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Luther Arkwright #3
The Legend of Luther Arkwright
Bryan Talbot’s groundbreaking science-fiction epics The Adventures of Luther Arkwright and its sequel Heart of Empire have been acclaimed by Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Michael Moorcock, and more.
Talbot now launches a third Arkwright saga, The Legend of Luther Arkwright , another milestone in graphic literature.
Luther Arkwright, a being of vast psychic power capable of traversing the swirling multiverse of infinite existences, is pursued by a far superior adversary across multiple historically divergent parallel worlds, both utopian and dystopian, and only Arkwright’s experience and force of will provide any hope to avert humanity’s annihilation.
Talbot now launches a third Arkwright saga, The Legend of Luther Arkwright , another milestone in graphic literature.
Luther Arkwright, a being of vast psychic power capable of traversing the swirling multiverse of infinite existences, is pursued by a far superior adversary across multiple historically divergent parallel worlds, both utopian and dystopian, and only Arkwright’s experience and force of will provide any hope to avert humanity’s annihilation.
240 pages, Hardcover
First published July 14, 2022
About the author
Bryan Talbot
287 books188 followersTalbot began his comics work in the underground comix scene of the late 1960s. In 1969 his first work appeared as illustrations in Mallorn, the British Tolkien Society magazine, followed in 1972 by a weekly strip in his college newspaper.
He continued in the scene after leaving college, producing Brainstorm Comix, the first three of which formed The Chester P. Hackenbush Trilogy (a character reworked by Alan Moore as Chester Williams for Swamp Thing).
He started The Adventures of Luther Arkwright in 1978. It was originally published in Near Myths and continued on over the years in other publications. It was eventually collected together into one volume by Dark Horse. Along with When the Wind Blows it is one of the first British graphic novels.
In the early to mid-eighties he provide art for some of 2000 AD's flagship serials, producing 3 series of Nemesis the Warlock, as well as strips for Judge Dredd and Sláine.
The Tale of One Bad Rat deals with recovery from childhood sexual abuse.
Talbot moved to the American market in the 1990s, principally for DC, on titles like Hellblazer, Sandman and Batman. He also produced the art for The Nazz by Tom Veitch and worked with Tom's brother Rick Veitch on Teknophage, one of a number of mini-series he drew for Tekno Comix.
Talbot has illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.
He has also illustrated Bill Willingham's Fables, as well as returning to the Luther Arkwright universe with Heart of Empire. He has also worked on The Dead Boy Detectives.
In 2006, he announced the graphic novel Metronome, an existential, textless erotically-charged visual poem,written under the pseudonym Véronique Tanaka. He admitted that he was the author in 2009.
In 2007 he released Alice in Sunderland, which documents the connections between Lewis Carroll, Alice Liddell, and the Sunderland and Wearside area. He also wrote and drew the layouts for Cherubs!, which he describes as "an irreverent fast-paced supernatural comedy-adventure."
His upcoming work includes a sequel to 2009's Grandville, which Talbot says is "a detective steampunk thriller" and Paul Gravett calls it "an inspired reimagining of some of the first French anthropomorphic caricatures". It is planned as the first in a series of four or five graphic novels.
Source: Wikipedia
He continued in the scene after leaving college, producing Brainstorm Comix, the first three of which formed The Chester P. Hackenbush Trilogy (a character reworked by Alan Moore as Chester Williams for Swamp Thing).
He started The Adventures of Luther Arkwright in 1978. It was originally published in Near Myths and continued on over the years in other publications. It was eventually collected together into one volume by Dark Horse. Along with When the Wind Blows it is one of the first British graphic novels.
In the early to mid-eighties he provide art for some of 2000 AD's flagship serials, producing 3 series of Nemesis the Warlock, as well as strips for Judge Dredd and Sláine.
The Tale of One Bad Rat deals with recovery from childhood sexual abuse.
