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Title: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: IndigoPrime on 01 November, 2019, 12:29:58 PM
Rebellion is pleased to announce a limited pre-order for the hardcover edition of the first volume of The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire. (https://2000ad.com/post/6118)

Available to pre-order exclusively through the Treasury of British Comics webshop between 1st November and 4th December, this individually numbered 304-page special edition hardcover will ship in March 2020.

Featuring stunning artwork taken from crisp scans of Don Lawrence original artwork, this first volume includes a touching introduction from Liam Sharp (Green Lantern), who – along with Judge Dredd artist Chris Weston – was mentored by Lawrence early in his career.

Co-created by Mike Butterworth and Don Lawrence, The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire merges the movie serials of the 1930s, Flash Gordon, John Carter, and ancient history into a sprawling, classic science-fiction epic. It has been named as a major influence by the likes of writer Neil Gaiman (Sandman), artist Dave Gibbons (Watchmen) and Brian Bolland (Judge Dredd), amongst many others. This special hardcover edition perfectly showcases the remarkable talent of Lawrence, who is rightfully regarded as one of the finest artists in British comics history.

Rebellion is offering this limited-time pre-order to give fans the opportunity to own a slice of history in a sumptuous hardcover that will have pride of place on any shelf.

A paperback collection of volume one will also be available in March from all good retailers and comic book stores – the first time the series has been collected in a mass market edition.

Originally published in the anthology title Ranger from September 1965, and Look and Learn from June 19966 until April 1982, the series told the story of an alien empire on the planet Elekton that was heavily influenced by history, particularly that of the Roman Empire. Created by Mike Butterworth, who died in 1986, and artist Don Lawrence, who died in 2004, the series' mix of political intrigue and Lawrence's lush painted artwork won a host of fans worldwide, and proved to be highly influential, inspiring a generation of comic book creators with its depth and beauty.

Don, who started out as a comics creator in the Gower Street Studios in London, first working on Marvelman before moving on to Karl the Viking for Lion. Other artists who worked on the strip include Ron Embleton, Miguel Quesada, Philip Corke, Oliver Frey and Gerry Wood.

Although the strip has seen only limited English-language release it remains one of the most popular comic series in Holland and Germany, with over two million albums sold.

The limited edition Don Lawrence cover hardcover of volume one of The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire is available to order now from www.treasuryofbritishcomics.com, until 4th December.

https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/RCA-B0069
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: TordelBack on 01 November, 2019, 01:14:18 PM
Soooo tempting. Having only read early TE in whatever battered Look&Learns our school library had retained, I was going to be getting the TPB anyway, buuuut...
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: karlos on 01 November, 2019, 02:31:11 PM
Many thanks for the heads up - will be ordering this beauty tonight!
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Tjm86 on 01 November, 2019, 05:57:27 PM
Dear Rebellion

thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, ......


(and ordered ....)

Mind you, if they only do this for the first volume ....

Ah well, one is better than none I 'suppose.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Jade Falcon on 04 November, 2019, 12:55:37 AM
I remember getting the 12 volume set from the Don Lawrence collection which is going for silly money nowadays.

Example here

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRIGAN-EMPIRE-Vol-1-H-C-Don-Lawrence-Look-Learn-Limited-Edition/264507399234?hash=item3d95de9c42:g:iBsAAOSwePtdGQmi

What I'd like to know, is that if they're doing all of Don Lawrence's artwork, are they going to do the others.

We also had artwork by Ron Embleton (who I believe did some Dan Dare), Oliver Frey, Gerry Wood and Phillip Corke.  That's still a substantial portion and I'd be interested in them.  I understand why the DON LAWRENCE collection wouldn't do them for obvious reasons. :)
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Tjm86 on 21 November, 2019, 05:51:42 PM
Chris Weston's cover for the first volume is a thing of beauty.  I would love it if that was the cover for the hardback and included a print.

