SelfMadeHero
@SelfMadeHero
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Award-winning publisher of graphic novels from the quirky and humorous to the political and profound 📚 #GraphicNovels #ComicBooks #Illustration
London, UK
Joined March 2009
The moment you've all been waiting for: submissions for #FGNA2025 open TODAY! 🔗 @1stGraphicNovel @Cartoonmuseumuk @ThebksAgency
#FirstGraphicNovelAward #FGNA #FGN #indiecomics #bonebroth #indiepublishing #selfmadehero
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This week @scottmccloud's #TheSculptor turned 10 years old! David is giving his life for his art – literally, thanks to a deal with Death. But now he only has 200 days to live... 🔗 #selfmadehero #bookbirthday #indiecomics #scottmccloud #graphicnovel
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#Angouleme 2025, we ❤️ you! Some highlights: Posy Simmond's expertly curated exhibition! @paul_gravett The sci-fi exhibition at the BD museum - great to see the French editions of #TheNaoofBrown and #Apollo on sale there too! And, a new bar/club named after #Tumult! @bdangouleme
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From #TheDancingPlague creator Gareth Brookes, #TheCompleatAngler connects today’s politically divided and ecologically endangered England to that of the 17th century. 🇬🇧: June 19th 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦: June 17th 🔗 #selfmadehero #izaakwalton #indiecomics #fishing
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In 1976, Bowie escaped his frantic, drug-fuelled life in Los Angeles for the Wall of the divided city of Berlin... From @ReinhardKleist, #Low: Bowie's Berlin Years arrives on May 22nd! (North America: July 8th) 🔗 #davidbowie #selfmadehero #indiecomics
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From Eisner winner @PKuperArt, Monarch's Journey is a 48-page color-in story about the Monarch butterfly, its migration, and the environmental challenges it faces along the way. 🦋🦋🦋 Hatching in North America on April 29th! 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦 🔗 #selfmadehero
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“I followed the thread of art and somehow discovered a path that would allow me to live.” Kusama: Polka Dot Queen by Simon Elliott - new from #SelfMadeHero on April 10th! (North America: May 20th) 🔗 #YayoiKusama #indiecomics #graphicnovels
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If you missed out on hearing from the #FirstGraphicNovelAward judges at Waterstones Piccadilly, never fear! Just head to Graphic Memoir for the rundown! 🔗 @1stGraphicNovel @WaterstonesPicc @jsandler1978
#FGNA2025 #FGNA #indiecomics #selfmadehero
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RT @jsandler1978: 🎉 New Blog: Highlights from the #FirstGraphicNovelAward 2025 launch in London! Tips on lettering, scripting & panels from…
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RT @bobbyjosephart: If you have a graphic novel ready or working on one - then send in your submission!! Here are the details to apply for…
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RT @joelmeadows1: SelfMadeHero Announce A Raft Of New Books For Spring @SelfMadeHero @PaulBrazill @JodyWeitzman
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RT @LordWoolamaloo: From Reinhard Kleist's The Boxer, pub @SelfMadeHero I read this in preparation for chairing Reinhard at @edbookfest in…
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RT @CBCCPodcast: Ohhh, @SelfMadeHero announced Simon Elliot's KUSAMA: POLKA DOT QUEEN for an April release, which might be of great interes…
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Today is #HolocaustMemorialDay, the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz-Birkenau. #AdieuBirkenau is the story of holocaust survivor Ginette Kolinka - we sat down for a Q&A with its co-author Victor Matet. 🔗 #WWII #remembrance #ginettekolinka
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Where else could polkadots, butterflies, David Bowie, and fishing go together? 🔴🦋🎹🎣 Time has come for our new Spring 2025 list! 🔗 @PKuperArt @ReinhardKleist
#selfmadehero #yayoikusama #davidbowie #monarchbutterfly #izaakwalton #indiecomics
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"I try to work in a stream of consciousness, not fully knowing where my drawings and words will take me. Every new book is an adventure, a journey." - @AndrzejKlimo in the latest @FictionableWrld! ☁️☁️☁️ 🔗 #Edifice #selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics
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Out TODAY in North America: "#Edifice is an incredible piece of art... Sure to be one of the best graphic novels of 2025" Check out the amazing new review from @borgdotcom! ☁☁☁ 🔗 @AndrzejKlimo
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #andrzejklimowski #surrealism
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RT @1stGraphicNovel: Publish your first graphic novel! The First Graphic Novel Award is open for entry! Comic bookshops, do get in touch if…
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"#ThomasGirtin is a wonderful tale about the discovery of art, self-discovery, and discovering more about friends and loved ones. It’s a story about the importance of these personal connections, and how they feed and sustain us." - From Cover to Cover 🔗
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We're absolutely thrilled to see #SelfMadeHero founder Emma Hayley join the @brokenfrontier Hall of Fame! Huge thanks to the Broken Frontier team! 🔗 #indiecomics #indiepublisher #graphicnovels #comics
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