Oliver Arditi's review of Heart of Empire, or The Legacy of Luther Arkwright

4/5: Many years passed between the first instalments of The Adventures of Luther Arkwright and the creation of Heart of empire, Bryan Talbot's sequel to the comic that made his name as a creator. In that time Talbot had progressed from an underground experimentalist to an accomplished commercial comics artist, and a highly regarded writer-illustrator. His development as an artist is immediately obvious on opening this second instalment in the Arkwright saga. The original series had been characterised by intricate, highly worked illustration, that often traded movement for detail. This is not a c...