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SelfMadeHero's books are distributed in the UK by Abrams & Chronicle Books and in the U.S. by Abrams Books.

History

SelfMadeHero was founded in February 2007 by Emma Hayley, and launched with two lines: Manga Shakespeare,[1][2] featuring works based on the Bard but with different settings – mainly Japan in the past and future, and Eye Classics, which are adaptations of great classic works, such as those of Poe and Kafka.

In 2008 Emma Hayley was named UK Young Publishing Entrepreneur of the Year as part of the British Book Awards.

In 2009 SelfMadeHero expanded to include graphic adaptations of Sherlock Holmes, including Hound of the Baskervilles and A Study in Scarlet, and later several works by H.P. Lovecraft, including the anthology LOVECRAFT by I.N.J. Culbard. It also began publishing the Graphic Biography series with Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness, which has further expanded to tell the fascinating life stories of era-defining pop-culture icons such as Hunter S. Thompson and Nick Cave.

Since 2010 SelfMadeHero has been publishing original material, notably Glyn Dillon's The Nao of Brown, The Motherless Oven trilogy by Rob Davis. In 2011 the company received the Kitschies Black Tentacle award.[3]

Graphic Anthology Programme (GAP) and Catalyst

With support from Arts Council England SelfMadeHero launched the Graphic Anthology Programme (GAP) in February 2021.[4] The GAP was a free, public programme that eventually selected 7 applicants for “an intensive 12 weeks of comics mentoring and masterclasses.”[5] This resulted in the anthology Catalyst being published in October 2021, which featured 11 short stories, including the works produced by the 7 chosen GAP participants.[6] The Cartoon Museum also hosted a temporary digital exhibition promoting Catalyst in 2022, titled Catalyst – the Online Exhibition,[7] and Arts Council England also host an online exhibition titled Comics as a catalyst for change.[8]

As well as its central theme of "catalyst", the GAP and the published anthology have both received recognition and praise for the diversity of the creators involved.[9]

2023 First Graphic Novel Award

In June 2023, entries opened for the 2023 First Graphic Novel Award.[10] The award was originally founded by Myriad Editions in 2012, and is now described as :

[...]a partnership between the Cartoon Museum, the publisher SelfMadeHero, and independent graphic novel editor Corinne Pearlman, former Creative Director at Myriad Editions, with thanks to generous support from the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) and The bks Agency, sponsors of the £500 prize for the winning entry.[11]

Entries are set to close in September 2023, with the winner to be announced in December. Among the judges is SelfMadeHero founder Emma Hayley. SelfMadeHero are also offering a publishing contract as one of the two prizes awarded to the winning author or team, the other being the £500 bursary donated by The bks Agency.[12]

Bibliography

Manga Shakespeare

The adaptations of Shakespeare's plays were made by Richard Appignanesi (who previously worked on Icon Books' Introducing... series), with the art created by UK-based manga artists who came to prominence via Tokyopop's Rising Stars of Manga (United Kingdom & Ireland) competition, their work for Sweatdrop Studios or London manga collective Umisen Yamisen.

Of SelfMadeHero's two initial lines, it was Manga Shakespeare and its first two titles (Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, which were published simultaneously in January 2007) that contributed most to establishing the company.[13][14] This foundation later allowed SelfMadeHero to branch out into other genres and lines.

Title Artist Released ISBN Ref
Hamlet Emma Vieceli February 2007 Template:ISBN [1][2]
Romeo and Juliet Sonia Leong Template:ISBN
The Tempest Paul Duffield September 2007 Template:ISBN
Richard III Patrick Warren Template:ISBN
A Midsummer Night's Dream Kate Brown February 2008 Template:ISBN
Julius Caesar Mustashrik June 2008 Template:ISBN
Macbeth Robert Deas Template:ISBN
As You Like It Chie Kutsuwada January 2009 Template:ISBN
Othello Ryuta Osada Template:ISBN
Henry VIII Patrick Warren May 2009 Template:ISBN
King Lear ILYA Template:ISBN
Much Ado About Nothing Emma Vieceli Template:ISBN
The Merchant of Venice Faye Yong September 2009 Template:ISBN
Twelfth Night Nana Li Template:ISBN

Eye Classics

The creators are drawn from a British comic background (in particular Nevermore) but also include screenwriters and more traditional artists.

