SPRING 2026
The Little Prince by Joann Sfar © Gallimard Jeunesse, 2008
New Season, New Stories
SelfMadeHero’s Spring list is an eclectic and stimulating quintet of new graphic novels from UK, French, and German creators. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beloved classic The Little Prince is reimagined by France’s eminent comics creator Joann Sfar in this 80th anniversary edition (March 2026). In February, comics creator ILYA brings us Romo the WolfBoy, a new series set at Blimey O’Riley’s Travelling Circus where a stagehand and a strange, wild boy find themselves investigating a paranormal mystery. Both titles continue our range of graphic novels for younger readers.
Moving on to more serious real-life subjects for adults, Barbara Yelin’s Emmie Arbel: The Colour of Memory – the haunting testimony of a Holocaust survivor – sees its release in early 2026, followed in May by Noisy Valley, Myfanwy Tristram’s stirring work of graphic journalism exploring the right to protest, told by people who raised their voices and demanded to be heard.
Finally, on a lighter note, Kay Medaglia, the creator of the popular One Year Wiser series, is back with Comic Therapy, a new collection of powerful inspirational meditations to lift our spirits and keep us all sane, centred, and cheerful.
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Seconds
■ BY 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
■ BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
■ ARTIST: SONIA LEONG
■ TEXT 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
■ BY 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
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BY
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
■
BY
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
■ WORDS BY SOPHIE RICKARD
■ ART 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
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9780955816963 RRP: £9.99
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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
Noisy Valley
THE ART OF PROTEST
■ BY MYFANWY TRISTRAM
“It’s about what ordinary people do, because what we do... is quite extraordinary.”
PA 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.
KEY POINTS
■ ERA 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.
■ GRAPHIC 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
■ BY 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
■ YEARS 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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ISBN 9781914224218 51999 >
THE ANXIETY CLUB 978-1-914224-21-8
224218 781914 9
The Little Prince
A GRAPHIC NOVEL ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK BY ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY
■ ORIGINAL AUTHOR: ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY
■ ADAPTOR / ARTIST: JOANN SFAR
■ TRANSLATOR: 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).
■ BELOVED BY THE WORLD: The most translated work of fiction in history now finds its perfect form as a graphic novel.
SPECIFICATIONS
■ 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.”
■ Hardback RIGHTS AVAILABLE PUB MONTH: MARCH 2026 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
ISBN 9781914224461
ISBN 978-1-914224-46-1
UK £16.99
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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
Romo the WolfBoy
■ BY ILYA
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?
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.
At Blimey O’Riley’s Travelling Circus, a stagehand and a strange, wild boy find themselves investigating a paranormal mystery.
KEY POINTS
■ ADVENTURES BEGIN:
The start of a new, original YA / All Ages action-adventure series.
■ KICKSTARTER SUCCESS: Proven appeal and popularity, 105% crowdfunded on Kickstarter.
■ NEW AND FAMILIAR: A fresh concept with nostalgic period appeal for YA readers and beyond (suitable 8 and up).
■ EXPERIENCED 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
■ Hardback RIGHTS AVAILABLE PUB MONTH: FEB 2026 NEW ADULT FICTION • COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS • ACTION & ADVENTURE
ISBN 9781914224447 52999 >
ISBN 978-1-914224-44-7 UK £25 / US $29.99 / CAN $37.95 224447 781914 9
KING LEAR 978-0-955816-97-0
Emmie Arbel
THE COLOUR OF MEMORY
■ BY BARBARA YELIN
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■
EDITED BY CHARLOTTE SCHALLIÉ AND ALEXANDER KORB
TRANSLATED
BY
HELGE R. DASCHER
AA visual biography of the inspirational life of Holocaust survivor Emmie Arbel who was arrested, deported, and imprisoned at the age of five.
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.
■ EXPERT 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
rrested w ith 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).
■ Hardback RIGHTS AVAILABLE PUB MONTH: FEB 2026 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS • NONFICTION • BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR
The Most Amazing Saturday Morning Rubbish Club
■
WRITTEN BY BILL TUCKEY
■ ART BY FRANCISCO DE LA MORA
TAn 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 mix-up, 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
■ BY ALEX TAYLOR
■ EDITED 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.
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
■ BREAKOUT AWARD WINNER: Relish the taste of Bone Broth, which beat over 170 other titles to win the 2023 First Graphic Novel Award.
■ GEN 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
■ Paperback RIGHTS AVAILABLE
PUB MONTH: OCT 2025 NEW ADULT FICTION • COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS • HORROR
My Dad Fights Demons!
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WRITTEN
BY
BOBBY JOSEPH
■ ART 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
■ UK COMICS LAUREATE: The first new graphic novel by Bobby Joseph since being named the UK Comics Laureate in 2023.
■ BREAKOUT 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
ISBN 9781914224348 51999 >
ISBN 978-1-914224-34-8 UK £14.99 US $19.99 CAN $24.99 224348 781914 9
MOTHERLESS OVEN (THE) 978-1-906838-81-2
This Slavery
■ AUTHOR OF ORIGINAL: ETHEL CARNIE HOLDSWORTH
■ TEXT ADAPTED BY SOPHIE RICKARD
■ ILLUSTRATED 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.
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.
"Righteously strident, passionately polemical and powerfully enraging, engaging... should be compulsory viewing for all." — Now Read This!
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.
■ CENTENARY EDITION: One hundred years after its first publication, a groundbreaking reinterpretation of a neglected classic.
■ NEW 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
ISBN 9781914224355 52399 >
ISBN 978-1-914224-35-5 UK £18.99 / US $23.99 / CAN $29.99 224355 781914 9
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The Compleat Angler
A GRAPHIC ADAPTATION
■ AUTHOR OF ORIGINAL: IZAAK WALTON
■ WRITTEN & ILLUSTRATED BY GARETH
BROOKES
AAn 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.
"The Compleat Angler is a delight, an absolute delight."
— The Slings and Arrows
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.
■ MULTIMEDIA 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.
SPECIFICATIONS
■ Colour illustrations throughout
■ 160 pages, 145 x 205mm
■ Hardback RIGHTS AVAILABLE
PUB MONTH: JUNE 2025 GRAPHIC NOVEL • LITERARY ADAPTATION
ISBN 978-1-914224-27-0 UK £14.99 / US $19.99 / CAN $24.99 224270 781914 9
ISBN 9781914224270 51999 > ALSO AVAILABLE
THE DANCING PLAGUE 978-1-910593-98-1
Kusama
POLKA DOT QUEEN
■ BY 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
■ VIBRANT AND SURREAL: Colourful, striking illustrations worthy of Kusama herself. ISBN 978-1-914224-30-0
GRAPHIC NOVEL • NONFICTION • BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR
BOWIE
■ BY REINHARD KLEIST
■ TRANSLATED 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
How David Bowie changed the face of rock music.
1972, 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 • NON-FICTION • BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR
ISBN 9781914224089 51999 >
ISBN 978-1-914224-08-9
£16.99 / US $19.99 / CAN $24.99
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
■ CAVE 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 traces 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.
SPECIFICATIONS
■ 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
£16.99 / US $19.99 / CAN $24.99
Excerpt from Reinhart Kleist's Low: Bowie’s Berlin Years
Sophie’s World
A GRAPHIC NOVEL ABOUT THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
■ ADAPTED BY VINCENT ZABUS
■ ART BY NICOBY
■ BASED ON THE BOOK BY JOSTEIN GAARDER
■ TRANSLATED 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 modernday 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
VOL II: FROM DESCARTES TO THE PRESENT DAY
S£18.99 / US $24.99 PRAISE FOR THE ORIGINAL NOVEL:
■ HUGE 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.
■ NEW 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.
“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
SPECIFICATIONS
■ Colour illustrations throughout
■ 264 pages, 275mm x 205mm
■ Paperback
PUB MONTH: NOV 2023
GRAPHIC NOVEL • TRUE STORIES & NON-FICTION
ophie’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. O ur intrepid heroine remains as forthright and openhearted as ever. 224164 781914 9
ISBN 9781914224164 52499 >
ISBN 978-1-914224-16-4
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.
SPECIFICATIONS
■ 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
£18.99 / US $22.99 /
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
£19.99 / US $25.99 / CAN $32.99
Ruins
■
BY
PETER KUPER
A story of love, adventure and politics – and two lives changed forever by Mexico and the monarch butterfly.
The Last Queen
■ BY JEAN-MARC
ROCHETTE
■ TRANSLATED 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
■ WORDS BY SÉVERINE VIDAL
■ ART BY KIM CONSIGNY
■ TRANSLATED 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
■ WORDS BY DR. FRÉDÉRIC FANGET AND CATHERINE MEYER
■ ART BY PAULINE AUBRY
■ TRANSLATED BY EDWARD GAUVIN
A graphic guide to help identify, understand and manage anxiety.