Hell, if Rebellion did a print of it I would pay cold hard cash for it.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: broodblik on 21 November, 2019, 06:43:50 PM
The cover by Chris Weston is just plain awesome:

(https://2000ad.com/assets/pimg/00/6e/cf.jpg)
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: broodblik on 22 November, 2019, 03:47:55 PM
Some move from Chris Weston:

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJ_DbGyX0AAcFRK.jpg)

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJ_DbGzXkAEPOtq.jpg)

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJ_DbG9XUAA4SYQ.jpg)

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJ_DbGzXUAEJAhP.jpg)
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Bolt-01 on 22 November, 2019, 03:49:45 PM
Just lovely...
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Jade Falcon on 22 November, 2019, 05:43:05 PM
Better than most of the covers on my limited editions, but I'd still like to know if the post Don Lawrence material will be done
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Tjm86 on 22 November, 2019, 08:04:03 PM
Turns out this will be for the FP limited edition.   :'(

Dear Rebellion, please can we have these a set of prints?
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Timothy on 22 November, 2019, 10:35:03 PM
Not eligible for the 50% subscriber discount. Grrr.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: TordelBack on 22 November, 2019, 11:47:04 PM
Weston is unbelievably good at this. Someone - possibly Kek-W, but I'm not fussy - needs to reboot Trigan Empire and install Chris as permanent artist. I've my subs money right here.

My fave is the cover with Trigo, Peric and Janno. Drool.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Jade Falcon on 23 November, 2019, 01:37:51 AM
Quote from: TordelBack on 22 November, 2019, 11:47:04 PM
My fave is the cover with Trigo, Peric and Janno. Drool.

Which one, there are two covers with Trigo, Peric and Janno?

Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: TordelBack on 23 November, 2019, 06:24:06 AM
So there are! Sword rather than spear, then.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: The Monarch on 24 November, 2019, 01:13:45 PM
sooo whens that chris weston one availible same as the normal one?
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: I, Cosh on 28 November, 2019, 09:54:22 AM
Quote from: The Monarch on 24 November, 2019, 01:13:45 PM
sooo whens that chris weston one availible same as the normal one?
Might have misunderstood but I think that one is only available from Forbidden Planet. So whenever they get stock in, I guess.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Tomwe on 28 November, 2019, 10:18:09 AM
Quote from: The Monarch on 24 November, 2019, 01:13:45 PM
sooo whens that chris weston one availible same as the normal one?

29 March 2020. You can preorder it here (https://forbiddenplanet.com/291131-rise-fall-of-the-trigan-empire-volume-1-chris-weston-limited-edition-hardcover/)
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: rs_jr on 28 November, 2019, 07:40:27 PM
how many books will be needed to collect he whole series?

On the amazon page the back of the book says its the first volume collecting all the stories done by Lawrence, is this just for the Trigan Empire or all other stories done by Lawrence ?
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Jade Falcon on 28 November, 2019, 10:16:16 PM
The Don Lawrence Collection books were rather thin, but they were Broadsheet size books almost, about the same size as the Hawk Publishing Dan Dare books.

I really hope more than the Don Lawrence books get done if these are succesful as I want to see the other stories.  Up till now, bar buying the magazines, the Don Lawrence collection books are the only ones that were unedited.  The original Hamlyn book and even the Hawk Publishing book years back had large parts cut from the stories.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: rs_jr on 29 November, 2019, 12:16:51 AM
you guys think storm will be collected next?
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: broodblik on 29 November, 2019, 01:57:32 PM
Quote from: rs_jr on 29 November, 2019, 12:16:51 AM
you guys think storm will be collected next?

I do not think Storm is owned by Rebellion
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: 73north on 26 January, 2020, 01:25:37 PM
Quote from: rs_jr on 28 November, 2019, 07:40:27 PM
how many books will be needed to collect he whole series?

On the amazon page the back of the book says its the first volume collecting all the stories done by Lawrence, is this just for the Trigan Empire or all other stories done by Lawrence ?

