coming up 30 05 2007 Author and artist Bryan Talbot, one of the UK’s top comics creators, will be signing his new work Alice in Sunderland on Sunday 3rd of June at the Edinburgh branch of Forbidden Planet International from 5 to 6pm. Several years in the making, the book is a terrific mixed-media graphic novel exploring Lewis Carroll and the Alice in Wonderland books and the influence of the people and history of the area to his writing; you can read a bit more about it in an interview I had with Bryan last year [...]

By: Other material « Joe’s Reviews

Other material « Joe’s Reviews — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:35:00 +0000

[...] Bryan Talbot interview [...]

By: The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » Two Talbots for the price of one

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:10:19 +0000

[...] I have to admit I have been dying to get my hands on this myself, ever since talking to Bryan last summer. Lewis Carroll has always been one of my favourite writers, so the idea of a graphic novel by one of Blighty’s best on a Carroll-esque theme is pretty irresistible to me. Alice in Sunderland is published in the UK by Jonathan Cape and should be released this month. Bryan will be making appearances round the UK to support the launch over the coming months, including at our Nostalgia and Comics store in Birmingham on Saturday 7th of April from 12 to 2pm and at the Edinburgh FPI store on Sunday 3rd of June from 5 to 6pm; check Bryan’s official site for details of futher events, appearances and exhibitions supporting the new book. [...]

By: The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » Falling down the rabbit hole – Bryan Talbot events at FPI

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:37:25 +0000

[...] His new work, Alice In Sunderland, like the Tale of One Bad Rat, draws on a British writer often tagged as a children’s author, but while Lewis Carroll has indeed delighted generations of children who have wondered what lay on the other side of the looking glass, he is one of those wordsmiths who you grow to appreciate more as you grow older. Last year I re-read the Annotated Alice and still found myself wondering at the astonishing imagery, imagination and amazing word play Carroll imbued his work with; it is not hard to see why such a writer and his creations would draw in Bryan. Here’s Bryan describing Alice in Sunderland in his own words a few months ago in an interview here on the blog: [...]

By: The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » Stroppy Women - the art of Leo Baxendale

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:13:52 +0000

[...] Now in his mid seventies – “decrepitude looms” as he put it – Leo’s characters continue to flourish, not just in the form of today’s artists continuing series he began, but cropping up in other places, as with the appearance of Grimly Feendish in the recent Albion and, as Bryan Talbot told us a few months ago Leo has also contributed a page to Bryan’s upcoming (and eagerly anticipated) Alice in Sunderland. And instead of bowing to age stereotyping and donning a trilby hat and spending his days playing lawn bowls Leo has been organising a new exhibition of some of his work entitled ‘Stroppy Women’, which will feature (as you might infer from the title) some of his stroppier female creations from Minnie the Minx and the Bash Street Kids’ Toots onwards (oh yes – long, long before Tank Girl chased kangaroos through the outback British comics boasted some seriously naughty – and yet loveable – bad girls). Stroppy Women opens in Mills cafe/winebar/gallery, which Leo tells us at the medieval Whitheys Yard, just off the Shambles in the heart of Stroud, opening on Monday 12th of March and running through to the end of April. Here’s Leo to tell us about the exhibition: [...]

By: The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » Bryan Talbot gets Naked

The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » Bryan Talbot gets Naked — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:27:03 +0000

[...] This sounds like a hugely enjoyable book for all comics fans and, frankly, just the thought of Bryan and Hunt working together is enough to make me want to read this. And before this we have Bryan’s magnificent-looking Alice in Sunderland to look forward to from Jonathan Cape (you can read about it in an interview we did with Bryan a few months back here) and Hunt’s adaptation of Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner from Knockabout. Only a few days in and already some delightful treats lining up for the year! [...]

By: The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » Shooting War gets print deal

The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » Shooting War gets print deal — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:06:37 +0000

[...] Regular readers will already know that I’ve been highly recommending Shooting War to anyone and everyone and I’m delighted to see the guys succeeding so well with this deal. It is interesting they are signed with a mainstream publisher rather than comics publisher; this reflects the growing interest mainstream publishers have in our medium (as we noted the other day in our interview with Bryan Talbot, his next work, Alice in Sunderland, is due from Jonathan Cape in the UK). [...]

By: The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » What The Author Says – Paul Gravett

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:47:38 +0000

[...] PG: The good signs are that the major chains, when they have someone knowledgeable on staff, do carry a broad range and want to cater for all kinds of public. It all depends on people like them who believe in the medium. We must not make the mistakes of the late 1980s/early 1990s boom – when hype got out of hand and too many dud titles clogged up the shelves. I’m optimistic. The graphic novel is enjoying its Golden Age right now, we are living through an unprecedented global movement . It’s a remarkable time, as so many rich and wonderful works come to fruition. And the unique books to come, like Bryan Talbot’s Alice in Sunderland next year, promise even more. [...]