Need any more gift ideas for the holidays? This week, two of our latest graphic novels reached bookstore shelves in North America: #BoneBroth by Alex Taylor , and #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub by Francisco de la Mora and Bill Tuckey! #selfmadehero #indiecomics

"A landscape of cruelty and plenty in a meditative book of subtle carp, malicious frogs and dainty eels." We're extremely proud to share that #TheCompleatAngler by Gareth Brookes has been named among the best graphic novels of 2025 by James Smart of @theguardian.com! 🎣🎣🎣 🔗 buff.ly/88kHWI3

@scenemag.co.uk has compliments for the chef! See their review of #BoneBroth by Alex Taylor here: 🔗 buff.ly/cb6qol6 @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social #selfmadehero #bookreview #indiecomics #publishing #graphicnovel

Lovely write-up of This Slavery for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social - written with affection and admiration for Ethel Carnie Holdsworth and the Lancashire that made her possible Thank you @traveloguer.bsky.social @selfmadehero.bsky.social www.tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/reco...

Comic Therapy: Meditations for Reflection #GraphicMedicine @selfmadehero.bsky.social in 2026 www.selfmadehero.com/books/comic-...

Maybe look at some graphic novel adaptations, too? I translated the graphic novel version by Javi Rey of Jesús Carrasco's OUT IN THE OPEN for @selfmadehero.bsky.social www.selfmadehero.com/books/out-in... (Which was an Eisner finalist for Best Adaptation from another Medium! 🤩)

A belated thank you to everyone who came to see us at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social, along with our friends @rickardsisters.com, Gareth Brookes, Alex Taylor, @abbiebsart.bsky.social, and @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social! And whether you made it or not, we hope to see you all next time! #indiecomics

Now that the whole #SelfMadeHero lineup for Autumn 2025 has reached UK shelves, who fancies a look back at Autumn 2024? #TheyShotthePianoPlayer #MadameChoiandtheMonsters #AdieuBirkenau #Edifice #indiecomics #graphicnovels #publishing

Want to know more about the story behind #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub? We just released an exclusive Q&A with Bill Tuckey and Francisco de la Mora on our website! 🔗 buff.ly/1bJGrKI #selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #disabilityrepresentation

We call the first meeting of #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub to order! Pick up your copy today for a touching, funny, and beautiful story about creativity, community, and determination! #selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #neurodiversity #disabilityrepresentation

Look high, look low - in just 1 DAY we'll convene #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub! ♻️🌳🗑️ (Our North American chapter opens on December 2nd!) 🔗 buff.ly/SJoxday #selfmadehero #indiecomics #publishing #disabilityrepresentation

We at SelfMadeHero are saddened to hear about the passing of Rachel Cooke. Through her work at @theobserveruk.bsky.social, she did so much to support and bring awareness to the medium of graphic novels, and we are forever grateful. Our thoughts are with her family and friends. 🔗

News! The Six Creators Shortlisted for the 2025 First Graphic Novel Competition Revealed!. @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social @selfmadehero.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/first-graphi...

Forget-Me-Not made the FGNA shortlist!! 🙀 (I’ll be sharing more about this soon soon soon)

Flabbergasted to be on the @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social @selfmadehero.bsky.social short list with all these amazing artist 😦

Sometimes it's hard to set good boundaries, especially when everyone communicates a little differently! But there's no confusion here: #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub is only 2 DAYS away! #selfmadehero #indiecomics #disabilityrepresentation

I can't quite believe this, thank you!

Finally attended @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social - what took me so long? Great to talk to so many amazing folk, including @etheringtonbros.bsky.social @stoutstoat.co.uk @selfmadehero.bsky.social @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social & @decadencecomics.bsky.social !

Phew! What a big weekend we’ve had @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social with @selfmadehero.bsky.social! We’ve chatted to squillions of lovely people and enjoyed the bubbling and fizzing of creativity all around us

Heads up - there's only 3 DAYS until you can meet #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub! 🔗 buff.ly/feDejoQ #selfmadehero #indiecomics #disability #publishing #graphicnovel

Have you met Uma? You might think she's an 8 year old with PVL, but sometimes she does resemble a tiger... #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub - out in the UK in 4 DAYS! #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #disabilityrepresentation

After deliberating over an amazing longlist, the much-anticipated FGNA 2025 shortlist is finally here! We and the @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social judges are proud to present...