Just confirm - there will be 4 Volumes of the Trigan Empire - see the link for confirmation

https://forbiddenplanet.com/290197-rise-fall-of-the-trigan-empire-volume-1/
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: broodblik on 26 January, 2020, 01:34:27 PM
The second volume is scheduled for November and will be 288 pages
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Tjm86 on 26 January, 2020, 04:12:09 PM
Suppose if it is just 4 volumes then there is a reasonable chance that Rebellion will do all four in hardback as well.  Then again it is a bit of a challenge to figure out the thinking behind their publishing decisions at times.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: IndigoPrime on 27 January, 2020, 10:30:53 AM
Quote from: Tjm86 on 26 January, 2020, 04:12:09 PMThen again it is a bit of a challenge to figure out the thinking behind their publishing decisions at times.
It all comes down to the likelihood of people buying stuff. There's no point in creating beautiful books if they don't sell, and Brits don't tend to buy a lot of hardcovers. (Personally, I'd much prefer HC collections from Rebellion, and especially of the sort Image does – no dust jacket; oversized; 300-odd pages. However, the market's seemingly not interested. At least Rebellion's often catering for the hardcore with the limited-run hardcovers, although I do get the impression that Nemesis one caught them by surprise.)
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: CalHab on 27 January, 2020, 12:39:54 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 27 January, 2020, 10:30:53 AM
At least Rebellion's often catering for the hardcore with the limited-run hardcovers, although I do get the impression that Nemesis one caught them by surprise.)

It shouldn't have! The reproduction on the Nemesis phone books is not good, so as well as the normal demand for specials there are a lot of people who would like a good version of some classic stories.

I'm still irritated about the way Rebellion put those out.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: IndigoPrime on 27 January, 2020, 01:23:31 PM
It's always a crapshoot. Still, it could be worse. Dark Horse, in its infinite wisdom, put out the first Usagi Yojimbo collection as a limited run of 950, and subsequent ones as 1500. So that means 550 people can never have a complete collection.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: CalHab on 27 January, 2020, 02:16:49 PM
Yeah, that sounds daft! Rebellion do normally seem on top of these things, they just made an absolute hash of that one. The fact their PR announcement seemed to exist solely on Facebook also irritated me a lot.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: IndigoPrime on 27 January, 2020, 02:29:17 PM
The announcement was first on the email list, which is the best bet to hear about things immediately, and only then went to social media. But people were heard on this, which is also why we've been using the forum's announcement thread for press release material as well.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: CalHab on 27 January, 2020, 02:48:48 PM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 27 January, 2020, 02:29:17 PM
The announcement was first on the email list, which is the best bet to hear about things immediately, and only then went to social media.

I assume the email list isn't sent out all at once then, because I received the email and immediately went to the shop to find it was sold out. I then discovered that people had been discussing it on Facebook for some time before.

Regardless, it's in the past. It would have been nice if Rebellion had acknowledged that they handled it badly and that future releases would be different.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: O Lucky Stevie! on 28 January, 2020, 04:18:53 AM
Was the limited, English-language edition printed by Rebellion or Delirium?
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: JOE SOAP on 28 January, 2020, 07:10:18 AM
Quote from: O Lucky Stevie! on 28 January, 2020, 04:18:53 AM
Was the limited, English-language edition printed by Rebellion or Delirium?

Printed by Delirium.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Steve Green on 28 January, 2020, 08:52:34 AM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 27 January, 2020, 02:29:17 PM
The announcement was first on the email list, which is the best bet to hear about things immediately, and only then went to social media. But people were heard on this, which is also why we've been using the forum's announcement thread for press release material as well.

I believe it was first mentioned on Delirium's social media, but then got deleted.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: karlos on 31 July, 2021, 04:32:12 PM
Anyone know if vol 3 HC will be reprinted?

Totally missed it...Grr!!
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Richard S. on 02 August, 2021, 06:49:29 AM
Always worth keeping an eye on the Twitter feed too - the volume 3 hardback was sold out by the time I went to order it BUT I subsequently saw that it was advertised for sale again when 2000AD were doing a countdown to the publication of volume 3. I ordered it then and am now reading it - it's #399 (of 400) so I wonder if a few volumes are held back 'just in case'?
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Jade Falcon on 03 August, 2021, 03:04:27 AM
Does anyone know if they are going to print the stuff that came after the Don Lawrence artwork, like the Oliver Frey work?

I have the Dutch print, but it only covered Don Lawrence.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: broodblik on 03 August, 2021, 04:56:04 AM
My understanding is  that the whole Trigan Empire will be reprinted. Here is a preview which mentioned the other artist as well: https://2000ad.com/news/out-now-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-trigan-empire-volume-three/ (https://2000ad.com/news/out-now-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-trigan-empire-volume-three/)
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: karlos on 03 August, 2021, 02:08:28 PM
Thanks, chaps!
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Jade Falcon on 03 August, 2021, 11:33:05 PM
Quote from: broodblik on 03 August, 2021, 04:56:04 AM
My understanding is  that the whole Trigan Empire will be reprinted. Here is a preview which mentioned the other artist as well: https://2000ad.com/news/out-now-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-trigan-empire-volume-three/ (https://2000ad.com/news/out-now-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-trigan-empire-volume-three/)

There was more than one other artist, they were as follows

Ron Embleton, Michael Queseda, Oliver Frey, Phillip Corke,  and Gerry Wood.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Magnetica on 04 August, 2021, 09:47:26 PM
Went to buy the paper back version of vol III today. Despite it appearing to be available, when I went to check out, it was flagged as sold out. Not sure why that happens. Had to settle for the digital edition.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: IndigoPrime on 04 August, 2021, 10:17:55 PM
The paperback is on general release. You can buy it from any bookstore.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Jade Falcon on 15 August, 2021, 04:10:25 AM
I got volume three from Amazon and there are stories I don't recognise.  I've only read a bit into it, but the very first story is one I've never read before, even though I once had the Hawk book, the Hamlyn book and have the deluxe Don Lawrence collection.

Are there going to be any more volumes because I would like to see the Oliver Frey run.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Jade Falcon on 15 August, 2021, 09:24:05 PM
As it turns out the stories in volume three are ones I have, bar the single Queseda story, it's just been a while since I read my deluxe editions.  The Queseda artwork was nice but a little 'murky' in places.

There is also a print problem with volume three.  The story at the beginning with the sinking of the liner 'Daveli' is missing about half a page.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: James Stacey on 28 January, 2022, 11:13:02 AM
Book 4 is up for pre-order
https://shop.treasuryofbritishcomics.com/catalogue/RCA-B0082

Anyone know how many books would constitute the complete run.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: IndigoPrime on 28 January, 2022, 11:35:31 AM
Wiki reckons it ran through 1982. Assuming you can get three years per book (as in IV) and the frequency/page count remained broadly the same, that would suggest two more books would do it.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Richard S. on 14 March, 2022, 06:46:53 AM
For any (!) Don Lawrence fans out there...here are some photos from a 1999 exhibition of his artwork

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2022/03/don-lawrence-exhibition-1999.html  (https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2022/03/don-lawrence-exhibition-1999.html)
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: The Corinthian on 15 March, 2022, 08:58:02 PM
I have a vague memory that the original plan was to collect the whole of Lawrence's run in four volumes, but that may be completely wrong.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Jade Falcon on 27 June, 2022, 04:39:35 AM
Did anyone else like me pre-order Book IV and have had delay notifications from Amazon?

Recently I've had two from Amazon that the book is currently unavailable.  Does anyone know if book IV is out of stock or is not yet printed?
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: robprosser on 28 June, 2022, 10:15:45 AM
It's not out yet. It slipped down the website's release schedule a few weeks ago.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Jade Falcon on 28 June, 2022, 10:20:08 PM
Quote from: robprosser on 28 June, 2022, 10:15:45 AM
It's not out yet. It slipped down the website's release schedule a few weeks ago.