Talbot moved to the American market in the 1990s, principally for DC, on titles like Hellblazer, Sandman and Batman. He also produced the art for The Nazz by Tom Veitch and worked with Tom's brother Rick Veitch on Teknophage, one of a number of mini-series he drew for Tekno Comix.
Talbot has illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.
He has also illustrated Bill Willingham's Fables, as well as returning to the Luther Arkwright universe with Heart of Empire. He has also worked on The Dead Boy Detectives.
In 2006, he announced the graphic novel Metronome, an existential, textless erotically-charged visual poem,written under the pseudonym Véronique Tanaka. He admitted that he was the author in 2009.
In 2007 he released Alice in Sunderland, which documents the connections between Lewis Carroll, Alice Liddell, and the Sunderland and Wearside area. He also wrote and drew the layouts for Cherubs!, which he describes as "an irreverent fast-paced supernatural comedy-adventure."
His upcoming work includes a sequel to 2009's Grandville, which Talbot says is "a detective steampunk thriller" and Paul Gravett calls it "an inspired reimagining of some of the first French anthropomorphic caricatures". It is planned as the first in a series of four or five graphic novels.
Source: Wikipedia
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December 19, 2022
An utter masterpiece that makes me deeply wish Talbot spent more of his time doing heroic adventure stories as it would invariably uplift the entire genre of comics. This is so, SO good, theoretically standing alone like each of the other volumes of the Luther Arkwright story, and this one contains a brief recap of the prior books interspersed throughout in a very newbie friendly manner that works within the overall plot (few have pulled this trick off as well). Absolutely brilliant and essential.
June 19, 2022
Recent Reads: The Legend Of Luther Arkwright. Bryan Talbot's multiverse-crossing hero returns, facing a new threat bearing a promise of easy peace. But under the mask is darkness, and though sworn to pacifism, Luther must act. As Woody Guthrie said, "This machine kills fascists."
This is a deeply political book, one that draws on Bryan's historical works, while still drawing on a fascination with Jerry Cornelius and the matter of a new Britain. Luther is Bryan's Arthur, back to fight for the right to be human.
And the art is fantastic, balancing between Bryan's recent ligne claire approach and his early highly detailed inks. The book needs to read at its intended size, drawing you into to huge, detailed spreads. A masterwork by a master of the form.
This is a deeply political book, one that draws on Bryan's historical works, while still drawing on a fascination with Jerry Cornelius and the matter of a new Britain. Luther is Bryan's Arthur, back to fight for the right to be human.
And the art is fantastic, balancing between Bryan's recent ligne claire approach and his early highly detailed inks. The book needs to read at its intended size, drawing you into to huge, detailed spreads. A masterwork by a master of the form.
September 10, 2022
Happy birthday to meeee. Another splendidly executed tale of Arkwright and Co across the paralell worlds, this time threatened by a figure even more evolved than he is, but not as moral. Just amazing art whether depicting horrific battlefields post-slaughter, or technological utopias, or grimy dystopias or small moments of human wonder and joy as well as horror and pain. Talbtot is unquestionably the Master.
June 9, 2025
LA LEGGENDA DI LUTHER ARKWRIGHT di Bryan Talbot. Un'opera a fumetti straordinaria, che intreccia fantascienza, metafisica e tematiche sociali; un epico ritorno tra mondi alternativi e profonde riflessioni sull'esistenza. Il capitolo conclusivo di una saga leggendaria che ha segnato un'epoca nel panorama del fumetto britannico. <3 https://ilmondodichri.com/la-leggenda...
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July 16, 2022
Well, I was not expecting another Luther Arkwright story in 2022. That, at least, was a pleasant surprise.
This was a very strong piece. Almost a standalone, even though it briefly recounts the earlier stories, but definitely stronger for having the context.
Largely, this is a tale about good and bad and the fruit that grows from bad. There is a lot to unpack in this and I doubt I followed it all in this first read. However, that's what re-reads are for.
The artwork is back to black and white and is more in style with the dense work of 'Adventures' as opposed to the clean line and colour work of 'Heart'. Much more to my preference.
