SelfMade Hero Archives

This culminated in each participant – along with their mentors – producing an eight-page graphic short story, all of which have been combined into this anthology. "Catalyst" cover courtesy of Selfmade Hero. Catalyst collects stories from a range of artists across the UK; this comics anthology unites their voices under a single theme: "catalyst." In one story,[...]

Chambers' original work which INJ Culbard is adapting in his new graphic novel The King in Yellow from Selfmade Hero/Abrams which I picked up at San Diego Comic-Con I've been waiting for the book for some time because I am curious about pulp literature, aware from exploring the edges of Lovecraftian lore about The King[...]

By Rich Johnston and Hannah Means-Shannon Following on from last year's "Best" lists to create a Bleeding Cool tradition, Rich Johnston and Hannah

Writing a description of The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kaddath, a recent release from Selfmade Hero by INJ Culbard, is difficult because it is such a total sensory experience It's an adaptation of a story by H.P Lovecraft, and while some creators have delved into and even co-opted Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythology, few have approached Lovecraft's other[...]

The New British Graphic Novelists with Selfmade Hero panel at Thought Bubble in Leeds on Sunday, November 16th,  started off with a discussion of Ricky Rouse Has A Gun, a new political satire book set in a "knock off Disney theme park in China" Author Jorg Tittel spoke about the difficulties of protected properties and the[...]

Culbard on Selfmade Hero's well received series of Sherlock Holmes graphic novels. Artist Marco Cosentino of Grimm Fairy Tales and cover artist Stacey Lee join Edginton in bringing these two iconic Avengers characters to a new medium It's a return to the roots of spy fiction grounded in iconic style and witty dialogue drawing on[...]

These are the 25 comics, 6 postcards, 2 prints, 2 buttons, and 1 poster that managed to find me at MoCCA Fest and I'm quite grateful they did. From Selfmade Hero, The Cigar That Fell in Love with a Pipe debuted the same week as MoCCA Fest It's a lovely hardcover in lush written by David[...]

The Park, from Selfmade Hero, written and illustrated by Oscar Zarate Out in the UK now, out in the US soon, this counts There are two sides to a story from two different perspectives over one event that takes place in a park Did the dog pounce and bite, did the man flail out and kick[...]