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Bryan Talbot: Renegade Classicist of the Comics
Considered to be the "godfather" of modern British underground, bridging the underground movement of the early 1970's to the emergence of the English 2000 A.D. Generation at that decade's end, Bryan Talbot has carved out a presence in the comics industry that mixes the classicist spirit of his storytelling, writing and art into the relentless social and historical commentary for which he's become known. Bryan Talbot, said to be the best kept secret in the comics, is perhaps the primary predecessor and influence of raw talent, the likes of Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Neil Gaiman, Garth Ennis and Warren Ellis, among many others, who all came out of Britain in the 1980's to grace the graphic storytelling form with critical relevant commentary, geared for a more mature audience than the mainstream comics had known at the time. (More...)
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