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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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Altitude – Jean-Marc Rochette Takes a While to Climb His Autobiography of Mountains and Cartoons

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • October 14, 2020

Artistry and mountain climbing might seem like radically different interests. One is physical and dangerous, requiring tactile grasping with Nature, while the other is quiet, contemplative and achieved through reflecting…

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When I Came Out – Anne Mette Kærulf Lorentzen Provides a Very Personal Account of Self-Discovery in Later Life Via SelfMadeHero

  • by Holly Raidl
  • September 18, 2020

When I Came Out tells the story of Louise, a middle-aged woman who, as the title suggests, comes out. The book navigates her early life including her first crush, her…

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UK Publisher SelfMadeHero’s Autumn 2020 Line-Up Announced – New Releases Include Literary Adaptation, Autobiography and Graphic Biography

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 2, 2020

SelfMadeHero have announced three new releases for the Autumn, all of which look to be top picks in the next few months. We’ve covered quite a number of books from…

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Wine: A Graphic History – An Accessible Glimpse into the Centuries-Spanning History of the Nectar of the Vine from Benoist Simmat, Daniel Casanave and SelfMadeHero

  • by John Trigonis
  • August 20, 2020

In Wine: A Graphic History, Benoist Simmat, Daniel Casanave, and SelfMadeHero offer an accessible glimpse into the centuries-spanning history of the nectar of the vine. From pioneers of the natural…

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The Summer of Her Life – Thomas Von Steinaecker and Barbara Yelin Tell the Heart-breaking Story of a Life in Retrospect, from SelfMadeHero

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • June 3, 2020

Thomas Von Steinaecker and Barbara Yelin interweave moments from the life of Gerda, an elderly lady in a care home, who dedicates the majority of her present to wandering through…

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The Book of Forks – The Conclusion of Rob Davis’s SelfMadeHero Trilogy is a Very Human Story for All Its Extravagant Outlandishness

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 18, 2020

“In my experience, people live in the reality that’s presented to them. It’s if you look for something else that you’re being strange.” Those apposite words from The Book of…

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Siberian Haiku – Jurga Vilé and Lina Itagaki’s Intimate Rendering of a Child’s Perspective in this Tragic Memoir Exemplifies the Medium’s Ability to Bear Witness, from SelfMadeHero

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • April 17, 2020

Siberian Haiku is a story written by Jurga Vilé about her father Algis’ memories of being exiled from his home in Lithuania as a child. These tales of exile are…

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Staff Picks for March 11, 2020 – Decorum, Thoreau and Me, All My Friends Are Ghosts, Machine Gun Wizards and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 10, 2020

It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…

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UK Publisher SelfMadeHero’s Spring 2020 Line-Up Announced – Includes Graphic Medicine, Biography and Fiction Amongst Translated European Comics Work

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 20, 2020

More details of publishing plans for 2020 have reached us today. This time it’s the Spring slate of books from UK publisher SelfMadeHero. The full press release is below. SelfMadeHero…

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Mikel – SelfMadeHero Bring Together Mark Bellido and Judith Vanistendael in this Profound Semi-Autobiographical Work Detailing an Aspiring Writer’s Relentless Search for His Story

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • January 6, 2020

From the outset, Mikel interweaves two stories together: a man’s longing to become a writer, and the story he eventually ends up telling, of a man putting his family and…

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ABC of Typography – If You Thought Typography Was Boring, David Rault and His Roster of 11 Comic Artists Will Make You Eat Your Words

  • by Jenny Robins
  • November 13, 2019

If you thought typography was boring, David Rault and his roster of 11 comic artists will make you eat your words – each chapter a delightfully different visual course in…

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‘The Book of Forks’ to Conclude Rob Davis’s SelfMadeHero Trilogy Begun in ‘The Motherless Oven’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 30, 2019

Eisner and British Comic Awards-nominated creator Rob Davis’s trilogy of graphic novels that began in The Motherless Oven five years ago is set to conclude in the coming month with…

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Staff Picks for September 25, 2019 – Vanni: A Family’s Struggle Through the Sri Lankan Conflict, Relics of Youth, Sleepwalking and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 24, 2019

It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…

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