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Award-winning publisher of graphic novels from the quirky and humorous to the political and profound #graphicnovels #comicbooks
First Graphic Novel Award submissions close on April 22nd 2025!
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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · Nov 20
We call the first meeting of #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub to order!
Pick up your copy today for a touching, funny, and beautiful story about creativity, community, and determination!

#selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #neurodiversity #disabilityrepresentation
selfmadehero.bsky.social
Roll up, roll up! #RomotheWolfBoy, the supernatural extravaganza by ILYA, will be pitching its big top tent in UK bookshops on February 19th! 🎪🎪🐺

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#selfmadehero #indiecomics #victoriana #mystery #circus #graphicnovel #publishing
January 21, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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cartooncounty.bsky.social
Our 1st meet-up of ‘26 has @ilyagraphic.bsky.social talking Romo the WolfBoy (out from @selfmadehero.bsky.social in Feb) with @panelborders.bsky.social Learn about the wonderful book and how #kickstarter meets the mass market

Mon 26 Jan
The Walrus
Ship St
Brighton
from 6.30pm
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Front and back covers to Ilya’s thick hardback graphic novel: Romo the Wolf Boy - Strange Case of Cackle & Hide - to be discussed at Cartoon County on 26/01/2026
January 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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brokenfrontier.bsky.social
Review! Adieu Birkenau – Ginette Kolinka’s Powerful, Time-Shifting Story of Holocaust Survival from SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/adieu-birken...
Adieu Birkenau - Ginette Kolinka's Powerful, Time-Shifting Story of Holocaust Survival from SelfMadeHero – Broken Frontier
'Adieu Birkenau' looks at the life of Holocaust survivor Ginette Kolinka as she tours the Birkenau camp she was once imprisoned in.
www.brokenfrontier.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:58 PM
selfmadehero.bsky.social
You have until the end of today to cast your votes in the 2025 @brokenfrontier.bsky.social awards!
We're incredibly honoured to be nominated for Best Publisher, and even more proud to see Alex Taylor ( #BoneBroth) nominated for Breakout Talent!

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January 14, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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brokenfrontier.bsky.social
Vote now in the Broken Frontier Awards 2025! Nominees for 'Breakout Talent' include Alex Taylor, @lgions.bsky.social, @kaysohini.bsky.social, Kayla E. and @paigumondus.bsky.social.
Online voting form here: www.brokenfrontier.com/introducing-... #BFAwards25
The covers of graphic novels by creators nominated for Breakout Talent in the 2025 Broken Frontier Awards.
January 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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brokenfrontier.bsky.social
Vote now in the Broken Frontier Awards 2025! Nominees for 'Best Publisher' are: @averyhill.bsky.social @dandq.bsky.social @fantagraphics.bsky.social @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social @selfmadehero.bsky.social. #BFAwards25

Online voting form here: www.brokenfrontier.com/introducing-...
The logos of the five mentioned publishers up for Best Publisher in the 2025 Broken Frontier Awards.
January 7, 2026 at 4:28 PM
selfmadehero.bsky.social
A very happy birthday from us at #SelfMadeHero to the man himself, #DavidBowie!

And, of course, #LOW and #STARMAN by @reinhardkleist.bsky.social are both an excellent way to look back on this musical icon... 🎙

#publishing #bandedessinee #graphicnovel #indiepublishing #reinhardkleist
January 8, 2026 at 7:40 PM
selfmadehero.bsky.social
Arrested, deported, imprisoned, and orphaned - all before the age of seven...

#EmmieArbel: The Colour of Memory, the graphic biography by Barbara Yelin, will arrive in the UK on February 5th, and in North America on March 17th.

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#selfmadehero #holocausthistory #graphicnovel
January 7, 2026 at 5:09 PM
selfmadehero.bsky.social
"A calming salve in turbulent political times" - as put in this new review by the International Journal of Comic Art, 2025's #TheCompleatAngler by Gareth Brookes might be a good way to start off your 2026!

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#selfmadehero #indiecomics #fishing
January 1, 2026 at 5:09 PM
selfmadehero.bsky.social
Just in time to announce before the New Year kicks in - #LOW: Bowie's Berlin Years has been named by Teddy Jamieson of The Herald as one of the best graphic novels of 2025!
🎉 🎉 🎉
And, of course, congratulations to @reinhardkleist.bsky.social!

#selfmadehero #davidbowie #indiecomics #reinhardkleist
December 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
selfmadehero.bsky.social
Need any more gift ideas for the holidays? This week, two of our latest graphic novels reached bookstore shelves in North America: #BoneBroth by Alex Taylor , and #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub by Francisco de la Mora and Bill Tuckey!

#selfmadehero #indiecomics
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
selfmadehero.bsky.social
"A landscape of cruelty and plenty in a meditative book of subtle carp, malicious frogs and dainty eels."
We're extremely proud to share that #TheCompleatAngler by Gareth Brookes has been named among the best graphic novels of 2025 by James Smart of @theguardian.com!
🎣🎣🎣
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December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
selfmadehero.bsky.social
@scenemag.co.uk has compliments for the chef! See their review of #BoneBroth by Alex Taylor here:
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@firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social

#selfmadehero #bookreview #indiecomics #publishing #graphicnovel
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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rickardsisters.com
Lovely write-up of This Slavery for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social - written with affection and admiration for Ethel Carnie Holdsworth and the Lancashire that made her possible

Thank you @traveloguer.bsky.social @selfmadehero.bsky.social

www.tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/reco...
Recovering Ethel Holdsworth
A new cinematic graphic novel should finally bring one of England’s most overlooked working-class socialist writers to a wide audience.
www.tribunemag.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Comic Therapy: Meditations for Reflection

#GraphicMedicine

@selfmadehero.bsky.social in 2026

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Comic Therapy: Meditations for Reflection
From the creator of the popular One Year Wiser, this unique collection of short comic strips is designed to offer moments of calm wellbeing and thoughtful refl.
www.selfmadehero.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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lawrenceschimel.bsky.social
Maybe look at some graphic novel adaptations, too?

I translated the graphic novel version by Javi Rey of Jesús Carrasco's OUT IN THE OPEN for @selfmadehero.bsky.social

www.selfmadehero.com/books/out-in...

(Which was an Eisner finalist for Best Adaptation from another Medium! 🤩)
Out in the Open
A young boy flees a town ruled by violence and ravaged by drought. Before him lies a lifeless expanse of baked earth; beyond that, the unknown.
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November 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
selfmadehero.bsky.social
A belated thank you to everyone who came to see us at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social, along with our friends @rickardsisters.com, Gareth Brookes, Alex Taylor, @abbiebsart.bsky.social, and @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social! And whether you made it or not, we hope to see you all next time!

#indiecomics
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
selfmadehero.bsky.social
Now that the whole #SelfMadeHero lineup for Autumn 2025 has reached UK shelves, who fancies a look back at Autumn 2024?
#TheyShotthePianoPlayer
#MadameChoiandtheMonsters
#AdieuBirkenau
#Edifice

#indiecomics #graphicnovels #publishing
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
selfmadehero.bsky.social
Want to know more about the story behind #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub? We just released an exclusive Q&A with Bill Tuckey and Francisco de la Mora on our website!

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#selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #disabilityrepresentation
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
selfmadehero.bsky.social
We call the first meeting of #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub to order!
Pick up your copy today for a touching, funny, and beautiful story about creativity, community, and determination!

#selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #neurodiversity #disabilityrepresentation
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
selfmadehero.bsky.social
Look high, look low - in just 1 DAY we'll convene #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub!
♻️🌳🗑️
(Our North American chapter opens on December 2nd!)

🔗 buff.ly/SJoxday

#selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #disabilityrepresentation
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
selfmadehero.bsky.social
We at SelfMadeHero are saddened to hear about the passing of Rachel Cooke. Through her work at @theobserveruk.bsky.social, she did so much to support and bring awareness to the medium of graphic novels, and we are forever grateful. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.

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Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
National
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November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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News! The Six Creators Shortlisted for the 2025 First Graphic Novel Competition Revealed!. @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social @selfmadehero.bsky.social

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The Six Creators Shortlisted for the 2025 First Graphic Novel Award Revealed! – Broken Frontier
The six names on the shortlist for the First Graphic Novel Competition are revealed to the world this week.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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lizzlunney.bsky.social
Forget-Me-Not made the FGNA shortlist!! 🙀 (I’ll be sharing more about this soon soon soon)
selfmadehero.bsky.social SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · Nov 15
After deliberating over an amazing longlist, the much-anticipated FGNA 2025 shortlist is finally here!
We and the @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social judges are proud to present...
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Flabbergasted to be on the @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social @selfmadehero.bsky.social short list with all these amazing artist 😦
selfmadehero.bsky.social SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · Nov 15
After deliberating over an amazing longlist, the much-anticipated FGNA 2025 shortlist is finally here!
We and the @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social judges are proud to present...
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM