SelfMadeHero announces autumn releases

By John Freeman on July 5, 2013

Talking of SelfMadeHero, the company has just announced some of its upcoming autumn releases

The graphic novel renaissance in Britain continues apace, and our creators are receiving more attention and acclaim than ever before. This year the company has already seen Glyn Dillon’s The Nao of Brown pick up the Prix Spécial du Jury at Angoulême and Paul Collicutt’s The Murder Mile win broad praise in the national press.

Autumn 2013 sees the launch of a humorous gift book, The (True!) History of Art, which ponders the nagging mysteries of art history; the two volumes of Rob Davis’ celebrated adaptation of Don Quixote are collected in a beautifully produced hardback; and Oscar Zarate’s stunning piece of original fiction, The Park, will also be released.

November will see the publication of the first volume of contemporary Swiss graphic novelist Frederik Peeters’ Angoulême award-winning space opera series, Aâma, and a terrific original graphic novel by Ilya, Room For Love.

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.