SelfMadeHero
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SelfMadeHero is an independent publishing house which specialises in adapting works of literature, as well as producing original graphic novels. SelfMadeHero's books are distributed in the UK by Abrams & Chronicle Books and in the U.S. by Abrams Books.
SelfMadeHero is an independent publishing house which specialises in adapting works of literature, as well as producing original graphic novels. SelfMadeHero's books are distributed in the UK by Abrams & Chronicle Books and in the U.S. by Abrams Books.
History
SelfMadeHero was founded in February 20071 by Emma Hayley, and launched with two lines: Manga Shakespeare, 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 Emma Hayley was named UK Young Publishing Entrepreneur of the Year as part of the British Book Awards. In 2009 SelfMadeHero expanded to include graphic adaptations of Sherlock Holmes, including Hound of the Baskervilles and A Study in Scarlet, and later several works by H.P. Lovecraft, including the anthology LOVECRAFT by I.N.J. Culbard. 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. In 2011 the company received the Kitschies Black Tentacle award.
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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 artists who came to prominence via Tokyopop's Rising Stars of Manga (United Kingdom & Ireland) competition, their work for Sweatdrop Studios or London manga collective Umisen Yamisen. Of SelfMadeHero's two initial lines, it was Manga Shakespeare and its first two titles (Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, which were published simultaneously in January 2007) that contributed most to establishing the company. This foundation later allowed SelfMadeHero to branch out into other genres and lines.
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, with art by I. N. J. Culbard: Rachel Cooke reviewed A Study in Scarlet for The Observer and concluded:
Graphic Biography
Awards and nominations
See also
Classical Comics, another new British company producing graphic novel adaptations of great works, including some of the same Shakespeare plays Classics Illustrated, 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 imprint adapting classic literature Graphic Classics The Manga Bible, an adaptation by Siku
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