SelfMadeHero Autumn 2026

From Chagall by Simon Elliott © 2026

Drawn from Life

This Autumn, SelfMadeHero brings together four brand-new titles, all of which draw inspiration from a range of striking life stories and unique moments in time.

September 2026 sees the long-awaited return to print of comics and graphic design legend Mirko Ilić, now invoking the surrealism of life during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Nightmares and Daydreams: A.C. 2020.

The Great Marc Evers is also set to make a splash in September, with Ivo van Woerden, Gemma Plum and Marloes Dekkers’ beautifully realized life-story of this champion Paralympian swimmer‘s rise to greatness – with his family constantly by his side.

October will mark the welcome return of the renowned, award-winning duo Mary M. Talbot and Bryan Talbot, with Lo! An Amazon! – perhaps their most brilliant collaboration yet. This is the graphic biography of the political theorist and feminist pioneer Mary Wollstonecraft, tracing her daring travels – and enduring activism – through Revolutionary times.

Talking of daring travels, our final new title of the season, slated for November, comes from Simon Elliott, the acclaimed creator of Kusama: Polka Dot Queen, who now exchanges dots for lines in bringing us the story of Chagall: Painter of Poetry. Follow Chagall’s artistic journey, from his birth in an obscure outpost of the Russian Empire, via his constant flight from oppression and tyranny, to his global renown as an emblem of all it means to be free.

And meanwhile... “Who is this who is coming” in time for Halloween? None other but the spirit of M.R. James, perfectly embodied in Leah Moore & John Reppion’s single-volume Ghost Stories of an Antiquary: The Compendium. And if that’s not enough, there’s even a new paperback edition of ILYA’s Victorian paranormal mystery, Romo the WolfBoy, set to arrive in the UK in November.

Inspiration, resolution, revolution, reinvention, and... suspense! All to be found this Autumn, as always, from SelfMadeHero!

ROMO THE WOLFBOY

“Brilliant and imaginative.” — Broken Frontier

EMMIE ARBEL

“In today’s climate with countries looking increasingly inward it’s important that the lives of persecuted people like Emmie’s are told. Yelin does this with clarity, compassion and understanding.”

— The Slings & Arrows Graphic Novel Guide

THE LITTLE PRINCE

“In the 80th anniversary year since the original book took off, SelfMadeHero celebrate the event with a fabulous, augmented edition... Some things you don’t talk about, you just do, and this mesmerizing adaptation is the very epitome of that.”

— Now Read This!

NOISY VALLEY

“The Art of Protest is able, in literally broad brushstrokes, to pay tribute to the dogged determination of a women’s peace initiative to be the biggest pain in the arses of two world powers.”

– The Morning Star

COMIC THERAPY

“If you can’t actually hug a kitten or juggle ducklings in moments of crisis or despondency, dipping into this handy pocket-sized package might just restore equilibrium and restart your jammed perspective generators…”

— Now Read This!

Seconds

■ B Y BRYAN LEE O’MALLEY

“In Seconds, Bryan Lee O’Malley plays the angst of youth against the fabric of a larger epic. In doing so, he enriches both. A great ride!”

— Guillermo del Toro

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 336 pages, 162mm x 208mm

■ Hardback plus jacket

GRAPHIC NOVEL • FICTION

ISBN 978-1-906838-88-1

£19.99

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 144 pages, 170mm x 240mm

■ Paperback

GRAPHIC NOVEL

• BIOGRAPHY & NON-FICTION

ISBN 978-1-906838-79-9

£14.99

Romeo and Juliet

■ B Y WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

■ A RTIST: SONIA LEONG

■ T EXT ADAPTOR: RICHARD APPIGNANESI

“Visually appealing, intelligently adapted... A cartoon version of Shakespeare is in some ways truer to the original than reading the text alone; the visual element was always supposed to be part of the experience.”

— Financial Times

Vincent

■ B Y BARBARA STOK

“Stok does a brilliant, sympathetic job of picturing the artist, whether jagged with madness or sitting amid the wheat fields and sunflowers of Arles, the landscape at once gentle and alien, the man propelled by a desperate, radical passion.”

— The Guardian

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Black and white, with 8-page colour section

■ 208 pages, 148mm x 210mm

■ Paperback RIGHTS AVAILABLE MANGA • LITERARY ADAPTATION

ISBN 978-0-9552856-0-8

£9.99

Laser Proof

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Black and white

■ 200 pages, 170mm x 240mm

■ Paperback RIGHTS AVAILABLE

GRAPHIC NOVEL • NON-FICTION

ISBN 978-1-910593-03-5

£16.99

Nick Cave: Mercy on Me

■ B Y REINHARD KLEIST

“Reinhard Kleist, master graphic novelist and myth-maker has – yet again – blown apart the conventions of the graphic novel by concocting a terrifying conflation of Cave songs, biographical half-truths and complete fabulations and creating a complex, chilling and completely bizarre journey into Cave World. Closer to the truth than any biography, that’s for sure! But for the record, I never killed Elisa Day.”

— Nick Cave

Filmish

■ B Y EDWARD ROSS

“[Filmish] leaves you with a long list of pictures you will want either to revisit or to see for the first time... Just what the projectionist ordered.”

— The Observer

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Black and white

■ 280 pages, 170mm x 240mm

■ Paperback

GRAPHIC NOVEL • BIOGRAPHY & NON-FICTION

ISBN 978-1-910593-36-3

£14.99

EISNER AWARD NOMINEE

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 352 pages, 170mm x 240mm

■ Paperback RIGHTS AVAILABLE

GRAPHIC NOVEL

• CLASSIC LITERATURE

ISBN 978-1-910593-92-9

£18.99

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

■ W ORDS BY SOPHIE RICKARD

■ AR T BY SCARLETT RICKARD

“This outstanding graphic novel renders one of the famously most-started/leastfinished novels in visuals exquisite for their detail and colour. A must read.”

— Strong Words Magazine

“This series does in book form what film director Baz Luhrmann did on screen – make Shakespeare cool and accessible to a younger generation... [the] artists use the dynamic flow of manga to give Shakespeare’s plots an addictive page-turning energy” — Independent on Sunday

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Black and white, with 8-page colour section ■ 208 pages, 148mm x 210mm ☐ Paperback MANGA • LITERARY ADAPTATION

9780955285646

9780955816963 RRP: £9.99

9780955816970 RRP: £9.99

9780955285653 RRP: £9.99

9780955816901 RRP: £9.99

9781906838027 RRP: £9.99

9780955285622 RRP: £9.99

ROMEO AND JULIET MACBETH

Art MAsters

“SelfMadeHero is putting a spin on the classic biography format... the publisher’s new Art Masters graphic novel series revives the form through visual storytelling exploring the lives of some of art history’s greatest — with work by some of the comic industry’s top artists.”

—The Observer

Art MAsters

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

■ O RIGINAL AUTHOR: M.R. JAMES ADAPTION: LEAH MOORE & JOHN REPPION ARTWORK: VARIOUS ARTISTS

I“Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is lean, dwarfish and hairy. It’s sure to keep you up at night.”

PopMatters

“A

very well executed collection, well written and drawn.”

The Quietus

Eight spine-chilling ghost stories by M.R. James – adapted into graphic novel form.

t’s time to draw the curtains, curl up by the fire, and enter the sinister world of that master of the English ghost story, M .R. James. Just make sure that you’ve locked the back door... As an academic medieval historian (of the sort often featured in his stories), he turned his back on Victorian schlock-horror sensationalism, in favour of a subtler form of creeping shivers and uncanny fear that has guaranteed the endurance of his supernatural tales. In the ninety years since his death, the spirit of M.R. James has inspired countless acts of homage, not just in literature (Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, Ruth Rendell), but in radio (Neil Brand, Mark Gatiss), television (Jonathan Miller, Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton), and film (Jacques Tourneur’s Night of the Demon). Now Leah Moore & John Reppion have extended that influence into the graphic-novel form with Ghost Stories of an Antiquary: The Compendium, a collection of eight powerful adaptations of his most famous and spine-chilling tales. Reimagined in a wide variety of graphic styles by Aneke, Kit Buss, Al Davison, Meghan Hetrick, George Kambadais, Abigail Larson, Fouad Mezher, and Alisdair Wood, t his anthology hauntingly evokes the singular dread of what James himself simply called “the ominous thing”...

Leah Moore & John Reppion are a husband and wife writing team, based in Liverpool, England. Scripting comics together since 2003, the duo have written for the likes of 2000 AD, Dark Horse, DC Comics, SelfMadeHero, and Penguin Michael Joseph. Together they have contributed stories to Eisner, Harvey, and Antony award-winning books. Moore & Reppion have faithfully adapted notable works by Lewis Carroll, H. P. Lovecraft, Bram Stoker, and M. R. James into comics and graphic novels.

KEY POINTS

■ THE MASTER OF THE ENGLISH GHOST STORY:

M.R. James’s classic tales of understated horror set the template for the twentieth century ghost story.

■ E NDURING AND INFLUENTIAL CLASSICS:

James has influenced everyone from H.P. Lovecraft to Steven King, Ruth Rendell and Mark Gatiss.

■ MA STERFUL GRAPHIC FICTION FOR HALLOWEEN: These eerie and inventive supernatural tales will appeal to anyone with a love of horror and supernatural fiction

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout ■ 144 pages, 165mm x 241mm

■ Hardback RIGHTS AVAILABLE PUB MONTH: SEPT 2026 NEW ADULT FICTION • COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS • HORROR / OCCULT & SUPERNATURAL

Romo the WolfBoy

■ B Y ILYA

“The

Romo, rumoured a wolf boy taken from the wild, and a young stagehand named Francis are the two newest members of Blimey O’Riley’s Travelling Circus. Together they will become Criminologists Extraordinaire, Specialists in the Paranormal – but this is only their first adventure...

When the circus comes to town in Victorian England, repeated acts of sabotage by a mysterious, giggling culprit turn Romo and Francis from rivals to friends. Can they work together to solve this baffling case, and even become a top act in the meantime?

fast-paced storyline is matched by illustrations that whirr with energy, sketchy and full of vigour.”

Buzz Magazine

At Blimey O’Riley’s Travelling Circus, a stagehand and a strange, wild boy find themselves investigating a paranormal mystery.

ILYA (Ed Hillyer) is a comic book writer and artist whose work has been published by Marvel, DC, Dark Horse and Image in the US, Kodansha in Japan and numerous independent companies worldwide. His graphic novels include: Manga Shakespeare: King Lear, Skidmarks, Room for Love, Kid Savage, and the award-winning End of the Century Club series. His illustration clients have included the BBC, the Royal Academy of Arts, The Times and Guardian newspapers and East End Life. ILYA was also the editor of the Mammoth Book of Best New Manga series, and his first prose novel, The Clay Dreaming, was published by Myriad Editions.

KEY POINTS

■ ADVENTURES BEGIN:

The start of a new, original YA / All Ages action-adventure series.

■ NEW AND FAMILIAR: A fresh concept with nostalgic period appeal for YA readers and beyond (suitable 8 and up).

■ E XPERIENCED CREATOR: The latest from ILYA, author and artist behind Room for Love and Manga Shakespeare: King Lear.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 256 pages, 152 x 229mm

■ Paperback RIGHTS AVAILABLE

PUB MONTH: NOV 2026

NEW ADULT FICTION • COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS • ACTION & ADVENTURE

PAINTER OF POETRY

■ B Y SIMON ELLIOTT

T“Poet, dreamer, and exotic apparition...” This is a graphic novel about the colourful life of modernist pioneer Marc Chagall.

he artist Marc Chagall (1887–1985) once described painting as “a window through which I could fly into another world” – which is just what he did. He grew up Jewish in the so-called Pale of Settlement (now Belarus) in the Russian Empire, relocating to Paris in 1910, at the height of the “Belle Époque”, and then served an uncomfortable time as an art commissar in Bolshevik Russia. He would spend his long lifetime outrunning and outliving a succession of oppressive régimes (Tsarist, Soviet, Fascist, Nazi) as numerous as the art movements he absorbed (surrealist, fauvist, symbolist, modernist) and the range of media he both liberated and illuminated. In his ceramics, stained glass, tapestry – above all, in his paintings – Chagall brought the freedom of his “colours of love” to a stark world that is too often too dark.

Acclaimed for his graphic biographies of Hockney (2023), Van Gogh (2024), and Kusama (2025), Simon Elliott returns with a triumphant portrait of perhaps the greatest colourist (and therefore optimist) of them all.

Simon Elliott is a criminal barrister, art obsessive, and lover of all things colourful. Inspired by Hockney’s message in 2021 that “spring cannot be cancelled”, Simon put his lockdown to good use by engrossing himself in all things Hockney, learning how to paint on an iPad, and creating his first graphic novel –Hockney: A Graphic Life (Frances Lincoln, 2023), which was published with Mr Hockney’s blessing. His other works include Vincent: A Graphic Biography (Frances Lincoln, 2024), and Kusama: Polka Dot Queen (SelfMadeHero, 2025).

KEY POINTS

■ B EYOND THE PALE: A journey through Russia and its revolution to France and its occupation and even further beyond.

■ COLOURS OF LOVE: Chagall’s artistic style harnessed to tell a truly vibrant life story.

■ WIDELY EXHIBITED ARTIST: Chagall is never out of the spotlight, with exhibitions regularly showing his work in major galleries.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 240 pages, 170 x 240mm

■ Hardback RIGHTS AVAILABLE PUB MONTH: NOV 2026 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS • NON-FICTION • BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

ISBN 9781914224508 52499>

ISBN 978-1-914224-50-8 UK £18.99 / US $24.99 / CAN $31.99 224508 781914 9

KUSAMA: POLKA DOT QUEEN 978-1-914224-30-0 224300 781914 9

ISBN 9781914224300 51999>

Lo! An Amazon!

THE INTERESTING NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

■ W ORDS BY

MARY M. TALBOT

■ A RT BY

BRYAN TALBOT

I“It is time to effect a revolution in female manners –time to restore to them their dignity.”

A graphic novel from the award-winning creative duo Mary M. Talbot and Bryan Talbot about Mary Wollstonecraft, foundational feminist philosopher and author.

n the Age of Revolutions, with many movements springing up to demand greater liberties for mankind, Mary Wollstonecraft spoke out for the other “one-half of the human race”: that of womankind. Over twenty years before her daughter, Mary Shelly, created the science fiction genre with Frankenstein, Mary Wollstonecraft’s 1792 manifesto, Vindication of the Rights of Woman, took the world by storm. Forthright and fearless, she mingled with other radical thinkers of her time and travelled widely. In the same year she published her magnum opus, she even ventured alone to Paris during the Reign of Terror. This graphic biography of the then-controversial and now-legendary Mary Wollstonecraft comes from the creative partnership of Mary M. Talbot and Bryan Talbot, the award-winning duo behind Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes, Sally Heathcote: Suffragette, and Armed with Madness

Mary M. Talbot is an academic turned graphic novelist. Her first graphic novel,  Dotter of her Father’s Eyes (with Bryan Talbot), won the 2012 Costa Biography Award. Her most recent, Rain (2019, with Bryan Talbot), is a rallying cry to protect the planet. Her previous graphic novels are Sally Heathcote, Suffragette (2014, with Kate Charlesworth and Bryan Talbot) and The Red Virgin (2016, with Bryan Talbot). Her most recent academic book is Language and Gender (3rd ed, 2019). She is currently Visiting Professor of Graphic Narrative at Lancaster University. Multiple award-winning artist Bryan Talbot has been working in comics for over forty years. He’s produced underground, fantasy and superhero stories such as Batman and Sandman, and graphic novels including The Adventures of Luther Arkwright , The Tale of One Bad Rat , Alice in Sunderland, the Grandville series, as well as illustrating the books written by Mary. They are both founding patrons of The Lakes International Comic Art Festival. Bryan was awarded a Doctorate in Arts and another in Letters and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 2024, he was inducted into the prestigious Will Eisner Comic Industry Hall of Fame.

K EY POINTS

■ REVOLUTIONARY AMIDST REVOLUTIONS: A champion of women’s rights surrounded by male thinkers and male violence.

■ LITERARY LEGACIES: Not just the mother of the mother of sci-fi; this is the Wollstonecraft who was hotly debated by her contemporaries, referenced by Austen, and ultimately embraced by feminist scholars.

■ FROM THE TALBOTS: Created by Mary and Bryan Talbot, acclaimed veterans of comics and literature, and the first to ever win the Costa biography prize with a graphic novel.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 152 pages, 215.9 x 152.4mm

■ Hardback RIGHTS AVAILABLE

PUB MONTH: OCT 2026 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

• NON-FICTION • GENERAL

ISBN 9781914224492 52499>

ISBN 978-1-914224-49-2 UK £17.99 / US $24.99 / CAN $34 224492 781914 9

Nightmares and Daydreams: A.C. 2020

■ B Y MIRKO ILIĆ

IVisual explorations inspired by Leonard Cohen, Dylan Thomas, Winsor McCay and others to reflect the anxieties, uncertainties, and daily observations of award-winning artist and designer Mirko Ilić.

n 2020, New York-based artist and designer Mirko Ilić started drawing self-contained single-page stories created to reflect the mood of an unprecedented time. He called this collection “After Covid 2020” or “A.C. 2020”. Mirko continued to create these visual essays even as the lockdowns slowly lifted, channelling his anxieties and observations into striking and surreal images that combine personal imagination with motifs and inspiration from music, fine art, comics, and more. Shocking and provocative, captivating and meditative, this sequence of illustrations paints a unique picture of a man’s inner turmoil amidst a crumbling world. Nightmares and Daydreams: A.C. 2020 is a testament to both a period of unprecedented upheaval and the stunning talent of its award-winning author.

Mirko Ilić is a Bosnian-born comics artist and graphic designer based in New York. He spent his formative years as a youth in Yugoslavia during the Communist-bloc era, where he became known for his early illustrations for comic books and magazines. His comics were then published internationally in Heavy Metal, Metal Hurlant , and Marvel’s Epic Illustrated, among others. Soon after he moved to the United States, he became the art director of Time magazine's international edition and The New York Times ’ op-ed pages.

Throughout his illustrious career, Ilić has collaborated with design luminaries such as Steven Heller and Milton Glaser including on Milton Glaser: POP (The Monacelli Press, 2023). He has designed album covers for Rage Against the Machine, and created film titles for You've Got Mail. His works (including some of his comics) are in the collections of the MOMA, the SFMOMA, the Smithsonian, Die Nueue Sammlung, and many other global institutions. His biography Mirko Ilić: Fist to Face by Dejan Kršić was published in 2012 (PRINT). Nightmares and Daydreams: A.C. 2020 (SelfMadeHero, 2026) signals his return to the visual medium he loves: comics.

K EY POINTS

■ AWARD-WINNING DESIGNER / ARTIST:

A legend of comics and design, Mirko became the art director of Time Magazine’s international edition and continues to lead the way in the field of design and illustration.

■ POWERFUL BOLD EXPRESSION: Mirko’s work inspires both shock and awe, with each page a spectacle that haunts or astonishes its reader.

■ M ORE THAN WORDS:

This wordless collection of dreamlike images is a unique portrait of a man’s inner turmoil amidst a crumbling world.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 152 pages, 210 x 280mm

■ Hardback RIGHTS AVAILABLE

PUB MONTH: SEPT 2026

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

• GENERAL

ISBN 9781914224522 52699>

ISBN 978-1-914224-52-2 UK £19.99 / US $26.99 / CAN $37 224522 781914 9

The Great Marc Evers

THE TRUE STORY OF A CHAMPION AGAINST ALL ODDS

■ W ORDS BY IVO VAN WOERDEN

■ A RT BY GEMMA PLUM

■ C OLOURS BY MARLOES DEKKERS

■ T RANSLATION BY MICHELLE HUTCHISON

WThe inspiring life story of one of the greatest Paralympic swimming champions, and his family that stopped focusing on a “no” to find a “yes”.

hat if you stopped focusing on what’s impossible, and opened yourself up to what’s possible?

Marc Evers is two years old and it's almost impossible for anyone to get through to him. His parents are told by a psychiatrist he has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and that he’ll never be able to talk or go to the toilet on his own. For this reason, the psychiatrist recommends institutionalization. Thankfully, Marc’s parents refuse to listen. Eighteen years later, Marc is preparing to compete in the 100-meter backstroke at the 2012 London Paralympics. He walks, talks, and rides his bike. He’s his own person, surrounded by a busy family – and he can swim like a torpedo. With five Paralympic medals and many world records, Marc Evers is the Netherlands' greatest Paralympic swimming champion. How did he manage to beat the odds? The Great Marc Evers is a moving, intimate, inspiring, and above all optimistic coming-of-age portrait of Marc and his family. A beautifully drawn story about perseverance, hope, and strength, about trusting your intuition and daring to believe.

Ivo van Woerden is a journalist and writer. He has authored various literary non-fiction books and has contributed to Dutch and international newspapers and magazines. He’s been nominated for several writing and journalism awards, and won a prize for his 2015 prose version of The Great Marc Evers Gemma Plum is a Dutch artist with degrees in industrial design, graphic design, and graphic narrative. Previous projects have seen her work for public libraries, governmental health departments, children’s rights organisations and The City Archive of Rotterdam. Her work and stories have been published in Dutch and international magazines, newspapers and books, as well as featured in several galleries and museums around Europe. Marloes Dekkers is a Dutch comic colourist specialised in the narrative possibilities of colour. She combines digital techniques with traditional materials such as ecoline, watercolour and gouache and her work has been published by various European publishers. She won the P. Hans Frankfurther Prize in 2022 and the Comic Medal for Production in 2008 for her merits in the Dutch comic scene.

KEY POINTS

■ DEFYING AND EXCEEDING: This is the story of a family that defied expectations and their son who exceeded all known limits.

■ B REAKING THE MOULD: See how Marc Evers broke free of the narrow role set for him in life at only two years old.

■ GOING FOR GOLD: Follow Marc’s journey from early diagnosis of ASD to the London Paralympic podium.

■ E DUCATION AND INSPIRATION: Family, friends, teachers – see the inspiring efforts of all those who helped Marc Evers become champion.

■ R EPRESENTATION, VISUALISED: Accompanying Woerden’s words, Plum’s artwork deftly demonstrates how ASD can feel from an autistic person’s point of view.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 192 pages, 178 x 247mm

■ Hardback RIGHTS AVAILABLE PUB MONTH: SEPT 2026 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

• GENERAL

ISBN 9781914224515 53194>

Noisy Valley

■ B Y MYFANWY TRISTRAM

“It’s about what ordinary people do, because what we do... is quite extraordinary.”

P“For those of us who have spent our lives marching against injustice this is a vivid and accessible history of protest in the twentieth century and beyond.”

— Alexei Sayle

A graphic novel exploring the right to protest, told by people who raised their voices and demanded to be heard.

rotest matters, and never more so than today – and yet our rights around dissent have been eroded in law. Noisy Valley is a beautifully illustrated work of graphic nonfiction exploring the importance of protest, and what it can achieve, through the voices of one vibrant community.

In every neighbourhood there are the activists, the ones who raise their voices. Myfanwy Tristram visited the Rhondda Valley in South Wales, inviting local people to recount their memories of the times they’d refused to take things lying down. Noisy Valley is the result: a graphic retelling of protests both past and present.

The area is best known for the miners’ strikes of the 80s, (and their support from the LGBT movement as documented in the film Pride) but the spirit of dissent runs deeply whenever there is injustice. These stories tell how communities and individuals pushed back on a landfill site that poisoned local streams, a waste processing plant that destroyed an area of natural beauty, sexism in the workplace and the closure of the local hospital. We dip into the historic Aldermaston marches and the Greenham women’s peace camp too.

Noisy Valley is a testament to protestors who – whatever the political climate – have believed in their power to get things changed.

Myfanwy Tristram is a graphic novelist based in Brighton, UK, whose work focuses on activism and social history. Her comics have been shortlisted for several awards. In 2017, Myf co-ordinated and published Draw the Line, depicting more than 100 simple actions to help change the world. Noisy Valley was shortlisted for the UK’s prestigious First Graphic Novel Award.

K EY POINTS

■ E RA OF PROTESTS: In a time when rights to protest are being eroded on a global scale, this collection of true stories could never be more relevant.

■ AWARD SHORTLISTER: Noisy Valley was one of only seven titles shortlisted for the 2023 First Graphic Novel Award.

■ G RAPHIC JOURNALISM: From Myfanwy Tristram, experienced in and respected for her work in graphic reportage and illustrated journalism.

■ FROM THE VALLEYS: Composed of protest stories from Wales, a country famed for its long history of protesting against injustice.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 144 pages, 170 x 235mm

■ Paperback RIGHTS AVAILABLE PUB MONTH: MAY 2026 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS • NON-FICTION • JOURNALISM

ISBN 9781914224430 52099>

ISBN 978-1-914224-43-0 UK £14.99 / US $20.99 / CAN $25.99 224430 781914 9

COMMUNIST MANIFESTO (THE) 978-1-910593-49-3

Comic Therapy

MEDITATIONS FOR REFLECTION

■ B Y KAY MEDAGLIA

In Comic Therapy, readers will find a range of comic strips that blend heartwarming messages and gentle wit, creating a space where readers can unwind, laugh, and feel inspired – all within a few panels.

From the creator of One Year Wiser, this unique collection of short comic strips offers moments of calm wellbeing and thoughtful reflection while lifting readers’ spirits with lighthearted humour.

The charm of this collection of homely homilies lies in its ability to address real-life challenges with a sense of optimism, focusing on themes like self-compassion, resilience, and mindfulness. Each of its beautifully imagined sequences serves as a temporary retreat from the pressures and anxieties of daily life, with each page offering a blend of encouragement and humour. By using visual storytelling, Comic Therapy engages readers in a non-intrusive, yet impactful way, inviting them to pause, smile, and reconnect with their inner calm.

This book is an invaluable resource for anyone looking for a momentary escape, a laugh in tough times, or a much-needed boost of positivity. Whether read all at once or savoured a little at a time, Comic Therapy builds into a toolkit of emotional wellness, and a perfect go-to for personal reflection, or to share with a friend in need of a cheerful lift.

Into a world filled with noise, Comic Therapy sends a quiet voice of compelling reassurance, reminding us that it’s always okay to pause, reflect, and enjoy a light-hearted moment.

Kay Medaglia is the prolific author and illustrator behind the award-winning four-book One Year Wiser series from SelfMadeHero, and the creator of the best-selling Luna Sol Tarot. They have also contributed to the Huffington Post and the Elephant Journal. Originally from Ontario, Canada, Kay has lived in the UK for the past 18 years.

KEY POINTS

■ YE ARS OF WISDOM: From the creator of One Year Wiser, the hit illustrated meditation book.

■ BITE-SIZE NUGGETS OF WISDOM: Digestible, short comic strips that address real-life challenges.

■ MODERN MINDFULNESS: Perfect for the busy-ness of modern life, Comic Therapy can be read at length or as a series of heartwarming pick-me-ups.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout ■ 128 pages, 145 x 185mm

■ Hardback RIGHTS AVAILABLE PUB MONTH: APRIL 2026 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS • BODY, MIND & SPIRIT • SELF-HELP

ISBN 9781914224393 51899>

ISBN 978-1-914224-39-3 UK £13.99 / US $18.99 / CAN $23.99 224393 781914 9

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ONE YEAR WISER 978-1-910593-01-1

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The Little Prince

A GRAPHIC NOVEL ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK BY ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY

■ O RIGINAL AUTHOR: ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY

■ AD APTOR / ARTIST: JOANN SFAR

■ T RANSLATOR: SARAH ARDIZZONE

MA bold and beautiful graphic adaptation of a beloved worldwide classic, The Little Prince returns to celebrate the 80th anniversary of its first French edition.

KEY POINTS

■ TIMELESSLY POPULAR: Already with an estimated 140 million sales worldwide, The Little Prince now finds a new readership and relevance.

■ A CLASSIC REVIVED: A graphic adaptation of a worldwide classic to celebrate the 80th anniversary of its first French edition.

■ FAITHFUL AND TRUE: Hand-picked by the book’s publishers as its chosen adapter, Joann Sfar’s many prestigious accolades as a graphic novelist include the René Goscinny Award (1998) and the Eisner Award (2006).

■ B ELOVED BY THE WORLD: The most translated work of fiction in history now finds its perfect form as a graphic novel.

S PECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 120 pages, 190 x 260mm

eet the original Boy Who Fell to Earth. Stranded in the Sahara Desert, an aircraft pilot meets a strange little boy who tells him of his journey from another world. The Little Prince, by the French writer, illustrator, and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, was written and published during the Second World War, to immediate acclaim, and its classic status has been embraced ever since. Whether as a children’s fairy tale or an existentialist fable, religious parable or political allegory, the “secret treasure” of its complex simplicity has only unfolded further truths over the years, like the petals of the precious flower of friendship it celebrates. Vividly realized here, for yet another new generation, by the award-winning graphic novelist Joann Sfar, this stunning adaptation celebrates the 80th anniversary of its French edition, and confirms its wisdom of ages: that life (and love) can be hard; that “grown-ups are very strange”; and that our precious planet is intrinsic with our universal Nature. De Saint-Exupéry’s aircraft disappeared in the wartime skies over the Mediterranean in July 1944, and his death has remained a mystery ever since. “The only reason to speak in riddles,” he wrote, in his prophetic masterpiece, “is to solve them.”