Title Author Adaptation Artist Released ISBN Ref
Nevermore (anthology) Edgar Allan Poe various October 2007 Template:ISBN [15]
The Master and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov Andrzej Klimowski Danusia Schejbal May 2008 Template:ISBN
The Trial Franz Kafka David Zane Mairowitz Chantal Montellier March 2008 Template:ISBN
The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde Ian Edginton I. N. J. Culbard September 2008 Template:ISBN
At the Mountains of Madness H. P. Lovecraft I. N. J. Culbard October 2010 Template:ISBN
The Castle Franz Kafka David Zane Mairowitz, Jaromir99 November 2013 Template:ISBN
The Shadow Out of Time H. P. Lovecraft I. N. J. Culbard Template:ISBN
The Man Who Laughs Victor Hugo David Hine Mark Stafford Template:ISBN

Crime Classics

The Crime Classics line began with a set of four adaptations of the Arthur Conan Doyle stories, adapted by Ian Edginton, with art by I. N. J. Culbard:

Title Author Artist Released ISBN Ref
The Hound of the Baskervilles Ian Edginton I. N. J. Culbard May 2009 Template:ISBN
A Study in Scarlet Template:ISBN [16]
The Sign of the Four September 2009 Template:ISBN
The Valley of Fear Template:ISBN

Rachel Cooke reviewed A Study in Scarlet for The Observer and concluded:

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Culbard and Edginton are adept at concision, leaving out nothing that is crucial and excising much that isn't. I relished every page and thought how this book would be the perfect primer for any child whose parents feel them to be just on the cusp of potential Holmes worship.[16]

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Graphic Biography

Title Author Artist Released ISBN Ref
Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness Reinhard Kleist October 2009 Template:ISBN [17]
Gonzo: A Graphic Biography of Hunter S. Thompson Will Bingley Antony Hope-Smith October 2010 Template:Isbn [18]
Kiki de Montparnasse José-Louis Bocquet Catel Muller February 2011 Template:Isbn [19]
Baby's in Black: The Story of Astrid Kirchherr & Stuart Sutcliffe Arne Bellstorf March 2011 Template:Isbn [20]
Castro Reinhard Kleist July 2011 Template:Isbn [21]
Hellraisers Robert Sellers JAKe October 2011 Template:Isbn [22]
A Chinese Life Li Kunwu & Philippe Ôtié Li Kunwu July 2012 Template:ISBN [23]
The Boxer Reinhard Kleist March 2014 Template:ISBN [24]
An Olympic Dream: The Story of Samia Yusuf Omar Reinhard Kleist March 2016 Template:Isbn [25]
Agatha: The Real Life of Agatha Christie Anne Martinetti & Guillaume Lebeau Alexandre Franc May 2016 Template:ISBN [26]
The Trial of Roger Casement Fionnuala Doran September 2016 Template:Isbn [27]
Haddon Hall: When David Invented Bowie Néjib February 2017 Template:Isbn [28]
Nick Cave: Mercy on Me Reinhard Kleist September 2017 Template:ISBN [29]
Guantánamo Kid: The True Story of Mohammed El-Gharani Jérôme Tubiana Alexandre Franc March 2019 Template:Isbn [30]
Isadora Julie Birmant Clément Oubrerie September 2019 Template:Isbn [31]
Mozart in Paris Frantz Duchazeau September 2019 Template:Isbn [32]
Zátopek Jan Novák Jaromír 99 October 2020 Template:Isbn [33]
Buñuel: In the Labyrinth of the Turtles Fermín Solís April 2021 Template:Isbn [34]
Orwell Pierre Christin Sébastien Verdier May 2021 Template:Isbn [35]
Knock Out! Reinhard Kleist July 2021 Template:Isbn [36]
Alice Guy: First Lady of Film José-Louis Bocquet Catel Muller July 2022 Template:ISBN [37]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Book Creator(s) Result
2011 Kitschies The Black Tentacle[3] N/A N/A Won
2013 Angoulême International Comics Festival Special Jury Prize [38] The Nao of Brown Glyn Dillon Won
2015 British Comic Awards Best Book [39] The Motherless Oven Rob Davis Won
2016 Eisner Award Best Graphic Album [40] Ruins Peter Kuper Won
2020 Angoulême International Comics Festival SNCF Polar Prize 2020 [41] Tumult John Harris Dunning & Michael Kennedy Nominated
2020 Excelsior Award Excelsior Award Black[42] Guantánamo Kid: The True Story of Mohammed El-Gharani Jérôme Tubiana & Alexandre Franc Won

See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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