The Trigan Empire
It’s been a long wait since Rebellion first announced that the Trigan Empire is set to rise again with first new stories for more than 40 years—longer still since the original run of the series ended with the demise of its parent magazine Look and Learn in 1982—and even longer since Mike Butterworth’s departure from […]
In the second paragraph of the foreword to the first published volume of the deluxe twelve volume set of reprints from the Don Lawrence Collection, the editor has this to say— By this point in the history of the story, scriptwriter Mike Butterworth had moved away from his original influences – the Trigan Empire was […]
One of a series of posts covering events in the Look and Learn timeline and/or changes to the twofold Trigan Empire pages within . . . And then . . . it happened! Weekly magazine Speed & Power merged with Look and Learn and so, to coincide with this, issue #724 of Look and Learn […]
‘By great good fortune’ is an uncommon but memorable turn of phrase. Butterworth used it a few times. It’s a must-have for any vocabulary. Search engine results suggest that it’s a popular locution in Sikh religious texts!
I wrote a new Trigan Empire story! Its working title is The Poisoned Rallis. It’s a cautionary tale of drug prohibition and regulatory capture. I plan to publish it in 10 monthly instalments, commencing next month and concluding by the end of the current year. Below is a draft of instalment #6 (pages 11 & […]
Welcome to Vorg.org.nz—a fan site devoted to Mike Butterworth’s epic tales of the Trigan Empire. If you’re as much a fan of the Trigan Empire as I am, then this website is for you! What is the Trigan Empire? The Trigan Empire is a science fiction comic strip co-created by writer Mike Butterworth and artist […]