Just wonderful stuff, as good as comics can be and hence the 5 stars and the strongest possible recommendation from me.
This was a very strong piece. Almost a standalone, even though it briefly recounts the earlier stories, but definitely stronger for having the context.
Largely, this is a tale about good and bad and the fruit that grows from bad. There is a lot to unpack in this and I doubt I followed it all in this first read. However, that's what re-reads are for.
The artwork is back to black and white and is more in style with the dense work of 'Adventures' as opposed to the clean line and colour work of 'Heart'. Much more to my preference.
Just wonderful stuff, as good as comics can be and hence the 5 stars and the strongest possible recommendation from me.
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July 26, 2022Much like the not dissimilar Jerry Cornelius, Luther Arkwright could easily have seen his early cool run into the ground by decades of stories capitalising on the seductive notion of an elegant, visually distinctive cross-time assassin. Instead, both men's creators chose to do something a little smarter, undermining and complicating their protagonists, telling stories in which their supporting cast took the foreground, and generally being awkward. Artistically, I can absolutely respect that – while also fundamentally preferring the early, badass stuff. And while there were Cornelius comics, one big difference between the characters is that since Cornelius primarily operated in prose, if he was in some wartorn hellhole, it could be lightly sketched – whereas Talbot makes sure to show us every grubby detail of the increasingly shitty parallel worlds through which this latest and seemingly last Arkwright story travels. The more direct narrative style of the second volume, Heart Of Empire, has been bumped aside here; we're back to the original series' habit of telling in parallel with showing, and then some, with at least two framing narratives running alongside the main action, in which Arkwright and his long-suffering, scabrous sidekick Harry Fairfax are up against a posthuman even more evolved than Luther and his Homo novus peers, and bent on eradicating the scourge of Homo sapiens from the multiverse. True, the hyper-evolved Proteus is a little dismissive of human art for my taste, and this seems deeply unfair on the utopian Zero-Zero, the one parallel where humanity manages not to be absolute arseholes, but otherwise the book's tour through various dreadful timelines serves mainly to make the antagonist look like she has the right idea. Particularly depressing is 00.52.23, with "State assets in private hands, no social care, zero regulation, survival of the richest. Rule by money-grubbing mediocracy." Pretty much our own likely situation by 2058, in other words, except that while this London may be dumbed-down, intolerant, high on empty 'sovereignty', at least it's not on fire or underwater, so is if anything a wildly optimistic vision. Yes, by the end we get some smattering of hope - but so it was with the previous volumes too, and surely by now the series has recapitulated history's lesson that most revolutions only make things worse, and that even when the good guys win things still turn to shit again soon enough, so it's the preceding misery that lingers. Beautifully drawn, though, with Talbot revisiting the various styles of his career to keep things appropriately strange and various.
August 13, 2022
More like 3.5. Love the quality of this hardback book, lovely to hold and read. The story itself: confusing at times, tons I didn’t understand, but unlike some other sci-fi graphic novels I’ve read, that are at times impossible to grasp, to fully understand the underlying story (seven to eternity), Luther Arkwright is graspable in places, there were threads I could follow, about the multiverse and Luther’s efforts to stop Proteus from killing every ‘sapien’ in the various universes. What I particularly liked was the artwork, highly detailed black and white, each page has a different look and layout, no simply uniform boxes on each page, right up my street.
February 18, 2025
It's a long story. Both physically, in the real world, and over the course of the story's setting.
When Bryan Talbot penned the first of his Luther Arkwright stories in 1978, he did not know, any more than the rest of us, the Neopuritan future which lay ahead of us when the Conservative Party of the UK gave us Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister. All we knew was the allegory for British politics presented to us in his first lavishly-drawn graphic novel.
Bryan Talbot's majestic, sweeping novel portrayed a multitude of parallel universes, where the events of each history turned out differently depending on historical events turning out differently to our history - George Washington dying of scarlet fever as a child, for example, or The Beatles never changing their group's name from the original The Quarrymen.