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Antoine de St-Exupéry was born into an aristocratic family in Lyon, France, in 1900, shortly before the first powered flight by the Wright Brothers. He grew up to be inspired by this new technology, and trained and worked as a commercial pilot in the 1920s, writing a series of stories and novels on the subject, including the best-selling Vol de Nuit ( Night Flight , 1931). At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, he served in the French Air Force, but after the German invasion and Occupation in 1940 lived in exile in the United States, where he wrote his memoir of combat, Pilote de Guerre ( Flight to Arras, 1942), as well as his immortal fable The Little Prince, but later returned to serve in the Free French Air Force. His plane disappeared in a reconnaissance mission in July 1944.

Joann Sfar was born in Nice in 1971. After gaining a degree in philosophy, and enrolling at the Beaux-Arts in Paris, he attended the Nawak workshop, where he met such artists as Lewis Trondheim, Emmanuel Guibert, and Christophe Blain. He published his first graphic novel in 1994, and has since produced over 130 titles, including Petit Vampire ( Little Vampire), Le Chat du Rabbin (The Rabbi’s Cat ), Donjon ( Dungeon), and Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince). Whether in children’s stories or erotica, action fantasy or meditative reflection, he brings a total originality to all genres, and breathes new life into the comic form. His creative energy has also taken him to other media – to literature, radio drama, painting, and film, notably with Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life and the animated adaptations of his Chat du Rabbin and Petit Vampire

Emmie Arbel

THE COLOUR OF MEMORY

■ B Y BARBARA YELIN

■ E DITED BY

CHARLOTTE SCHALLIÉ AND ALEXANDER KORB

■ T RANSLATED BY HELGE

R. DASCHER

A“Beautiful languid episodes framed in mood-altering hues and tones... The Colour of Memory unfolds in slices and snippets: a deft, non-linear, emotionally turbulent potpourri sparked by recollection, rather than chronologically steered or directed.”

— Now Read This!

A visual biography of the inspirational life of Holocaust survivor Emmie Arbel who was arrested, deported, and imprisoned at the age of five.

rrested with her family in the Netherlands, deported by the Nazis to Ravensbrück and Bergen-Belsen, and orphaned – all by the age of seven – Emmie Arbel survived the camps, only to face a new ordeal of suffering in what should have been a place of refuge. Traumatized as a child by violence, abuse, and isolation, she has transformed her survival into an inspirational lifelong mission both to bear witness to the Holocaust, and to celebrate the enduring resilience of the human spirit. Working closely with Emmie herself, the acclaimed German graphic artist Barbara Yelin has created an unforgettable “visual biography” of this remarkable woman: her rebellious independence, her indomitable humour, the wisdom of her contemplation. Emmie Arbel: The Colour of Memory is at once 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.

Barbara Yelin was born in 1977 in Munich, and studied illustration at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. She became known as a comic book artist in France for Le Visiteur (The Visitor, 2004) and Le Retard (Delay, 2006). Her first publication in Germany was Gift (2010, with a text by Peer Meter), the story of a historical crime that brought her work to the attention of a wider audience. Her subsequent career has included her popular comic strip Riekes Notizen (Rieke’s Notes), first printed in the daily newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau in 2011, and The Summer of Her Life (with Thomas von Steinaecker, SelfMadeHero, 2020). Her graphic novel Irmina (SelfMadeHero, 2016) received an Eisner nomination. She lives and works in Munich.

This graphic novel was developed as part of the Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives Project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

KEY POINTS

■ A STOLEN CHILDHOOD: Witness the hardship and resilience of a five-year-old Jewish girl caught up in the horrors of Nazi-occupied Europe.

■ “SURVIVING IS EVERY DAY”: As well as affording testimony to the Holocaust, the story movingly explores what it means to “survive”, and what resources it entails.

■ TESTAMENT ON MEMORY: An intimate co-creation between subject and artist, this book reflects on the nature of memory, testimony, and friendship.

■ E XPERT STORYTELLING: The multiple-award-winning graphic novelist Barbara Yelin levels her unique eye and artistry on one of the darkest sequences in history.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout ■ 192 pages, 190 x 250mm

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The Most Amazing Saturday Morning Rubbish Club

■ W RITTEN BY BILL TUCKEY

■

A RT BY FRANCISCO DE LA MORA

T“I don’t get to use the terms inspirational or heartwarming much when reviewing modern books and comics but when The Most Amazing Saturday Morning Rubbish Club inevitably becomes the next big British indie movie hit... I’ll be back to say I told you so and to plug the book all over again...”

— Now Read This!

An inspiring and heartfelt story exploring the realities of living with disability and the ways in which neurodiverse children can make the world a better place, one crisp packet at a time.

ake three young people with complex needs, one homeless engineering genius, and a secret underground bunker, throw in a police mixup, a psychedelic carer, and a great deal of rubbish, and you have the makings of a unique story. As entertaining as it is candid, The Most Amazing Saturday Morning Rubbish Club explores the realities of living with disability and celebrates the ways in which neurodiverse children can make the world a better place, one crisp packet at a time.

The Most Amazing Saturday Morning Rubbish Club is a creative collaboration between a writer and illustrator, both of whom have first-hand experience of parenting neurodiverse children. Its inspirational storyline, appealing to parents and children alike, tells how three very different kids come together to share their special skills and save the day. These spirited characters meet in the park to establish a litter-picking scheme which transforms the local community. Touching, funny, and beautiful, this unique collaboration is indeed... most amazing

Bill Tuckey began his career as a reggae DJ with a radio show on Kiss FM. He later worked as a food critic, Caribbean editor, and music journalist before spending more than a decade at The Independent newspaper, where he was a senior features and magazine editor. He now lives in London and runs a design-led flooring business. He is the father of three, and The Most Amazing Saturday Morning Rubbish Club is his first graphic novel.

Francisco de la Mora is a Mexican illustrator and comics artist whose work spans biography, journalism, and graphic medicine. He has created graphic novels on Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo for SelfMadeHero, and since 2018 has drawn a monthly strip for The Hackney Citizen. He holds degrees in literature and creative industries and is the co-founder of Symbola Comics. Francisco lives in London and is the father of a son with periventricular leukomalacia (PVL).

KEY POINTS

■ AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCES: Written and illustrated by parents of neurodiverse children to highlight their children’s lived experiences.

■ TALENTS OVER DIFFICULTIES: Celebrates what neurodiverse children can do, rather than accepting what people say they can’t.

■ SPECIAL SKILLS: Demonstrates that a child’s “special needs” can also bring “special skills” to enrich a community and bring people together.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout ■ 192 pages, 190 x 260mm

■ Paperback RIGHTS AVAILABLE PUB MONTH: NOV 2025 YOUNG ADULT FICTION

• COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS • DIVERSITY & MULTICULTURAL

Bone Broth

■ B Y ALEX TAYLOR

■ E DITED BY CORINNE PEARLMAN

In this coming-of-age queer thriller, the young transmasculine Ash begins his transition into adult life by landing his first job at a ramen-noodle shop in London, prepping the bone broth. But as the financial landscape shifts under Ash’s feet, and after months of bonding with a series of challenging co-workers, everything suddenly stops dead. Literally. At a drunken staff party, Ash’s bullying boss turns up dead, and everyone’s been taking selfies with the corpse. Good thing Ash has already spent a year on the job

Alex Taylor is a queer visual artist based in London, working creatively through multiple mediums of expression including illustration, painting, digital art, comics, zines, and film. He was the winner of the First Graphic Novel Award in 2023.

“Taylor has created something original: a thriller with real heart, horror laced with tenderness, and a trans protagonist we can recognize ourselves in.”

— Scene Magazine

“Wryly subversive, tantalisingly warming and definitely NOT for little kids, this potent parable is seasoned with buddy film tropes and garnished with a delicious twist that will hit the spot for anyone with a taste for the out-of-the-ordinary fodder.”

— Now Read This!

Ash, a transmasculine queer youth, starts his first job as a sous-chef making bone broth for a ramen-noodle restaurant. But just as he is learning the ropes, Ash finds himself tying himself in knots to cover up an untimely death...

KEY POINTS

■ B REAKOUT AWARD WINNER: Relish the taste of Bone Broth, which beat over 170 other titles to win the 2023 First Graphic Novel Award.

■ G EN Z HANNIBAL: Sample a cannibalistic addition to the culinary landscape of modern London from the 21st-century lectern of graphic novels.

■ KITCHEN GOTHIC: Learn, via our hero’s past and future, the culinary skills he’ll need to clean up his boss’s mess.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 208 pages, 190 x 260mm

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My Dad Fights Demons!

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■

W RITTEN BY BOBBY JOSEPH

AR T BY ABBIGAYLE BIRCHAM

Welcome to Rye’s world: their stepdad hates them, their mother ignores them, and they’re stuck in a dead-end relationship. To make matters worse, their world is turned upside down one day with the return of their father, the Magical Mr Mantrikz, self-styled “greatest sorcerer in the world”, and Rye now has to spend their weekends with this rude, pushy, and frankly ridiculous wizard. And that was never going to work – especially when magic is involved...

The misadventures of a down-on-his-luck teenager and the dimension-hopping, demon-battling sorcerer who just happens to be his absentee father.

“Bobby's writing has a touch of magic, the same way writers like Alan Moore do… ...This is the most authentic young adult book I've read in a long time. Possibly ever.”

— Comic Book News UK

“Joseph and Bircham have made a story that earns a place beside the earlier classics and that will send its readers back to them with better eyes. Fantastic.”

— 3:16

Bobby Joseph is an acclaimed South London comic creator, whose early work includes the creation of cult comic classic Skank magazine, in which his best-known strip, “Scotland Yardie”, originated. He has written for The Guardian, Dazed and Confused, and Vice. A long-standing advocate for diversity and representation in comic books, his graphic novel, Scotland Yardie (Knockabout Comics, 2017), was the first diverse graphic novel to be studied as a module on an English Literature MA course. He is the fifth UK Comics Laureate, and the first comic book creator of Indian origin to be appointed to the role.

Abbigayle Bircham is a Norwich-based comic artist with a penchant for the weird and wonderful, who is probably scribbling away in her favourite tea shop at this moment. A LICAF [Lakes International Comic Art Festival] Breakthrough Initiative participant, she has published work with Soaring Penguin Press and the Rat Pack Collective, dreams of having her own cartoon show one day, and first met Bobby Joseph when taking his Writing Comics short course.

KEY POINTS

■ U K COMICS LAUREATE: The first new graphic novel by Bobby Joseph since being named the UK Comics Laureate in 2023.

■ B REAKOUT ILLUSTRATOR: A new title illustrated by Abbigayle Bircham, graduate of the LICAF Breakthrough Initiative programme.

■ MAGIC REALISM: A fantasy twist on the very real social issue of absentee dads and parental separation.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout ■ 112 pages, 148 x 210mm

■ Paperback RIGHTS AVAILABLE PUB MONTH: SEPT 2025 YOUNG ADULT FICTION • COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

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This Slavery

■ A UTHOR OF ORIGINAL: ETHEL CARNIE HOLDSWORTH

■ T EXT ADAPTED BY

SOPHIE RICKARD

■ I LLUSTRATED BY

SCARLETT RICKARD

Thrown out of work when the cotton mill burns down, sisters Rachel and Hester Martin are forced to find new ways to survive. One agitates for reform, striving to free her community from the enslavement of the factory system; the other submits to the slavery of a patriarchal marriage. A hundred years after the first publication of Ethel Carnie Holdsworth’s lost classic, this sumptuous adaptation by sisters Scarlett and Sophie Rickard weaves her tale of romance and hope through the cobbled streets of industrial Lancashire.

Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1886–1962), a writer, feminist and activist from Lancashire, was the first working-class woman to have a novel published in Britain. She had at least ten novels published and wrote This Slavery in 1925.

“Righteously strident, passionately polemical and powerfully enraging, engaging... should be compulsory viewing for all.”

— Now Read This!

“This voluminous opus is a triumph and, unequivocally, a constituent component of British working-class literary legacy that educates and edifies in equal measure, and its place is as much in school English syllabus as in public libraries and progressive households throughout the land.”

— Morning Star

Adapted from a novel by the radical author Ethel Carnie Holdsworth, we witness the starkly observed realities of what it was like to be female in pre-war industrial Britain.

The Rickard Sisters are graphic novelists from the same Lancashire cotton-country as Ethel Holdsworth, and have collaborated on adapting a series of early 20th-century political novels in their own lavish trademark style including The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists and No Surrender. Scarlett is the artist and Sophie is the writer, and despite living 200 miles apart, they work closely together to perfect the development of these rich, vibrant, and inspirational books.

KEY POINTS

■ AUTHENTIC INDUSTRIAL HISTORY: A critical portrayal of British working-class life written with warmth and dignity by a woman who lived through it.

■ CE NTENARY EDITION: One hundred years after its first publication, a groundbreaking reinterpretation of a neglected classic.

■ N EW GENERATION POLITICS: Appeals to a growing young left-wing movement, with themes of equality, organized labour resistance, and feminist liberation.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 360 pages, 170 x 240mm

■ Paperback RIGHTS AVAILABLE PUB MONTH: SEPT 2025 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS • LITERARY

The Compleat Angler

A GRAPHIC ADAPTATION

■ A UTHOR OF ORIGINAL: IZAAK WALTON

■ W RITTEN & ILLUSTRATED BY

GARETH BROOKES

A“The Compleat Angler sets linocut prints and inky drawings alongside Walton’s poetic prose, conjuring a landscape of cruelty and plenty in a meditative book of subtle carp, malicious frogs and dainty eels.”

— The Guardian

“The Compleat Angler is a delight, an absolute delight.”

— The Slings and Arrows

An ambitious multimedia adaptation of a well-known and much-beloved classic of 17th-century literature, fit for lovers of art, nature, and the philosophy of fishing.

foundational environmentalist text centuries ahead of its time, The Compleat Angler is one of the most reprinted books in the English language. From the ruins of the English Civil War to the challenges we all face today, Gareth Brookes’ highly original multimedia adaptation of Izaak Walton’s classic focuses on its instructional aspects, highlights its eccentricities and contemplative themes of nature and friendship, and draws parallels between today’s politically divided and ecologically endangered England and that of the 17th century. Following Brookes’ similarly ambitious The Dancing Plague, this adaptation is lovingly rendered in both linocut engraving and hand-drawn pen-and-ink to contrast the meditative and the instructional in Walton’s writing. As a guidebook on how to fish, this 350-year-old manual makes the perfect gift for any angling enthusiast, and its reflective writing connects with post-pandemic desires for calm, mindful pursuits and a return to nature.

Gareth Brookes studied printmaking at the Royal College of Art, and holds a PhD in Comics Studies from Central Saint Martins, UAL. His graphic novels include A Thousand Coloured Castles (2017) and The Black Project (2013), which was nominated for an award at the 2018 Angoulême International Comics Festival. His work has appeared in ArtReview, been published by Kuš, and was included in the “Comics Unmasked” exhibition at the British Library in 2014. His previous graphic novel, The Dancing Plague (SelfMadeHero, 2021), was hailed by The New York Times as “Visually stunning... a book the likes of which we’ve never seen before”.

