http://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Lennier 2001-03-31T12:18:26Z http://everything2.com:80/user/Lennier/writeups/The+Trigan+EmpireLennierhttp://everything2.com:80/user/Lennier2001-03-31T12:18:26Z2001-03-31T12:18:26Z A long-running <a href="/title/British">British</a> <a href="/title/science+fiction">science fiction</a> <a href="/title/comic">comic</a> <a href="/title/serial">serial</a>, illustrated by the renowned <a href="/title/Don+Lawrence">Don Lawrence</a>, which ran from <a href="/title/1965">1965</a> to <a href="/title/1982">1982</a> in the <a href="/title/weekly">weekly</a> <a href="/title/Ranger">Ranger</a> and <a href="/title/Look+and+Learn">Look and Learn</a> <a href="/title/magazines">magazines</a>. <p> The <a href="/title/format">format</a> was a full-<a href="/title/colour">colour</a> two-page spread, in <a href="/title/Don+Lawrence">Don Lawrence</a>'s inimitable <a href="/title/photorealistic">photorealistic</a> style. The content was similar in theme to <a href="/title/Star+Trek">Star Trek</a> or <a href="/title/Doctor+Who">Doctor Who</a>: <a href="/title/episodic">episodic</a> stories ranging from <a href="/title/alien+invasion">alien invasion</a> to <a href="/title/political+conspiracies">political conspiracies</a> to <a href="/title/time+travel">time travel</a> or <a href="/title/toxic+waste">toxic waste</a>, usually with many a <a href="/title/plot+twist">plot twist</a> and <a href="/title/thought+provoking">thought provoking</a> <a href="/title/moral">moral</a>. <p>Regular characters included: <ul> <li>The <a href="/title/Emperor+Trigo">Emperor Trigo</a> (heroic leader of the Trigan Empire, naturally) <li><a href="/title/Bragg">Bragg</a> (his brother) <li><a href="/title/Janno">Janno</a> (<a href="/title/Bragg">Bragg</a>'s son, nephew of the <a href="/title/Emperor+Trigo">Emperor Trigo</a>, military <a href="/title/jet+pilot">jet pilot</a> and general all-round <a href="/title/hero">hero</a> and <a href="/title/star">star</a> of the series <li> <a href="/title/Roffa">Roffa</a> (one of <a href="/title/Janno">Janno</a>'s flight-mates, a Trigan) <li> <a href="/title/Keren">Keren</a> (another of <a href="/title/Janno">Janno</a>'s friends, a blue-skinned Davali) <li> <a href="/title/Peric">Peric</a> (the wise, bearded, <a href="/title/Merlin">Merlin</a>-like <a href="/title/scientist">scientist</a> and advisor</li></li></li></li></li></li></ul>&hellip;