The Legend of Luther Arkwright

Oct 8, 2024 4:26 PM

Author:Bryan Talbot,Adrian Tchaikovsky

A new book in Bryan Talbot's award-winning science fiction graphic novels series, starring the legendary character Luther Arkwright

The 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.

Reviews

Bryan Talbot is the most important comic creator in Great Britain.

—— Teddy Jamieson , Herald Scotland

Superbly designed, beautifully conceived, admirably written - everything about them is terrific.

—— Philip Pullman, on the GRANDVILLE series

I've never come across a fictional world as fully-realised as Bryan Talbot's Grandville... It's a world you'll never tire of exploring.

—— Ian Rankin, on the GRANDVILLE series

Eschewing the colour of 1999's Heart Of Empire, he [Talbot] returns to the black and white art of the original Adventures of Luther Arkwright, imbuing his linework with a rugged naïveté that harks back to his roots in '70s underground comics

—— SFX

The Legend of Luther Arkwright... is image based storytelling, at its most entertaining, provocative and visually striking.

—— Morning Star

A stunning, beautiful work.

—— Fortean Times

Nobody can beat Miss Tey at characterisation or elegance of style: this novel's a beauty

—— San Francisco Chronicle

First-rate mystery, ably plotted and beautifully written

—— Los Angeles Times

Suspense is achieved by unexpected twists and extremely competent storytelling . . . credible and convincing

—— Spectator

Tey's style and her knack for creating bizarre characters are among the best in the field

—— New Yorker

Honest, compassionate, and clear-eyed, Ducks is a stunning achievement in storytelling that I will be thinking about for a long time.

—— Jung Yun, author of O Beautiful

Engrossing.

—— Irish Examiner

Ducks moves into dark territory - including sexual assault - but Beaton... balances light and shade. No place or person is wholly good or bad, not even the oil sands with their dark satanic drills.

—— Telegraph

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