Izaak Walton (1593–1683) was an English writer, best remembered today as the author of The Compleat Angler (1653). He also wrote a number of short Lives, including the first biographies of the poets George Herbert and John Donne.

KEY POINTS

■ REVIVING 1653 BESTSELLER: One of the most reprinted books in the English language, revived in graphic form for the readers and fishers of today.

■ M ULTIMEDIA MANUAL ACHIEVEMENT: Combines linocut art and pen-and-ink illustrations to connect humanity with nature and folklore with fishery.

■ NATURE, HISTORY, TODAY: Connects the divided England of the 17th century and today’s, anticipating by centuries ecological movements and postpandemic therapeutic needs.

S PECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 160 pages, 145 x 205mm

■ Hardback RIGHTS AVAILABLE PUB MONTH: JUNE 2025 GRAPHIC NOVEL • LITERARY ADAPTATION

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Kusama

POLKA DOT QUEEN

■ B Y SIMON ELLIOTT

“The only method I have found that relieves my illness is to keep creating art. I followed the thread of art and somehow discovered a path that would allow me to live.”

From her days in 1960s New York as a proponent of free love and peace to her current position as internationally recognized Queen of Polka Dots and creator of infinity, Yayoi Kusama’s life is an extraordinary story of triumph over adversity through art. This graphic novel vividly portrays Kusama’s unusual youth and family troubles, her discovery of a new style of painting, her struggles with mental illness, and her rise to international art stardom. For those seeking an introduction to this incredible artist or seeking a fresh take on her story – this is Yayoi Kusama’s life as you’ve never seen it before.

A vivid portrayal of the life of Yayoi Kusama – Queen of Polka Dots, creator of infinity – from her unusual childhood to international artistic acclaim.

“Gloriously vibrant and ebullient...beguiling and powerful...”

— Now Read This!

Simon Elliott is a criminal barrister, art obsessive, and lover of all things colourful. Inspired by David Hockney’s message in 2021 that “spring cannot be cancelled”, Simon put his lockdown to good use by engrossing himself in all things Hockney, learning how to paint on an iPad, and creating his first graphic novel – Hockney: A Graphic Life (Frances Lincoln, 2023), which was published with Mr Hockney’s blessing. His other works include Vincent: A Graphic Biography (Frances Lincoln, 2024), and Kusama: Polka Dot Queen (SelfMadeHero, 2025).

KEY POINTS

■ POLKA DOT QUEEN: A unique insight into one of the global titans of modern art and the work that made her name.

■ AN UNUSUAL LIFE: Kusama in her youth, her troubles, and her triumphs.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 144 pages, 170 x 240mm

■ Hardback RIGHTS AVAILABLE PUB MONTH: APRIL 2025

■ VI BRANT AND SURREAL: Colourful, striking illustrations worthy of Kusama herself. ISBN 978-1-914224-30-0

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BOWIE

■ B Y REINHARD KLEIST

■ T RANSLATED BY MICHAEL WAALER

Reinhard Kleist’s critically acclaimed graphic biography of David Bowie forms two parts: Starman: Bowie’s Stardust Years (SelfMadeHero, 2023) and LOW: Bowie’s Berlin Years (SelfMadeHero, 2025)

Reinhard Kleist, born in 1970 in Hürth, Cologne, has worked and lived as an illustrator and comic book artist in Berlin since 1996. He made his international breakthrough in 2006 with the biographical comic book Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness, which was awarded the renowned Max and Moritz Prize and nominated for both the Eisner and Harvey Awards. With The Boxer in 2013, Kleist became the first cartoonist to receive the German Youth Literature Prize. In 2017, Kleist once again tackled one of music’s great storytellers in Nick Cave: Mercy on Me, which was simultaneously released in many languages. In 2018, Kleist was honoured for his work with the Max and Moritz Prize for Best German-Language Comic Book Artist. In 2021, Kleist tackled another extraordinary boxing champion, Emile Griffith, in the comic book Knock Out!

STARMAN

BOWIE’S STARDUST YEARS

1How David Bowie changed the face of rock music.

972, the rock’n’roll messiah ZIGGY STARDUST was born. His provocative play on sexual identity and gender roles laid the foundation for David Bowie’s ascent to becoming one of the most successful pop musicians of all time. Reinhard Kleist’s Starman weaves the gripping tale of this outrageous character’s genesis, rise, and fall, as well as of David Bowie’s hapless efforts in the London music scene before Ziggy’s arrival, and of the struggles he experienced with his own creation at the height of his fame. As Bowie transforms himself, ever more frenetically, into the egocentric rock star he first conceived, the extravagant lifestyle he had only ever imagined threatens to engulf him, and bring everything down before his eyes…

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 176 pages, 170mm x 240mm

■ Paperback with flaps

GRAPHIC NOVEL • NONFICTION • BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

ISBN 9781914224089 51999>

ISBN 978-1-914224-08-9

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PRAISE FOR LOW: BOWIE’S BERLIN YEARS :

“A Reinhard Kleist graphic novel is always a good time and this is no exception.”

— Bookmunch

“This always fascinating, sometimes challenging, book captures both the detail and spirit of Bowie's Berlin Years making Low, an absolute high.”

— The Slings & Arrows

LOW BOWIE’S BERLIN YEARS

PRAISE FOR STARMAN: BOWIE’S STARDUST YEARS :

“[Kleist] brings a sort of veteran confidence to this story... What results is yet another page- turner book about a rock legend who is perfectly suited for the medium.”

— The Beat

“Starman: Bowie’s Stardust Years, exploring one of the most important developments in popular music and performance art, is truly stunning. Not only does it look fantastic and reads brilliantly, but is also inventively plotted with two timelines interweaving wonderfully throughout.”

— Buzz Magazine

KEY POINTS

■ C AVE AND CASH ARTIST: Reinhard Kleist is the awardwinning author of Nick Cave: Mercy on Me and Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness, which was nominated for the Eisner and Harvey Awards.

■ BOWIE FAN BASE: A treat for Bowie fans, as well as an excellent introduction for those unfamiliar with his work .

LDavid Bowie’s legendary time in West Berlin as he searches for inspiration and records his

album

LOW (1977).

ow t races the aftermath of David Bowie’s groundbreaking tour of America, and the iconic “Berlin years” that followed. Hot on the platform heels of Starman: Bowie’s Stardust Years (SelfMadeHero, 2023), Reinhard Kleist masterfully concludes his two-part biography of David Bowie. In 1976, Bowie escaped the frantic madness and substance abuse of his life in Los Angeles for the Wall of the divided city of Berlin. With his friend Iggy Pop in tow, Bowie quit drugs and created LOW, the first album of his “Berlin Trilogy”. But even here, in some of the happiest days of his life, Ziggy Stardust would not let him go... Low follows Bowie’s forays through West Berlin’s revolutionary music scene and wild club life, and takes us deep into his recording sessions at Hansa Studios. The friendship between Bowie and Iggy drives both artists to new creative heights, while Bowie’s relationship with the cabaret artist and drag icon Romy Haag illuminates his fascination with Berlin as a city on the brink. Kleist’s Low is both a retelling of Bowie’s Berlin years and a vibrant portrait of the city itself.

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■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 176 pages, 170 x 240mm

■ Paperback with flaps GRAPHIC NOVEL • NONFICTION • BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

ISBN 9781914224287 51999>

ISBN 978-1-914224-28-7

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Excerpt from Reinhart Kleist's Low: Bowie’s Berlin Years

Edifice

■ B Y ANDRZEJ KLIMOWSKI

A“Andrzej Klimowski’s Edifice is a wintry dream lingering on the verge of conscious explanation... a beautiful book that stirs what lurks beneath, making resonance rather than reason its reward.”

The Comics Journal

“He leads the field by a very long furlong, out on his own, making his own weather. He is Klimowski, unafraid.”

— Harold Pinter

“A preternatural master of the

graphic novel form.”

The Times

A graphic Grand Hotel of our dreams, desires, and nightmares – and a Christmas Carol like no other

KEY POINTS

■ COLLECTIBILITY:

A new graphic-novel original by “one of the great illustrators of our time”.

■ TOPICALITY:

A manifesto of artistic tradition and culture at a time when European freedom is under attack.

■ ACCESSIBILITY:

A compelling story in which words are less important than the universal and archetypal language of its images.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Black and white

■ 296 pages, 190 x 260mm

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t the heart of the dream city of Engelstadt stand the t all storeys of an ancient apartment block, home to a nightmare labyrinth of corridors and secrets. Christmas is coming, but the mysterious disappearance of one of its tenants causes a cast of characters (or suspects?) to be assembled before us. An elderly aristocratic widow plays the piano; a young mother disciplines her hallucinating son; a photographer pursues creative experiments under the magnetic spell of the moon. And meanwhile, as a dark cloud threatens to envelop the city, and caped crusaders (or marauders) wander its park, there is a film screening to attend. The eccentric Professor will surely solve the enigma on Christmas Eve... Or will he? A pan-European Pandora’s Box of narrative Russian dolls and Chinese boxes, Edifice builds into an Expressionist graphic vision of our archetypal, metamorphic Shadows. Whether or not “an allegory of some sort” (as one character claims), Andrzej Klimowski’s masterpiece of symbolic form is certainly one of the strangest Christmas stories you will ever read. “If you look carefully, you will see it.”

Andrzej Klimowski studied at St Martin’s School of Art in London and at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, and is now Emeritus Professor at the Royal College of Art. He has designed posters for theatres and film distributors in Poland, and book covers and illustrations for UK publishers. The co-author (with Danusia Schejbal) of Behind the Curtain, The Master and Margarita, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Robot , his own graphic novels include The Depository, The Secret , and Horace Dorlan. His image of the visionary Somnambulist has been SelfMadeHero’s logo since its foundation in 2007.

ISBN 9781914224256 51999>

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Adieu Birkenau

GINETTE KOLINKA’S STORY OF SURVIVAL

■ W ORDS BY GINETTE KOLINKA, JEAN-DAVID MORVAN AND VICTOR MATET

■ A RT BY RICARD EFA AND CESC F. DALMASES

■ T RANSLATED BY EDWARD GAUVIN

IThe graphic memoir of Ginette Kolinka, Holocaust survivor, educator, and “ambassador for the memory” of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

t is April 1944. 19-year-old Ginette Kolinka arrives at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. Her father and little brother are immediately gassed. Ginette is selected as a worker. She survives. It is October 2020. 95-yearold Ginette takes advantage of a lull in the COVID-19 epidemic to accompany a group visiting Birkenau one last time. As a farewell, she brings with her a journalist (France Info’s Victor Matet) and a comic strip writer, J-D Morvan. From this trip a comic book is born. Ginette tells of her life before the war, how she discovered she was Jewish, how her family fled Paris before she and her father were denounced. She tells the story of the camp; completely, honestly, without seeking pity. We see her today, how she still shares her story with the world, how she still stands and bears witness. Ginette tells everything with her trademark liveliness and biting humour. We often laugh, and sometimes we shudder. Because the story she tells is ours too.

Ginette Kolinka is a 98–year–old survivor of the Auschwitz–Birkenau camp. Since the 2000s, she has been an “ambassador for memory” who speaks to young people about her experiences in the Shoah. In 2019, she and Marie Ruggieri published Return to Birkenau (Grasset), as well as A Happy Life in 2023.

Jean-David Morvan is a comic book writer fascinated by issues relating to war. His work includes Madeleine, résistante with Madeleine Riffaud and Dominic Bertail (Aire Libre), for which he was awarded the René Goscinny Prize for best scriptwriter.

Victor Matet is a journalist and presenter at France Info. He produced several reports on Ginette Kolinka before co–creating a comic strip about her.

Ricard Efa is a self–taught comic book artist best known for biographical comics such as Degas ou Monet (Le Lombard), which earned him a nomination for an Eisner Award in 2018. He lives in Barcelona.

Cesc F. Dalmases , born in Sabadell (Barcelona), is the author of various comic strips, including adaptations of such novels as The Bridge of the Jews (Marti Gironell). His works have been translated into several languages.

KEY POINTS

■ AM BASSADOR OF MEMORY: As an “ambassador for the memory” of the Holocaust, Ginette Kolinka is an internationally recognised educator and beloved national hero of France.

■ TIMELESSLY RELEVANT HISTORY:

Almost 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Holocaust remembrance remains as globally relevant as ever.

■ COMICS TRADITION CONTINUES:

Comics have played a major role in portraying the Holocaust since 1945 – Adieu Birkenau continues that vital tradition of the medium.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 96 pages, 190 x 260mm

■ Hardcover

PUB MONTH: OCT 2024

GRAPHIC NOVEL • BIOGRAPHY & NON-FICTION

ISBN 978-1-914224-23-2

ISBN 9781914224232 52499>

UK £19.99 / US $24.99 / CAN $31.99 224232 781914 9

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Madame Choi and the Monsters

A TRUE STORY

■ W ORDS BY

PATRICK SPÄT

■ A RT BY

SHEREE DOMINGO

TThe true story of how a famous movie star and her ex-husband director were kidnapped by Kim Jong-il and forced to revitalise North Korea’s film industry.

he incredible-yet-true story of celebrated South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee, abducted in 1978 by North Korean secret agents on the orders of their film-crazed future leader Kim Jong-il. Six months later, filmmaker Shin Sang-ok, Choi Eun-hee’s ex-husband, is abducted in turn. Choi and Shin remain unaware of each other’s fates until they meet again at a dinner hosted by Kim Jong-il in 1983. Kim forces Choi and Shin to make films, including the infamous kaiju cult classic Pulgasari (1985), all while convincing the world that they serve North Korea willingly. Choi and Shin’s love rekindles slowly in this reunited captivity. Only at the 1986 Venice Film Festival do they escape, fleeing in a daring car chase to the American embassy.

Patrick Spät lives as a freelance author and editor in Berlin. He studied philosophy, sociology and literary history in Mannheim, Leipzig and Freiburg, ultimately receiving his doctorate in philosophy in 2010. As an author, he mainly deals with historical and socio-political topics. He was a finalist for the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung Comic Book Prize in 2019 with the graphic novel Der König der Vagabunden (The King of the Vagabonds), published by Avant Verlag.

Sheree Domingo studied at the Kunsthochschule in Kassel and at the Luca School of Arts in Brussels. As a cartoonist, she works and lives in Berlin. She was a finalist of the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung Comic Book Prize in 2016 with her graphic novel Ferngespräch ( Long Distance Call ), published by Edition Morderne. In 2022 she and her collaborator Patrick Spät went on to win the same prize with the German edition of Madame Choi and the Monsters.

KEY POINTS

■ E XTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY: The kidnapping, compulsory careers, and ultimate escape of Choi Eun-hee and Shin Sang-ok is unbelievable yet real – truth is stranger than fiction.

