Product Description

This CD-Rom contains the whole of the Heart of Empire graphic novel in its final printed full colour format together with every page in its penciled and inked forms - as well as the entire Adventures of Luther Arkwright. Every full colour page is available in a very high resolution form. The entire comic is readable in a normal linear fashion, but there are also links on every page to the penciled, inked and high resolution versions of each page which are themselves readable in a standard linear fashion. Also available from each page are links to the annotations over 60,000 words of detailed and entertaining commentary, where Bryan Talbot points out the inspirations, influences, references, symbolism and in-jokes underlying the whole graphic narrative. There are also brand new pieces of artwork, preparatory sketches and other illustrations showing where the inspiration for certain scenes were derived: e.g. the original Eighteenth Century Hogarth engraving that inspired the Bedlam sequence. In the annotations to the artwork, there are bawdy anecdotes, silly tirades and many mini-essays on related subjects as diverse as William Blake, English mythology, the sexual activities of Charles II, William Hogarth, Free Love, Catastrophe Theory, Magic Mushrooms, Pagan Festivals, The Golden Section, Orgone Energy, Subliminal Imagery, Famous Farters, Synchronicity and the Twenty-three Enigma. A veritable treasure trove of entertaining and educational information! All this plus two interviews, biographies, a very user-friendly interface, a full index to all the annotations, a directory of all the front and back covers with commentaries, a directory of additional artwork and also the FULL Adventures of Luther Arkwright graphic novel. This is the Directors Cut of Heart of Empire: it shows exactly where Bryan got his ideas and references from and tells how he wove all of his influences together into the award winning graphic novel that is Heart of Empire.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27615 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Heart of Empire CD-Rom by Bryan Talbot and James Robertson
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Format: CD-ROM

Features

• Heart of Empire by Bryan Talbot and James Robertson; the whole of Heart of Empire in every format
• all the original pencils and inks of every page and the final full colour version of each page
• with 60,000 words of annotations from Bryan including references and influences, interviews and digressions
• also includes the entire Adventures of Luther Arkwright in normal and very high resolution
• packed with extras! - additional illustrations, interviews and biographies, all front and back covers and a full index.