In his first graphic novel, Bryan Talbot gave us the eponymous Luther Arkwright's origins. In the sequel, released in 2001, the scene was set 23 years after the first story's events, and it showed the unfolding life of an established, somewhat jaded, Luther Arkwright. In this story, once again Luther had to save multiple universes; but here, he was no longer alone, for he had a daughter to help him - a daughter who was born in the first novel. In Heart of Empire, we saw characters from the first story having to come to terms with the consequences of their actions, and with the world they had shaped and created.
And so we come to the third and final Luther Arkwright graphic novel, The Legend of Luther Arkwright - and here, Bryan has put together a grand finale which takes into account, not the past or the present, but the future.
In Heart of Empire, Luther reveals the knowledge of the times to come: his species, Homo novus, the next stage in human evolution, is already obsolete, and ultimately it will be the species to come which will inherit the stars, expanding into each universe in the Earth-bound multiverse.
In this novel, we meet the first being from that species to come. Their name is Proteus, and this individual is a horror, possessed of overwhelming psychic abilities which far surpass the mighty Luther Arkwright.
The Legend of Luther Arkwright is the third and final panel of a triptych depicting human evolution - the first signs of a new dawn in humanity, its maturity, and its ultimate fate as it is surpassed by the stage of human evolution destined to explore and claim the universes. In this respect, the scope of this novel is very much in the visionary style of Olaf Stapledon, whose novel Odd John introduced us to a vicious being of vast, cruel intellect - a predecessor of the evil Proteus - and Last And First Men, his evolutionary tale of the long ladder up which humans clamber, only to meet their fate, namely extinction.
Unlike Stapledon's Last And First Men, The Legend of Luther Arkwright presents us with a human-scale perspective. We see Luther and Proteus, Rose Wylde, Saffron, Victoria, the AI WOTAN, Harry Fairfax, and other recurring characters, along with new parallels and the return of some old favourites, before the final psychic conflict between Proteus and Luther Arkwright.
The story is told, in parts, both by the son of Hiram Kowolsky - a reporter in the first and second Luther Arkwright novels - and by a mysterious hologram, telling stories about humans to an unnamed old man, seemingly set thousands of years into the future, if not perhaps millions of years.
Each parallel visited in this story tells a story of how we, as a species, can fall if we take no heed of the dire warnings presented to us. Perfidious Albion shows how we can fail as a society if we let our politics be dominated by social media, the press, and corporations controlling our input. The Dark Ages shows us a future where a pandemic did its worst, without a vaccination program to show its progress: a stark warning, given the climate at the time and the cultish idiocy of antivaxxers dominating the social discourse in our world.
Taken as an adventure story, Legend of Luther Arkwright delivers thrills aplenty; suspense, shocks, and some very real surprises, before the story wraps up with a poignant look out at the darkness of the waiting universe. At the close of this book, Bryan seeks to wrap up the whole saga of Luther Arkwright with a very final ending, leaving the outcome of the stories to the reader. Is the future of the human condition good, bad, or something else? The Legend of Luther Arkwright leaves you with a blank page to draw the start of the next human stories.
When Bryan Talbot penned the first of his Luther Arkwright stories in 1978, he did not know, any more than the rest of us, the Neopuritan future which lay ahead of us when the Conservative Party of the UK gave us Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister. All we knew was the allegory for British politics presented to us in his first lavishly-drawn graphic novel.
Bryan Talbot's majestic, sweeping novel portrayed a multitude of parallel universes, where the events of each history turned out differently depending on historical events turning out differently to our history - George Washington dying of scarlet fever as a child, for example, or The Beatles never changing their group's name from the original The Quarrymen.
In his first graphic novel, Bryan Talbot gave us the eponymous Luther Arkwright's origins. In the sequel, released in 2001, the scene was set 23 years after the first story's events, and it showed the unfolding life of an established, somewhat jaded, Luther Arkwright. In this story, once again Luther had to save multiple universes; but here, he was no longer alone, for he had a daughter to help him - a daughter who was born in the first novel. In Heart of Empire, we saw characters from the first story having to come to terms with the consequences of their actions, and with the world they had shaped and created.
And so we come to the third and final Luther Arkwright graphic novel, The Legend of Luther Arkwright - and here, Bryan has put together a grand finale which takes into account, not the past or the present, but the future.
In Heart of Empire, Luther reveals the knowledge of the times to come: his species, Homo novus, the next stage in human evolution, is already obsolete, and ultimately it will be the species to come which will inherit the stars, expanding into each universe in the Earth-bound multiverse.
In this novel, we meet the first being from that species to come. Their name is Proteus, and this individual is a horror, possessed of overwhelming psychic abilities which far surpass the mighty Luther Arkwright.
The Legend of Luther Arkwright is the third and final panel of a triptych depicting human evolution - the first signs of a new dawn in humanity, its maturity, and its ultimate fate as it is surpassed by the stage of human evolution destined to explore and claim the universes. In this respect, the scope of this novel is very much in the visionary style of Olaf Stapledon, whose novel Odd John introduced us to a vicious being of vast, cruel intellect - a predecessor of the evil Proteus - and Last And First Men, his evolutionary tale of the long ladder up which humans clamber, only to meet their fate, namely extinction.
Unlike Stapledon's Last And First Men, The Legend of Luther Arkwright presents us with a human-scale perspective. We see Luther and Proteus, Rose Wylde, Saffron, Victoria, the AI WOTAN, Harry Fairfax, and other recurring characters, along with new parallels and the return of some old favourites, before the final psychic conflict between Proteus and Luther Arkwright.
The story is told, in parts, both by the son of Hiram Kowolsky - a reporter in the first and second Luther Arkwright novels - and by a mysterious hologram, telling stories about humans to an unnamed old man, seemingly set thousands of years into the future, if not perhaps millions of years.
Each parallel visited in this story tells a story of how we, as a species, can fall if we take no heed of the dire warnings presented to us. Perfidious Albion shows how we can fail as a society if we let our politics be dominated by social media, the press, and corporations controlling our input. The Dark Ages shows us a future where a pandemic did its worst, without a vaccination program to show its progress: a stark warning, given the climate at the time and the cultish idiocy of antivaxxers dominating the social discourse in our world.
Taken as an adventure story, Legend of Luther Arkwright delivers thrills aplenty; suspense, shocks, and some very real surprises, before the story wraps up with a poignant look out at the darkness of the waiting universe. At the close of this book, Bryan seeks to wrap up the whole saga of Luther Arkwright with a very final ending, leaving the outcome of the stories to the reader. Is the future of the human condition good, bad, or something else? The Legend of Luther Arkwright leaves you with a blank page to draw the start of the next human stories.
January 29, 2023
We’re lucky to have Bryan Talbot, and luckier still that he’s produced another Luther Arkwright tale. Unashamedly British in its presentation, Luther Arkwright was exploring the multiverse decades before the current vogue. And it’s the multiverse that is an intrinsic part of this new tale too.
Luther is a Homo novus, a new step in human evolution that grants him certain abilities such as the ability to heal and jump across parallel worlds. But beings like Luther have been around for some time, and now an even more advanced human has emerged. This new individual poses a threat to all.
Unwilling to be recruited, Luther is almost killed in the confrontation. It’s left to his old friend Harry Fairfax to nurse him back to health on a distant version of England. Only then can Luther formulate a way to stop the coming multi-world genocide.
The book’s presented as a gorgeously oversized hardback, meaning the black and white pages are given every opportunity to show off their fine detail. And that is one of the absolute joys of Talbot’s work. Having perfected his craft in mono publications such as 2000AD, he knows how to make the most of hatching and contrast to create striking imagery.
I admit I was worried about picking up the threads of a story I’d personally last read almost two decades ago, but it wasn’t a concern. Talbot’s storytelling has it covered, with both gentle reminders within the emerging tale itself, and an interview with the son of two of the characters scattered throughout that neatly summarises everything without ever feeling forced.