■ GODZILLA MEETS SPYCRAFT: Espionage, deception, abduction –all to fuel Kim Jong-il’s desire for a North Korean Godzilla.

■ G EOPOLITICAL INTEREST: A wholly unique vision of the bizarre and eternally fascinating real-world dystopia of North Korea.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 176 pages, 170 x 240mm

■ Paperback with flaps RIGHTS AVAILABLE

PUB MONTH: OCT 2024

GRAPHIC NOVEL • BIOGRAPHY & NON-FICTION

ISBN 9781914224225 52299>

ISBN 978-1-914224-22-5 UK £18.99 / US $22.99 / CAN $28.99 224225 781914 9

ALICE GUY 978-1-914224-03-4

ISBN 9781914224034 52199>

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They Shot the Piano Player

A GRAPHIC NOVEL

■ W ORDS BY

FERNANDO TRUEBA

■ A RT BY

JAVIER MARISCAL

AA New York music journalist goes on a quest to uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of the young Brazilian piano virtuoso (and pioneer of samba-jazz), Tenório Junior.

PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS GRAPHIC NOVEL CHICO AND RITA:

“A work of art in its own right: exuberant, passionate and melancholy... For all that this book will have you tapping your toes, I defy anyone to reach the end of it without a tear in their eye.”

— The Observer

n investigation and celebration of the origins of t he world-renowned Latino musical samba-jazz movement Bossa Nova, They Shot The Piano Player captures a fleeting time bursting with creative freedom at a turning-point in Latin American history in the ’60s and ’70s, before the continent was riven by totalitarian regimes. Francisco Tenório Cerqueira Júnior, born in Rio de Janeiro, was one of the most recognized musicians of the samba-jazz movement. At 3 a.m. on 18 March 1976, after giving a concert at the Gran Rex in Buenos Aires, the 34-year-old pianist went out to get some cigarettes. He was never seen again. What happened that night? This is the question that moves the narrator of this documentary graphic novel to initiate an investigation into the fateful events that led to the death of a musician destined to change the course of Brazilian music forever.

Javier Mariscal is a multi-disciplinary artist and designer. After winning instant acclaim in 1979 for the bar-sky-wave logo for his adoptive city of Barcelona, he went on to create Cobi (the mascot of the city’s 1992 Olympics) and Twipsy, a character designed for the Hanover 2000 Expo that later featured in an animated TV series. Born in Valencia, he opened Estudio Mariscal in Barcelona in 1989, and was the subject of a major retrospective at London’s Design Museum in 2009. An exhibition of his work opened in Barcelona in September 2010 at the Pedrera, one of Gaudí’s most famous buildings.

Fernando Trueba is a multi-award-winning writer, director, and producer, with a career spanning more than three decades in film, television, documentaries, theatre, and music. His many directing credits include Belle Époque (1992), La niña de tus ojos (1998), and Calle 54 (2000), a Latin-jazz documentary that prompted his enduring collaboration and friendship with Javier Mariscal. Together with Mariscal, he created the critically-acclaimed graphic novel Chico and Rita [SelfMadeHero, 2011].

KEY POINTS

■ ANIMATED FEATURE ADAPTATION:

The adaptation of the graphic novel into an animation with its main character voiced by Jeff Goldblum was released by Sony Pictures on 23 February 2024.

■ AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS:

The authors’ previous animation, Chico and Rita (2010), was considered Best Animated Feature at the Goya Awards and the European Film Awards, following its Oscar Award nomination in the same category.

■ SAMBA-JAZZ ENTHUSIASTS: For lovers of Brazilian music Bossa Nova.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 256 pages, 190 x 260mm

■ Hardback

PUB MONTH: SEPT 2024

GRAPHIC NOVEL • BIOGRAPHY & NON-FICTION

ISBN 978-1-914224-24-9

ISBN 9781914224249 53499>

UK £29.99 / US $34.99 / CAN $43.99 224249 781914 9

CHICO & RITA 978-1-906838-29-4

The Anxiety Club

HOW TO SURVIVE MODERN LIFE

■ W ORDS BY DR.

FRÉDÉRIC FANGET AND CATHERINE MEYER

■ A RT BY PAULINE

AUBRY

■ T RANSLATED BY EDWARD

GAUVIN

In The Anxiety Club we are introduced to three characters, each with a different form of anxiety. After hearing their stories, we follow them into the therapy room where they discover the behavioral, cognitive and emotional tools to help free themselves from anxious thinking. Many people believe that there is no treatment for anxiety: they try to soothe their inner suffering with medication, alcohol, drugs or binge eating. However, there are healthy ways to manage such negative thoughts and feelings. This self-help handbook, written by psychiatrist Dr. Frédéric Fanget and editor Catherine Meyer and drawn by Pauline Aubrey, helps the reader to identify, understand and find freedom from anxiety.

A graphic guide to help identify, understand and manage anxiety.

Author Dr. Frédéric Fanget is a psychiatrist, based in Lyon, France and a leading expert in anxiety. He teaches psychotherapy at Lyon University as well having his own therapy practice. He is also the author of a number of psychotherapy bestsellers published in France.

Co-author Catherine Meyer has been an editor and writer in the field of psychology for nearly 30 years. She heads up the psychology department at the publishing house Les Arenes, and lives in Paris.

Illustrator Pauline Aubry, began her career as a graphic designer, but became passionate about the art of storytelling through graphic novels, which propelled her into a career as an illustrator. She is now the author and artist of several graphic novels, published in France.

KEY POINTS

■ A GENERATION IN NEED: The World Health Organization (WHO) stated that the prevalence of anxiety and depression increased 25% globally during the pandemic.

■ AUTHORATIVE EXPERT: Written by a leading anxiety expert and mental health professional.

■ ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM: In contrast to many other selfhelp books the graphic medium makes this serious topic more approachable.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout ■ 128 pages, 170mm x 240mm

■ Paperback

PUB MONTH: JUNE 2024

SELF-HELP • ANXIETIES & PHOBIAS • NON-FICTION

ISBN 978-1-914224-21-8

ISBN 9781914224218 51999>

£16.99 / US $19.99 / CAN $24.99

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FREUD: HYSTERIA 978-1-906838-99-7

George Sand

TRUE GENIUS, TRUE WOMAN

■ W ORDS BY SÉVERINE VIDAL

■ A RT BY KIM CONSIGNY

■ T RANSLATED BY EDWARD GAUVIN

AA graphic biography of female novelist

George Sand, whose life and work championed women’s rights, gender expression, and sexual liberation.

scrupulously researched and tenderly revealing biography of one of the great pioneering figures of 19th-century French literature. Born in 1804 – at a time when women were deprived of their civil rights (along with minors, criminals, and the insane) – Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin grew up to defy those norms, both in her life and her writing. Adopting the pen-name George Sand, and in a career lasting over 40 years as a novelist and playwright, she is best remembered today for the affairs and friendships she enjoyed with men: the composer Chopin; the painter Delacroix; the novelist Balzac. But this moving biographical portrait, written by Séverine Vidal and illustrated by Kim Consigny, restores her to the centre-stage she always commanded in her lifetime. Not just as the daring, scandalously cross-dressing, bisexual, cigarette-smoking divorcée novelist, but as the brilliant chronicler of her changing time – and therefore of ours.

Séverine Vidal was born in 1969, lives in Gironde in the South of France, and has worked as a fulltime writer for over ten years. A prizewinning author of Children’s and Young Adult fiction, her debut online work, A Tale Off the Top of My Head, illustrated by Claire Fauchet (2012), was described as an “outstanding” work of “poetic writing”.

Kim Consigny was born in 1991 in the south of France, and qualified as an architect there in 2015, but has increasingly devoted herself since to a full-time celebrated career in illustration, including a long-standing collaboration with Séverine Vidal.

The Observer’s GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE MONTH JUNE 2024

KEY POINTS

■ “TRUE GENIUS, BUT TRUE WOMAN!”: That is how the English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning saluted her great French contemporary and fellow champion of social reform, the novelist and playwright George Sand.

■ IN SPIRING LIFE STORY: This sometimes-forgotten 19th-century French novelist is brought to life in this thoroughly researched graphic novel.

■ SM H BIOGRAPHY SERIES: Published as part of SelfMadeHero’s acclaimed series of graphic biographies, following Agatha: The Real Life of Agatha Christie, Alice Guy: First. Lady of Film, Josephine Baker and Kiki de Montparnasse.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Black and white

■ 344 pages, 170 x 240mm

■ Paperback with flaps PUB MONTH: MAY 2024 GRAPHIC NOVEL • BIOGRAPHY & NON-FICTION

ISBN 9781914224201 52299>

ISBN 978-1-914224-20-1 UK £18.99 / US $22.99 / CAN $28.99

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JOSEPHINE BAKER 978-1-910593-29-5

The Last Queen

■ B Y JEAN-MARC ROCHETTE

■ T RANSLATED BY

EDWARD GAUVIN

An epic, emotional tale, The Last Queen follows Édouard Roux, a veteran of World War I whose face is left disfigured from fighting in the trenches. Édouard takes refuge in the studio of animal sculptor Jeanne Sauvage, who gives him a new face in the form of a prosthetic mask. The pair embark on an intense romantic relationship. She introduces him to the artistic community of Montmartre, Paris, and Édouard shows her the majestic mountains of his homeland, the Vercors Massif. He tells her the story of the last queen to live in the region, a bear he saw killed as a child. In the heart of the Cirque d’Archiane valley, he reveals to Jeanne an amazing piece of art, seen by few others, which inspires her to create the masterpiece that will make her famous

Snowpiercer co-creator

Jean-Marc Rochette tells the story of a bear who inspires a French sculptor’s greatest work.

“Uncompromising, deeply poignant and painfully sad, this is a saga of love and extinction: a testament to the passing of the past...” — Comics Review

Jean-Marc Rochette is a French author, painter, and illustrator. He is one half of the creative team behind the best-selling Snowpiercer, which was adapted into a film and TV series. His graphic novel Altitude (SelfMadeHero, 2020) was nominated for an Eisner, and has won various international awards in translation. Rochette spends his time painting, drawing, writing, and climbing. With The Last Queen he celebrates subjects that are dear to him: the mountains, and the balance between man and nature.

KEY POINTS

■ H IGH PROFILE AUTHOR: Rochette is one half of the creative team behind the best-selling Snowpiercer, which was adapted into a movie and tv series by Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho (Parasite).

■ AWARD-WINNING BOOK: The 2022 French edition is the recipient of three major awards: winner of Elle magazine’s ‘Grand Prize BD 2022’, Lire magazine’s ‘Book of the Year 2022’, and the ‘Grand Prize RTL of BD 2022’.

■ MAN VERSUS NATURE: A story showing the natural world at odds with mankind through the centuries’ old plight of the bear in the mountains of France.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 240 pages, 190 x 260mm

■ Hardcover

PUB MONTH: MARCH 2024

GRAPHIC NOVEL • ORIGINAL FICTION

ISBN 978-1-914224-19-5

ISBN 9781914224195 52599>

UK £19.99 / US $25.99 / CAN $32.99

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SA story of love, adventure and politics – and two lives changed forever by Mexico and the monarch butterfly.

“The bright, incidentpacked panels of Oaxacan life are nicely balanced by lovely sketches of insects and the sparer rendering of the butterfly’s journey, its fragile orange wings warm against blue-grey landscapes.”

— The Guardian

amantha and George are about to launch into a sabbatical year in the quaint Mexican town of Oaxaca. For Samantha, their journey to this historic town is about fulfilling a life-long dream; for George, it is an unsettling step into the unknown. As the couple embark on their adventure, a monarch butterfly begins its arduous migration south from the United States to Mexico It is a challenging journey – a flight that requires remarkable endurance and a will to survive.

Beneath Oaxaca’s picturesque and serene veneer – the 16th-century architecture, the nearby ruins – it is a town shaken to the core by political unrest. As the monarch butterfly makes its challenging journey south, political events threaten to change the town forever. What’s more, personal events look like altering the paths of Samantha and George for good.

Ruins masterfully captures the shadows and light of a troubled country steeped in history and culture, weaving together personal, political and natural dramas into a thrilling portrait of life south of the Rio Grand.

KEY POINTS

■ E ISNER AWARD-WINNER: The hardback edition of Ruins scooped the prestigious 2016 Eisner award for Best Graphic Album.

■ H IGH PROFILE AUTHOR: Peter Kuper teaches Harvard University’s first class dedicated to graphic novels. His residency at the New York Public Library culminated in a criticallyacclaimed exhibition in 2022.

■ CULTURALLY-ENGAGED NOVEL: Draws on the history and politics of Mexico, from the Spanish conquest to the political uprisings of the early 21st century, to tell the story of two lives changed forever by their interaction with a troubled but beautiful country.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 328 pages, 171mm x 234mm

■ Paperback RIGHTS AVAILABLE

PUB MONTH: FEB 2024 GRAPHIC NOVEL • ORIGINAL FICTION

ISBN 978-1-914224-18-8

ISBN 9781914224188 52299>

UK £18.99 / US $22.99 / CAN $28.99

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Peter Kuper’s work appears regularly in The New Yorker, The Nation, and Mad, where he wrote and illustrated “Spy vs. Spy ” for 26 years. In 1979 he co-founded World War 3 Illustrated, a political comix magazine that is still published to this day. He has produced over two dozen books including Sticks and Stones, The System, Diario de Oaxaca, Drawn to New York, adaptations of many of Franz Kafka’s works including The Metamorphosis and the short story collection Kafkaesque as well as Joseph Conrad’s Heart Of Darkness. Peter has lectured and exhibited his work extensively throughout the world and teaches Harvard University’s first class dedicated to graphic novels. He was the 2020-21 Jean Strouse Fellow at The New York Public Library’s Cullman Center and received a 2022 Yaddo residency. He is currently working on a graphic novel about the history of insects and the people who study them. ALSO AVAILABLE

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Sophie’s World

A GRAPHIC NOVEL ABOUT THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

■ AD APTED BY VINCENT ZABUS

■ A RT BY NICOBY

■ B ASED ON THE BOOK BY JOSTEIN GAARDER

■ T RANSLATED BY EDWARD GAUVIN

I n this witty comics adaptation, ZABUS and NICOBY reinvent JOSTEIN GAARDER’s novel of ideas – a beloved bestseller that has already won the hearts of over 50 million readers around the world – to bring Sophie’s charming quest for meaning to a whole new medium and a new generation.

Jostein Gaarder was born in Oslo, Norway, in 1952. After teaching philosophy and the history of ideas in Bergen, he devoted himself to writing. His worldwide bestseller Sophie’s World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy (published first in Norway in 1991) was hailed as a masterpiece by critics and readers alike. He put a significant portion of his rights earnings towards establishing a foundation for sustainable environmental development. Playwright and comics writer Vincent Zabus lives in Namur, Belgium. He became well-known while penning children’s series for the long-running and beloved Spirou magazine. He went on to create the prizewinning tales Les Ombres and Incroyable!, which debuted as plays and then became graphic novels in collaboration with the artist Hippolyte. His adaptation of Sophie’s World combines his passions for storytelling and philosophy. A product of the mid-1970s, artist Nicoby has published over 40 works in a variety of genres, styles and formats, ranging from memoir to humour to adventure to reportage to observations of social foibles, both in book form and in periodicals such as La Revue Dessinée and Spirou, to which he is a regular contributor. He lives in the Breton countryside near Rennes, far from car exhaust and electric scooters.

The worldwide philosophy bestseller reimagined as a two-volume graphic novel.

VOL I: FROM SOCRATES TO GALILEO

One day, Sophie receives a cryptic letter posing an intriguing question: “Who are you?” A second message soon follows: “Where does the world come from?” It is the beginning of an unusual correspondence between our curious young heroine and her mysterious penpal. As the questions begin to pile up, Sophie is propelled headlong into a startling adventure through the history of Western philosophy. Her search for answers will see her explore each of the major schools of thought as she tries to uncover the true nature of the letters, her secretive teacher… and, above all, herself!

“...its endlessly inventive artwork and increasingly meta approach are an unexpected treat. In encouraging readers to find their own philosophical voice, this slyly subversive history book reveals it’s actually far more interested in the future than the past and is far more entertaining for it.”

— BUZZ

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 264 pages, 275mm x 205mm

■ Paperback

PUB MONTH: OCT 2022

GRAPHIC NOVEL • TRUE STORIES & NON-FICTION

ISBN 9781914224119 52299>

ISBN 978-1-914224-11-9

£18.99 / US $22.99

“First, think a beginner’s guide to philosophy... Next, imagine a fantasy novel–something like a modern-day version of Through the Looking Glass Meld these disparate genres, and what do you get? Well, what you get is an improbable international bestseller [and] tour de force.”

— Time

“A simply wonderful, irresistible book... a cross between Bertrand Russell’s History of Western Philosophy and Alice in Wonderland.”

Daily Telegraph

“This book contains a novel mantra for those days when the world gets in your face.”

— Entertainment Weekly

KEY POINTS

■ H UGE CULT CLASSIC:

The original book — a bestseller in 40 countries and translated into more than 50 languages with 50 million readers around the world — is now finally a graphic novel.

■ ACCESSIBLE GRAPHIC ADAPTATION of Jostein Gaarder’s groundbreaking bestseller Sophie’s World.

■ N EW AND OLD READERS:

As well as finding a new readership with graphic novel enthusiasts, it will appeal to those who read it in the 90s as teenagers.

VOL II: FROM DESCARTES TO THE PRESENT DAY

Sophie’s come a long way since the day she received that cryptic letter with its intriguing question: “Who are you?”. The mysterious correspondence sweeps our curious young heroine off on a tour of Western philosophy from its ancient foundations through the Renaissance. But it also prompts more personal reflection: What is my place in the world, my purpose in life? And just who is that girl, a stranger and yet so familiar, I glimpse in the mirror? I n this second volume, Sophie’s quest for answers will see her explore major schools of modern thought from Descartes and Locke to Freud and Marx. She and her quizzical philosophy teacher Alberto, now unmasked, struggle with the possibility that they are characters in a book. Our intrepid heroine remains as forthright and openhearted as ever.

“In this extensive witty graphic compilation, Zabus and Nicoby have rediscovered Sophie’s World and creatively adapted it for the readers of current times.”

— Cent Magazine

S PECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 264 pages, 275mm x 205mm

■ Paperback

PUB MONTH: NOV 2023

GRAPHIC NOVEL • TRUE STORIES & NON-FICTION

ISBN 9781914224164 52499>

ISBN 978-1-914224-16-4

£18.99 / US $24.99

For starters, denial: we refuse to accept that unpleasant events have taken place, even though they are all too real.

I drink like a fish every night, but that doesn’t mean I’ve got a drinking problem!

Projection: the act of attributing our fears and desires to others.

I’m telling you, he doesn’t love me because he’s jealous!

Displacement: shifting socially unacceptable impulses onto another object. Rather than screaming out your irritation in a restaurant, you break a glass.

Rationalising finding more acceptable reasons for something hard to face, like failure.

It’s not like I didn’t work hard. He’s just a bad teacher!

Reaction formation : reducing anxiety by adopting behaviours contrary to our beliefs.

To avoid conflict, we mimic behaviours that trouble us rather than dare to disapprove of them.

So sorry! Looks like I’m the one who’s late this time!

Regression resorting to behaviours that reassured us when we were younger, such as adults who suck their thumbs.

No. Last thing I recall is heading into the underground. Then everything goes black. You don’t remember the attack at all?

Sublimation rechannelling socially unacceptable desires into transformative creative outlets.

When my husband died in that accident, instead of murdering the other driver, I decided to found a support group for people who’d been through the same thing.

And finally, repression : blocking out memories that are too scary or traumatic.

Middle Distance

A GRAPHIC MEMOIR

■ B Y MYLO CHOY

■ ED ITED BY

WOODROW PHOENIX

Acharming, heartwarming, and poignant story of running and self-acceptance, Mylo Choy’s Middle Distance combines exertion and introspection in an exploration of the physical body’s connection to the human experience. An exciting graphic addition to a growing field, this sports memoir recounts Mylo’s history with running, and how their love for that famously solitary sport pushed them to grow over time.

“A beautifully complex epiphany, presented with a runner’s clarity.”

— Hannah Berry, Comics Laureate UK (2019–2021)

“As a fellow nonbinary runner, I connected to almost every panel. Middle Distance brought me over mountains and underwater, into rejuvenating baths and sweaty track workouts, and towards finding the middle. A moving, thoughtful, and caring journey!”

— Will Betke-Brunswick, author of A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings

This heartfelt graphic memoir takes us through the highs, lows, twists, and turns of the author’s relationship with running, down the long road towards self-acceptance

As Middle Distance grapples with themes of resilience, identity, and self-care, Mylo leads us along the middle way between motion and rest, hurt and healing, fear and joy. The result is an honest, nuanced work of subtle power that will appeal to all runners, especially those who are transgender or nonbinary.

Mylo Choy finds comfort in the spaces between things. As a mixed-race and nonbinary person, moving between worlds feels like home to them. Born and raised in Wisconsin, they also developed a strong connection to Hawai’i, where their mother was born and raised. For over 10 years, they were employed in outdoor education, living and working in many places, including Maine and Hawai’i, but mostly between New York City and the woods upstate. They currently live in the Hudson Valley, exploring planting roots in one place for a while. Mylo’s work — ranging from music to graphic stories and comics — uses the inherent tensions of multimedia to bring to life the space they inhabit between worlds. Inspired by nature’s ability to offer peace and perspective, their work is contemplative without being brooding, and soothing without being escapist. This is their first full-length graphic novel.

KEY POINTS

■ COMBINES RUNNING AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE: In the vein of Alison Bechdel’s The Secret to Superhuman Strength and Haruki Murakami’s What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

■ OWN VOICES:

A heartfelt graphic memoir about personal acceptance and the author’s relationship with running.

■ H OT TOPIC:

Personal insight on a vigorously debated subject from a nonbinary runner.

S PECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 152 pages, 170mm x 240mm

■ Paperback RIGHTS AVAILABLE PUB MONTH: SEPT 2023

GRAPHIC NOVEL • TRUE STORIES & NON-FICTION

ISBN 9781914224157 51999>

ISBN 978-1-914224-15-7 £14.99 / US $19.99 224157 781914 9

THE MURDER MILE 978-1-906838-62-1

Armed With Madness

THE SURREAL LEONORA CARRINGTON

■ W ORDS BY MARY M. TALBOT

■ A RT BY BRYAN TALBOT

R“Powerful, enraging and uplifting, this mesmerising introduction to yet another forgotten woman of achievement is a sheer delight and will definitely compel all readers to look for more.”

— Comics Review

A new perspective on the 1930s Paris art scene from a neglected artist, feminist icon, and influential Surrealist

eluctant muse and feminist champion… society heiress and rebel refugee… the last of the Surrealists: Leonora Carrington played many roles in her long and extraordinary life. Renouncing her privileged upbringing in pre-war England for the more exciting elite of Paris’s 1930s avant-garde, she comes to rub shoulders (and more) with the likes of Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, and Salvador Dalí, after embarking on a complicated love affair with Max Ernst. But the demons that have both haunted and inspired her work are gathering, and when the world goes mad with the outbreak of war and the Nazi invasion, Leonora’s own hold on reality collapses into a terrifying psychotic episode of her own. Eventually fleeing war-torn Europe, she emerges into a new and richly creative life in Mexico City, establishing herself as a prodigious painter, writer, and advocate of women’s rights. This new work by the acclaimed partnership of Mary M. Talbot and Bryan Talbot celebrates the life and career of a truly remarkable woman – and artist.

Mary M. Talbot is an academic turned graphic novelist. Her first graphic novel,  Dotter of her Father’s Eyes (with Bryan Talbot), won the 2012 Costa Biography Award. Her most recent, Rain (2019, with Bryan Talbot), is a rallying cry to protect the planet. Her previous graphic novels are Sally Heathcote, Suffragette (2014, with Kate Charlesworth and Bryan Talbot) and The Red Virgin (2016, with Bryan Talbot). Her most recent academic book is Language and Gender (3rd ed, 2019). She is currently Visiting Professor of Graphic Narrative at Lancaster University.

Multiple award-winning artist Bryan Talbot has been working in comics for over 40 years. He’s produced underground, fantasy and superhero stories such as Batman and (with Neil Gaiman) Sandman, and graphic novels including The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, The Tale of One Bad Rat, Alice in Sunderland, the Grandville series, as well as illustrating the books written by Mary. They are both founding patrons of The Lakes International Comic Art Festival. Bryan was awarded a Doctorate in Arts and another in Letters and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Art MAsters

KEY POINTS

■ FEMINIST ICON:

The life of a neglected female artist and feminist pioneer.

■ CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHORS:

Creative duo behind the Costa award winning Dotter of her Father’s Eyes

■ ART MASTERS SERIES:

Published as part of SelfMadeHero’s acclaimed series of graphic biographies, following Georgia O’Keeffe, Frida, Vincent and Dalí.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 144 pages, 215.9mm x 152.4mm

■ Hardback RIGHTS AVAILABLE PUB MONTH: MAY 2023 GRAPHIC NOVEL • TRUE STORIES & NON-FICTION

ISBN 9781914224126 52499>

ISBN 978-1-914224-12-6 £19.99 / US $24.99 224126 781914 9

ISBN 9781914224058 51999>

GEORGIA O’KEEFFE 978-1-914224-05-8

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Thomas Girtin

THE FORGOTTEN PAINTER

■ B Y OSCAR ZARATE

■ A FTERWORD BY DR. GREG SMITH

PThe untold story of J.M.W. Turner’s friend and greatest rival, pioneering watercolour artist Thomas Girtin.

art historical narrative, part modern fiction, the book consists of two interlinked s tories: the first focuses on the 18th-century painter Thomas Girtin and his relationship with his friend and rival J.M.W. Turner; the second tells the tale of three amateur artists in the present day, united by a shared interest in Girtin’s art. Using this dual narrative to draw parallels between two eras of rapid technological advancement and socio-political turbulence, Oscar Zarate’s long-awaited new graphic novel restores to modern eyes this unjustly forgotten figure, whose work has been almost entirely ignored despite his huge influence on British painting. At the time of death, aged just 27, Girtin had already established himself as a pioneer and a master: his expressionist approach was a significant turning point in the British watercolour tradition. But the brevity of his career, coupled with his chosen medium (compared to oils, watercolours were a humbler and less easily exhibited form) meant that his work came to be overshadowed by that of Turner. As Turner himself famously remarked, “If Tom had lived, I should have starved.”

Oscar Zarate is an award-winning graphic novelist. His books include collaborations with Alan Moore ( A Small Killing) and Alexei Sayle (Geoffrey the Tube Train and the Fat Comedian). He was the editor of It’s Dark in London, and he wrote and illustrated The Park. He collaborated with Richard Appignanesi on Dr Faustus, Hysteria, Introducing Freud and Introducing Existentialism. Born in Argentina, it was over 40 years ago that Oscar decided to visit London, where he has lived and worked ever since.

The Observer’s GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE MONTH JUNE 2023

KEY POINTS

■ TURNER’S RIVAL: Portrait of a neglected artist of the 18th century.

■ G IRTIN THE REVOLUTIONARY: Huge influence on British painters.

■ ART MASTERS SERIES: Published as part of SelfMadeHero’s acclaimed series of graphic biographies, following Vincent and Pablo.

S PECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 392 pages, 190mm x 260mm

■ Plus three gatefolds

■ Hardback RIGHTS AVAILABLE

PUB MONTH: JUNE 2023

GRAPHIC NOVEL • TRUE STORIES & NON-FICTION

ISBN 9781914224072 53999>

ISBN 978-1-914224-07-2 £34.99 / US $39.99

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Frida Kahlo

HER LIFE, HER WORK, HER HOME

■ B Y FRANCISCO DE LA MORA

■ FO REWORD BY CIRCE

HENESTROSA

■ T RANSLATED BY LAWRENCE

SCHIMEL

F“It’s a wonderful tribute to both her personal life and her art.”

— Morning Star

Endorsed by the Frida Kahlo Museum, Mexico City, this graphic novel explores the public and private faces of iconic artist Frida Kahlo

rida Kahlo, remembered as one of the most inspiring personalities of the 20th century, was a woman of two intertwined parts: she was both a charismatic and empowered artist exploring themes of resistance, authenticity, cruelty, and suffering, and a more private person whose wounded body caused her a lifetime of pain that underpinned the many successes and disappointments that marked her time in the world. Revealing and exploring these two Fridas, Francisco de la Mora’s graphic biography – completed with the endorsement and support of the Frida Kahlo Museum in Mexico City – vividly documents the landscapes and environments that inspired her, the dreams and nightmares that drove her, and the many people she loved. It is also a joyously beautiful tribute to her life, her work, her home – and her art.

“ Frida Kahlo’s work has been widely celebrated as representative of Mexican national and indigenous traditions, and for depicting the female experience and form. Overcoming illness, trauma, and physical injury, her iconic life, and the enduring art she made of it, communicate indomitable strength and the constant possibility of change.” — Circe Henestrosa, Educator and Fashion Curator (co-curator of ‘Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving’ at San Francisco’s de Young Museum in 2020).

Francisco de la Mora’s experience as a comics creator, whether as sole author or in collaboration with illustrators from around the world, extends from single-sheet forms to full graphic novels, and from his eight-volume Brief History of Mexico to the monthly piece he has drawn for the Hackney Citizen since January 2018. His most recent graphic novel with long-term collaborator José Luis Pescador is a biography of Diego Rivera, published by SelfMadeHero.

