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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SelfMadeHero
@selfmadehero.bsky.social
· Nov 20
We call the first meeting of #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub to order!
Pick up your copy today for a touching, funny, and beautiful story about creativity, community, and determination!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #neurodiversity #disabilityrepresentation
Pick up your copy today for a touching, funny, and beautiful story about creativity, community, and determination!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #neurodiversity #disabilityrepresentation
Need any more gift ideas for the holidays? This week, two of our latest graphic novels reached bookstore shelves in North America: #BoneBroth by Alex Taylor , and #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub by Francisco de la Mora and Bill Tuckey!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics
#selfmadehero #indiecomics
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Need any more gift ideas for the holidays? This week, two of our latest graphic novels reached bookstore shelves in North America: #BoneBroth by Alex Taylor , and #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub by Francisco de la Mora and Bill Tuckey!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics
#selfmadehero #indiecomics
"A landscape of cruelty and plenty in a meditative book of subtle carp, malicious frogs and dainty eels."
We're extremely proud to share that #TheCompleatAngler by Gareth Brookes has been named among the best graphic novels of 2025 by James Smart of @theguardian.com!
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We're extremely proud to share that #TheCompleatAngler by Gareth Brookes has been named among the best graphic novels of 2025 by James Smart of @theguardian.com!
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December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"A landscape of cruelty and plenty in a meditative book of subtle carp, malicious frogs and dainty eels."
We're extremely proud to share that #TheCompleatAngler by Gareth Brookes has been named among the best graphic novels of 2025 by James Smart of @theguardian.com!
🎣🎣🎣
🔗 buff.ly/88kHWI3
We're extremely proud to share that #TheCompleatAngler by Gareth Brookes has been named among the best graphic novels of 2025 by James Smart of @theguardian.com!
🎣🎣🎣
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@scenemag.co.uk has compliments for the chef! See their review of #BoneBroth by Alex Taylor here:
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@firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social
#selfmadehero #bookreview #indiecomics #publishing #graphicnovel
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@firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social
#selfmadehero #bookreview #indiecomics #publishing #graphicnovel
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
@scenemag.co.uk has compliments for the chef! See their review of #BoneBroth by Alex Taylor here:
🔗 buff.ly/cb6qol6
@firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social
#selfmadehero #bookreview #indiecomics #publishing #graphicnovel
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@firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social
#selfmadehero #bookreview #indiecomics #publishing #graphicnovel
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Lovely write-up of This Slavery for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social - written with affection and admiration for Ethel Carnie Holdsworth and the Lancashire that made her possible
Thank you @traveloguer.bsky.social @selfmadehero.bsky.social
www.tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/reco...
Thank you @traveloguer.bsky.social @selfmadehero.bsky.social
www.tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/reco...
Recovering Ethel Holdsworth
A new cinematic graphic novel should finally bring one of England’s most overlooked working-class socialist writers to a wide audience.
www.tribunemag.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Lovely write-up of This Slavery for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social - written with affection and admiration for Ethel Carnie Holdsworth and the Lancashire that made her possible
Thank you @traveloguer.bsky.social @selfmadehero.bsky.social
www.tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/reco...
Thank you @traveloguer.bsky.social @selfmadehero.bsky.social
www.tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/reco...
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Comic Therapy: Meditations for Reflection
#GraphicMedicine
@selfmadehero.bsky.social in 2026
www.selfmadehero.com/books/comic-...
#GraphicMedicine
@selfmadehero.bsky.social in 2026
www.selfmadehero.com/books/comic-...
Comic Therapy: Meditations for Reflection
From the creator of the popular One Year Wiser, this unique collection of short comic strips is designed to offer moments of calm wellbeing and thoughtful refl.
www.selfmadehero.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Comic Therapy: Meditations for Reflection
#GraphicMedicine
@selfmadehero.bsky.social in 2026
www.selfmadehero.com/books/comic-...
#GraphicMedicine
@selfmadehero.bsky.social in 2026
www.selfmadehero.com/books/comic-...
