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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
A graphic novel is a long-form, fictional work of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comic scholars and industry ...
medium.
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,
Shakespeare gets comic treatment
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, May 11, 2007 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
Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It typi ...
. In 2008 she won the UK Young Publisher of the Year at the
British Book Awards
The British Book Awards or Nibbies are literary awards for the best UK writers and their works, administered by '' The Bookseller''. The awards have had several previous names, owners and sponsors since being launched in 1990, including the Nationa ...
.
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
'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
The Kitschies are British literary prizes presented annually for "the year's most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic" published in the United Kingdom.
Awards and criteria
The Ki ...
Black Tentacle award.
Bibliography
Manga Shakespeare
The adaptations of
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...
'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
Tokyopop (styled TOKYOPOP; formerly known as Mixx Entertainment) is an American distributor, licensor and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa and Western manga-style works. The German publishing division produces German translations of licensed ...
's
Rising Stars of Manga (United Kingdom & Ireland) competition, their work for
Sweatdrop Studios or London manga collective Umisen Yamisen.
Eye Classics
The creators are drawn from a British comic background (in particular ''Nevermore'') but also include screenwriters and more traditional artists.
Crime Classics
The Crime Classics line began with a set of four adaptations of the
Arthur Conan Doyle stories, adapted by
Ian Edginton
Ian Edginton is a British comic book writer, known for his work on such titles as ''X-Force'', '' Scarlet Traces'', '' H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds'' and ''Leviathan''.
Career
Ian Edginton is known for his steampunk/ alternate history wor ...
, with art by
I. N. J. Culbard:
Rachel Cooke
Rachel Cooke (born 1969) is a British journalist and writer.
Early life
Cooke was born in Sheffield, and is the daughter of a university lecturer.
She went to school in Jaffa, Israel, until she was 11, before returning to Sheffield, and atten ...
reviewed ''A Study in Scarlet'' for ''
The Observer
''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. It is a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' and '' The Guardian Weekly'', whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993. First published in 1791, it is the ...
'' and concluded:
Graphic Biography
Awards and nominations
See also
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Classical Comics, another new British company producing graphic novel adaptations of great works, including some of the same Shakespeare plays
*''
Classics Illustrated
''Classics Illustrated'' is an American comic book/magazine series featuring adaptations of literary classics such as ''Les Misérables'', '' Moby-Dick'', ''Hamlet'', and '' The Iliad''. Created by Albert Kanter, the series began publication ...
'', a similar venture from the 1940s to 1960s
*
Pendulum Press, a similar venture from the 1970s
* ''
Marvel Classics Comics'', a similar venture from 1976 to 1978
*
Marvel Illustrated,
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...
imprint adapting classic literature
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Graphic Classics
*''
The Manga Bible'', an adaptation by
Siku
Notes
References
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External links
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