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Bryan Talbot's Grandville Gallery And Signing Launching At Orbital Comics This Wednesday

Published Mon, 13 Nov 2017 08:30:39 -0600

Bryan Talbot will be coming to Orbital Comics tomorrow to launch a gallery exhibition of his original Grandville artwork running until December 5th.

Creator of Luther Arkwright, Talbot has just published the fifth and final instalment, Grandville: Force Majeure with the star Detective Inspector LeBrock on the run, wanted for murder, and out to save the country.

A gang war rages as, wanted for murder, truly alone and outside the law, Detective Inspector LeBrock is on the run from both the police and gangster assassins, the victim of a diabolical scheme to annihilate himself and everyone he holds dear, engineered by mastermind crime lord Tiberius Koenig, one of the most despicable villains in the history of detective fiction.

A fiendishly ingenious story of love, tenacity, treachery and tragedy, this fifth, final and longest stand-alone volume of the Eisner and Hugo Award nominated Grandville series by master storyteller and graphic novel pioneer Bryan Talbot is a veritable roller coaster of a detective thriller, featuring Grandville's trademark fusion of high- octane excitement and humour, plus deduction on a Holmesian scale as we finally meet LeBrock's mentor, Stamford Hawksmoor, and discover LeBrock's untold backstory. Fan favourite characters, Detective Sergeant Roderick Ratzi and LeBrock's vivacious fiancée, Parisian prostitute Billie, are joined by a new badger in town! Enter Tasso, an Italian badger who's bigger, meaner and uglier than LeBrock – but is he a force for good – or evil? A battle royale ensues as LeBrock fights against truly outrageous odds. How can he possibly survive?

Prepare to be royally badgered!

Bryan Talbot will be signing copies of the book – and anything else you fancy, at Orbital Comics from 5,30pm to 7.30pm.