The Tale of One Bad Rat

The Tale of One Bad Rat
Cover of The Tale of One Bad Rat 1 (October 1994), art by Bryan Talbot
Publication information
PublisherDark Horse Comics
ScheduleMonthly
FormatMini-series
Publication dateOctober 1994 – January 1995
No. of issues4
Creative team
Created byBryan Talbot
Written byBryan Talbot
ArtistBryan Talbot
LettererBryan Talbot
Editor(s)Dick Hansom
Randy Stradley
Collected editions
The Tale of One Bad RatISBN 1-56971-077-5

The Tale of One Bad Rat is a 4-issue comic book limited series by Bryan Talbot. It was first published by Dark Horse Comics in 1994 and later brought out in a collected edition.

The graphic novel tells the story of Helen Potter, an unhoused teenager coping with the aftermath of childhood sexual abuse. The narrative makes extensive reference to the life and works of Beatrix Potter, whose books play a significant role in Helen's imagination and emotional recovery. The work is also a love letter to northern England's Lake District.

One Bad Rat is the most mainstream of Talbot's works and is drawn in a naturalistic style with painted colours. In contrast to much of his earlier fantasy and science-fiction work, for One Bad Rat Talbot adopted a more documentary approach, basing the characters on real people and the settings on photographs of real locations.

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