Traces of the Great War

£14.99

    Writer/Artist(s)

    Bryan Talbot, Charlie Adlard, Dave McKean, Joe Kelly, Mary M Talbot, Sean Phillips, Various

    Publisher

    Image Comics

    Traces of the Great War is an anthology of new comic book stories featuring over forty internationally acclaimed artists and writers. The stories explore the continued relevance and resonance of the First World War and its aftermath in our lives today.

    Part of 14-18 NOW, the UK’s arts programme for the First World War centenary, the creative collaboration re-evaluates the impacts and legacy of the conflict across a diversity of cultural, geographical and narrative viewpoints. The aim is to introduce new audiences to the narrative of the Great War through the immediacy and wide appeal of the comic artform.

    Featured artists and writers

    Charlie Adlard
    Best known as the artist for the globally celebrated The Walking Dead comic series, Charlie Adlard is also the UK’s Comics Laureate 2017 – 2019.

    Simon Armitage
    Yorkshire born Simon Armitage is an award-winning poet, playwright and novelist, appointed as Professor of Poetry at the University in Leeds in 2017.

    Edmond Baudoin
    A French artist, illustrator, and writer of sequential art and graphic novels, Edmond Baudoin is known for his atmospheric artistic approach using bold black and white brushstrokes.

    Juan Díaz Canales
    A Spanish comics artist and an animated film director, Juan Díaz Canales is the co-creator of the massively successful 1950s style detective series Blacksad.

    Régis Hautière
    Régis Hautière is a French comic book writer with an impressively eclectic bibliography, many of which have been award-winning.

    Joe Kelly
    Joseph “Joe” Kelly is an American comic book writer, penciler and editor who is co-creator of Ben 10 and has written titles such as Deadpool, Uncanny X-Men and I Kill Giants.

    Kris
    Kris is a French comics creator and writer. Working alongside Mael he created the comic series Notre Mere La Guerre.

    Thomas Von Kummant
    A German freelance illustrator, Thomas von Kummant’s published works include The Chronicle of the Immortals.

    Denis Lapière
    Denis Lapière is a Belgian comic book writer, who has been a co-author on various projects including the Comme tout le monde and Michel Vaillant series.

    Victoria Lomasko
    Victoria Lomasko, born in Serpukhov, Russia, is a renowned graphic artist and activist who has lectured and written widely on graphic reportage.

    Maël
    Martin Leclerc, known as Maël, is a Paris-based comic artist, who leads a double life as the lead singer of folkrock group HitchcockGoHome!

    Dave McKean
    Dave McKean is an award-winning English illustrator, comic book artist, filmmaker and musician, who has collaborated with Neil Gaiman, Heston Blumenthal and Stephen King amongst others.

    Mikiko
    Mikiko is a London based German-japanese artist working in comics, Manga, game art, TV, teaching and illustration.

    Ken Niimura
    A cartoonist and illustrator based in Tokyo, Ken Niimura’s graphic novel I Kill Giants, co-created with Joe Kelly, has been adapted as a movie directed by Anders Walter.

    Sean Phillips
    An Eisner award-winning comic artist, Sean Phillips is also founder patron of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival.

    Ian Rankin
    Ian Rankin is an award-winning Scottish crime writer, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels.

    Riff Reb’s
    Riff Reb’s, whose real name is Dominique Duprez, is a French cartoonist, scriptwriter and founder of Asylum studios.

    Robbie Morrison
    Known for his work on 2000 AD, Robbie Morrison is a British comics writer and co-creator of the popular character and series Nikolai Dante, serialised for 15 years until 2012.

    Orijit Sen
    Orijit Sen is an Indian graphic artist and designer, his graphic novel River of Stories, published in 1994, is considered to be the first graphic novel of India.

    Bryan Talbot
    Bryan Talbot is now published in over twenty countries and is the winner of many comic awards – including an Eisner award, the Prix SNCF and several Eagles.

    Mary Talbot
    Mary M. Talbot is an internationally acclaimed scholar of gender, language and power who now writes graphic novels.

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