Bryan Talbot

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El inspector LeBrock de Scotland Yard, sin su fiel adjunto, el detective Roderick Ratzi, que está disfrutando de sus vacaciones navideñas, debe investigar la desaparición de la sobrina de su ama de llaves, Bunty Spall. Las pistas le conducen a un creciente culto religioso en el que un mesianico y carismatico unicornio y sus compinches, responsables de asesinatos en masa en los Estados Unidos, estan a punto de lanzar una cruzada para la limpieza etnica de los carapanes del Imperio frances. Con un amplio elenco de personajes y una mezcla de deduccion holmesiana, accion y humor, Grandville Noel prosigue con las aventuras retrofuturistas del inspector LeBrock iniciadas en Grandville y que tuvieron su continuacion en Grandville Mon Amour y Grandville Bete Noire.Bryan Talbot, considerado como uno de los padres de la moderna novela grafica britanica, se ha inspirado en el trabajo del ilustrador frances del siglo XIX Gerard, que firmaba como J. J. Grandville, para crear una obra que describe como un cruce entre Julio Verne y Sherlock Holmes dirigido por Quentin Tarantino. Grandville Bete Noire fue nominada al premio Hugo 2011 los galardones mas importantes en el ambito de la ciencia ficcion a nivel mundial a la mejor novela grafica.

Hace doscientos años, Bretaña perdió las guerras napoleónicas. Al igual que el resto de Europa, fue invadida por Francia y los miembros de su familia real fueron guillotinados. Siguió formando parte del Imperio frances hasta hace veintitres años, cuando le fue concedida a regañadientes la independencia, tras una prolongada campaña de desobediencia civil y atentados anarquistas. Hace cuatro meses, Francia experimento una revolucion tras la muerte del emperador Napoleon XII y en estos momentos esta gobernada por el Consejo Revolucionario. El detective inspector LeBrock, solo, buscado por asesinato y convertido en un fuera de la ley, es perseguido a la vez por las fuerzas del orden y gansteres asesinos. Bryan Talbot conduce a su carismatico personaje hacia el desenlace de las conspiraciones que se han ido tejiendo en torno a el.

Un relato sobre el despertar político y la madurez sentimental donde la crisis climática es el escenario colectivo que nos recuerda que nuestros actos tienen consecuencias, y que en términos medioambientales tal vez ha llegado el momento de ser parte de l

Dos cuentos de padres e hijas vienen a la vida en un matrimonio único e intenso de las mentes. "Cualquiera que sea la chispa que poseo ha sido transmitida a Lucía, ' dijo una vez James Joyce de su hija con problemas. Sin embargo, Lucía Joyce pasó casi toda su vida adulta en la atención psiquiátrica. Ahora, su trágica historia es contada en un extraordinario nuevo libro de memorias gráfico-biograficas escrita por el equipo de marido y esposa María y Bryan Talbot. La niña de papá contrasta la propia Lucía - sus estudios de danza con Isadora Duncan, su enamoramiento con Samuel Beckett, su terapia con Carl Jung y el descenso final a la locura - con el de la propia Mary Talbot. Talbot es una reconocida autora, erudita e hija del eminente pero terriblemente autoritario joyceano académico James S. Atherton. Ambos relatos juegan a la narración visual llamativa en esta galardonada novela gráfica.

The Badger is back! Set three weeks after the finale of Grandville, Grandville Mon Amour pits Detective Inspector Archie LeBrock of Scotland Yard against an old adversary and ruthless urban guerrilla, Edward Mad Dog Mastock, - a psychotic serial killer whose shocking escape from his execution by guillotine at the Tower of London begins this fast-paced, Hitchcockian steampunk thriller. LeBrock, still racked by remorse for his failure to prevent the death of the Divine Sarah and working outside the law after resigning his post following a blazing row with his superior officer, embarks on a quest to redeem himself by tracking down Mastock and bringing to an end his horrific murder spree. Aided by his adjunct and old friend, Detective Roderick Ratzi, he follows the trail of carnage to Paris. Otherwise known as Grandville, its the largest city in a world dominated by France, a city used to violence following the years of terrorist bombings by the extreme fanatic wing of the British resistance during the occupation, the notorious Angry Brigade, of which Mastock was the sadistic leading light. With his customary tenacity, LeBrock stalks his prey through a world populated by anthropomorphic animals, an underclass of humans and automaton robots where advanced steam technology powers everything from hansom cabs to iron flying machines. Its a trail that leads to the demimonde of Parisian prostitution and an atrocity perpetrated twenty-three years ago. With a range of new and fascinating characters and a mix of Holmesian deduction, knowing humour and edge of the seat action, Grandville Mon Amour continues the vein of high-octane adventure begun in the first volume. Can even LeBrock escape the past or do heroes have feet of clay? Follow the badger!

The third volume of the Grandville series - Anthropomorphic steampunk detective fiction from graphic novel master Bryan Talbot The Badger is back!Follow the Badger! At Toad Hall, lair of multibillionaire Baron Aristotle Krapaud, a cabal of industrialists and fat cats plot the violent overthrow of the French state. Meanwhile, the brutal murder of a famous Parisian artist is subject to the investigations of the tenacious Detective Inspector LeBrock of Scotland Yard, placing him and his faithful adjunct, Detective Sergeant Roderick Ratzi, in pursuit of the mysterious masked assassin stalking the cut-throat commercial world of the Grandville art scene. As the body count mounts and events spiral exponentially out of control, aided by his brilliant deductive abilities and innate ferocity, LeBrock battles against outrageous odds in this funny, high octane thriller, an adventure shot through with both high art and comic book references, a glorious illegitimate offspring of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Ian Fleming - with animals! The bastard child of Conan Doyle and Beatrix Potter, its a gripping feast for the eyesObserver

A new book in Bryan Talbots award-winning science fiction graphic novels series, starring the legendary character Luther ArkwrightThe Adventures of Luther Arkwright, first serialised in 1978, is considered by many to be the first British graphic novel. Praised by many writers and artists, including Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Jean Giroud (Moebius) and Michael Moorcock, the ground-breaking, experimental adult SF story was a seminal work, inspiring and influencing many comic creators. Its sequel, Heart Of Empire, was published in 2001. Both books have been continually in print since they were first published.Set fifty years later, The Legend of Luther Arkwright is another stand-alone story. While still maintaining total continuity with the Arkwright mythos, it is a different kind of adult adventure. Pursued across multiple historically divergent parallel worlds, both utopian and dystopian, and facing a far superior adversary, Arkwright battles to save humanity from mass destruction; his only edge is his experience and force of will.The Legend of Luther Arkwright, beautifully drawn by master storyteller and Eisner Award-winning comics creator Bryan Talbot, is a milestone in British comics history.

In Grandville, the first volume in the series, Talbot brings us a steampunk masterpiece. IIt tells the story of detective Inspector LeBrock of Scotland Yard as he stalks a gang of murderers through the heart of Belle Epoque Paris. In this alternative reality France is the major world power and its capital throngs with steam-driven hansom cabs, automatons and flying machines. The characters are mostly animals, though there is an underclass of humans, often referred to as dough faces.Visually stunning, Grandville is a fantastical and audacious rollercoaster ride that will add to Talbots reputation as one of the best graphic novelists in the world.

Ive never come across a fictional world as fully-realised as Bryan Talbots Grandville... Its a world youll never tire of exploring IAN RANKINBeware the Badger! The acclaimed steampunk series from graphic-novel pioneer Bryan Talbot explores an alternate art-nouveau world populated by intelligent animals, a human underclass, and wondrous technology. Within this rich fantastical milieu, the relentless Detective-Inspector LeBrock of Scotland Yard pursues shadowy death squads, psychotic killers, dark political conspiracies, ruthless crime lords, and bloodthirsty cults through the streets of London and the center of the greatest empire on earth, the Belle Epoque Paris known as Grandville. Grandville LIntegrale collects all five Grandville novels in one deluxe hardcover volume accompanied by voluminous author notes never before in print.*WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IAN RANKIN*I have greatly enjoyed the Grandville books. I think theyre superbly designed, beautifully conceived, admirably written - everything about them is terrificPHILIP PULLMANThese ingeniously plotted fantasies will make you bark with laughterMETROUtterly delightfulTHE TIMESBryan Talbot is a geniusOBSERVER

Winner of the Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album Reprint, The Tale of One BadRat is the story of a young girl, Helen Potter, who runs away from home to escape an uncaring mother and a sexually abusive father. Eventually she finds her way to the Lake District, drawn there by her love of the work of Beatrix Potter, and in that beautiful landscape she at last finds peace.

With his trusty adjunct, Detective Sergeant Ratzi, away for Christmas, theres no holiday for Detective Inspector LeBrock of Scotland Yard as he embarks on an investigation into the disappearance of his housekeepers niece, Bunty Spall. The trail leads to a growing religious cult, where a charismatic unicorn messiah and his con men cronies, already responsible for mass murder in the United States, are about to lead a crusade for the ethnic cleansing of the French Empires doughfaces the derogatory nickname for humans used by the majority, animal-headed population. Teaming up with Chance Lucas, a gun-slinging operative of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, and reigniting his steamy love affair with the voluptuous Parisian badger prostitute Billie, LeBrock clashes with both cult fanatics and doughface terrorists, uncovering in the process a centuries-old religious conspiracy that threatens to plunge the world into bloody civil war. With Paris in the grip of the mysterious crime lord, Tiberius Koenig, and an increasingly violent backlash by human extremists, can LeBrock stop the seemingly inevitable slide into fascism? What is the secret of the legendary True Gospels? Can he rescue Bunty Spall from the clutches of the strangely hypnotic unicorn named Apollo? But does Bunty want to be saved? And will LeBrock be back in time for Christmas dinner? No badger does it better!

