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This is the second text only
guide to the images on the site of Bryan's: I have created it so that
there is more than one way to browse the images and you can choose whichever
method suits you best. Also in the Textgallery series is Textgallery
One, Textgallery Three, Textgallery
Four, Textgallery Five, Textgallery
Six, alternatively, there are the thumbnail galleries, and the best
list of those are on the gallery guide page;
and finally for those that just want to see the images with minimum hassle
then there is a single page with a link to every image on the site in
the image page navigator.
On this page there are links and descriptions to the images from the
covers of the Dark Horse edition of One Bad Rat.,
the covers of the Dark Horse edition of the
Adventures of Luther Arkwright, Thumbnail Gallery
Four, Thumbnail Gallery Five and Thumbnail
Gallery Six, The Papist Affair; being
the first ever appearance of Luther in print: a complete, unabriged comic
online, Shadowdeath: a from the Teknophage
universe, with covers and script by Bryan and the favourite
scenes gallery, with my own, personal favourite scenes from Bryan's
work. Bryan suggested that I add to the site a list of all of the complete
strips that are on it, and the strip
listing is the result.
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Book
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Helen as she is when she first arrives in London.
(62.5k - approx 22 seconds to download on a 28.8k modem) |
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Book
Two |
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Dodging the rozzers!
(61.5k - approx 21 seconds to download on a 28.8k modem) |
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Book
Three |
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Helen and her rat in the Lake District.
(73k - approx 23 seconds to download on a 28.8k modem) |
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Book
Four |
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Catharsis.
(63.6k - approx 23 seconds to download on a 28.8k modem) |
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Dark
Horse Editions: Cover 1 |
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An all new cover for the American Dark Horse edition of the Adventures
of Luther Arkwright: a classic picture of Luther in a "You
lookin' at me?" pose.
(68k - approx24 seconds to download on a 28.8k modem)
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Dark
Horse Editions: Cover 2 |
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Luther arrives in St Petersburg for the signing of the
Treaty between King Charles, the Tzar and Archduke Willhelm of Prussia.
Behind him is the Imperial Prussian command ship "Siegfried",
that allegedly cost their weight in gold, and the mere sight of which
keeps the Serbs and Poles in subjugation.
[67k - approx23 seconds to download on a 28.8k modem] |
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Dark
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Luther screams as the force of the data that he wrests
from Firefrost by pyschometry hits him, and Octobriana defends him,
and in the background vast alien fleets clash in a distant galaxy...
( 75k - approx26 seconds to download on a 28.8k modem) |
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Dark
Horse Editions: Cover 4 |
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Luther defending the Royalist stronghold in the Maze
on Black Tuesday.
( 72k - approx25 seconds to download on a 28.8k modem) |
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Dark
Horse Editions: Cover 5 |
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Cromwell's crimes and perversions.
( 75k - approx26 seconds to download on a 28.8k modem) |
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Dark
Horse Editions: Cover 6 |
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Luther dies for the first time, and suffers breakdown
of ego illusion.
(71k - approx25 seconds to download on a 28.8k modem) |
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Dark
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Luther in the Royalist camp at Aldershott, shortly after
healing Fairfax:
"Things are in the saddle and ride mankind..."
(59k - approx20 seconds to download on a 28.8k modem) |
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Dark
Horse Editions: Cover 8 |
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Rose in her Brittania costume in the Battle of London.
(68k - approx24 seconds to download on a 28.8k modem) |
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Dark
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Luther; his adventures done.
(78k - approx27 seconds to download on a 28.8k modem) |
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Fairy Caravan |
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This is an image that Bryan has donated to the Stardust Benefit
book. This special benefit project will help defray the costs of
hospitalization and rehabilitation of Vess' wife, Karen Shaffer,
who suffered severe spinal cord injuries in a recent car accident.
Both Vess and his wife are freelancers with no health care insurance
to cover these costs.
Check out their website at http://www.greenmanpress.com/
(91 - approx 32 seconds to download on a 28.8k modem)
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Heart of Empire: new
page. |
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A new page released for publication from the forthcoming
Heart of Empire, the sequel to the adventures of Luther Arkwright.
(Also check out the Information
Bulletin on Heart of Empire, and the image of the frontispiece
for it, which is in Gallery
3)
(203k - approx 72 seconds to download on a 28.8k modem)
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Desertification |
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This is a picture that Bryan contributed to the fundraising
publication for a recent UN conference on climate change.
(91 - approx 32 seconds to download on a 28.8k modem) |
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Mad Minstrels |
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This is a picture that Bryan drew for the Radio Times
(203k - approx 72 seconds to download on a 28.8k modem) |
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An honest answer:
part 1 |
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Page One of a complete strip, written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated
by Bryan (and lettered by Sonja Curtis], giving an honest answer
to the age-old question of: where do writers get their ideas
from?! [And it's not to be taken too seriously...)
(130k - approx 45 seconds to download on a 28.8k modem)
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An honest answer:
part 2 |
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Page two of the Honest Answer strip. |
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An honest answer:
part 3 |
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Page three of the Honest Answer strip. |
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An honest answer:
part 4 |
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Page four of the Honest Answer strip. |
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Nemesis the Warlock |
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Nemesis the Warlock really losing his cool as he discovers that
the Terminators are responsible for killing his wife and kidnapping
his child...
(130k - approx 45 seconds to download on a 28.8k modem)
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Chester P Hackenbush
the brand of beer?! |
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Bryan spotted this and sent it to me: it is Chester P Hackenbush,
the Pschedelic Alchemist acting as the brand for a make of beer!
