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by Don Lawrence (Author), Mike Butterworth (Artist)
The second thrilling omnibus of the best-selling sci-fi classic from the 1960s!
Among the distant stars, fractious tribes come together to found a mighty empire that will wage war against aggressive kingdoms, battle alien invaders, and conceive of incredible new technologies. This extraordinary volume continues to chart the glorious Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire! A landmark in British comics history, painted by the legendary Don Lawrence in stunning, classic style, and springing from the grandiose pen of Mike Butterworth, this is an epic tale that creates a new far-future science fiction mythos that captured the imagination of a generation. This is the second volume in the series collecting all of Lawrence's work on The Trigan Empire, which is long out-of-print and difficult to find. Printed in large format to showcase the lush fully-painted colour artwork, this edition features an introduction from the Don Lawrence's former apprentice, Chris Weston (The Twelve). Stories included are: - The Three Princes- The Alien Dust
- The Lost City
- The Terror of Mount Spyx
- The Invisibility Ray
- The Ultimate weapon
- The Tyrant
- The Red Death
- The Puppet Emperor
- The Five Labours of Trigo
- The Brief Reign of Sennos the First Collecting stories from Look & Learn 24th May 1968 - 7th November 1970 and the Ranger Book for Boys 1968
Author Biography
Don Lawrence was born in 1928, and worked for Mick Anglo on the Marvelman comic produced for Amalgamated Press, and then Billy the Kid in the comic Sun. When Sun was absorbed into Lion he moved on to illustrating Olac the Gladiator, Karl the Viking and Maroc the Mighty. In 1965 he teamed with Mike Butterworth to create The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire for Ranger magazine, and continued to paint the comic through its transition into Look and Learn through to 1976. During this period he also worked on Fireball XL5 and The Adventures of Tarzan comic strips for TV Century 21. After leaving The Trigan Empire he worked with a Dutch publisher to create Storm, a post-apocalypse sci-fi series, which he would draw through to his retirement in 1999.
Mike Butterworth is primarily known in comic circles as the writer of The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire, but had previously written Battler Briton and Buffalo Bill strips for Comet, for Sun he wrote Max Bravo, The Happy Hussar and Billy the Kid (which was drawn by, amongst others, Don Lawrence). The Trigan Empire began in 1965 in Ranger, and continued when Ranger was absorbed into Look and Learn where it continued to be published through to 1982. From 1967 he also wrote crime novels under his full name, John Michael Butterworth, and gothic romances under the pseudonyms of Carola Salisbury and Sarah Kemp.
