#THE TRIGAN EMPIRE RON EMBLETON SERIES#
the total page count is 66, which makes it the 10th longest strip in the magazine (11th if you count clarks commandos, 12th if you count the asterix reprints)Īlso note this is an adaptation of a not particularly high quality series of novels. Note black bartlemy’s treasure + martin conisby’s revenge feature the same characters + run consecutively in L&L, ie this is essentially one continuous story. they also seem to have a sense of comparative urgency, probably because of her poses + expressions, but the camera being a lot less far off from the action may be a factor as well note the present tense two shot images which top + tail the sequence mirror each other. His storytelling skills are demonstrated well in the b+w sequence above where one of the characters evokes shared memories (tells a story herself) within the dialogue + blasco gives us the pictures the characters’ minds conjure up. The legend of rodrigo of vivar – better known as el cid (664 -> 671) the range + quality of his work through the 60s + 70s pushes him way up this hypothetical league table – surely no one however critical would leave him out of the top tenĪside from producing the high standard of artwork which established rob riley as L&L readers’ second favourite strip, blasco’s artwork appears on + off in later issues of the magazine in adaptations of legends or literature the way people usually phrase the question is ‘who were the most important british artists’, which cuts him out because he was spanish.
You could construct an argument for blasco (find the strips mentioned above + try to argue about this) being the most important artist in british comics after frank hampson, or at least the fourth most important following frank bellamy + don lawrence.
.jpg "the trigan empire ron embleton")
(he seems never to have been asked to draw for battle picture weekly) he also drew the western strip vengeance trail in the eagle (v13/10 -> v13/28) + danger man for lion (11 jun 66 -> 03 sep 66), which puts four of the most successful british boy’s titles on his cv. by playing a major role in kicking off two of the greatest UK comics (the steel claw started in valiant 1, 06 oct 62) + doing the same in ranger blasco made a very significant contribution to the industry. What do these masterpieces have in common: they’re both by jesus blasco. What was the first strip everyone read (selected from many by the editor to lead with) in the first ever issue of 2000ad – invasion What was the best strip in valiant – yes, you’re right: the steel claw There now follow a few questions leading up to a significant point: This + all ensuing images (c) IPC various dates in the 60s + 70sĢ the second longest running comic strip (the trigan empire is the first) in the magazine was rob riley (ranger -> L&L 496), initially drawn by jesus blasco
In case anyone reading this is unfamiliar with look and learn here is what can surely only be described as a mission statement from number 1: In fact the trigan empire was very atypical of the comic strip material in look and learn, which consisted mostly of black + white line drawings by a wide variety of artists on an even wider set of subjects it’s unlikely one inspired the other, although someone would have needed to have asked the writers to confirm that when they were alive Note the trigan empire, first published in sep 1965, predates the star trek episode bread + circuses (first transmitted ) which is the only other place I’ve seen what is basically the roman empire with technology. Keren, roffa + janno (who doesn’t look anything like his father brag but is the spitting image of his uncle trigo) doing what they do best In case anyone reading this is unfamiliar lawrence’s artwork an eg is below In case anyone reading this is unfamiliar with that strip: the planet elekton lies in the galaxy of yarna and the greatest power on elekton is the trigan empire, ruled over by its founder, the emperor trigo
1 look and learn was not quite all about don lawrence, the artist on the trigan empire (ranger -> Look & Learn 382, 391 -> 534, 541 -> 629, + 690 -> 752)
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