KEY POINTS

■ F RIDA KAHLO MUSEUM in Mexico City has endorsed this portrait of one of the most famous artists of the 20th century.

■ I NTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS of Frida Kahlo’s works that are regularly housed in galleries around the world, never cease to draw hundreds of thousands of visitors.

■ ART MASTERS SERIES: Published as part of SelfMadeHero’s acclaimed series of graphic biographies, following Diego Rivera, Vincent, Georgia O’Keeffe and Pablo

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout ■ 72 pages, 190mm x 260mm

■ Hardback RIGHTS AVAILABLE

PUB MONTH: MARCH 2023 GRAPHIC NOVEL • TRUE STORIES & NON-FICTION

ISBN 978-1-914224-10-2 £15.99 / US $18.99 224102 781914 9

ISBN 9781914224102 51899> ALSO AVAILABLE

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ISBN 9781914224003 52299>

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THIS SINGLE-SHEET POSTER-SIZED BOOKLET UNFOLDS THE POLITICS, PASSIONS, AND PAGEANTRY OF THE BRITISH MONARCHY FROM 871 TO 2023.

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The Comical Eye’s British Monarchy

FROM ALFRED THE GREAT TO CHARLES III

■ D EVISED AND WRITTEN BY

■ DE SIGNED AND DRAWN BY

TERESA ROBERTSON AND LEO SCHULZ

TERESA ROBERTSON

WThe story of the British Royal Family over a thousand years, the reigns of every monarch sketched in a sharp, funny, and useful vignette of words and pictures –with a full Family Tree on the back.

hich kings couldn’t speak English, or stammered when they could? Who were “Softsword” and “Sailor Bill”? Which king had 10 children with his mistress but none with his queen? Which kings were crowned twice? Which queen reigned for only 9 days? Which king disappeared? Here is a comic strip with a difference, an alternative (and funnier) Bayeux Tapestry tracing every king and queen from Alfred the Great to Charles III – each of their vivid pen-and-ink-portraits encapsulating the personal quirks and dramatic social change of their reigns. This single-sheet poster-sized booklet unfolds the politics, passions, and pageantry of the English and later British Royal Family, from 871 to 2023: the tyrants, eccentrics, warriors, and murderers, as well as the saints, scholars, patrons, and philosophers, whose joint story this is. Or, rather, their joined-up history, as the graphic artwork on the back illustrates, showing the complete Family Tree of the families and dynasties of our island story.

Teresa Robertson is a professional illustrator whose clients have included the British Council. Her ability to capture likeness in people has been honed in the London district of Highbury, where she is known for her portraits of families in their homes. She was a finalist in the John Ruskin Prize in 2015 and exhibited in ‘The Inking Woman’, at the Cartoon Museum in London, in 2017. She has an MA from Cambridge in children’s book illustration.

Leo Schulz originally studied history at Auckland University. He started his career as a journalist, eventually working at the Economist Intelligence Unit in London. He later moved to financial services and it was while working in the City of London that he developed an interest first in architecture, and then in historical personalities, not least in Britain’s many eccentric kings and queens.

KEY POINTS

■ ROYAL FAMILY:

A quick and fun guide to each and every king and queen since the forming of England, published to coincide with the year of the coronation of King Charles III in 2023.

■ MONARCHY HISTORY:

See it all here through kings and queens, in costumes, castles, battles, trade, empire, buildings and inventions.

■ IM PULSE SOUVENIR: The quirky format, low price, and colourful characterisation will catch the eye and make a perfect gift, both educational and fun.

S PECIFICATIONS

■ Fold-out colour booklet

■ 140 x 150mm

■ Folds out to A2 RIGHTS AVAILABLE PUB MONTH: MARCH 2023 GRAPHIC NOVEL • TRUE STORIES & NON-FICTION

ISBN 9781914224140 90000>

ISBN 978-1-914224-14-0 UK £9.99 / US $12.99

Irmina

■ B Y BARBARA YELIN

■ T RANSLATED BY

MICHAEL WAALER

SAn award-winning graphic novel about young love, the search for integrity, and the cruelty of war.

“Irmina is a provocative and often upsetting book, but it’s one that mixes craft and purpose to powerful effect and deserves to be read widely.”

— Broken Frontier

“A comic of substance, real feeling and expression.”

— Paul Gravett, Comics Historian

tudying in London, Irmina meets Howard, one of Oxford University’s first Black students. They fall in love, but as events in Germany escalate, Irmina’s circumstances change and she is forced to return to Berlin. At first she continues to write to Howard, but his silence leaves her with little choice but to adapt to life in Nazi Germany. Forty years later, Irmina’s past catches up with her – and she is given a vision of a life that might have been. Irmina is a moving and perceptive drama about the tension between integrity and social advancement, reflecting on the complicity that results from choice, conscious or otherwise, to look away. It raises poignant questions about human attitudes towards suffering and our response to violence. Barbara Yelin weaves her family history into a broader narrative of Germany’s past and in doing so attempts to understand how one was shaped by the other. While keeping the emotional intensity of human relationships at the heart of the story, Yelin creates an atmospheric sense of place with her detailed depictions of London, Oxford, Berlin and Barbados.

Barbara Yelin was born in 1977 in Munich and studied illustration at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. She first came to prominence as a graphic artist in France, before gaining recognition in Germany for her book Gift (with a script by Peer Meter), published in 2010. Yelin has worked as a comics artist for newspapers and international anthologies, but her work largely focuses on research-based, historical, and biographical graphic novels, mainly about women. Supported by Goethe-Institute Israel, Yelin commemorated the life of the Israeli actress Channa Maron, published in 2016 under the title Vor allem eins: Dir selbst sei treu (This Above All: To Thine Own Self Be True). In 2017, in collaboration with author Thomas von Steinaecker, she drew The Summer of Her Life, a poetic graphic novel about Gerda, the resident of a retirement home. Her most recent work is a graphic narrative created in dialogue with Holocaust survivor Emmie Arbel. It was published in 2022 in the acclaimed anthology But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust In 2016, Yelin was declared ‘Best German-language Comics Artist’ at the International Comic-Salon, Erlangen, and was nominated for an Eisner Award for Irmina in the following year. She lives and works in Munich.

KEY POINTS

■ TACKLES COMPLEX ISSUES:

A timeless and intelligent graphic novel that tackles the uncomfortable – yet perennial –subject of passive complicity in Nazi Germany

■ TRUE STORY:

A personal story based on the life of the author’s grandmother, a conflicted and contradictory character

■ AWARD-WINNING:

Translated into several languages, Irmina and Yelin have won numerous prizes

S PECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 288 pages, 170mm x 240mm

■ Paperback

PUB MONTH: JAN 2023

GRAPHIC NOVEL • TRUE STORIES & NON-FICTION

ISBN 978-1-914224-13-3 £16.99 / US $22.99

224133 781914 9

ISBN 9781914224133 52299> ALSO AVAILABLE

THE SUMMER OF HER LIFE 978-1-910593-78-3

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■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 328 pages, 171mm x 234mm

■ Paperback RIGHTS AVAILABLE

PUB MONTH: FEB 2024

GRAPHIC NOVEL • ORIGINAL FICTION

ISBN 9781914224188 52299>

ISBN 978-1-914224-18-8 UK £18.99 / US $22.99 / CAN $28.99

Ruins

■ B Y PETER KUPER

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 240 pages, 190 x 260mm

■ Hardcover

PUB MONTH: MARCH 2024

GRAPHIC NOVEL • ORIGINAL FICTION

ISBN 9781914224195 52599>

ISBN 978-1-914224-19-5 UK £19.99 / US $25.99 / CAN $32.99

A story of love, adventure and politics – and two lives changed forever by Mexico and the monarch butterfly.

The Last Queen

■ B Y JEAN-MARC ROCHETTE

■ T RANSLATED BY EDWARD GAUVIN

Snowpiercer co-creator Jean-Marc Rochette tells the story of a bear who inspires a French sculptor’s greatest work.

George Sand

TRUE GENIUS, TRUE WOMAN

■ W ORDS BY SÉVERINE VIDAL

■ A RT BY KIM CONSIGNY

■ T RANSLATED BY EDWARD GAUVIN

A graphic biography of female novelist George Sand, whose life and work championed women’s rights, gender expression, and sexual liberation.

The Anxiety Club

HOW TO SURVIVE MODERN LIFE

■ W ORDS BY DR. FRÉDÉRIC FANGET AND CATHERINE MEYER

■ A RT BY PAULINE AUBRY

■ T RANSLATED BY EDWARD GAUVIN

A graphic guide to help identify, understand and manage anxiety.

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■ Black and white

■ 344 pages, 170 x 240mm

■ Paperback with flaps PUB MONTH: MAY 2024

GRAPHIC NOVEL • BIOGRAPHY & NON-FICTION

ISBN 9781914224201 52299>

ISBN 978-1-914224-20-1

£18.99 / US $22.99 /

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 128 pages, 170mm x 240mm

■ Paperback PUB MONTH: JUNE 2024

SELF-HELP • ANXIETIES & PHOBIAS • NON-FICTION

ISBN 9781914224218 51999>

ISBN 978-1-914224-21-8

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GEORGE SAND

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 256 pages, 190 x 260mm

■ Hardback

PUB MONTH: SEPT 2024

GRAPHIC NOVEL • BIOGRAPHY &

53499>

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 176 pages, 170 x 240mm

■ Paperback with flaps RIGHTS AVAILABLE

PUB MONTH: OCT 2024

They Shot the Piano Player

A GRAPHIC NOVEL

■ W ORDS BY FERNANDO

TRUEBA

■ A RT BY JAVIER

MARISCAL

A New York music journalist goes on a quest to uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of the young Brazilian piano virtuoso (and pioneer of samba-jazz), Tenório Junior.

Madame Choi and the Monsters

A TRUE STORY

■ W ORDS BY PATRICK SPÄT

■ A RT BY SHEREE DOMINGO

ISBN 9781914224225 52299>

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The true story of how a famous movie star and her ex-husband director were kidnapped by Kim Jong-il and forced to revitalise North Korea’s film industry.

Adieu Birkenau

GINETTE KOLINKA’S STORY OF SURVIVAL

■ W ORDS BY GINETTE KOLINKA, JEAN-DAVID MORVAN AND VICTOR MATET

■ A RT BY RICARD EFA AND CESC F. DALMASES

■ T RANSLATED BY EDWARD GAUVIN

The graphic memoir of Ginette Kolinka, Holocaust survivor, educator, and “ambassador for the memory” of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Edifice

■ B Y ANDRZEJ KLIMOWSKI

A graphic Grand Hotel of our dreams, desires, and nightmares – and a Christmas Carol like no other.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout ■ 96 pages, 190 x 260mm

■ Hardcover

PUB MONTH: OCT 2024

GRAPHIC NOVEL • BIOGRAPHY & NON-FICTION

ISBN 9781914224232 52499>

ISBN 978-1-914224-23-2 UK £19.99 / US $24.99 / CAN $31.99 224232 781914 9

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■ Black and white

■ 296 pages, 190 x 260mm

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GRAPHIC NOVEL • FICTION

ISBN 9781914224256 51999>

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EDIFICE

ADIEU BIRKENAU

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 288 pages, 170mm x 240mm

■ Paperback

PUB MONTH: JAN 2023

GRAPHIC NOVEL • TRUE STORIES & NON-FICTION

ISBN 9781914224133 52299>

ISBN 978-1-914224-13-3 £16.99 / US $22.99 224133 781914 9

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Fold-out colour booklet

■ 140 x 150mm

■ Folds out to A2 RIGHTS AVAILABLE

PUB MONTH: MARCH 2023

GRAPHIC NOVEL • TRUE STORIES & NON-FICTION

ISBN 9781914224140 90000>

ISBN 978-1-914224-14-0 UK £9.99 / US $12.99 224140 781914 9

Art MAsters

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 72 pages, 190mm x 260mm

■ Hardback RIGHTS AVAILABLE

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ISBN 9781914224102 51899>

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Irmina

■ B Y BARBARA YELIN

■ T RANSLATED BY MICHAEL WAALER

An award-winning graphic novel about young love, the search for integrity, and the cruelty of war.

The Comical Eye’s British Monarchy

FROM ALFRED THE GREAT TO CHARLES III

■ DE VISED AND WRITTEN BY TERESA ROBERTSON AND LEO SCHULZ

■ DE SIGNED AND DRAWN BY TERESA ROBERTSON

The story of the British Royal Family over a thousand years, the reigns of every monarch sketched in a sharp, funny, and useful vignette of words and pictures – with a full Family Tree on the back.

Frida Kahlo

HER LIFE, HER WORK, HER HOME

■ B Y FRANCISCO DE LA MORA

■ FO REWORD BY CIRCE HENESTROSA

■ T RANSLATED BY LAWRENCE SCHIMEL

Endorsed by the Frida Kahlo Museum, Mexico City, this graphic novel explores the public and private faces of iconic artist Frida Kahlo.

Thomas Girtin

THE FORGOTTEN PAINTER

■ B Y OSCAR ZARATE

■ A FTERWORD BY DR. GREG SMITH

The untold story of J.M.W. Turner’s friend and greatest rival, pioneering watercolour artist Thomas Girtin.

Armed with Madness

THE SURREAL LEONORA CARRINGTON

■ W ORDS BY MARY M. TALBOT

■ A RT BY BRYAN TALBOT

A new perspective on the 1930s Paris art scene from a neglected artist, feminist icon, and influential Surrealist.

Middle Distance

A GRAPHIC MEMOIR

■ B Y MYLO CHOY

■ ED ITED BY WOODROW PHOENIX

This heartfelt graphic memoir takes us through the highs, lows, twists, and turns of the author’s relationship with running, down the long road towards self-acceptance.

