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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 2h

"Many truths apply to exploitation as much now as then... An author who still has something to say has been proudly restored to topicality by Scarlett and Sophie Rickard."
@sandagnguide.bsky.social on #ThisSlavery — OUT NOW!

@rickardsisters.com

#selfmadehero #graphicnovel #indiecomics

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 1d

October 16th at 7PM: catch @bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social, UK Comics Laureate and author of #MyDadFightsDemons, giving this exclusive talk at the Cartoon Museum!

Tickets available now!
🔗 buff.ly/vZCtRQP

@abbiebsart.bsky.social

#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #diversity #publishing

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 2d

"This never-more-timely tale of the eternal injustice and biologically apologist is superbly readable, dramatically enticing and should be compulsory viewing for all – as long as we don’t force anyone…" - Now Read This! on #ThisSlavery by @rickardsisters.com!

🔗 buff.ly/U4sRgZt

#selfmadehero

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 4d

There's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it reference in this one... ⭐

#MyDadFightsDemons - Abbigayle Bircham & @bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social!

#selfmadehero #indiecomics #YAbook #publishing #graphicnovel #jjba #bandedessinee #indiepublishing #newcomics

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 5d

#bookbirthday
#TheyShotthePianoPlayer by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal came out 1 year ago today!

🔗 buff.ly/E9y26ot

#selfmadehero #bossanova #jazz #chicoandrita #graphicnovel #publishing #musichistory

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 6d

Can't a kid have some privacy?
The making of a page from #MyDadFightsDemons by Abbigayle Bircham and @bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social, OUT NOW in the UK and on October 14th in North America!

🔗 buff.ly/c0kTnUn

#selfmadehero #yabooks #indiecomics #graphicnovel #newcomics #publishing #bandedessinee

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Abbie B @abbiebsart.bsky.social · 8d

Last weekend was a blast - thanks so much for having me @comicartfestival.bsky.social 💕🥰

Did my first EVER panel and got to chat about starting out in comics and how I navigated (stumbled) my way into being published last week!

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BOBBY JOSEPH COMICS @bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social · 7d

@abbiebsart.bsky.social

SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 7d

If you didn't get to meet her at #LICAF, here's #MyDadFightsDemons illustrator Abbigayle Bircham!
🎲🐉🖊🏕
@bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social

#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #meettheartist #publishing #illustrator #bandedessinee

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 7d

If you didn't get to meet her at #LICAF, here's #MyDadFightsDemons illustrator Abbigayle Bircham!
🎲🐉🖊🏕
@bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social

#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #meettheartist #publishing #illustrator #bandedessinee

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Chris Downs @chris-downs.bsky.social · 7d

Sounds like a great event! ⏬️

SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 8d

TROUBLE AT MILL!
On November 8th, #ThisSlavery is being launched on a downright industrial scale!
Only a few tickets are left, so BOOK NOW!
🔗 buff.ly/3zUfxuL

@RickardSisters.com

#selfmadehero #indiecomics #booklaunch #newcomics #publishing

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 8d

TROUBLE AT MILL!
On November 8th, #ThisSlavery is being launched on a downright industrial scale!
Only a few tickets are left, so BOOK NOW!
🔗 buff.ly/3zUfxuL

@RickardSisters.com

#selfmadehero #indiecomics #booklaunch #newcomics #publishing

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Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 8d

The First Graphic Novel Competition 2025 Longlist Announced – Winning Entry Will Be Published by SelfMadeHero. @selfmadehero.bsky.social @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social
www.brokenfrontier.com/the-first-gr...

The First Graphic Novel Competition 2025 Longlist Announced – Winning Entry Will Be Published by SelfMadeHero | Broken Frontier

www.brokenfrontier.com

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Chris Downs @chris-downs.bsky.social · 13d

Well worth celebrating. ⏬️ This is a terrific retelling, in graphic novel format, of a story of working people that's iconic for the labour movement in the UK. Originally written by Dublin-born Robert Noonan (aka Tressell) in the first decade of the 20th century but rejected by publishers.
There's...

Rickard Sisters @rickardsisters.com · 13d

Happy 5th Birthday to The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists graphic novel! 🎁

A book cover: on a bottle green background a man is painting an ornate sign which reads Robert Tressell’s The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, graphic novel by Scarlett & Sophie Rickard. A young lad sits by his feet and is passing him a cup of tea in a tin mug. An older man in a painty bowler hat is reading a comic.

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Chris Downs @chris-downs.bsky.social · 13d

... publishers @selfmadehero.bsky.social it's never been easier to read them.

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Abbie B @abbiebsart.bsky.social · 12d

Celebrated yesterdays book launch with a made to order masterpiece of a cake by donutkillmyvibesss on instagram! Super yummy and cool to see my art on a cake!

@bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social @selfmadehero.bsky.social

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BOBBY JOSEPH COMICS @bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social · 8d

Get this exclusive limited edition signed bookplate when you purchase 'MY DAD FIGHTS DEMONS' @goshcomics.bsky.social - the best comic shop in London! As voted by the UK Comics Laureate! 😉 Get your copy before they run out! #diversecomics #comics @selfmadehero.bsky.social @abbiebsart.bsky.social

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 10d

It's Sunday at the #LICAF Lakeside Comics Marketplace! Make sure you swing by!

@rickardsisters.com @comicartfestical.bsky.social

#selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #graphicnovels #LICAF2025

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 11d

The #LICAF Lakeside Comics Marketplace is about to open! Here's today's signing schedule with us at SelfMadeHero!

@RickardSisters.com @comicartfestival.bsky.social

#indiecomics #licaf2025 #comiccon #graphicnovels #publishing #comics

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 13d

Grab your spellbooks and smartphones - #MyDadFightsDemons is OUT NOW in the UK!
(Our friends abroad can join the adventure on October 14th!)

🔗 buff.ly/3EeKP04

@bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social

#selfmadehero #outnow #booklaunch #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 14d

A heartwarming (if one-sided) reunion between parent and child!
Soon you can see it for yourself - #MyDadFightsDemons arrives TOMORROW!!!

@bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social

🔗 buff.ly/3EeKP04

#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing #YAbooks #booklaunch

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 15d

You know it's bad when a guy who fights monsters finds teenagers unsettling...
#MyDadFightsDemons is out in 2 DAYS!

🔗 buff.ly/3EeKP04

@bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social

#selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics #graphicnovel #YAbooks #publishing

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 16d

Yeah, Rye, your dad's a reality-warping sorcerer - what's not to get?
#MyDadFightsDemons comes out in 3 DAYS!

🔗 buff.ly/3EeKP04

@bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social

#selfmadehero #YAbooks #newcomics #publishing #indiecomics #graphicnovels #bandedessinee #graphicnovel #indiepublishing

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 18d

Remember, the #MyDadFightsDemons launch party at @goshcomics.bsky.social is TODAY at 7PM!
@bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social

Remember, you can pre-order from Gosh! here: buff.ly/85nOEo3

#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #booklaunch #publishing #newcomics

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 19d

"An author who still has something to say has been proudly restored to topicality by Scarlett and Sophie Rickard." - #ThisSlavery, reviewed by the @sandagnguide.bsky.social!

🔗 buff.ly/GUJwdLa

@rickardsisters.com

#selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics #graphicnovel #comics #publishing

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 20d

1 WEEK TO GO until #MyDadFightsDemons, the dimension-hopping new graphic novel from Abbigayle Bircham and @bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social, arrives in the UK!

🔗 buff.ly/3EeKP04

#selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics #graphicnovel #publishing #newbooks

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