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Maybe look at some graphic novel adaptations, too?
I translated the graphic novel version by Javi Rey of Jesús Carrasco's OUT IN THE OPEN for @selfmadehero.bsky.social
www.selfmadehero.com/books/out-in...
(Which was an Eisner finalist for Best Adaptation from another Medium! 🤩)
I translated the graphic novel version by Javi Rey of Jesús Carrasco's OUT IN THE OPEN for @selfmadehero.bsky.social
www.selfmadehero.com/books/out-in...
(Which was an Eisner finalist for Best Adaptation from another Medium! 🤩)
Out in the Open
A young boy flees a town ruled by violence and ravaged by drought. Before him lies a lifeless expanse of baked earth; beyond that, the unknown.
www.selfmadehero.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Maybe look at some graphic novel adaptations, too?
I translated the graphic novel version by Javi Rey of Jesús Carrasco's OUT IN THE OPEN for @selfmadehero.bsky.social
www.selfmadehero.com/books/out-in...
(Which was an Eisner finalist for Best Adaptation from another Medium! 🤩)
I translated the graphic novel version by Javi Rey of Jesús Carrasco's OUT IN THE OPEN for @selfmadehero.bsky.social
www.selfmadehero.com/books/out-in...
(Which was an Eisner finalist for Best Adaptation from another Medium! 🤩)
A belated thank you to everyone who came to see us at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social, along with our friends @rickardsisters.com, Gareth Brookes, Alex Taylor, @abbiebsart.bsky.social, and @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social! And whether you made it or not, we hope to see you all next time!
#indiecomics
#indiecomics
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A belated thank you to everyone who came to see us at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social, along with our friends @rickardsisters.com, Gareth Brookes, Alex Taylor, @abbiebsart.bsky.social, and @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social! And whether you made it or not, we hope to see you all next time!
#indiecomics
#indiecomics
Now that the whole #SelfMadeHero lineup for Autumn 2025 has reached UK shelves, who fancies a look back at Autumn 2024?
#TheyShotthePianoPlayer
#MadameChoiandtheMonsters
#AdieuBirkenau
#Edifice
#indiecomics #graphicnovels #publishing
#TheyShotthePianoPlayer
#MadameChoiandtheMonsters
#AdieuBirkenau
#Edifice
#indiecomics #graphicnovels #publishing
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Now that the whole #SelfMadeHero lineup for Autumn 2025 has reached UK shelves, who fancies a look back at Autumn 2024?
#TheyShotthePianoPlayer
#MadameChoiandtheMonsters
#AdieuBirkenau
#Edifice
#indiecomics #graphicnovels #publishing
#TheyShotthePianoPlayer
#MadameChoiandtheMonsters
#AdieuBirkenau
#Edifice
#indiecomics #graphicnovels #publishing
Want to know more about the story behind #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub? We just released an exclusive Q&A with Bill Tuckey and Francisco de la Mora on our website!
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#selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #disabilityrepresentation
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#selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #disabilityrepresentation
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Want to know more about the story behind #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub? We just released an exclusive Q&A with Bill Tuckey and Francisco de la Mora on our website!
🔗 buff.ly/1bJGrKI
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #disabilityrepresentation
🔗 buff.ly/1bJGrKI
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #disabilityrepresentation
We call the first meeting of #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub to order!
Pick up your copy today for a touching, funny, and beautiful story about creativity, community, and determination!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #neurodiversity #disabilityrepresentation
Pick up your copy today for a touching, funny, and beautiful story about creativity, community, and determination!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #neurodiversity #disabilityrepresentation
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We call the first meeting of #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub to order!
Pick up your copy today for a touching, funny, and beautiful story about creativity, community, and determination!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #neurodiversity #disabilityrepresentation
Pick up your copy today for a touching, funny, and beautiful story about creativity, community, and determination!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #neurodiversity #disabilityrepresentation
Look high, look low - in just 1 DAY we'll convene #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub!
♻️🌳🗑️
(Our North American chapter opens on December 2nd!)
🔗 buff.ly/SJoxday
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #disabilityrepresentation
♻️🌳🗑️
(Our North American chapter opens on December 2nd!)
🔗 buff.ly/SJoxday
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #disabilityrepresentation
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Look high, look low - in just 1 DAY we'll convene #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub!
♻️🌳🗑️
(Our North American chapter opens on December 2nd!)
🔗 buff.ly/SJoxday
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #disabilityrepresentation
♻️🌳🗑️
(Our North American chapter opens on December 2nd!)
🔗 buff.ly/SJoxday
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #disabilityrepresentation
We at SelfMadeHero are saddened to hear about the passing of Rachel Cooke. Through her work at @theobserveruk.bsky.social, she did so much to support and bring awareness to the medium of graphic novels, and we are forever grateful. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.
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Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
National
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November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We at SelfMadeHero are saddened to hear about the passing of Rachel Cooke. Through her work at @theobserveruk.bsky.social, she did so much to support and bring awareness to the medium of graphic novels, and we are forever grateful. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.
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News! The Six Creators Shortlisted for the 2025 First Graphic Novel Competition Revealed!. @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social @selfmadehero.bsky.social
www.brokenfrontier.com/first-graphi...
www.brokenfrontier.com/first-graphi...
The Six Creators Shortlisted for the 2025 First Graphic Novel Award Revealed! – Broken Frontier
The six names on the shortlist for the First Graphic Novel Competition are revealed to the world this week.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
News! The Six Creators Shortlisted for the 2025 First Graphic Novel Competition Revealed!. @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social @selfmadehero.bsky.social
www.brokenfrontier.com/first-graphi...
www.brokenfrontier.com/first-graphi...
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Forget-Me-Not made the FGNA shortlist!! 🙀 (I’ll be sharing more about this soon soon soon)
After deliberating over an amazing longlist, the much-anticipated FGNA 2025 shortlist is finally here!
We and the @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social judges are proud to present...
We and the @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social judges are proud to present...
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Forget-Me-Not made the FGNA shortlist!! 🙀 (I’ll be sharing more about this soon soon soon)
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Flabbergasted to be on the @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social @selfmadehero.bsky.social short list with all these amazing artist 😦
After deliberating over an amazing longlist, the much-anticipated FGNA 2025 shortlist is finally here!
We and the @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social judges are proud to present...
We and the @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social judges are proud to present...
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Flabbergasted to be on the @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social @selfmadehero.bsky.social short list with all these amazing artist 😦
Sometimes it's hard to set good boundaries, especially when everyone communicates a little differently!
But there's no confusion here: #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub is only 2 DAYS away!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #disabilityrepresentation
But there's no confusion here: #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub is only 2 DAYS away!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #disabilityrepresentation
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Sometimes it's hard to set good boundaries, especially when everyone communicates a little differently!
But there's no confusion here: #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub is only 2 DAYS away!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #disabilityrepresentation
But there's no confusion here: #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub is only 2 DAYS away!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #disabilityrepresentation
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I can't quite believe this, thank you!
Falling in Love on the Family Computer by Lois De Silva!
Kittish Banter by @ragadollite.bsky.social!
Forget Me Not by Lizz Lunney!
A Sleigh No-one Knows by Yu-Ching Chiu!
The Frozens by @deadlyknitshade.bsky.social!
St Brigid and Me by @hannahmccann.bsky.social!
Kittish Banter by @ragadollite.bsky.social!
Forget Me Not by Lizz Lunney!
A Sleigh No-one Knows by Yu-Ching Chiu!
The Frozens by @deadlyknitshade.bsky.social!
St Brigid and Me by @hannahmccann.bsky.social!
November 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I can't quite believe this, thank you!
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Finally attended @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social - what took me so long?
Great to talk to so many amazing folk, including @etheringtonbros.bsky.social @stoutstoat.co.uk @selfmadehero.bsky.social @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social & @decadencecomics.bsky.social !
