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Robert Tressell’s The Ragged Trousered Philanthopists, graphic novel adaptation from UK pubisher. SelfMadeHero

Comics, NewsSeptember 13, 20200Comments

SelfMadeHero, the UK's leading independent graphic novel publisher, is delighted to announce the publication of the graphic adaptation of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists on 25th September. THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS [Fiction / Adaptation/ Paperback, 352 pages. RRP £14.99] Authors: Scarlett and Sophie Rickard Adapted from novel by Robert Tressell Adapted from Robert Tressell’s 1914 socialist novel…

Siberian Haiku, a Lithuanian childhood in exile

Comics, NewsFebruary 24, 20200Comments

On a quiet morning in 1941, the residents of a small village in Central Lithuania are woken by the Soviet Army and forcibly herded onto a crowded freight train bound for the snowy plains of Siberia. Whilst this new existence quickly becomes a brutal battle for survival, 8-year-old Algis learns to escape the daily rigours through the…

New book – The Mystic Lamb , the intriguing story of the the Ghent Altarpiece

NewsFebruary 11, 20200Comments

The Mystic Lamb: Admired and Stolen is a mesmerising art history detective story that explores the intriguing mystery of Jan Van Eyck’s masterpiece the Ghent Altarpiece, with its central panel, the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, being the particular focus of attention. Considered a masterpiece and one of the world’s most influential works, the Ghent…

New book : London crime fiction – Maggy Garrisson

NewsApril 15, 20190Comments

SelfMadeHero is delighted to announce the publication of Lewis Trondheim and Stéphane Oiry's MAGGY GARRISSON An unconventional new heroine is set loose on the streets of London. After two years of unemployment, Maggy Garrisson lands a secretarial job with a shady private detective. But when her new boss is beaten to a pulp,…

New book – Basquiat, graphic biography (out in May)

NewsApril 9, 20190Comments

SelfMadeHero is delighted to announce the publication of Julian Voloj and Søren Glosimodt Mosda's graphic biography BASQUIAT Hugely influential, especially on street art and hip-hop, Jean-Michel Basquiat has become a legend since he emerged on the New York art scene in the 1980s, feted by Warhol and Bowie and dating Madonna. Since his untimely…

New Book – Memoirs of A Book Thief

NewsApril 8, 20190Comments

SelfMadeHero is delighted to announced the publication of Alessandro Tota and Pierre Van Hove's MEMOIRS OF A BOOK THIEF. Paris in the 1950s. In the heyday of Jean-Paul Sartre, a new literary star emerges. When poet and book thief Daniel Brodin seizes an opportunity to read a poem in front of the Parisian literati,…

New book -Box Brown’s Cannabis: An American History

NewsApril 8, 20190Comments

SelfMadeHero is delighted to announce the publication of Box Brown's CANNABIS: An American History. From the acclaimed creator of Tetris and Andre The Giant a timely and revealing history of cannabis in America. Box Brown traces the long and troubled relationship between cannabis culture and the U.S. establishment, from the drug’s arrival in…

Penny Nichols might save us all! Plus new Surfside Girls, Box, and the final League

NewsFebruary 18, 20190Comments

Meet the murderously funny PENNY NICHOLS! Somehow, sarcastic Penny's gotten roped into helping make an amateur slasher film. With a team of flakes and weirdos, she’s probably the only one who can save this stupid movie… but maybe it can save her, too. Now can somebody please stop that dog from licking the fake blood? “I…

GUANTÁNAMO KID – THE TRUE STORY OF MOHAMMED EL-GHARANI

NewsFebruary 12, 20190Comments

SelfMadeHero is delighted to announce the publication of Guantanamo Kid, a personal account by Mohammed El-Gharani, one of the youngest prisoners in the notorious detention centre. A powerful, compelling true story about one of Guantánamo Bay’s youngest detainees who was no more than 14 when he left his native country, Saudi Arabia, in order to…

New book – Lip Hook, original British horror from by David Hine and Mark Stafford

NewsOctober 5, 20180Comments

SelfMadeHero is delighted to announced the publication of LIP HOOK, an eerie original horror tale from British creators David Hine and Mark Stafford, the team behind the hugely popular The Man Who Laughs. Few travellers take the road to the remote village of Lip Hook but one foggy night, a car arrives. The driver is a dangerously…

Rachael Ball’s Wolf – A new book from SelfMadeHero

NewsSeptember 10, 20180Comments

SelfMadeHero is delighted to announce the publication of British cartoonist Rachael Ball's new graphic novel, WOLF Summer, 1976. After a tragic accident, a young boy called Hugo finds his world turned upside down. His new home comes with new neighbours, among them the mysterious Wolfman. Longing for a return to the past, Hugo draws up plans for a time…

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: THE CORBYN COMIC BOOK

NewsJuly 14, 20170Comments

Independent graphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero will publish a comic-book anthology about the leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn, which will be launched at the Labour Party’s Annual Conference in September 2017. As part of the project, SelfMadeHero is opening up submissions to comic book creators for a period of just four weeks. SelfMadeHero’s summer challenge: make…