Bryan Talbot is a comic book writer and artist who is responsible for the Grandville books as well as several others. He started his career with the underground series Luther Arkwright and he came to promenance for his work on Nemesis the Warlock for 2000AD.
Plan B is a new graphic novel/comic/coffee shop in Glasgow. They are trying to market the more intelligent side of comic books. They are organising things like a graphic novel book group and events like todays Bryan Talbot signing.
Talbot is a very nice bloke and he was really warm when he signed and sketched my books. He also gave me instructions on how to finish off one of his sketches to make it look even better. I'll have to sort that our in due course.
Plan B is a nice venue too. I've written about the shop before. It's located in an arty corner of Glasgow, just off King Street, near the thirteenth note and Mono. They are gradually expanding their stock of books and they sell nice decent coffee.
After signing lots of books Talbot gave a talk on the genesis of Grandville. He started with a history of anthropromorphic characters in religion, folklore and literature. He then focused on 'funny animal' characters in comic books.
Grandville is littered with literary references as well as tributes to fine art. Talbot highlighted several of these allusions. He also sneaks in a very nice sequence where Snowy Milou is seen as an opium addict. I hope that an annoted version of Grandville is published at some point. It would be very interesting.
Finally Talbot shared the creative process behind Grandville, from the inital conception of the idea to the final polishing of the artwork. Grandville is clearly a labour of love as well as a great read.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandville_(comics)
http://www.planbbooks.co.uk/
http://www.bryan-talbot.com/
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