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 224201 781914 9
SPECIFICATIONS
■ Colour illustrations throughout
■ 128 pages, 170mm x 240mm
■ Paperback PUB MONTH: JUNE 2024
SELF-HELP • ANXIETIES & PHOBIAS • NON-FICTION
ISBN 9781914224218 51999 > The Observer’s GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE MONTH JUNE 2024
ISBN 978-1-914224-21-8 UK £16.99 / US $19.99 / CAN $24.99 224218 781914 9
GEORGE SAND
They Shot the Piano Player
■ Colour illustrations throughout
■ 256 pages, 190 x 260mm
■ Hardback
PUB MONTH: SEPT 2024
GRAPHIC NOVEL •
■ Colour illustrations throughout
■ 176 pages, 170 x 240mm
■ Paperback with flaps RIGHTS AVAILABLE
PUB MONTH: OCT 2024
GRAPHIC NOVEL • BIOGRAPHY
A GRAPHIC NOVEL
■ WORDS BY FERNANDO TRUEBA
■ ART 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
■ WORDS BY PATRICK SPÄT
■ ART BY SHEREE DOMINGO
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
■ WORDS BY GINETTE KOLINKA, JEAN-DAVID MORVAN AND VICTOR MATET
■ ART BY RICARD EFA AND CESC F. DALMASES
■ TRANSLATED BY EDWARD GAUVIN
The graphic memoir of Ginette Kolinka, Holocaust survivor, educator, and “ambassador for the memory” of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Edifice
■ BY ANDRZEJ KLIMOWSKI
9
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 UK £19.99 / US $24.99 /
A graphic Grand Hotel of our dreams, desires, and nightmares – and a Christmas Carol like no other.
SPECIFICATIONS
■ Black and white
■ 296 pages, 190 x 260mm
■ Paperback with flaps RIGHTS AVAILABLE
PUB MONTH: NOV 2024 GRAPHIC NOVEL • FICTION
ISBN 9781914224256
ISBN 978-1-914224-25-6 UK £16.99 / US $19.99 / CAN $24.99 224256 781914 9
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
PUB MONTH: MARCH 2023
GRAPHIC NOVEL • TRUE STORIES & NON-FICTION
ISBN 9781914224102 51899 >
ISBN 978-1-914224-10-2 £15.99 / US $18.99 224102
Irmina
■ BY BARBARA YELIN
■ TRANSLATED 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
■ DEVISED AND WRITTEN BY TERESA ROBERTSON AND LEO SCHULZ
■ DESIGNED 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
■ BY FRANCISCO DE LA MORA
■ FOREWORD BY CIRCE HENESTROSA
■ TRANSLATED 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
■ BY OSCAR ZARATE
■ AFTERWORD 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
■ WORDS BY MARY M. TALBOT
■ ART 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
■ BY MYLO CHOY
■ EDITED 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
SPECIFICATIONS
■ 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
■ WORDS BY SOPHIE RICKARD
■ ART 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
■ BY BARBARA STOK
■ TRANSLATED BY MICHELE HUTCHISON
The life and times of Hipparchia, one of the first female philosophers.
Alice Guy
FIRST LADY OF FILM
■ WORDS BY JOSÉ-LOUIS BOCQUET
■ ART BY CATEL MULLER
■ TRANSLATED BY EDWARD GAUVIN
The inspiring story of Alice Guy, the first female movie director in cinema history.
Georgia O’Keeffe
■ BY MARÍA HERREROS
■ TRANSLATED BY LAWRENCE SCHIMEL
A graphic biography of Georgia O’Keeffe, one of the most significant modern artists of the 20th century.
Days of Sand
■ BY AIMÉE DE JONGH
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
■ TRANSLATED 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
■ WORDS BY CATHERINE CASTRO
■ ART BY QUENTIN ZUTTION
■ TRANSLATED 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
Diego Rivera
■ WORDS BY FRANCISCO DE LA MORA
■ ART BY JOSÉ LUIS PESCADOR
■ TRANSLATED 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
■ EDITED BY AYOOLA SOLARIN
■ DESIGNED BY TXABI JONES
■ COVER ART BY SAJAN RAI
New comics voices and established creators explore a single theme –“catalyst” – through their short graphic stories.
Strays
■ BY 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
■ BY REINHARD KLEIST
■ TRANSLATED BY MICHAEL WAALER
A compelling portrait of boxer Emile Griffith, a bisexual Black athlete and one of the world’s greatest fighters.
Orwell
■ WORDS BY PIERRE CHRISTIN
■ ART BY SÉBASTIEN VERDIER
■ TRANSLATED 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
■ BY GARETH BROOKES
From “choreomania” to coronavirus: an utterly original graphic novel about a newly urgent subject.
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■ 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
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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
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■ Colour illustrations throughout ■ 192 pages, 170mm x 240mm
■ Paperback with flaps RIGHTS AVAILABLE
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GRAPHIC NOVEL • ORIGINAL FICTION
ISBN 978-1-910593-98-1
£15.99 / US $21.99
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