Don Lawrence (1928–2003)
Author of De laatste vechter
About the Author
Image credit: Don Lawrence at Galerie Lambiek in 1990
Series
Works by Don Lawrence
Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire, Volume V: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire (2023) 12 copies
Het purperen licht 11 copies
The Art of the Trigan Empire: A Catalogue of Original Trigan Empire Art for Sale from the Look and Learn Archive (2008) — Illustrator — 9 copies
Op leven en dood 9 copies
Mysterieuze krachten op Elekton 8 copies
Trigie The Collection 11 De Vloek van de Zonaanbidders (De opkomst en ondergang van het keizerrijk Trigië (11)) (2008) — Illustrator — 4 copies
De nieuwe belevenissen van Cathy 3 copies
The Green Box 3 copies
Olac de gladiator 2 copies
Olac in Brittannië 2 copies
Trigië, nr. 18: De genezende gokker 2 copies
Grenzen 1 copy
Storm : the collection. 10 1 copy
Trigië 1 copy
Trigië 7, 9, 10, 15, 18, 20 1 copy
Trigië: Stad onder Vuur 1 copy
Trigië: Het Purpuren Licht 1 copy
Storm Integral (2021) #3 1 copy
TRIGAN - Geschichte des fantastischen Reiches.... HARDCOVER Bd. 9, Die grüne Plage (Rijperman) - Don Lawrence (1985) 1 copy
Aviation and airport security : management, improvement strategies and future challenges (2017) 1 copy
TRIGAN Bd 3 Luxusausgabe in Kunstleder. (Hethke Comics) Luxus-Hardcover-Album — Illustrator — 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Lawrence, Donald Southam
- Other names
- Don Lawrence
- Birthdate
- 1928-11-17
- Date of death
- 2003-12-29
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Place of death
- Jevington, England, UK
- Cause of death
- Emphysema
- Occupations
- comic book artist
- Relationships
- Lodewijk, Martin (coworker)
Dunn, Philip (coworker)
Matena, Dick (coworker)
Gosnell, Kelvin (coworker) - Awards and honors
- Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1989)
IPC prijs (beste tekenaar ∙ 1976)
Society of Illustration (Lifetime Achievement Award ∙ 1980)
Grand Prix Spatial, 1981
Gouden Bommel Award, 1987
Stripschapprijs (1994) (show all 8)
Pantera di Lucca (Lifetime Achievement Award ∙ 1998)
Knight of the Order of Oranje-Nassau, 2003
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- Works
- 97
- Also by
- 4
- Members
- 1,699
- Popularity
- #15,109
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 275
- Languages
- 7
- Favorited
- 2
I have an earlier hardback volume that includes selected chapters, but in 2020 Rebellion Comics set out to reprint the entire saga over multiple volumes - a treatment it fully deserves.
Trigan Empire uses the framework of the Roman Empire, mixed in with tropes from other Earth empires such as the Greeks, Aztecs, Arabian, Egyptian and other contemporary cultures then adds in supersonic aircraft, hovercraft, spaceships, strange alien fauna and flora, to tell a generation tale of the intrigues of a star-spanning empire born on a distant world. - All sumptuously told through the astounding painted artwork of Don Lawrence, a master illustrator and story teller.
When I first read these in the mid-sixties I understood what comics could be. Now I’m in my own personal sixties I still regard this as a masterpiece of the medium that puts most modern comics art to shame.… (more)