I kid you not!
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Luther in Redfox |
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This is an example of how the innimitable Mr Arkwright gets around
the known - and unknown - multiverse....
Here he is sitting in a pub when that wonderfully petite barbarian
Redfox walks in... and he also seems to be talking to a certain
well - known author who in our dimension goes by the name of Neil
Gaiman....
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Barrow Ghoul |
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Bryan's contribution to the world of gaming cards starts
here with his depiction of a Barrow Ghoul. |
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Tolarian |
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Bryan's second trading card, entitled "Tolarian" |
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Necratog |
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The third card in the series of trading cards drawn
by Bryan, this one being the Necratog. |
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Mana Chains |
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Bryan's fourth card in the Wizards of the Coast series,
this one entitled "Mana Chains" |
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Straw Golem |
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The fifth in the trading card series, the Straw Golem. |
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Bryan\s version
of Morpheus |
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This is what Bryan imagined when asked to draw a picture of Morpheus
by Neil Gaiman,
And I know I will only get in trouble if I say things like "better
than the original...." so I will refrain.....
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Chester's advert
number 1 |
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This is an advert that was published in
the original Brainstorm comic back in the '70's and was sent to me
by a fan who got in touch with me via the bulletin
board: a big thanks goes out to Marsha! |
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Chester advert
number 2 |
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This is another advert that was published in the original
Brainstorm comic back in the '70's, and was sent to me by a fan
who got in touch with me via the bulletin
board: a big thanks goes out to Marsha!
By the way - does anyone from London know if this
shop is still there? Or if not have any memories of it?
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For
A Few Gallons More page 1 |
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Another realization of a long-held ambition for me: the posting
on the site of the long lost legendary Luther Arkwright Adventure-
"For a few gallons more"!! It has taken me forever to
find a copy of this - and then a thoroughly decent chap from the
bulletin board
lends me a copy, and what's amazing is that he lives about 5 minutes
away! Anway, many thanks go to Rob
Brewer for lending me his precious copy for scanning in, and
here is is: enjoy!
This was published in Sideshow Comics, Issue 1, and was originally
published in Moon Comix 2 in 1978. Ogoth and Ugly Boot featured
in the "Ogoth the barbarian" strips written by Mick Farrer
and drawn by Chris Welch, and appeared in Nasty Tales and Cosmic
Comics. In chronology terms this adventure occurs just before the
duel in Hyde Park...
Please be warned: at around 367k each thesepages are big:(in
terms of both download and physical page size) I have scanned them
in at a fairly high rez in order to make them more legible. So:
best to view them when at work or college then....
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For
A Few Gallons More page 2 |
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Page 2 of this rare appearance of Luther.... |
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For
A Few Gallons More page 3 |
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Page 3 of this rare appearance of Luther.... |
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For
A Few Gallons More page 4 |
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Page 4 of this rare appearance of Luther.... |
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Bryan's
self portrait |
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A self portrait of Bryan, created for Popimage's
special on Bryan in December '99. I've also reprinted a load of
the stuff that Popimage did
- there's a review of Heart
of Empire, a review of Luther
Arkwright, an interview
with Bryan and a script
example of Heart of Empire.
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The
Papist Affair Thumbnail Gallery |
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The thumbnail gallery for the whole papist affair online
comic. |
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Issue
One |
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"... to witness the execution of Luther Arkwright,
mercenary, infidel..."
(175k - approx 1 minute to download on a 28.8k modem.) |
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Issue
Two |
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Nuns?
Motorbikes?!
Nuns on motorbikes?!?
(164k - approx 1 minute to download on a 28.8k modem.) |
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Issue
Three |
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"So long, sucker!"
(164k - approx 1 minute to download on a 28.8k modem.) |
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Issue
Four |
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"Ugh! Impure thought! Noyatin!"
(160k - approx 1 minute to download on a 28.8k modem.) |
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Issue
Five |
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"Eat leaden death!"
(165k - approx 1 minute to download on a 28.8k modem.) |
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Issue
Six |
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"Ah, the relics of the blessed St Adolf...
I'll get a good price for these at the Vatican..."
(175k - approx 1 minute to download on a 28.8k modem.) |
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Issue
Seven |
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"Holy mudderagod!"
(176k - approx 1 minute to download on a 28.8k modem.) |
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The Skull picture... |
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This panel illustrates a lot of what I love about Bryan's
work - especially the amazing care and detail that he devotes to every
single panel of his work, and also how it repays to revisit his stuff.
I had read Arkwright about 15 times before I realised that the characters
in this panel actually formed the shape of a skull. |
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The Meaning
of Life |
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Yet another of Bryan's images which makes me wish I
wasn't limited by bandwidth speeds... the signing of the Treaty
of St Petersburg.
Just look at the detail and love that has gone into this - which
is after all simply a single panel from a comic strip
I have seen entire comics that have had less care and attention
lavished on them than this single image
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The first page... |
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This is it... this is what started the whole thing for me... when
I first saw this I was hooked.
Putting this, the very first page of the Adventures of Luther Arkwright
up on the site, fulfills another long term ambition of mine....
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The signing of
the treaty |
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Yet another of Bryan's images which makes me wish I
wasn't limited by bandwidth speeds... the signing of the Treaty
of St Petersburg.
Just look at the detail and love that has gone into this - which
is after all simply a single panel from a comic strip
I have seen entire comics that have had less care and attention
lavished on them than this single image
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"How did
you know I was cheating... I mean I'm not...." |
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This is the first time that Luther meets Harry Fairfax,
his contact in the London Royalist underground... |
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