SelfMadeHero
@selfmadehero.bsky.social
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!
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First Graphic Novel Award submissions close on April 22nd 2025!
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"I’m a big believer in magical wondrous things being born in the middle of normal everyday environments..."
Alex Taylor's #BoneBroth is OUT NOW! Head over to the #SelfMadeHero website for an exclusive Q&A all about this breakout debut graphic novel!
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Alex Taylor's #BoneBroth is OUT NOW! Head over to the #SelfMadeHero website for an exclusive Q&A all about this breakout debut graphic novel!
🔗 buff.ly/JuPhJGH
@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social 2025 starts this time next week!
We'll be at table D14 in Comixology Hall, right next to the First Graphic Novel Award!
We're very happy to be playing host to Gareth Brookes, the
@rickardsisters.com, Alex Taylor, and @abbiebsart.bsky.social!
#thoughtbubble2025
We'll be at table D14 in Comixology Hall, right next to the First Graphic Novel Award!
We're very happy to be playing host to Gareth Brookes, the
@rickardsisters.com, Alex Taylor, and @abbiebsart.bsky.social!
#thoughtbubble2025
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social 2025 starts this time next week!
We'll be at table D14 in Comixology Hall, right next to the First Graphic Novel Award!
We're very happy to be playing host to Gareth Brookes, the
@rickardsisters.com, Alex Taylor, and @abbiebsart.bsky.social!
#thoughtbubble2025
We'll be at table D14 in Comixology Hall, right next to the First Graphic Novel Award!
We're very happy to be playing host to Gareth Brookes, the
@rickardsisters.com, Alex Taylor, and @abbiebsart.bsky.social!
#thoughtbubble2025
It's 2 weeks until #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub arrives in the UK, but only 1 week until the book launch at the @arcolatheatre.bsky.social - Nov 13th, 7PM!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #disabilityawareness
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #disabilityawareness
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It's 2 weeks until #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub arrives in the UK, but only 1 week until the book launch at the @arcolatheatre.bsky.social - Nov 13th, 7PM!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #disabilityawareness
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #disabilityawareness
#TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub, a moving story about disability and community from Francisco de la Mora and Bill Tuckey, reaches UK shelves in 2 WEEKS!
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#disabilityrepresentation #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel
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#disabilityrepresentation #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel
November 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
#TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub, a moving story about disability and community from Francisco de la Mora and Bill Tuckey, reaches UK shelves in 2 WEEKS!
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#disabilityrepresentation #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel
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#disabilityrepresentation #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel
Last week at @goshcomics.bsky.social people were lining up for #BoneBroth!
Thank you to everyone who came down for a signed copy of Alex Taylor's debut graphic novel!
#selfmadehero #booklaunch #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing
Thank you to everyone who came down for a signed copy of Alex Taylor's debut graphic novel!
#selfmadehero #booklaunch #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Last week at @goshcomics.bsky.social people were lining up for #BoneBroth!
Thank you to everyone who came down for a signed copy of Alex Taylor's debut graphic novel!
#selfmadehero #booklaunch #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing
Thank you to everyone who came down for a signed copy of Alex Taylor's debut graphic novel!
#selfmadehero #booklaunch #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing
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#BookoftheWeek
Read George Sand: True Genius, True Woman, a fierce, luminous graphic biography of France’s most subversive 19th-c. literary star.
By Séverine Vidal (words), Kim Consigny (art) & trans. Edward Gauvin (@selfmadehero.bsky.social).
👉 www.selfmadehero.com/books/george...
Read George Sand: True Genius, True Woman, a fierce, luminous graphic biography of France’s most subversive 19th-c. literary star.
By Séverine Vidal (words), Kim Consigny (art) & trans. Edward Gauvin (@selfmadehero.bsky.social).
👉 www.selfmadehero.com/books/george...
October 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
#BookoftheWeek
Read George Sand: True Genius, True Woman, a fierce, luminous graphic biography of France’s most subversive 19th-c. literary star.
By Séverine Vidal (words), Kim Consigny (art) & trans. Edward Gauvin (@selfmadehero.bsky.social).
👉 www.selfmadehero.com/books/george...
Read George Sand: True Genius, True Woman, a fierce, luminous graphic biography of France’s most subversive 19th-c. literary star.
By Séverine Vidal (words), Kim Consigny (art) & trans. Edward Gauvin (@selfmadehero.bsky.social).
👉 www.selfmadehero.com/books/george...
Arthur, Finn, and Uma - three kids who come together to found #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub - our last graphic novel of the year, by Francisco de la Mora and Bill Tuckey!
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UK: November 20th
North America: November 25th!
#selfmadehero #graphicnovel #indiecomics
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UK: November 20th
North America: November 25th!
#selfmadehero #graphicnovel #indiecomics
October 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Arthur, Finn, and Uma - three kids who come together to found #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub - our last graphic novel of the year, by Francisco de la Mora and Bill Tuckey!
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UK: November 20th
North America: November 25th!
#selfmadehero #graphicnovel #indiecomics
🔗 buff.ly/EFgJbrp
UK: November 20th
North America: November 25th!
#selfmadehero #graphicnovel #indiecomics
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Day off, having run several errands, it's time for a break, so pint and a wee read of @ilyagraphic.bsky.social 's Romo the Wolf Boy, which I backed on Kickstarter (it's getting a full release from @selfmadehero.bsky.social in Feb).
#books #comics #BandeDessinee #GraphicNovels #livres #AmReading
#books #comics #BandeDessinee #GraphicNovels #livres #AmReading
October 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Day off, having run several errands, it's time for a break, so pint and a wee read of @ilyagraphic.bsky.social 's Romo the Wolf Boy, which I backed on Kickstarter (it's getting a full release from @selfmadehero.bsky.social in Feb).
#books #comics #BandeDessinee #GraphicNovels #livres #AmReading
#books #comics #BandeDessinee #GraphicNovels #livres #AmReading
An unlikely, quiet moment dedicated to the natural enemy of all restaurants...
The process behind a page from #BoneBroth by Alex Taylor, out now in the UK and on December 3rd in North America!
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@firstgraphicnovelaward.bsky.social
#selfmadehero #graphicnovels #indiecomics #comics
The process behind a page from #BoneBroth by Alex Taylor, out now in the UK and on December 3rd in North America!
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@firstgraphicnovelaward.bsky.social
#selfmadehero #graphicnovels #indiecomics #comics
October 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
An unlikely, quiet moment dedicated to the natural enemy of all restaurants...
The process behind a page from #BoneBroth by Alex Taylor, out now in the UK and on December 3rd in North America!
🔗 buff.ly/DONnBi9
@firstgraphicnovelaward.bsky.social
#selfmadehero #graphicnovels #indiecomics #comics
The process behind a page from #BoneBroth by Alex Taylor, out now in the UK and on December 3rd in North America!
🔗 buff.ly/DONnBi9
@firstgraphicnovelaward.bsky.social
#selfmadehero #graphicnovels #indiecomics #comics
Some have already been snatched up, but here's #BoneBroth author/illustrator Alex Taylor signing copies and bookplates that may be in a bookshop near you...
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics #booksigning #publishing #graphicnovel
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics #booksigning #publishing #graphicnovel
October 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Some have already been snatched up, but here's #BoneBroth author/illustrator Alex Taylor signing copies and bookplates that may be in a bookshop near you...
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics #booksigning #publishing #graphicnovel
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics #booksigning #publishing #graphicnovel
Some flower studies by Alex Taylor for #BoneBroth!🌸🌸🌸
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#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #illustration
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#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #illustration
October 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Some flower studies by Alex Taylor for #BoneBroth!🌸🌸🌸
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#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #illustration
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#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #illustration
One of the #BoneBroth signed bookplates spotted in the wild!
@selfmadehero.bsky.social Look what I grabbed in waterstones York!!! With a signed bookplate no less :D! I'm halfway through and having an Insanely good time w/ this book, what a treat ❤️❤️❤️
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
One of the #BoneBroth signed bookplates spotted in the wild!
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@selfmadehero.bsky.social Look what I grabbed in waterstones York!!! With a signed bookplate no less :D! I'm halfway through and having an Insanely good time w/ this book, what a treat ❤️❤️❤️
October 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
@selfmadehero.bsky.social Look what I grabbed in waterstones York!!! With a signed bookplate no less :D! I'm halfway through and having an Insanely good time w/ this book, what a treat ❤️❤️❤️
"I’m a big believer in magical wondrous things being born in the middle of normal everyday environments..."
Alex Taylor's #BoneBroth is OUT NOW! Head over to the #SelfMadeHero website for an exclusive Q&A all about this breakout debut graphic novel!
🔗 buff.ly/JuPhJGH
Alex Taylor's #BoneBroth is OUT NOW! Head over to the #SelfMadeHero website for an exclusive Q&A all about this breakout debut graphic novel!
🔗 buff.ly/JuPhJGH
October 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
"I’m a big believer in magical wondrous things being born in the middle of normal everyday environments..."
Alex Taylor's #BoneBroth is OUT NOW! Head over to the #SelfMadeHero website for an exclusive Q&A all about this breakout debut graphic novel!
🔗 buff.ly/JuPhJGH
Alex Taylor's #BoneBroth is OUT NOW! Head over to the #SelfMadeHero website for an exclusive Q&A all about this breakout debut graphic novel!
🔗 buff.ly/JuPhJGH
The food is worth the wait... and there's only 1 DAY TO GO!
#BoneBroth by Alex Taylor - out tomorrow in the UK, and on October 28th in North America!
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#selfmadehero #indiecomics #firstgraphicnovelaward #debutbook
#BoneBroth by Alex Taylor - out tomorrow in the UK, and on October 28th in North America!
🔗 buff.ly/cDoY6iw
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #firstgraphicnovelaward #debutbook
October 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The food is worth the wait... and there's only 1 DAY TO GO!
#BoneBroth by Alex Taylor - out tomorrow in the UK, and on October 28th in North America!
🔗 buff.ly/cDoY6iw
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #firstgraphicnovelaward #debutbook
#BoneBroth by Alex Taylor - out tomorrow in the UK, and on October 28th in North America!
🔗 buff.ly/cDoY6iw
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #firstgraphicnovelaward #debutbook
Let's see what's cooking! #BoneBroth by Alex Taylor is out in the UK in 2 DAYS!
(North America: October 28th!)
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@firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing
(North America: October 28th!)
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@firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing
October 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Let's see what's cooking! #BoneBroth by Alex Taylor is out in the UK in 2 DAYS!
(North America: October 28th!)
🔗 buff.ly/cDoY6iw
@firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing
(North America: October 28th!)
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@firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing
See their smiles? Their big, toothy grins? Their spine-tingling dance moves? Can't you tell they're excited for #BoneBroth being only 3 DAYS AWAY? 🍜🦴
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#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing
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#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing
October 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
See their smiles? Their big, toothy grins? Their spine-tingling dance moves? Can't you tell they're excited for #BoneBroth being only 3 DAYS AWAY? 🍜🦴
🔗 buff.ly/cDoY6iw
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing
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#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing
How do you make something as weird and wonderful as #MyDadFightsDemons? In our newest newsletter, we decided to ask @bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social and @abbiebsart.bsky.social all about it!
🔗https://buff.ly/QgRb4YH
#selfmadehero #graphicnovel #indiecomics #publishing
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#selfmadehero #graphicnovel #indiecomics #publishing
October 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
How do you make something as weird and wonderful as #MyDadFightsDemons? In our newest newsletter, we decided to ask @bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social and @abbiebsart.bsky.social all about it!
🔗https://buff.ly/QgRb4YH
#selfmadehero #graphicnovel #indiecomics #publishing
🔗https://buff.ly/QgRb4YH
#selfmadehero #graphicnovel #indiecomics #publishing
It's the last day of the @waterstones.bsky.social pre-order sale! Get 25% OFF online with "OCTOBER25"!
Where can you unwind, laugh, and feel inspired, all within a few panels? In #ComicTherapy: Meditations for Reflection by @kaymedaglia.bsky.social!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics #publishing
Where can you unwind, laugh, and feel inspired, all within a few panels? In #ComicTherapy: Meditations for Reflection by @kaymedaglia.bsky.social!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics #publishing
October 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
It's the last day of the @waterstones.bsky.social pre-order sale! Get 25% OFF online with "OCTOBER25"!
Where can you unwind, laugh, and feel inspired, all within a few panels? In #ComicTherapy: Meditations for Reflection by @kaymedaglia.bsky.social!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics #publishing
Where can you unwind, laugh, and feel inspired, all within a few panels? In #ComicTherapy: Meditations for Reflection by @kaymedaglia.bsky.social!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics #publishing
Sometimes it's all just a blur...
How else could it already be just 1 WEEK until the UK release of #BoneBroth?
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@firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing
How else could it already be just 1 WEEK until the UK release of #BoneBroth?
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@firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing
October 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Sometimes it's all just a blur...
How else could it already be just 1 WEEK until the UK release of #BoneBroth?
🔗 buff.ly/pZiASjO
@firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing
How else could it already be just 1 WEEK until the UK release of #BoneBroth?
🔗 buff.ly/pZiASjO
@firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing
There's still time to get 25% OFF three of our upcoming graphic novels by using "OCTOBER25" online with @waterstones.bsky.social!
@myfanwytristram.bsky.social's #NoisyValley: The Art of Protest - a beautifully illustrated work of graphic nonfiction exploring the importance of protest.
#selfmadehero
@myfanwytristram.bsky.social's #NoisyValley: The Art of Protest - a beautifully illustrated work of graphic nonfiction exploring the importance of protest.
#selfmadehero
October 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
There's still time to get 25% OFF three of our upcoming graphic novels by using "OCTOBER25" online with @waterstones.bsky.social!
@myfanwytristram.bsky.social's #NoisyValley: The Art of Protest - a beautifully illustrated work of graphic nonfiction exploring the importance of protest.
#selfmadehero
@myfanwytristram.bsky.social's #NoisyValley: The Art of Protest - a beautifully illustrated work of graphic nonfiction exploring the importance of protest.
#selfmadehero
Want to know more about our lineup for Spring 2026? Check out the newest #SelfMadeHero newsletter!
🔗 selfmadehero.com/news/selfmadehero-new-season-spring-2026
@kaymedaglia.bsky.social
@myfanwytristram.bsky.social
#romothewolfboy #emmiearbel #noisyvalley #comictherapy #thelittleprince
🔗 selfmadehero.com/news/selfmadehero-new-season-spring-2026
@kaymedaglia.bsky.social
@myfanwytristram.bsky.social
#romothewolfboy #emmiearbel #noisyvalley #comictherapy #thelittleprince
October 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Want to know more about our lineup for Spring 2026? Check out the newest #SelfMadeHero newsletter!
🔗 selfmadehero.com/news/selfmadehero-new-season-spring-2026
@kaymedaglia.bsky.social
@myfanwytristram.bsky.social
#romothewolfboy #emmiearbel #noisyvalley #comictherapy #thelittleprince
🔗 selfmadehero.com/news/selfmadehero-new-season-spring-2026
@kaymedaglia.bsky.social
@myfanwytristram.bsky.social
#romothewolfboy #emmiearbel #noisyvalley #comictherapy #thelittleprince
Until midnight on October 17th, use 'OCTOBER25' online at @waterstones.bsky.social for 25% OFF #EmmieArbel: The Colour of Memory by Barbara Yelin!
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.
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.
October 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Until midnight on October 17th, use 'OCTOBER25' online at @waterstones.bsky.social for 25% OFF #EmmieArbel: The Colour of Memory by Barbara Yelin!
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.
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.
PRE-ORDER SALE! From today until midnight October 17th, use "OCTOBER25" online at @waterstones.bsky.social to get 25% OFF these upcoming #SelfMadeHero titles!
October 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
PRE-ORDER SALE! From today until midnight October 17th, use "OCTOBER25" online at @waterstones.bsky.social to get 25% OFF these upcoming #SelfMadeHero titles!
Stories true and fantastical, new and old - take a look at our Spring 2026 lineup!
October 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Stories true and fantastical, new and old - take a look at our Spring 2026 lineup!
Alex Taylor at Abrams & Chronicle's London office, unboxing his upcoming debut graphic novel #BoneBroth!
Bone Broth will be served to the UK on October 23rd, and to North America on October 28th! 🍜
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#selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics #graphicnovel
Bone Broth will be served to the UK on October 23rd, and to North America on October 28th! 🍜
🔗 buff.ly/pZiASjO
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics #graphicnovel
October 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Alex Taylor at Abrams & Chronicle's London office, unboxing his upcoming debut graphic novel #BoneBroth!
Bone Broth will be served to the UK on October 23rd, and to North America on October 28th! 🍜
🔗 buff.ly/pZiASjO
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics #graphicnovel
Bone Broth will be served to the UK on October 23rd, and to North America on October 28th! 🍜
🔗 buff.ly/pZiASjO
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics #graphicnovel