The first advance copies of Grandville: L’Intégrale by Bryan Talbot have just arrived in the UK, on sale in August.
Over 600 pages long, introduced by Ian Rankin, this handsome volume collects all five Grandville stories, plus their covers and copious annotations – for just £30 from most bookshops.
Beware 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 L’Intégrale collects all five Grandville novels in one deluxe hardcover volume accompanied by voluminous author notes never before in print.
“’I’ve never come across a fictional world as fully-realised as Bryan Talbot’s Grandville,” enthuses Ian Rankin. “It’s a world you’ll never tire of exploring.”
• Pre-order Grandville L’Intégrale from AmazonUK (Affiliate Link)
• Grandville: L’Intégrale can also be pre-ordered from the Penguin site
• The Dark Horse American edition has a different cover, designed to match their Arkwright Integral hardback edition
• More details including how to order over at www.bryan-talbot.com
John Freeman
The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Star Trek Explorer (previously known as Star Trek Magazine) and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War and “Dan Dare”. He’s the writer of "Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies" for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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