It comes together as a pleasing mix of nostalgia, new ideas, and absorbing artwork to become a highly enjoyable read indeed. As I said at the beginning: Bryan Talbot – we’re lucky to have him.
Luther is a Homo novus, a new step in human evolution that grants him certain abilities such as the ability to heal and jump across parallel worlds. But beings like Luther have been around for some time, and now an even more advanced human has emerged. This new individual poses a threat to all.
Unwilling to be recruited, Luther is almost killed in the confrontation. It’s left to his old friend Harry Fairfax to nurse him back to health on a distant version of England. Only then can Luther formulate a way to stop the coming multi-world genocide.
The book’s presented as a gorgeously oversized hardback, meaning the black and white pages are given every opportunity to show off their fine detail. And that is one of the absolute joys of Talbot’s work. Having perfected his craft in mono publications such as 2000AD, he knows how to make the most of hatching and contrast to create striking imagery.
I admit I was worried about picking up the threads of a story I’d personally last read almost two decades ago, but it wasn’t a concern. Talbot’s storytelling has it covered, with both gentle reminders within the emerging tale itself, and an interview with the son of two of the characters scattered throughout that neatly summarises everything without ever feeling forced.
It comes together as a pleasing mix of nostalgia, new ideas, and absorbing artwork to become a highly enjoyable read indeed. As I said at the beginning: Bryan Talbot – we’re lucky to have him.
February 10, 2023
I read the first series of these books back in the.... Mid-eighties, I think. Bryan Talbot lived near me in Preston and someone introduced me to him once, so I started finding out about his stuff. I must admit, when I came across this in the bookshop I thought it was a reissue and bought it mainly for nostalgia but no, it's a new story!
The artwork is still amazing although maybe a bit indulgent in some places. Oh look, I'm walking past a series of famous landmarks so that you can see what i look like in my goggles and my hussar jacket standing in front of the Palm House at Kew Gardens. It's the sort of sci-fi/fantasy familiar to Michael Moorcock readers - a little bit woo, throwing in esoteric ideas even if they don't quite fit, a dash of steampunk. You arrive at the end, not quite sure what happened, but having enjoyed the spectacle.
Hm, I might have a look round and see if I can find the one with the cavaliers and roundhead in it though.
The artwork is still amazing although maybe a bit indulgent in some places. Oh look, I'm walking past a series of famous landmarks so that you can see what i look like in my goggles and my hussar jacket standing in front of the Palm House at Kew Gardens. It's the sort of sci-fi/fantasy familiar to Michael Moorcock readers - a little bit woo, throwing in esoteric ideas even if they don't quite fit, a dash of steampunk. You arrive at the end, not quite sure what happened, but having enjoyed the spectacle.
Hm, I might have a look round and see if I can find the one with the cavaliers and roundhead in it though.
April 13, 2025
Bryan Talbot revisits the idea Luther Arkwright 40+ years after his first creating him as a young hungry cartoonists, and I found it pretty meaningful, as it's really a story about maintaining hope in a shit world, and we all need stories like that these days. The plot is decent enough, involving Luther tangling with a being that's the next stage of human evolution who is (understandably) kind of a genocidal jerk, and involves more reality jumping to various dystopian versions of England, including privatized parody of America and a post apocalyptic reversion to the dark age english kingdoms. Amid the grimness, there's still moments of human kindness, human connection and joy. The art isn't quite as maniacal as the original series, but still quite elaborate. Can't think of another series quite like it in comics, where a thoughtful creator tackles a concept decades apart between installments, and creates a distinct work each time. Recommended.
January 19, 2025
I have loved Talbot's writing since I first came across the first Luther Arkwright series in the late '80s. I read that series as a loan from a friend, followed by purchasing it as a part-work when it was republished and then finally as a three part graphic novel series. The concept behind this series is possibly the most realistic take on the multiverse and makes far more sense than some other, more well known iterations, and the central charater of Arkwright is a highly likable hero.
Talbot's other works may have greater literay merit but it is the return to the worlds of Luther Arkwright which will alway hold a special place in my heart.
A stunning example of exactly what the artform of the graphic novel can be.
Talbot's other works may have greater literay merit but it is the return to the worlds of Luther Arkwright which will alway hold a special place in my heart.
A stunning example of exactly what the artform of the graphic novel can be.
October 19, 2025
Solidísimo trabajo de un Bryan Talbot por el que no parecen pasar los años. En esta ocasión, nuestro protagonista tiene que enfrentarse a un enemigo aparentemente imbatible, pero, claro, es Luther Arkwright, así que el imbatible, al final, es él. Por el camino, visitaremos un montón de dimensiones paralelas en las que disfrutaremos con la capacidad de Talbot de plasmar sobre la página cualquier ambiente, cualquier época, cualquier tipo de personaje. Sigue sin ser el as de las expresiones faciales, pero en todo lo demás, lo borda.
El final, un tanto abierto, nos deja con la esperanza de que Talbot retorne a su personaje fetiche en algún momento, aunque, bueno, el hombre ya es setentón (quién lo diría) y veremos si tiene fuerzas/ganas para hacerlo. Pero uno siempre puede soñar...
El final, un tanto abierto, nos deja con la esperanza de que Talbot retorne a su personaje fetiche en algún momento, aunque, bueno, el hombre ya es setentón (quién lo diría) y veremos si tiene fuerzas/ganas para hacerlo. Pero uno siempre puede soñar...
January 31, 2023
A new Luther Arkwright is truly an ‘event’ in comics publishing. While every time you read a new Luther I find myself wishing there was more. And yet, the long publishing gaps between ‘The Adventures of Luther Arkwright’(early 1990s), ‘Heart of Empire’ (2001), and now ‘Legend ..’ give you a sense of drama that more regularly published stories just can’t match! As always, the ‘stars’ of a Luther Arkwright adventure are the parallel worlds he visits as much as Luther himself. And while in many ways you see humanity at its most degraded and unpleasant - there’s always fascination and hope at the core.
September 24, 2024
Another solid entry in the Arkwright series, with absolutely gorgeous artwork on every page that the oversized hardcover really highlights. Some nice social commentary in this one, especially when they visit a reality where Britain is ruled by a Trump-like dictator who sold out the country for corporations. Lots of thoughts about the nature of pure good or evil as a concept. Our biggest gripe is the use of "hermaphrodite" to describe a character. It's an extremely outdated phrase and all the worse used for the villain. Having another intersex or even nonbinary character could've helped even that out a little!
July 15, 2022
A fantastic 3rd volume in the Luther Arkwright saga. Bryan Talbot's clean lines and detailed artwork are once again in evidence as he tells a tale of human evolution and the inevitable conflict between the old and the new .
There is a strong element of social commentary here and political satire which will resonate with British ( and American) audiences.
It's perhaps a gentler, more philosophical take than the first two volumes, but not by much, and the violence is abrupt and affecting when it happens.
Is this the end?
Who knows , but if it is then this is a satisfying place to stop.
There is a strong element of social commentary here and political satire which will resonate with British ( and American) audiences.
It's perhaps a gentler, more philosophical take than the first two volumes, but not by much, and the violence is abrupt and affecting when it happens.
Is this the end?
Who knows , but if it is then this is a satisfying place to stop.
November 30, 2025
After enjoying Alice in Sunderland here is another huge and hugely impressive Bryan Talbot work. I’d read some Luther stories in the past but wasn’t quite prepared for the epic scale of Legend. The story pulls you in and any concerns about the art style are quickly changed to awed admiration. It’s not perfect, so much is going on that I was frequently lost in time and a number of the characters are a little flat, but it’s certainly worth your time.
September 8, 2022
The third installment. Weighty. Black and White. Good. With a trailing teaser... oh really.
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