Publisher SelfMadeHero is taking part in this year’s El Dia E. (Spanish Day) celebrations at Instituto Cervantes in London on Saturday 22nd June. Writer and illustrator Rob Davis will be talking with broadcaster and journalist Alex Fitch about his much… Read More ›
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Typex talks Rembrandt
Dutch writer and artist Typex is giving a talk about his biographical graphic novel of the great master, Rembrandt (recently published by independent UK publisher SelfMadeHero) at Waterstones Covent Garden on Thursday 20th June. The novel, which depicts the artist’s… Read More ›
SelfMadeHero talks adaptations at the Institut Francais
A panel from SelfMadeHero’s The Man Who Laughs – art by Mark Stafford The world of adaption is the focus of a SelfMadeHero panel discussion at this year’s BD & Comics Passion event at the Institut Français, London on 2nd… Read More ›
Comic Creator Interview: David Hine on adapting “The Man Who Laughs”
David Hine has had an illustrious career in comics, both as artist and writer, working on a diverse range of comics since his debut in the 1980s on titles such as Crisis. He’s currently finishing the first arc of Storm… Read More ›
David Hine, Mark Stafford create graphic adaptation of Victor Hugo’s “The Man Who Laughs”
The Man Who Laughs, Victor Hugo’s scathing indictment of the injustice and inequality within Britain’s political system, is the latest graphic adaptation from publishers SelfMadeHero, released in paperback this month. David Hine and Mark Stafford have produced a gripping adaptation… Read More ›
SelfMadeHero launches ‘Art Masters’ series with Rembrandt bio
SelfMadeHero are to release a graphical biography of the world’s greatest portrait painter, Rembrandt, in April, produced in association with the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The biography from Dutch illustrator Typex presents an unique colourful account of the great artist’s life… Read More ›
Radio show with David Hine, Mark Stafford and Catherine Anyango
Panel Borders: Darkness and inhumanity in literature Continuing our month of shows about comics and literature, Alex Fitch talks to a trio of graphic novelists about adapting classic 19th century novels as sequential art. In a panel discussion recorded at… Read More ›
SelfMadeHero gets set and goes with ‘The Murder Mile’
Legendary athlete, Sir Roger Bannister runs for his life as a comic book hero in a new graphic novel from SelfMadeHero – The Murder Mile. In 1954, the world-class runner took part in a number of heats prior to his… Read More ›
SelfMadeHero’s HP Lovecraft titles get Kindle-fied
Fancy a slice of the macabre alongside your Christmas turkey this year? Just in time for the Yuletide festivities, SelfMadeHero – a quirky British independent publishing house committed to producing ground-breaking work in the graphic novel medium – has announced… Read More ›
Radio interviews with Glyn Dillon and Joff Winterhart
Panel Borders: Brown, Nao / Bagnold Summer In the third of a trilogy of shows about depictions of lives on the comic book page, Alex Fitch talks to the authors of two of 2012’s most acclaimed graphic novels. Glyn Dillon… Read More ›