Review by James Bacon The Book: Reluctant muse and feminist champion… society heiress and rebel refugee… the last of the Surrealists: Leonora Carrington played many roles in her long and extraordinary life. Renouncing her privileged upbringing in pre-war England for… Read More ›
First Graphic Novel Award Announced by Cartoon Museum and SelfMadeHero
Check out a very special trailer for the Talbot’s powerful new graphic novel
A special launch the new graphic novel, STARMAN: Bowie’s Stardust Years, by Reinhard Kleist, in London
Don’t miss the launch of this new graphic novel in May
Great news for several British comic creators and publishers, including SelfMadeHero
Award-winning author Mary Talbot has been appointed Visiting Professor of Graphic Writing in Lancaster University’s Department of English Literature and Creative Writing
Based on the graphic novel, Sandcastle, “Old” is an entertaining oddity of a film…
SelfMadeHero’s publishing project to hone the skills of eight comic creators is underway
Discussing how comics work so well as biography
New project to find, develop, publish and promote emerging comic artists
Publisher SelfMadeHero has come up with a great idea to promote local bookshops
Do European comics offer stronger long term solutions for the future of the comics medium? Peter Duncan investigates with reviews of three titles from Europe Comics…
Joe Gordon reviews “Book of Forks”, the final book in Rob Davis’ incredible surreal fantasy adventure series, which began with ”The Motherless Oven”…
Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with Søren Glosimodt Mosdal, a Danish comics artist… Read More ›
Ahead of this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival, (11th – 13th October 2019) and in partnership with Lyon BD Festival, comics author and expert Paul Gravett will be interviewing six French comics creators on Thursday 10th October at the… Read More ›
Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with a Belgian author of graphic novels Judith… Read More ›
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast team chat to comic creator Rob Davis in their latest episode, creator of the abstract adventure trilogy that began with the British Comic-Award-winning The Motherless Oven, continued with The Can Opener’s Daughter and… Read More ›
This year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October in Kendal, will see the launch of several new graphic novels, including Barking by Lucy Sullivan from Unbound, commissioned by the organisation. The weekend-long event in Kendal will also see a quick… Read More ›
This October, just in time for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, SelfMadeHero will publish The Book of Forks – the final book in Rob Davis‘s stunning abstract adventure trilogy that began with the brilliant The Motherless Oven back in… Read More ›