...by Don Lawrence and some other people.
This book, this comic strip, begun in the late 60s by Don Lawrence (the artist) and another bloke who doesn't even get credited in this hardback compendium, is a real treasure trove for me.
I first got hooked by reading my sister Plonie's, and later my, Look and Learn magazines.
Then in 1972 I visited Holland and a magical thing happened - I went into my Auntie's attic and found in a pile of old comics (in Dutch) the very first instalments of the story!
It was like discovering Atlantis, or El Dorado!
Magic.
I picked up this compendium a number of years ago, and it also takes us right back to the start of the Trigan story (this time in English).
The Trigan story is part Roman Empire (including togas and centurion-types) and part Dan Dare (including evil alien types with green bald heads and superior weapons and inferior morals).
But the thing that gets me every time is the art work - every frame lovingly water-coloured or inked or a combo - vivid sunsets, treacherous canyons and steep inclines, frothingly evil baddies and heroic, jutting-chinned heroes.
Never been to the planet Elekton, but if my plans for a Martian sojourn fall through, it will make a good backup plan.
G.
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"By the Twin Moons of Electron, Perik!" said Janno, "you could be right! What think you, Kerren?"
ReplyDeleteKerren, his green skin glowing against the ambient hue of mysterious Trigan light (so sought after by the great impressionist artists but only fully captured by Don Lawrence) had a desperate look developing just below his furrowed brow knew what had to be done:
"We must seek the gentle arts of Salvia"
(not to be confused with saliva)
Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteDidn't realise you were a Trigan empiricist!
Now to find all the new hardback editions, steal them and get them back to NZ without compromising our Christian moral values!
Can it be done???
By the stars!
Sounds more like a Trigan satirist.
ReplyDeleteWhich, admittedly, is not that hard to be (a Trigan satirist). Humour is most often to be found where people are taking themselves seriously...
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