In the middle of a gang war, wanted for murder, truly alone and outside the law, Detective Inspector LeBrock is on the run from both the police and gangster assassins, the victim of a diabolical scheme to annihilate himself and everyone he holds dear, engineered by mastermind crime lord Tiberius Koenig, one of the most despicable villains in the history of detective fiction.A fiendishly ingenious story of love, tenacity, treachery and tragedy, this fifth, final and longest stand-alone volume of the Eisner and Hugo Award-nominated Grandville series by master storyteller and graphic novel pioneer Bryan Talbot is a veritable rollercoaster of a detective thriller, featuring Grandvilles trademark high-octane excitement, humour and deduction on a Holmesian scale as we finally meet LeBrocks mentor, Stamford Hawksmoor, and discover LeBrocks untold backstory. Fan-favourite characters Detective Sergeant Roderick Ratzi and LeBrocks vivacious fiancee, Parisian prostitute Billie are joined by a new badger in town! Enter Tasso, an Italian badger whos bigger, meaner and uglier than LeBrock but is he a force for good or evil? A battle royale ensues as LeBrock fights against truly outrageous odds. How can he possibly survive?Prepare to be royally badgered!

With top-hat and cane in hand, Scotland Yards DI Stamford Hawksmoor shadows the murky backstreets of London on the hunt for a sadistic serial killer. In the dying days of the French occupation of Britain, through gaslit, cobbled streets and squalid alleyways, stalks the great eagle Detective Stamford Hawksmoor in search of the homicidal manic whose killing spree claims dozens of seemingly unconnected victims, from random murders to targeted political assassinations.The deeper he delves, the more he puts himself in mortal danger, pitting himself against unknown antagonists whilst under the scrutiny of the feared anti-terrorist squad, and the more he is forced to resort to working outside the law.A prequel to Talbots pioneering Grandville series, The Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor is also an intriguing, labyrinthine stand-alone mystery graphic novel set in a world of hansom cabs and pea-souper fogs, where explosive violence can erupt at any second - and does!

In a sprawling adult epic of boundless imagination, The Adventures of Luther Arkwright and Heart of Empire now come together in a single digital edition.In a swirling multiverse of endless possibilities and incalculable dangers, malign forces manipulate history through countless timelines and act to wreak destruction across universes. But the fate of these infinite existences depends on one man, an anomaly who exists in but a single universe, a being of vast psychic power capable of traveling between realities--Luther Arkwright! From Bryan Talbot, award-winning graphic-novel pioneer, comes the science-fiction classics that stunned the comics world and set the bar for audacity, ingenuity, and imagination in graphic storytelling.

Sunderland! Thirteen hundred years ago it was the greatest center of learning in the whole of Christendom and the very cradle of English consciousness. In the time of Lewis Carroll it was the greatest shipbuilding port in the world. To this city that gave the world the electric light bulb, the stars and stripes, the millennium, the Liberty Ships and the greatest British dragon legend came Carroll in the years preceding his most famous book, Alice in Wonderland, and here are buried the roots of his surreal masterpiece. Enter the famous Edwardian palace of varieties, The Sunderland Empire, for a unique experience: an entertaining and epic meditation on myth, history and storytelling and decide for yourself does Sunderland really exist?

Across a multitude of parallel universes, dark forces operate in the shadows, manipulating mankinds histories throughout countless timelines. The agents of these Disruptors all work with a single purposethe recovery and activation of Firefrost, a longhidden doomsday device whose unspeakable power is capable of consuming the galaxy in all its incarnations. Standing in the way of the Disruptors is Luther Arkwright, a human anomaly who exists only in a single universe, a man of vast psychic powers and capable of travelling between the parallel realities to counter the Disruptors malign influence. But the Disruptors are aware of Arkwright and his abilities, and while Arkwright searches the myriad Earths for the location of Firefrost, the agents of darkness race to destroy Arkwright . . . and to ensure their unthinkable ends. In celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the first publication of The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, this new edition features entirely new scans from the original artwork that restore much of the lost detail from previous editions. Arkwright has never looked better! * Nominated for three Eisner Awards and five Eagle Awards.