the year of Ura The attack took place on the 250th day of the year of Ura . . . It will be remembered while life remains on the planet Elekton . . . and for good reason. the year of Seck One fateful day in the year of Seck, an atmosphere craft was flying […]
Category: The Trigan Empire
Slavery is commonplace on the planet Elekton. Trigo himself gets captured and enslaved on numerous occasions in tales of the Trigan Empire. So too do his brother Brag and his nephew Janno—sometimes all three together! Trigo gets captured and enslaved by desert warriors and borne back to their city or citadel—on at least three occasions—pictured […]
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!
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the Fifth Year of Zeer
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The Poisoned Rallis
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 & […]
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the Fourth Year of Ziss
