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SelfMadeHero’s Spring 2023 Publishing Schedule Announced – Includes the new David Bowie Graphic Biography by Reinhard Kleist

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 25, 2023

SlefMadeHero have made their Spring 2023 publishing slate known and there’s some huge names involved this time around including perennial SMH faves Reinhard Kleist and Oscar Zarate. Full info below….

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Georgia O’Keeffe – Maria Herreros’ Graphic Biography Gets to the Wild, Brave Heart of this Legendary Painter

  • by Jenny Robins
  • August 31, 2022

The newest edition to SelfMadeHero’s Art Masters series, Georgia O’Keeffe is a graphic biography written and illustrated by Maria Herreros and translated from the Spanish edition from Astiberri Ediciones. The…

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SelfMadeHero’s Autumn 2022 Releases Include an Adaptation of ‘Sophie’s World’ and New Work from the Eisner-Nominated Rickard Sisters

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 28, 2022

SelfMadeHero’s Autumn releases have been announced. For the philosophy graduates there’s exciting news with an adaptation of Sophie’s World, and there’s new work from the Eisner-nominated Rickard Sisters with No…

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SelfMadeHero to Publish Catel & Bocquet’s Graphic Biography ‘Alice Guy: First Lady of Film’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 4, 2022

With an established pedigree in graphic biography SelfMadeHero‘s comics studies of influential or inspiring lives are always worth checking out. This month sees the publication of Alice Guy: First Lady…

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Call Me Nathan – Catherine Castro and Quentin Zuttion Chart the Trans Journey from Multiple Perspectives

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 18, 2022

Unlike many of the books we have covered here at Broken Frontier that deal with the trans experience Call Me Nathan is a semi-fictionalised account of that journey rather than…

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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists – Scarlett and Sophie Rickard’s Adaptation Underlines How Robert Tressell’s Socialist Masterpiece is More Relevant Now than Ever

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 3, 2022

Long held to be a masterpiece of socialist literature, Robert Tressell’s classic novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists was first published in 1914. Set in the town of Mugsborough, it features…

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Strays – Chris W. Kim’s SelfMadeHero Graphic Novel is a Powerful and Emotional Experience

  • by Jon Aye
  • March 30, 2022

For someone that has experienced a psychological trauma, the natural impulse is to seek out a safe space and take refuge. But the problem never goes away, it simply stays…

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Catalyst – SelfMadeHero’s Anthology Champions Emerging Creators of Colour Including Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artists Dominique Duong and Jason Chuang

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 7, 2022

It’s a most appropriate time to be looking at SelfMadeHero’s Catalyst anthology – the end product of their 2021 Graphic Anthology Programme designed to mentor and champion emerging creators of…

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London’s Cartoon Museum and SelfMadeHero Launch ‘Catalyst’ Online Exhibition Spotlighting Emerging Creators of Colour

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 2, 2022

London’s Cartoon Museum and publisher SelfMadeHero have announced a new online exhibition centred around the recent Catalyst anthology, a collection of stories designed to put a spotlight on emerging creators…

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Orwell – Christin and Verdier Present a Linear But Uncritical Biography of the British Writer

  • by Nicholas Burman
  • September 15, 2021

Before his death, Orwell requested that no biography be written about him. That request has been ignored so often that Orwell is only a minor expansion of a collective crime….

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Knock Out! – The True Story of Bisexual Black Boxer Emile Griffith Recounted by Reinhard Kleist and SelfMadeHero

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 13, 2021

There’s a quote from Emile Griffith that is the first thing the reader sees when opening Knock Out!, Reinhard Kleist’s exploration of the life of the bisexual Black boxer whose…

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Inside Look: The Dancing Plague – Gareth Brookes on the Pyrographical and Embroidered Process Behind His SelfMadeHero Graphic Novel

  • by Gareth Brookes
  • July 8, 2021

Our Inside Look feature at Broken Frontier provides creators with the opportunity to share exclusive commentaries on their comics projects with our readers, giving insights into the genesis, process and…

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The Dancing Plague – One of History’s Most Mysterious Unexplained Events Revisited in Graphic Novel Form by Gareth Brookes and SelfMadeHero

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 16, 2021

New comics work from Gareth Brookes – whether it be experimental zines and minicomics or full-length graphic novel – is always to be eagerly anticipated such is his dedication to…

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I Feel Love – Romance Comics with the Bleakest of Twists in this New SelfMadeHero Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 8, 2021

A follow-up to 2018’s anthology I Feel Machine – an exploration of the darker implications in our relationship with technology – SelfMadeHero’s I Feel Love similarly brings us six unsettling…

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Zátopek – A Steady Biography of Czechoslovakia’s Long-Distance Runner from SelfMadeHero

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • March 1, 2021

Zátopek has a pacing problem. This deft graphic autobiography by Jan Novák and Jaromír 99 bounds through the life of the acclaimed Czechoslovakian long-distance runner; recounting his overcrowded childhood home…

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SelfMadeHero Announce Their Graphic Anthology Programme Dedicated to Promoting Diversity in Comics Publishing

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 22, 2021

Coming into the weekend we heard news of a new diversity-focused mentoring programme from UK publisher SelfMadeHero that will lead to an anthology to be released at the Lakes International…

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SelfMadeHero Announce 2021 Spring Line-Up – Includes Work from Gareth Brookes, Reinhard Kleist, Fermín Solís and Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Cat Sims

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 15, 2021

SelfMadeHero have announced their 2021 Spring line-up of books which includes I Feel Love, an anthology featuring work from our 2018 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artist Cat Sims (XENOS,…

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#DrawYourBookshop – UK Publisher SelfMadeHero Announces Social Media Initiative to Support Bookshops in Lockdown

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 13, 2020

Here’s a neat idea from UK publisher SelfMadeHero to help some of our very favourite institutions in these challenging times. The #DrawYourBookshop initiative launches on Wednesday November 18th. Full details…

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