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Book Synopsis"A comic I loved!" - Neil Gaiman.The first of a four-volume series reprinting
The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire – a landmark 1960s science fiction series which rivalled
Game of Thrones in popularity and was the precursor to every mythic sci-fi adventure to come!
Under the leadership of Trigo, the Vorg tribesmen band together to resist the Lokan invaders, forming a new country, The Trigan Empire. This is the epic story of its rise and fall.
Featuring an extraordinary combination of the Roman Empire and ancient Greece, Trigo's story is told in ground breaking fully painted artwork. This is the first in a series collecting all the stories painted by the legendary Don Lawrence.
Trade Review"Vastly influential. Stunning. Dominated the genre of Science-Fiction epics." * The Independent * "Lawrence [is] celebrated for his richly coloured, highly detailed visions of fantastic worlds." * The New York Times * "I love Trigan Empire! It's absolutely epic." -- Duncan Jones (director Source Code, Moon) "Don [Lawrence] painted a comic I loved. It was called the Trigan Empire - two comic pages a week, in the children's magazine "Look and Learn", which even schools who banned comics allowed" -- Neil Gaiman