Great to talk to so many amazing folk, including @etheringtonbros.bsky.social @stoutstoat.co.uk @selfmadehero.bsky.social @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social & @decadencecomics.bsky.social !
November 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Finally attended @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social - what took me so long?
Great to talk to so many amazing folk, including @etheringtonbros.bsky.social @stoutstoat.co.uk @selfmadehero.bsky.social @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social & @decadencecomics.bsky.social !
Great to talk to so many amazing folk, including @etheringtonbros.bsky.social @stoutstoat.co.uk @selfmadehero.bsky.social @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social & @decadencecomics.bsky.social !
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Phew! What a big weekend we’ve had @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social with @selfmadehero.bsky.social! We’ve chatted to squillions of lovely people and enjoyed the bubbling and fizzing of creativity all around us
November 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Phew! What a big weekend we’ve had @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social with @selfmadehero.bsky.social! We’ve chatted to squillions of lovely people and enjoyed the bubbling and fizzing of creativity all around us
Heads up - there's only 3 DAYS until you can meet #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub!
🔗 buff.ly/feDejoQ
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #disability #publishing #graphicnovel
🔗 buff.ly/feDejoQ
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #disability #publishing #graphicnovel
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Heads up - there's only 3 DAYS until you can meet #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub!
🔗 buff.ly/feDejoQ
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #disability #publishing #graphicnovel
🔗 buff.ly/feDejoQ
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #disability #publishing #graphicnovel
Have you met Uma? You might think she's an 8 year old with PVL, but sometimes she does resemble a tiger...
#TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub - out in the UK in 4 DAYS!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #disabilityrepresentation
#TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub - out in the UK in 4 DAYS!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #disabilityrepresentation
November 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Have you met Uma? You might think she's an 8 year old with PVL, but sometimes she does resemble a tiger...
#TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub - out in the UK in 4 DAYS!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #disabilityrepresentation
#TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub - out in the UK in 4 DAYS!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #disabilityrepresentation
After deliberating over an amazing longlist, the much-anticipated FGNA 2025 shortlist is finally here!
We and the @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social judges are proud to present...
We and the @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social judges are proud to present...
November 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
After deliberating over an amazing longlist, the much-anticipated FGNA 2025 shortlist is finally here!
We and the @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social judges are proud to present...
We and the @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social judges are proud to present...
Arthur has ASD and Finn has cerebral palsy. Normally, that just makes their races through the park a little more interesting, but sometimes the park isn't as welcoming as it should be...
#TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub - out in the UK in 5 DAYS!
#selfmadehero
#TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub - out in the UK in 5 DAYS!
#selfmadehero
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Arthur has ASD and Finn has cerebral palsy. Normally, that just makes their races through the park a little more interesting, but sometimes the park isn't as welcoming as it should be...
#TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub - out in the UK in 5 DAYS!
#selfmadehero
#TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub - out in the UK in 5 DAYS!
#selfmadehero
Just an ordinary day at the park with the three founders of #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub: Uma, Arthur, and Finn!
Out in the UK on November 20th, and North America on December 2nd!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #disabilityrepresentation #publishing
Out in the UK on November 20th, and North America on December 2nd!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #disabilityrepresentation #publishing
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Just an ordinary day at the park with the three founders of #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub: Uma, Arthur, and Finn!
Out in the UK on November 20th, and North America on December 2nd!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #disabilityrepresentation #publishing
Out in the UK on November 20th, and North America on December 2nd!
#selfmadehero #indiecomics #disabilityrepresentation #publishing
COMIC NEWS INSIDER 1669 - Thought Bubble: Interview w/ SelfMadeHero's Emma Hayley/Thought Bubble Festival Reviews! Lovely chat w/ my friend SelfMadeHero's Emma about what/whom she's bringing to the convention.
#ComicNewsInsider #ThoughtBubbleFestival
www.comicnewsinsider.com/episodes/cni...
#ComicNewsInsider #ThoughtBubbleFestival
www.comicnewsinsider.com/episodes/cni...
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM