SelfMadeHero

SelfMadeHero is an independent publishing house which specialises in adapting works of literature, as well as producing ground-breaking original fiction in the graphic novel medium.

For the French film, see A Self Made Hero.
Parent companyMetro Media Ltd
Founded2007
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationLondon
DistributionAbrams Books (US)
Canadian Manda Group (Canada)
Abrams & Chronicle Books (UK)
Thames & Hudson (Australia)[1]
Key peopleEmma Hayley
Fiction genresGraphic novels
ImprintsManga Shakespeare
Eye Classics
Crime Classics
Graphic Biography
Official websitewww.selfmadehero.com

SelfMadeHero's books are distributed in the U.S. by Abrams Books.

History

SelfMadeHero was founded in October 2007 by Emma Hayley, and launched with two lines: Manga Shakespeare,[2][3] featuring works based on the Bard but with different settings - mainly Japan in the past and future, and Eye Classics, which are adaptations of great classic works, such as those of Poe and Kafka. In 2008 she won the UK Young Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards.

In 2009 SelfMadeHero expanded to include graphic adaptations of Sherlock Holmes, including Hound of the Baskervilles and Study in Scarlet, and later At The Mountain of Madness and The Shadow Out of Time by H.P. Lovecraft. It also began publishing the Graphic Biography series with Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness, which has further expanded to tell the fascinating life stories of era-defining pop-culture icons such as Hunter S. Thompson and Nick Cave.

Since 2010 SelfMadeHero has been publishing original material, notably Glyn Dillon's The Nao of Brown, The Motherless Oven trilogy by Rob Davis, and LOVECRAFT by I.N.J. Culbard. In 2011 the company received the Kitschies Black Tentacle award.[4]

Bibliography

Manga Shakespeare

The adaptations of Shakespeare's plays were made by Richard Appignanesi (who previously worked on Icon Books' Introducing... series), with the art created by UK-based manga artist who have come to prominence via Tokyopop's Rising Stars of Manga (United Kingdom & Ireland) competition, their work for Sweatdrop Studios or London manga collective Umisen Yamisen.

Title Artist Released ISBN Ref
Hamlet Emma Vieceli March 2007 ISBN 978-0-9552856-1-5 [5][6]
Romeo and Juliet Sonia Leong ISBN 978-0-9552856-0-8
The Tempest Paul Duffield September 2007 ISBN 978-0-9552856-0-8
Richard III Patrick Warren ISBN 978-0-9552856-3-9
A Midsummer Night's Dream Kate Brown February 2008 ISBN 978-0-9552856-4-6
Julius Caesar Mustashrik June 2008 ISBN 978-0-9552856-5-3
Macbeth Robert Deas ISBN 978-0-9552856-6-0
As You Like It Chie Kutsuwada January 2009 ISBN 978-0-9558169-0-1
Othello Ryuta Osada ISBN 978-0-9558169-5-6
Henry VIII Patrick Warren May 2009 ISBN 978-1-906838-02-7
King Lear ILYA ISBN 978-0-9558169-7-0
Much Ado About Nothing Emma Vieceli ISBN 978-0-9558169-6-3
The Merchant of Venice Faye Yong September 2009 ISBN 978-0-9558169-1-8
Twelfth Night Nana Li ISBN 978-0-9558169-9-4

Eye Classics

The creators are drawn from a British comic background (in particular Nevermore) but also include screenwriters and more traditional artists.

Title Author Adaptation Artist Released ISBN Ref
Nevermore (anthology) Edgar Allan Poe various October 2007 ISBN 978-0-9552856-8-4 [7]
The Master and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov Andrzej Klimowski Danusia Schejbal May 2008 ISBN 978-0-9552856-7-7
The Trial Franz Kafka David Zane Mairowitz Chantal Montellier March 2008 ISBN 978-0-9552856-9-1
The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde Ian Edginton I. N. J. Culbard September 2008 ISBN 978-0-9558169-3-2
At the Mountains of Madness H. P. Lovecraft I. N. J. Culbard October 2010 ISBN 978-1-906838-12-6
The Castle Franz Kafka David Zane Mairowitz, Jaromir99 November 2013 ISBN 978-1-906838-67-6
The Shadow Out of Time H. P. Lovecraft I. N. J. Culbard ISBN 978-1906838683
The Man Who Laughs Victor Hugo David Hine Mark Stafford ISBN 978-1-906838-58-4

Crime Classics

The Crime Classics line began with a set of four adaptations of the Arthur Conan Doyle stories, adapted by Ian Edginton, with art by I. N. J. Culbard:

Title Author Artist Released ISBN Ref
The Hound of the Baskervilles Ian Edginton I. N. J. Culbard May 2009 ISBN 978-0-9558169-7-0
A Study in Scarlet ISBN 978-0-9558169-6-3 [8]
The Sign of the Four September 2009 ISBN 978-0-9558169-1-8
The Valley of Fear ISBN 978-0-9558169-9-4

Rachel Cooke reviewed A Study in Scarlet for The Observer and concluded:

Culbard and Edginton are adept at concision, leaving out nothing that is crucial and excising much that isn't. I relished every page and thought how this book would be the perfect primer for any child whose parents feel them to be just on the cusp of potential Holmes worship.[9]

Graphic Biography
Title Author Artist Released ISBN Ref
Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness Reinhard Kleist October 2009 ISBN 0-8109-8463-6 [10]
A Chinese Life Li Kunwu & Philippe Ôtié Li Kunwu July 2012 ISBN 978-1906838553 [11]
Nick Cave: Mercy on Me Reinhard Kleist September 2017 ISBN 978-1910593363 [12]

Awards and Nominations
YearAward CategoryBook Creator(s)Result
2013Angoulême International Comics Festival Special Jury Prize [13]The Nao of Brown Glyn DillonWon
2015British Comic Awards Best Book [14]The Motherless Oven Rob DavisWon
2016Eisner Award Best Graphic Album [15]Ruins Peter KuperWon
2020Angoulême International Comics Festival SNCF Polar Prize 2020 [16]Tumult John Harris Dunning & Michael KennedyNominated

See also

Notes
  1. "SelfMadeHero". Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  2. Manga Hamlet by The Bard?, BBC Radio Cambs, March 9, 2007
  3. Shakespeare gets comic treatment, BBC, May 11, 2007
  4. "The 2011 Kitschies, presented by The Kraken Rum". 4 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  5. Manga Hamlet by The Bard?, BBC Radio Cambs, March 9, 2007
  6. Shakespeare gets comic treatment, BBC, May 11, 2007
  7. Review of Nevermore, The Guardian, November 17, 2007
  8. Cooke, Rachel (March 28, 2010). "A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle, Ian Edginton and INJ Culbard". The Observer. Retrieved March 28, 2010.
  9. Cooke, Rachel (March 28, 2010). "A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle, Ian Edginton and INJ Culbard". The Observer. Retrieved March 28, 2010.
  10. Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness by Reinhard Kleist, The Guardian, October 24, 2009
  11. A Chinese Life by Li Kunwu & Philippe Ôtié, The Guardian, October 12, 2012
  12. Nick Cave: Mercy on Me by Reinhard Kleist, The Guardian, September 21, 2017
  13. "Dillon wins Best Book at Comic Awards". 28 Nov 2013. Retrieved 28 Nov 2013.
  14. "British Comic Awards announces 2015 winners". 14 Nov 2015. Retrieved 14 Nov 2015.
  15. "John Lewis's 'March', Peter Kuper's 'Ruins' Win Eisner Awards". 23 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  16. "Prix SNCF du Polar 2020". 26 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.

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