Well that's good to know.  It would have annoyed me somewhat if I had pre-ordered and was constantly getting sidelined for website orders.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Jade Falcon on 23 July, 2022, 11:36:26 PM
And yet ANOTHER delay notification from Amazon.  What is going on, I would have expected this with the first book being a new collection, but not this.  Not unless there are issues getting the rights to the non Don Lawrence material, or COVID related delays in the printing.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: IndigoPrime on 24 July, 2022, 10:48:08 AM
There are massive paper shortages at the moment. That alone is having a big knock-on effect in publishing. (Not that I have any info about this particular book, but I'm seeing it elsewhere, even with giants like Marvel.)
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Jim_Campbell on 24 July, 2022, 11:05:43 AM
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 24 July, 2022, 10:48:08 AM
There are massive paper shortages at the moment. That alone is having a big knock-on effect in publishing. (Not that I have any info about this particular book, but I'm seeing it elsewhere, even with giants like Marvel.)

Yeah... it's wreaking absolute havoc with scheduling for just about all the publishers I'm working for right now, with books getting pushed back, or rushed up the schedule, in response to the printers having an available slot on the press and the paper stock to actually print the damn job on.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Anthony Garnon on 24 July, 2022, 11:21:07 AM
Since day one of the pandemic it's been a minor miracle we've had weekly progs, without fail. Plus the usual specials / Ultimate Collection / graphic novels and webstore exclusives. There's been very, very few delays to the latter either, which is to be massively commended!
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Richard on 26 July, 2022, 12:04:35 AM
We've been very lucky!
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: robprosser on 05 August, 2022, 03:11:18 PM
I got an email yesterday confirming a delay of at least another month citing paper shortages as the reason, as suggested here.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Jade Falcon on 23 August, 2022, 11:30:50 PM
Another delay email from Amazon, this is kinda unreal, it must be special paper or something they're using.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: 73north on 07 September, 2022, 11:55:21 PM
Yet another push-back ( from 21st September !!!  )
Product is available for pre-purchase and scheduled for release on Wednesday 26th of October 2022

Why can't this be printed in the UK ??
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: IndigoPrime on 08 September, 2022, 08:36:08 AM
Presumably all kinds of reasons. I imagine Rebellion already had a business relationship with a certain printer pre-Brexit and is happy with their work. And there might be various financial ramifications of moving elsewhere. But also, moving printing to the UK wouldn't necessarily change things anyway. Printers here are under immense pressure too. So while import issues would disappear in the sense of getting the books here, they might just be replaced by delays in getting raw materials to the printer, printer capacity, or even ongoing paper shortages.

Notably, Rebellion is far from alone. Head to other comics forums and you'll see Marvel fans getting miffed about ongoing delays, especially to premium omnibus volumes. And if a giant like Marvel is affected by these problems, it's hardly surprising Rebellion is too. I'd say it's good Rebellion is keeping people informed. When things aren't going as smoothly as expected, transparency helps.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: robprosser on 22 October, 2022, 04:13:56 PM
Delivered yesterday.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Jade Falcon on 29 October, 2022, 05:45:21 PM
It arrived yesterday.

I already have the super deluxe editions from the Don Lawrence collection some years ago.  I am buying the books with stories from other artists.

Many many moons ago I remember getting a pile of Look and Learns from a Jumble sale.  One story had a few scenes stick out in my mind.  Remember the very first story showing the invasion of Tharv by the Lokans, and there was a scene showing the last stand of the Tharv royal guard?  There had been a story showing a flashback to this scene, and what I vaguely remember is a survivor of the Royal Guard who was either wounded and unconscious or fled rather than stand and fight.  I have seen so sign of this so far.  This must be a non Don Lawrence story.

What is concerning me is that an initial announcement said there was going to be 4 books, and I have the contents of book 1 and 2, and I now have books 3 and 4.  Is that it?  Because there must be other stuff not printed as of yet.

I also noticed some of the non Lawrence artwork was practically copied, the scene in a late story of the Trigan cavalry charging and being butchered by enemy armoured forces was practically a copy of the Caton guard being massacred in the very first story.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: IndigoPrime on 29 October, 2022, 07:19:54 PM
They've not reached Oli Frey's stuff yet, have they?
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: 73north on 30 October, 2022, 08:43:22 PM
" They've not reached Oli Frey's stuff yet, have they? "

No that would be in from 1976-1977 , so Volume 5 probably -

interestingly , I discovered Oliver Frey did the very first Front Cover for
Battle Picture Weekly Number 1 back in 1975 !
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Jade Falcon on 03 November, 2022, 11:30:03 PM
A criticism online said that the Empire faced repeats of foes partially due to its short 2 pages per issue format and that it suffered for that despite gorgeous artwork.

While true, I feel this is an unfair criticism, how many superhero comics over the years reused the same villains and often it is only in recent years that there has been a development of these.  Dredd for instance with the legacy of the Apocalypse war, for one example.

The fact is that back then it was a common thing, even Dan Dare and the Mekon had this.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Dash Decent on 25 February, 2023, 06:13:35 AM
Quote from: Jade Falcon on 29 October, 2022, 05:45:21 PMan initial announcement said there was going to be 4 books, and I have the contents of book 1 and 2, and I now have books 3 and 4.  Is that it?  Because there must be other stuff not printed as of yet.

Volume 5 coming October 2023: Click! (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=49146.0) - including art by the late great Oli Frey, as 73North surmised above.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Jade Falcon on 18 January, 2024, 10:43:59 PM
Well I got the softcover of Volume 5 through from Amazon.

The sodding front cover is bent over with a permanent crease mark left, so that's going back
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Jade Falcon on 21 January, 2024, 06:29:20 PM
Well...I can't fault Amazon, the next day I sent the replacement back by their returns service and the replacement arrived today.  A fair few of the stories I have as I had the collected Don Lawrence special editions but now the Oliver Frey stories have started.  The art is distinctly different but still a good style.  I can see the resemblance between Trigan and Freys 'The Terminal Man' story that was published in the old Crash ZX Spectrum magazine (though I also have the Oli Frey artbook). 
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: rs_jr on 23 January, 2024, 01:45:43 AM
how many volumes are left?
any chance rebellion get the license for storm?
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: broodblik on 23 January, 2024, 03:50:39 AM
I think the 5th was the last and Rebellion does not own the rights to Storm
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: rs_jr on 23 January, 2024, 04:55:31 AM
I was hoping they would've completed the whole series:(
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Anthony Garnon on 23 January, 2024, 12:24:30 PM
I think we'll see more volumes. But then, I thought that about the Daily Dredds too!
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: Jade Falcon on 23 January, 2024, 09:50:05 PM
There were a number of other artists that did Trigan, but I don't know if some of them were perhaps one offs.  Names that come to mind were Phillip Corke, Ramon Sola and some others.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: rogue69 on 03 February, 2024, 09:12:25 PM
Not sure if this has been posted before but this just popped up on FB Illustrators magazine have a Trigan Empire Artists' Special out and Includes a complete Stripography and feature articles on the Artists:
Don Lawrence, Ernest Ratcliff, Ron Embleton, Miguel Quesada, Philip Corke, Oliver Frey & Gerry Wood


https://bookpalace.com/acatalog/info_ILLUSTRATORSTRIGAN.html#SID=1358
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: 73north on 03 March, 2024, 08:41:32 PM
Please Rebellion can you give us Volume 6 of Trigan Empire?
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: alphadogau on 06 March, 2024, 03:20:38 AM
From the Treasury of British Comics newsletter (Nov 2023), after book five was published:

"However, this isn't the end for the Trigan Empire – we are very pleased to exclusively announce to our newsletter readers that our series of collections will continue and collect the stories by artists who followed Lawrence, with a sixth volume scheduled for release in 2025."
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Post by: IndigoPrime on 06 March, 2024, 09:15:32 AM
Does anyone know how many volumes would be required for a complete run? Or alternatively to a satisfying end point?