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The Sculptor by Scott McCloud (First Second)

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The Sculptor – Scott McCloud’s Return to Fiction is a Towering Achievement, but Not Quite a Masterpiece

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 13, 2015

The Sculptor, Scott McCloud’s return from comics theory to narrative, has been greeted with something approaching the city-stopping ticker-tape welcomes once accorded to returning astronauts. However, for all its ambition and achievement, McCloud’s…

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The Shape of a Masterpiece: Scott McCloud Speaks about the Pressure and Satisfaction of Creating His First Graphic Novel, ‘The Sculptor’

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • February 4, 2015

Scott McCloud has secured his legacy in the comic book world through his books on the theory and craft of our medium: Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comic and Making Comics. He also wrote…

Franz Kafka by Robert Crumb

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Proving that Comics Cross Borders, the ‘K: Kafka in Komiks’ Exhibition Reaches London

  • by Tom Murphy
  • November 27, 2014

Alienation; the relentless oppression of modern life; the sense that we’re trapped like lab rats in a vast, nightmarish and illogical system in which we can never truly comprehend any…

The Motherless Oven by Rob Davis

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A Different Kind of Disturbia – Rob Davis on His New Graphic Novel, ‘The Motherless Oven’

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • November 4, 2014

A COMICA FESTIVAL TIE-IN! “I hate it when a book feels it has to sidle up to me all pally, nudging me and pointing out the attractions. A 10-year-old could…

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The Motherless Oven – A Graphic Novel from Rob Davis that Shines, Disturbs, Questions, and Rocks!

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • October 16, 2014

A COMICA FESTIVAL TIE-IN! Rob Davis offers a soul-searching black and white masterpiece of dysfunction and fulfillment. With credits such as “How I Built My Father,” “My Family and Other…

The Cigar That Fell in Love With a Pipe (David Camus & Nick Abadzis; SelfMadeHero)

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The Cigar That Fell in Love with a Pipe – David Camus and Nick Abadzis Conjure up an Unorthodox Love Story, with Tobacco

  • by Conori Bell-Bhuiyan
  • May 27, 2014

Quirky, unusual and delightfully inventive, The Cigar That Fell in Love with a Pipe, an enchanting and ultimately tragic story by David Camus and Nick Abadzis, weaves together two romances – one…

Celeste by INJ Culbard (SelfMadeHero)

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Celeste – An Ambitious Mystical Journey That Gets a Little Lost Along the Way

  • by Tom Murphy
  • May 14, 2014

INJ Culbard’s debut solo book looks as beautiful as you’d expect, but it’s a puzzle that never offers a satisfactory solution. When I was falling into comics back in the early…

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Van Gogh’s biography as graphic novel

  • by Richard Boom
  • February 14, 2014

Press Release Vincent Van Gogh is arguably one of the world’s most popular artists and a man who led a turbulent, tragic life in pursuit of his dreams. During his…

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Vincent – Barbara Stok and SelfMadeHero Investigate Tortured Genius Vincent Van Gogh

  • by Conori Bell-Bhuiyan
  • February 14, 2014

The phrase ‘tortured artist’ perhaps suits none better than Vincent Van Gogh, and this graphic novel is a testament to that fact. Have you ever wanted to be able to…

The Park by Oscar Zarate (Blank Slate Books)

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The Park

  • by Tom Murphy
  • January 14, 2014

Having worked previously with collaborators from Shakespeare to Alan Moore, artist Oscar Zarate takes the reins with The Park, a beautifully observed and crafted tale of retribution and redemption in…

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Best Book win for The Nao Of Brown

  • by Richard Boom
  • November 27, 2013

Glyn Dillon’s critically acclaimed graphic novel, THE NAO OF BROWN, has won the Best Book prize at this year’s British Comic Awards at Thought Bubble Festival in Leeds, which ended…

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Room for Love

  • by Conori Bell-Bhuiyan
  • November 25, 2013

Room for Love is no conventional, sweet and cheerful, happy-ending love story. It’s a painful, sometimes bitter, account of the unlikely collision of two people’s lives told with sincere authenticity…

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‘The Gigantic Beard that was Evil’ Wins 9th Art Award at Edinburgh International Book Festival

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 25, 2013

At the Edinburgh International Book Festival this afternoon the winner of Graphic Scotland’s inaugural 9th Art Award for the best full-length English language graphic novel of the last year was…

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Rembrandt and the Price of Genius

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • July 9, 2013

By focusing on his entourage, Typex delivers a stunning psychological inside look into the 17th century Dutch master Rembrandt. After studying Rembrandt for over 3 years, dutch comics artist Typex…

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SelfMadeHe​ro at Edinburgh Book Festival 2013

  • by Richard Boom
  • July 7, 2013

Press Release SelfMadeHero, UK’s award-winning independent publisher, is attending this year’s 30th Edinburgh International Book Festival with a number of its top British creators taking part in the newly created graphic…

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Preview: The Castle

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • June 6, 2013

SelfMadeHero has provided BF with a preview of its adaptation of Franz Kafka’s The Castle, available now in finer comic shops and bookstores. For the 170th anniversary of his birth,…

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Formidable! – Looking Back on BD & Comics Passion 2013

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 4, 2013

Since its debut in the autumn of 2011, the BD & Comics Passion festival at London’s Institut français has rapidly become an essential – even obligatory – date for the diary in our…

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