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Award-winning publisher of graphic novels from the quirky and humorous to the political and profound #graphicnovels #comicbooks First Graphic Novel Award submissions close on April 22nd 2025! linktr.ee/selfmadehero
AMAZING AWARD NEWS!
This year marks the first ever Book of the Year: Graphic Novel category at the #BritishBookAwards, and we're delighted to announce that #ThisSlavery by @rickardsisters.com has been shortlisted!
Congrats to the shortlisters, and fingers crossed for May 11th!
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A pilot crash-lands in the desert, all alone... but not for long!
#TheLittlePrince, adapted by Joann Sfar, returns on March 19th for the 80th anniversary of the original French release!
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broadcast: Alex Fitch talks to the @rickardsisters.com re: @selfmadehero.bsky.social's This Slavery, & to Liza Cooper re: Meems & Feefs #comics publ. by @simonandschuster.bsky.social 5pm 5th Mar @resonancefm.bsky.social rec: @cartooncounty.bsky.social info: panelborders.wordpress.com/2026/03/01/n...
Romo's on the move! Thanks to Buzz Magazine for their review of #RomotheWolfBoy by ILYA!
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"ILYA renders the Victorian England pastoral setting in an attractive sepia tone. His coloured pencil linework compliments this rough and historic approach..."
Thanks to Lewis Savarese of @sandagnguide.bsky.social for this review of #RomotheWolfBoy!
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You might not recognise this lineup from the #RomotheWolfBoy launch last week at @goshcomics.bsky.social, but it's actually Paul and Emma of #SelfMadeHero alongside Paul Gravett! 👨
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"You couldn't ask for a better pairing..."
Head over to Comics Grinder to see this glowing review of #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub by Francisco de la Mora and Bill Tuckey!
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Thank you to everyone who came by to meet ILYA, author, illustrator, and master of ceremonies at the #RomotheWolfBoy launch at @goshcomics.bsky.social! 🎪🐺🔎
Any supernatural phenomena should be immediately reported to your local paranormal investigator...
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The circus is coming to Gosh! Romo the WolfBoy launches here tonight (Thursday 19th Feb) at 7pm!! This is a fantastic adventure comic full of humour by our good friend ILYA. Join ILYA and publisher @selfmadehero.bsky.social this evening as we celebrate the release with a few drinks.
Ed Hillyer Talks Romo The Wolf Boy Out Now
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Cover design of the adaptation of Tressel's The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists graphic novel by the Rickard Sisters. Shows signwriter Owen admiring his hand-painted sign of the title with Bert the apprentice offering him a tin mug of tea, while Crass, the foreman reads behind his penny dreadful comic
Cover design of the graphic novel adaptation of Constance Maud's No Surrender by the Rickard Sisters. Five suffragettes, both rich and poor ones with sashes saying Votes for Women, hold up a cloth banner of the book title
Cover design of the graphic novel adaptation of Ethel Carnie Holdsworth's This Slavery by the Rickard Sisters. The two sisters stand on the wet cobbles at the top of a Lancashire terraced street. The dramatic background of mill chimneys are highlighted by a menacing flame-red sky. Gip, the white & tan collie looks on.
Have you seen these gems?
published by @selfmadehero.bsky.social
Created by my daughters the @rickardsisters.com
I often wonder if having a dyslexic mother gave them an extra understanding of how graphic novels provide a gateway to enjoying reading for people like me?
come to the #FREE @cartooncounty.bsky.social get-together - the @rickardsisters.com talking their new @selfmadehero.bsky.social graphic novel No Surrender, adapting the proto-feminist text by Constance Maud. Doors 6.30pm / Q&A 7.30pm, Mon 23rd Feb, The Walrus, 10 Ship St. Info: cartooncounty.com
A plane crash in the desert, a pilot, a strange boy from a very small planet...
#TheLittlePrince returns on March 19th in this graphic adaptation by Joann Sfar, translated by Sarah Ardizzone!
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Grab the greasepaint and strike up the band - ILYA's #RomotheWolfBoy is OUT NOW! 🎪🤡🐺
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The Little Big Top is straight ahead! But just who is the strange, giggling culprit saboteur hell-bent on bringing down Blimey O'Riley's Travelling Circus?
Tomorrow #RomotheWolfBoy's first paranormal mystery will at last unfold...
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Behold! This is what lies in store when Blimey O'Riley's Travelling Circus comes to town! (Assuming nobody's planning some bizarre acts of sabotage...)
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But what act are you most excited for? Not sabotage, hopefully! Don't miss #RomotheWolfBoy by ILYA - out in 2 DAYS!
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You heard the man: let's get this show on the road!
In just 3 DAYS ILYA's #RomotheWolfBoy arrives in the UK - maybe then you'll find out just what's going wrong at Blimey O'Riley's Travelling Circus... 🐺👦🎪
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ILYA's Victorian-era mystery #RomotheWolfBoy is chock-full of Victoran-era influences, not least of which is the so-called "wild child".
You probably already know stories like The Jungle Book (1894) and Tarzan and the Apes (1912) - years not too distant from when Romo's first adventure unfolds...
Shock and awe - the circus brings the awe, but something shocking lies in wait...
#RomotheWolfBoy by ILYA arrives in the UK in just 1 WEEK! Pre-order now to save yourself a spot in the big top!
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Comics Laureate @bobbyjosephcomics recently announced his graphic novel reading list for 2026-2027, and we're very proud to say that it includes 7 #SelfMadeHero titles!
Which ones have you read already? Which do you want to see in your local library?
Not quite HIS tempo...
Want to grab ILYA's #RomotheWolfBoy when it hits UK shelves? Just follow the music!
(That's if the music leads to a bookshop, or even to the launch at @goshcomics.bsky.social on February 19th...)
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Shh... He's still sleeping... 💤
But you're awake, aren't you? Awake enough to pre-order #RomotheWolfBoy by ILYA from anywhere quality graphic novels are sold!
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Before you can judge a book by its cover, it needs a cover!
But how did these two different covers (one finished, one conceptual) come to be? Well, ILYA explains that very thing over on his substack!
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OMGA! The circus is coming! #RomotheWolfBoy arrives in the UK on February 19th!
Come by the launch at @goshcomics.bsky.social on the big day to meet author/illustrator ILYA and grab yourself a signed copy!
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A haunting portrayal of a historical atrocity, an inspiring account of a modern friendship, a beautiful work of art, and a meditation on memory itself.
#EmmieArbel: The Colour of Memory by Barbara Yelin is OUT NOW in the UK!
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"I am a rebel."
The words of Emmie Arbel, Holocaust survivor and living testament to the resilience of the human spirit.
#EmmieArbel: The Colour of Memory is out in the UK TOMORROW, and in North America on March 17th!
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A huge thank you to @andywpoliver.bsky.social and the @brokenfrontier.bsky.social team for including #EmmieArbel: The Colour of Memory in their February staff picks!
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They're back! Broken Frontier Staff Picks for Feb 2026 – Including First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth, Tortured Hearts #1, All the Living and More! @oni-press.bsky.social @fantagraphics.bsky.social @dandq.bsky.social @selfmadehero.bsky.social
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Many years on from the great tragedy that defined her early life, Emmie Arbel would find herself in a new friendship with the graphic novelist Barbara Yelin...
#EmmieArbel: The Colour of Memory arrives in the UK in 2 DAYS!
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