The Observer’s GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE MONTH JUNE 2023

S PECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 392 pages, 190mm x 260mm

■ Plus three gatefolds

■ Hardback

RIGHTS AVAILABLE

PUB MONTH: JUNE 2023

GRAPHIC NOVEL • TRUE STORIES & NON-FICTION

ISBN 9781914224072 53999>

ISBN 978-1-914224-07-2

£34.99 / US $39.99 224072 781914 9

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 144 pages, 215.9mm x 152.4mm

■ Hardback

RIGHTS AVAILABLE

PUB MONTH: MAY 2023

GRAPHIC NOVEL • TRUE STORIES & NON-FICTION

ISBN 9781914224126 52499>

ISBN 978-1-914224-12-6

£19.99 / US $24.99 224126 781914 9

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout ■ 152 pages, 170mm x 240mm

■ Paperback RIGHTS AVAILABLE PUB MONTH: SEPT 2023

GRAPHIC NOVEL • TRUE STORIES & NON-FICTION

ISBN 9781914224157 51999>

ISBN 978-1-914224-15-7

£14.99 / US $19.99 224157 781914 9

The Observer’s GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE MONTH

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 368 pages, 170mm x 240mm

■ Paperback RIGHTS AVAILABLE

PUB MONTH: NOV 2022

GRAPHIC NOVEL • TRUE STORIES & NON-FICTION

ISBN 9781914224065 52399>

ISBN 978-1-914224-06-5 UK £18.99 / US $23.99

No Surrender

■ W ORDS BY SOPHIE RICKARD

■ AR T BY SCARLETT RICKARD

Adapted from Constance Maud’s 1911 suffrage novel about women’s rights. 224065 781914 9

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 296 pages, 170mm x 240mm

■ Paperback

PUB MONTH: SEPT 2022

GRAPHIC NOVEL • TRUE STORIES & NON-FICTION

ISBN 978-1-914224-09-6 UK £16.99 / US $22.99 224096 781914 9

ISBN 9781914224096 52299> EISNER AWARD NOMINEE

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Black & white throughout

■ 400 pages, 170mm x 240mm

■ Paperback with flaps

PUB MONTH: JULY 2022

GRAPHIC NOVEL • TRUE STORIES & NON-FICTION

ISBN 9781914224034 52199>

ISBN 978-1-914224-03-4

UK £17.99 / US $23.99

The Philosopher, the Dog and the Wedding

■ B Y BARBARA STOK

■ T RANSLATED BY MICHELE HUTCHISON

The life and times of Hipparchia, one of the first female philosophers.

Alice Guy

FIRST LADY OF FILM

■ W ORDS BY JOSÉ-LOUIS BOCQUET

■ A RT BY CATEL MULLER

■ T RANSLATED BY EDWARD GAUVIN

The inspiring story of Alice Guy, the first female movie director in cinema history.

Georgia O’Keeffe

■ B Y MARÍA HERREROS

■ T RANSLATED BY LAWRENCE SCHIMEL

A graphic biography of Georgia O’Keeffe, one of the most significant modern artists of the 20th century.

Days of Sand

■ B Y AIMÉE DE JONGH

Art MAsters

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 128 pages, 170mm x 240mm

■ Paperback with flaps PUB MONTH: MAY 2022

GRAPHIC NOVEL • TRUE STORIES & NON-FICTION

ISBN 9781914224058 51999>

ISBN 978-1-914224-05-8

UK £14.99 / US $19.99 224058 781914 9

The Guardian’s BEST OF YEAR 2022

■ T RANSLATED BY CHRISTOPHER BRADLEY EISNER AWARD NOMINEE

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 288 pages, 260mm x 190mm

■ Hardback

PUB MONTH: APRIL 2022

A moving and unforgettable tale, inspired by real-life stories of courage and perseverance during the Dust Bowl of 1930s America.

GRAPHIC NOVEL • LITERARY & MEMOIRS

ISBN 9781914224041 52299>

ISBN 978-1-914224-04-1

UK £16.99 / US $24.99 224041 781914 9

Call Me Nathan

■ W ORDS BY CATHERINE CASTRO

■ A RT BY QUENTIN ZUTTION

■ T RANSLATED BY EVAN MCGORRAY

A true coming-of-age story exploring transgender identity.

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout ■ 144 pages, 170mm x 240mm

■ Paperback with flaps

PUB MONTH: MARCH 2022

GRAPHIC NOVEL • TRUE STORIES & NON-FICTION

ISBN 9781914224010 51999>

ISBN 978-1-914224-01-0

UK £14.99 / US $19.99 224010 781914 9

Art MAsters

The Observer’s GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE MONTH

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 184 pages, 190mm x 260mm

■ Paperback with flaps RIGHTS AVAILABLE

PUB MONTH: NOV 2021

GRAPHIC NOVEL • BIOGRAPHY

ISBN 9781914224003 52299>

ISBN 978-1-914224-00-3 UK £16.99 / US $22.99 224003 781914 9

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 112 pages, 170mm x 240mm

■ Paperback with flaps RIGHTS AVAILABLE

PUB MONTH: OCT 2021 GRAPHIC NOVEL • SHORT STORIES

ISBN 9781914224027 51999>

ISBN 978-1-914224-02-7 £14.99 / US $19.99 224027 781914 9

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Black & white throughout

■ 192 pages, 170mm x 240mm

■ Paperback with flaps RIGHTS AVAILABLE

PUB MONTH: OCT 2021

GRAPHIC NOVEL • ORIGINAL FICTION

ISBN 9781910593998 51999>

ISBN 978-1-910593-99-8 UK £14.99 / US $19.99 593998 781910

Diego Rivera

■ W ORDS BY FRANCISCO DE LA MORA

■ A RT BY JOSÉ LUIS PESCADOR

■ T RANSLATED BY LAWRENCE SCHIMEL

Explores the passions and contradictions – both human and political – that turned the prolific and brilliant painter, Diego Rivera, into an increasingly universal cultural figure.

CATALYST

■ E DITED BY AYOOLA SOLARIN

■ DE SIGNED BY TXABI JONES

■ C OVER ART BY SAJAN RAI

New comics voices and established creators explore a single theme –“catalyst” – through their short graphic stories.

Strays

■ B Y CHRIS W. KIM

An enigmatic parable of the modern city, where strangers can become friends, and vice versa.

Knock Out!

THE TRUE STORY OF EMILE GRIFFITH

■ B Y REINHARD KLEIST

■ T RANSLATED BY MICHAEL WAALER

A compelling portrait of boxer Emile Griffith, a bisexual Black athlete and one of the world’s greatest fighters.

Orwell

■ W ORDS BY PIERRE CHRISTIN

■ A RT BY SÉBASTIEN VERDIER

■ T RANSLATED BY EDWARD GAUVIN

An intimate look at the life and work of one of England’s greatest novelists and political essayists, and author of the dystopian masterpiece 1984.

The Dancing Plague

■ B Y GARETH BROOKES

From “choreomania” to coronavirus: an utterly original graphic novel about a newly urgent subject.

S PECIFICATIONS

■ Black & white throughout

■ 168 pages, 170mm x 240mm

■ Paperback with flaps

PUB MONTH: JUNE 2021

GRAPHIC NOVEL • BIOGRAPHY

ISBN 978-1-910593-86-8

£14.99 / US $22.99

EISNER AWARD NOMINEE

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 160 pages, 190mm x 260mm

■ Paperback with flaps

PUB MONTH: MAY 2021

GRAPHIC NOVEL • BIOGRAPHY

ISBN 978-1-910593-87-5

£14.99 / US $22.99

SPECIFICATIONS

■ Colour illustrations throughout

■ 192 pages, 170mm x 240mm

■ Paperback with flaps RIGHTS AVAILABLE

PUB MONTH: APRIL 2021

GRAPHIC NOVEL • ORIGINAL FICTION

ISBN 978-1-910593-98-1

£15.99 / US $21.99

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Our mission at SelfMadeHero is simple: to publish ground-breaking and beautiful work by authors and artists from across the globe, from the quirky and humorous to the political and profound. We are proud to bring readers graphic novels and visual narratives that provoke, entertain, inspire, and inform.

SCI-FI & HORROR

AAMA, VOL.1

WINNER –Best Series 978-1-906838-73-7

AAMA, VOL.2 978-1-906838-83-6

AAMA, VOL.3 978-1-906838-93-5

AAMA, VOL.4 978-1-910593-00-4

AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-12-6

CELESTE

RIGHTS AVAILABLE

ISBN 978-1-906838-76-8

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I FEEL LOVE RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-910593-85-1

I FEEL MACHINE

978-1-910593-55-4 RIGHTS AVAILABLE

KLAXON RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-910593-02-8

LIP HOOK RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-910593-57-8

LOVECRAFT RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-910593-56-1

LOVECRAFT ANTHOLOGY, VOL.1 (THE) RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-28-7

ISBN 978-1-906838-43-0

DEADBEATS RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-49-2

ISBN 978-1-906838-49-2

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GHOST STORIES OF AN ANTIQUARY, VOL.1

RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-910593-18-9

GHOST STORIES OF AN ANTIQUARY, VOL.2 RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-910593-39-4

LOVECRAFT ANTHOLOGY, VOL.2 (THE) RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-43-0

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6 8 3 8 4 3 0 ROBOT... RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-40-9

ORIGINAL FICTION

BLACK PATHS

978-1-906838-33-1

BLOSSOMS IN AUTUMN

978-1-910593-62-2

BOOK OF FORKS (THE) RIGHTS AVAILABLE

978-1-910593-73-8

CAN OPENER’S DAUGHTER (THE) RIGHTS AVAILABLE

978-1-910593-17-2

CHICO & RITA EISNER AWARD NOMINEE

978-1-906838-29-4

CIGAR THAT FELL IN LOVE WITH A PIPE (THE) RIGHTS AVAILABLE

ISBN 978-1-906838-48-5

978-1-906838-48-5

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FISH + CHOCOLATE RIGHTS AVAILABLE

978-1-906838-34-8

FUN

978-1-910593-25-7

GOOD INN (THE)

978-1-906838-86-7

HAIRSHIRT IGNATZ AWARD NOMINEE

978-1-906838-27-0

HERMAN BY TRADE RIGHTS AVAILABLE

978-1-910593-28-8

IRMINA

978-1-910593-10-3

IT’S DARK IN LONDON RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-44-7

MAGGY GARRISON 978-1-910593-64-6

MEMOIRS OF A BOOK THIEF 978-1-910593-63-9

MOTHERLESS OVEN (THE) RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-81-2

MURDER MILE (THE) RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-62-1

NAO OF BROWN (THE) WINNER –Special Jury Award RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-90593-75-2

OUTBURST 978-1-910593-30-1

OUT IN THE OPEN 978-1-910593-47-9

PACHYDERME 978-1-906838-60-7

PARK (THE) RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-47-8

ISBN 978-1-906838-51-5

REBETIKO 978-1-906838-51-5

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RETURN OF THE HONEY BUZZARD (THE) 978-1-910593-16-5

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RICKY ROUSE HAS A GUN RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-82-9

ROOM FOR LOVE RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-72-0

RUINS EISNER AWARD WINNER RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-98-0

SANDCASTLE 978-1-906838-38-6

SCULPTOR (THE)

978-1-906838-97-3

SECONDS 978-1-906838-88-1

SMELL OF STARVING BOYS (THE) 978-1-910593-40-0

STARDUST NATION RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-910593-13-4

TUMULT NOMINATED Polar/SNCF RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-910593-48-6

BEHIND THE CURTAIN RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-96-6

CHINESE LIFE (A) EISNER AWARD NOMINEE 978-1-906838-55-3 ISBN 978-1-906838-55-3

DANCE BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON 978-1-906838-17-1

MIKEL 978-1-910593-70-7

ISBN 978-1-906838-50-8

PICTURE A FAVELA 978-1-906838-50-8

WHEN DAVID LOST HIS VOICE IGNATZ AWARD NOMINEE EISNER AWARD NOMINEE 978-1-906838-54-6

ISBN 978-1-906838-54-6

NON-FICTION

ABC OF TYPOGRAPHY

978-1-910593-71-4

WEAPONS OF MASS DIPLOMACY WINNER –Best Book Award

ISBN 978-1-906838-78-2

978-1-906838-78-2

WOLF RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-910593-54-7

APOLLO

978-1-910593-50-9 RIGHTS AVAILABLE BEST OF ENEMIES, VOL.1 978-1-906838-45-4 ISBN 978-1-906838-45-4

BEST OF ENEMIES, VOL.3 978-1-910593-45-5

CANNABIS

978-1-910593-67-7

FILMISH RIGHTS AVAILABLE

978-1-910593-03-5

TERRA AUSTRALIS

978-1-906838-75-1

TETRIS: THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

978-1-910593-22-6

GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY

AGATHA: THE REAL LIFE OF AGATHA CHRISTIE

978-1-910593-11-0

BABY’S IN BLACK

978-1-906838-26-3

BOXER (THE) IGNATZ AWARD NOMINEE

ISBN 978-1-906838-77-5

978-1-906838-77-5

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BUÑUEL

978-1-910593-84-4

CASTRO

978-1-906838-32-4

GONZO RIGHTS AVAILABLE

978-1-906838-11-9

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978-1-906838-99-7

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GUANTÁNAMO KID

978-1-910593-66-0

HADDON HALL 978-1-910593-26-4

HELLRAISERS RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-36-2

ISADORA 978-1-910593-69-1

JOHNNY CASH: I SEE A DARKNESS EISNER AWARD NOMINEE 978-1-906838-07-2

JOSEPHINE BAKER 978-1-910593-29-5

KIKI DE MONTPARNASSE 978-1-906838-25-6

MOZART IN PARIS 978-1-910593-72-1

NICK CAVE: MERCY ON ME 978-1-910593-36-3

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS: AN ART BOOK 978-1-910593-52-3

OLYMPIC DREAM (AN) 978-1-910593-09-7

TRIAL OF ROGER CASEMENT (THE) RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-910593-20-2

CLASSICS

ISBN 978-1-906838-67-6

CASTLE (THE) EISNER AWARD NOMINEE RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-67-6

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COMMUNIST MANIFESTO (THE) RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-910593-49-3

COMPLETE DON QUIXOTE (THE)

ISBN 978-1-906838-65-2

EISNER AWARD NOMINEE RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-65-2

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CRIME & PUNISHMENT RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-0-955816-94-9

DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-03-4

HEART OF DARKNESS RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-09-6

LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY, GENTLEMAN (THE) RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-13-3

MAN WHO LAUGHS (THE)

RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-58-4

MASTER & MARGARITA (THE) RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-0-955816-92-5

LE MORTE D’ARTHUR RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-24-9

NEVERMORE RIGHTS AVAILABLE

978-0-955285-68-4

PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (THE) RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-0-955816-93-2

PRIDE & PREJUDICE RIGHTS AVAILABLE

Laser Proof

978-1-906838-30-0

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SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-910593-32-5

SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE SIGN OF THE FOUR RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-910593-35-6

SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE VALLEY OF FEAR RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-910593-34-9

TALE OF TWO CITIES (A) RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-10-2

TRIAL (THE) RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-0-955285-69-1

ART & HUMOUR

ISBN 978-1-906838-46-1

BUT I REALLY WANTED TO BE AN ANTHROPOLOGIST 978-1-906838-46-1

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COALITION BOOK (THE) Winner: Best Humour/Satire The Political Book Awards 2015 RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-906838-89-8

ISBN 978-1-906838-52-2

CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS (THE) 978-1-906838-52-2

KLIMOWSKI POSTER BOOK RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-910593-46-2

MILLER & PYNCHON 978-1-906838-59-1

THE MYSTIC LAMB (THE) 978-1-910593-89-9

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CORBYN COMIC BOOK (THE) RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-910593-51-6

DANCE OF DEATH (THE) RIGHTS AVAILABLE 978-1-910593-74-5

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This Slavery, by Sophie and Scarlett Rickard

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