
Rahim is a suburban kid like any other, a " good kid." Chilling with his boys, hearing the legends of " Immortal Al," the greatest gangster who ever lived, it's hard not to get starry eyed and soon, Rahim starts dreaming of becoming a kingpin, idolizing his local gangsters in the hopes of climbing their ranks. But his friends joke that he's all talk and no action. Until one day, when he sees an opportunity to prove himself... but how far will he take it before there's no turning back?
All Talk is a modern, urban graphic novel exploring the toxic nature of " street cred" and the role it plays in the lives of vulnerable young men.
Bartosz Sztybor was born in 1984 in the most dangerous neighborhood of Warsaw, Poland. As a kid, he dreamed of becoming a gangsta rapper but eventually became a writer instead. All Talk is based on his time living in Kreuzberg, Berlin, a multicultural district with many Turkish and African immigrants. He writes comics, films, and TV series (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Netflix) and works as a Comic Book & Animation Narrative Director at CD PROJEKT RED, creator of award-winning games like The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077. He also writes The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 for DarkHorse Comics and has received multiple awards for Best Short Comic from the Lódz International Comics Festival (MFK). In France, his comics are published by Sarbacane, Paquet, Ankama, and Europe Comics, and in the USA, by Boom! Studios and Dark Horse Comics. His films have won numerous awards around the world. Although he loves writing, he dreams of becoming a gangsta rapper one day.
Akeussel is a comic book artist and illustrator originally from Nantes, France. Since completing his studies in visual arts, he has participated in several self-published projects and even some animation. It was through social media that he met the Polish screenwriter Bartosz Sztybor, with whom he collaborated on his first graphic novel, All Talk.
"A meditation on tragedy" - The Comics Journal
"Deliberately understated, and more powerful for that" - Slings and Arrows
"Emotionally rousing" - The Introverted Yogi