It’s Count Binface, The Comic — Bringing Back The Absurd To British Politics
Count Binface, candidate for the Clacton by-election in the UK, “leader of the Recyclons from planet Sigma IX,” is getting his
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An Interview With ‘Romo The Wolfboy’ Creator Ilya
You’d think circus folk would be better at not passing judgement on others. While Romo is allowed to travel with
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SelfMadeHero’s New Season Of Books – Kusama, Bowie, Butterflies And Angling
Always a great publisher, always pushing things in the medium, SelfMadeHero have just announced their new quartet of books for
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Talking ‘Madame Choi And The Monsters’ With Patrick Spät And Sheree Domingo
She was a major South Korean actress. He was a successful South Korean director (and her ex-husband). In 1978, Choi
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SelfMadeHero’s Autumn Solicits: A New Quartet Of Graphic Novels
More great looking new books for you now from one of Britain’s finest graphic novel publishers… SelfMadeHero‘s quartet of Autumn
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Previewing ‘George Sands: True Genius, True Woman’ — Out Now From SelfMadeHero
The latest in SelfMadeHero‘s always worth taking a look at graphic biographies shines a light on female novelist George Sand.
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The Latest From SelfMadeHero: A Quartet Of Books For March To May 2024
SelfMadeHero is another of those excellent UK publishers that seem to offer something of a guarantee of quality with their
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First Graphic Novel Award Winner Announced – Alexander Taylor’s ‘Bone Broth’
From 170 entrants, this years’ First Graphic Novel Award narrowed it down to the six on the shortlist and then
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Thought Bubble 2023: First Graphic Novel Award Announces Seven Creator Shortlist
The longlist for the First Graphic Novel Prize has been announced, whittling down 30 creators to a shortlist of seven…
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SelfMadeHero And The Cartoon Museum Announce 30 Creators Longlisted For First Graphic Novel Awards
The next big thing? Could be on this list. SelfMadeHero and The Cartoon Museum whittle entries down to 30 for
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Preview: SelfMadeHero Publishes Mylo Choy’s Contemplative Memoir On Running And Self-Acceptance ‘Middle Distance’
A contemplative and uplifting memoir of the love of running and how the act of pushing the body enabled them
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SelfMadeHero And London’s Cartoon Museum Launch 2023 First Graphic Novel Award
London’s Cartoon Museum and one of the great British publishers, SelfMadeHero, have announced a new iteration of the First Graphic
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Previewing ‘Thomas Girtin, The Forgotten Painter’: New From Oscar Zarate And SelfMadeHero
The new graphic biography from Oscar Zarate and SelfMadeHero throws light on a pioneering watercolour artist and contemporary of Turner.
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Preview: The New Book From Mary And Bryan Talbot – ‘Armed With Madness, The Surreal Leonora Carrington’
With art by the legendary Bryan Talbot, one of the true greats of British comics, Armed With Madness sees Mary
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‘Starman’ Creator, Reinhard Kleist, Talks Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
It’ll be fifty years ago this July that David Bowie (as Ziggy Stardust) announced on stage that Ziggy Stardust and
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Preview: Reinhard Kleist Exploration Of An Icon In ‘Starman: Bowie’s Stardust Years’
Back to the time when Ziggy played guitar in Reinhard Kleist’s dazzling look at David Bowie’s Stardust Years.
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Preview: ‘Frida Kahlo: Her Life, Her Work, Her Home’
One of the most influential artists of all time, an artist whose work is immediately recognisable – Frida Kahlo’s life
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SelfMadeHero’s Spring 2023 Titles Announced: New Graphic Biographies Of Frida Kahlo, Thomas Girtin And More
SelfMadeHero have announced their new slate of titles for Spring 2023, including work from Reinhard Kleist, Mary & Bryan Talbot,
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Preview: Barbara Yelin’s Award Winning ‘Irmina’ Re-Released For Holocaust Memorial Day
Barbara Yelin‘s Irmina is a reflection on war, on the Holocaust, a troubling and intelligent drama released by SelfMadeHero in
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Preview: The Rickard Sisters & SelfMadeHero Say ‘No Surrender’ In November
UK creators Sophie and Scarlett Rickard and publishers SelfMadeHero adapt Constance Maud’s classic 1911 suffrage novel, No Surrender, into a
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Preview: Welcome To ‘Sophie’s World – A Graphic Novel About The History Of Philosophy’
SelfMadeHero’s latest graphic novel brings the worldwide philosophy bestseller by Jostein Gaarder to comics
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Preview: ‘The Philosopher, the Dog and the Wedding’ – Barbara Stok’s Wonderfully Realised Fascination With Philosophy
The author of SelfMadeHero’s Vincent turns her attention to Hipparchia and a lost strand of philosophy…
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SelfMadeHero’s Autumn Quartet Announced – Including The Graphic Novel Adaptation Of ‘Sophie’s World’
Philosophy, fine art, and the Suffragette movement, SelfMadeHero‘s newly announced quartet of Fall releases promises so much.
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Preview: ‘Alice Guy: First Lady of Film’ Shows Us A Pioneer’s Vision And Journey From The Early Days Of Cinema
SelfMadeHero, José-Louis Bocquet, and Catel Muller combine for an essential history lesson in cinema with Alice Guy.
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Comics Salopia 2022: The Female Frontier And Celebrating Great Comics By Women
Host Leonard Sultana starts off on the right note by joking about being a middle-age, cis “bloke” hosting a panel
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Upcoming: ‘Days Of Sand’ – A Best-Seller In Europe, Telling A Forgotten American Tale
SelfMadeHero announces the English-language publication of Aimée de Jongh’s Days of Sand, a bestselling graphic novel inspired by real-life stories
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‘Catalyst’: SelfMadeHero’s Graphic Anthology Features As An Online Exhibition At The Cartoon Museum
Following the launch of SelfMadeHero‘s Graphic Anthology Programme launch in 2021 which led to Catalyst the graphic novel anthology, now
Read morePreviewing ‘Knock Out! The True Story Of Emile Griffith’ By Reinhard Kleist
Knock Out! is the latest of Reinhard Kleist‘s graphic novels from SelfMadeHero, the true story of the bisexual black American
Read moreBest Of British: Gareth Brookes Tells A Visionary Story Of ‘The Dancing Plague’
In The Dancing Plague, Gareth Brookes‘ takes established historical events to ground what we’re reading in fact, but then cleverly
Read moreSelfMadeHero Offers A Dark Take On Romance In New Anthology ‘I Feel Love’ Out In April
I Feel Love, an anthology of short fictions that explores love’s dark, twisted underbelly thanks to editors Julian Hanshaw and
Read moreEuro Reviews: ‘Zátopek’ – When You Can’t Keep Going, Go Faster!
The man who changed running, that’s what they call Emil Zátopek, one of the greatest Olympic champions of all time,
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