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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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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
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
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 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!
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December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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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...
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
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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! 🤩)
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.
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November 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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
November 25, 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
November 21, 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!

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#selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #disabilityrepresentation
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Look high, look low - in just 1 DAY we'll convene #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub!
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(Our North American chapter opens on December 2nd!)

🔗 buff.ly/SJoxday

#selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #disabilityrepresentation
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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
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November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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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...
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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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...
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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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!
November 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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November 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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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
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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
November 16, 2025 at 5:09 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...
November 15, 2025 at 7:00 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
November 15, 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
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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...
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM