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"The Compleat Angler is a delight, an absolute delight." - The Slings and Arrows Gareth Brookes' #TheCompleatAngler is OUT NOW! 🔗 theslingsandarrows.com/the-compleat-a… #selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics #outnow #graphicnovel #angling

I sat down with Gareth Brookes, a critically acclaimed illustrator from the UK, to chat about his adaptation of The Compleat Angler 🎣 What a unique experience diving into his hand-drawn and linocut carving pen-and-ink interiors. @SelfMadeHero comicbookyeti.com/post/fishing-t…

Our fourth and final book released this Spring: Gareth Brookes' #TheCompleatAngler! "The Compleat Angler is a delight, an absolute delight." — The Slings and Arrows #selfmadehero #indiecomics #angling #fishing

Third from Spring 2025 — #LOW: Bowie's Berlin Years by Reinhard Kleist! 🎤 "This book is a real labour of love and a testament to a high point in Bowie’s career... a must read." — The Indiependent #selfmadehero #davidbowie #reinhardkleist #indiecomics

Today marks the 83rd anniversary of the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup, and France's day of Holocaust remembrance. On 16-17 July 1942, 13,152 jews were rounded up in a mass arrest by Vichy French police. 🖌️: #AdieuBirkenau @JDMorvan @victormatet @CFDalmases @SurrocaR

Our second title from Spring 2025, a visual, interactive parable for adults and children alike: #MonarchsJourney by @PKuperArt! 🔗 selfmadehero.com/books/monarch-… #monarchbutterfly #selfmadehero #peterkuper #conservation #coloringbook #indiecomics

Now that our whole Spring 2025 list is on bookstore shelves, let's take another look back at #Kusama: Polka Dot Queen by Simon Elliott, "a smartly designed work of art, about art." - @ForcesOfGeek 🔗 selfmadehero.com/books/kusama-p… #yayoikusama #indiecomics #selfmadehero #graphicnovel

Happy International Rock and Roll Day! 🎸🎸🎸 🖼️: #NickCave by Reinhard Kleist #selfmadehero #rockandroll #musichistory #indiecomics #graphicnovel #rockmusic

Some more amazing friends of #SelfMadeHero slated for #LICAF2025! @bobbyjosephart @bryan_talbot @ComicArtFest @johnfreeman_DTT 🔗 downthetubes.net/lakes-festival… #LICAF #comiccon #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing #lakedistrict

New from the Rickard Sisters (No Surrender, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists), #ThisSlavery revives the classic feminist novel by trailblazing author Ethel Carnie Holdsworth! UK: September 11th North America: October 7th 🔗 selfmadehero.com/books/this-sla… #selfmadehero #indiecomics

✨ Latest blog London event to celebrate the launch of new graphic novel: LOW: Bowie’s Berlin Years 🇩🇪🎤 @SelfMadeHero @ReinhardKleist interviewed by Paul Gravett, plus live music with @AidanKSadler — a stunning tribute to Low 🎶📚 Read more 👉 graphicmemoir.co.uk/f/david-bowie%…

What a fantastic launch! Huge congrats to Gareth Brookes and the SelfMadeHero team on The Compleat Angler. Wishing everyone many more successful catches on and off the page! #GraphicNovel #IndieComics #TheCompleatAngler

Did you know? Gareth Brookes' #TheDancingPlague helped inspire the album Dance Fever by @florencemachine! 🔗 hotpress.com/culture/floren… #selfmadehero #florenceandthemachine #thecompleatangler #indiecomics

"To disconnect and dwell in nature, and have time to yourself that can’t be measured as value. It’s something that humans require on a visceral level." - Gareth Brookes interviewed in The Comic Book Yeti! 🔗 comicbookyeti.com/post/fishing-t… #selfmadehero #thecompleatangler #indiecomics

A #LOW: Bowie's Berlin Years shout out from Mark Kermode himself! 🔗 selfmadehero.com/books/low-bowi… #selfmadehero #davidbowie #reinhardkleist #indiecomics #graphicnovel

#Ruins "came out of my time living in Mexico, and actually raising monarch butterflies, and then visiting the monarch sanctuary where they go by the millions..." - @PKuperArt in an amazing interview by @ComicsJournal! 🔗 tcj.com/an-interview-w… #selfmadehero #peterkuper #comics

"The best graphic biographies inspire the reader to want to investigate and learn more about their subjects. This is certainly the case with #TheyShotthePianoPlayer..." - @brokenfrontier 🔗 brokenfrontier.com/they-shot-the-… #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #bossanova

Discover LOW: The Berlin Years by Reinhard Kleist on Hive! 👉 hive.co.uk/Product/Reinha… #DavidBowie #LOW #ReinhardKleist

Thank you to everyone who attended #TheCompleatAngler's launch party at @GoshComics last week! From Gareth Brookes and the SelfMadeHero team: happy angling! 🎣🎣🎣 🔗 selfmadehero.com/books/the-comp… (📷: Mauricio Molizane de Souza) #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #booklaunch

Amazing to see #LOW: Bowie's Berlin Years on @hivestores' top 20 bestseller list! Thank you all for reading! 🔗 hive.co.uk/books/bestsell… #selfmadehero #davidbowie #reinhardkleist #indiecomics #musichistory #bestseller

Observe the pearch! They do love company! Remember, #TheCompleatAngler's launch party is tonight at 7PM at @GoshComics! #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #newcomics #booklaunch