Arthur has ASD and Finn has cerebral palsy. Normally, that just makes their races through the park a little more interesting, but sometimes the park isn't as welcoming as it should be... #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub - out in the UK in 5 DAYS! #selfmadehero

Just an ordinary day at the park with the three founders of #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub: Uma, Arthur, and Finn! Out in the UK on November 20th, and North America on December 2nd! #selfmadehero #indiecomics #disabilityrepresentation #publishing

There's just 1 WEEK until the UK release of #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub! Exploring the realities of living with disability means showing the good and the bad - anyone can make the world a better place, so why are some of us looked down on? #selfmadehero #indiecomics #disability

Two major (and well-deserved) accolades for @bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social and @abbiebsart.bsky.social, awarded in @comicbooknews.co.uk's new review of #MyDadFightsDemons! 🔗 buff.ly/8reAq8a #selfmadehero #bookreview #publishing #graphicnovel #indiecomics

7pm November 13th marks the launch of #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub at the @arcolatheatre.bsky.social - a celebration of creativity, community, and inclusion! The book arrives in the UK on November 20th, and North America on December 2nd! #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel

A wonderful new review of #MyDadFightsDemons, courtesy of @brokenfrontier.bsky.social! 🔗 buff.ly/avw3bsx @bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social @abbiebsart.bsky.social #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #bookreview #publishing #comics

Are you coming to @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend? We’d love to see you there! Come to SelfMadeHero at Comixology D14, enjoy the 1st Graphic Novel Award entries, and 10-12 each day we’ll be there to draw dogs all over your purchases 🐕

@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social 2025 starts this time next week! We'll be at table D14 in Comixology Hall, right next to the First Graphic Novel Award! We're very happy to be playing host to Gareth Brookes, the @rickardsisters.com, Alex Taylor, and @abbiebsart.bsky.social! #thoughtbubble2025

It's 2 weeks until #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub arrives in the UK, but only 1 week until the book launch at the @arcolatheatre.bsky.social - Nov 13th, 7PM! #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #disabilityawareness

#TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub, a moving story about disability and community from Francisco de la Mora and Bill Tuckey, reaches UK shelves in 2 WEEKS! 🔗 buff.ly/feDejoQ #disabilityrepresentation #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel

Last week at @goshcomics.bsky.social people were lining up for #BoneBroth! Thank you to everyone who came down for a signed copy of Alex Taylor's debut graphic novel! #selfmadehero #booklaunch #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing

#BookoftheWeek Read George Sand: True Genius, True Woman, a fierce, luminous graphic biography of France’s most subversive 19th-c. literary star. By Séverine Vidal (words), Kim Consigny (art) & trans. Edward Gauvin (@selfmadehero.bsky.social). 👉 www.selfmadehero.com/books/george...

Arthur, Finn, and Uma - three kids who come together to found #TheMostAmazingSaturdayMorningRubbishClub - our last graphic novel of the year, by Francisco de la Mora and Bill Tuckey! 🔗 buff.ly/EFgJbrp UK: November 20th North America: November 25th! #selfmadehero #graphicnovel #indiecomics

Day off, having run several errands, it's time for a break, so pint and a wee read of @ilyagraphic.bsky.social 's Romo the Wolf Boy, which I backed on Kickstarter (it's getting a full release from @selfmadehero.bsky.social in Feb). #books #comics #BandeDessinee #GraphicNovels #livres #AmReading

An unlikely, quiet moment dedicated to the natural enemy of all restaurants... The process behind a page from #BoneBroth by Alex Taylor, out now in the UK and on December 3rd in North America! 🔗 buff.ly/DONnBi9 @firstgraphicnovelaward.bsky.social #selfmadehero #graphicnovels #indiecomics #comics

Some have already been snatched up, but here's #BoneBroth author/illustrator Alex Taylor signing copies and bookplates that may be in a bookshop near you... #selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics #booksigning #publishing #graphicnovel

Some flower studies by Alex Taylor for #BoneBroth!🌸🌸🌸 🌸🔗 buff.ly/cDoY6iw #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #illustration

One of the #BoneBroth signed bookplates spotted in the wild!

@selfmadehero.bsky.social Look what I grabbed in waterstones York!!! With a signed bookplate no less :D! I'm halfway through and having an Insanely good time w/ this book, what a treat ❤️❤️❤️

"I’m a big believer in magical wondrous things being born in the middle of normal everyday environments..." Alex Taylor's #BoneBroth is OUT NOW! Head over to the #SelfMadeHero website for an exclusive Q&A all about this breakout debut graphic novel! 🔗 buff.ly/JuPhJGH

The food is worth the wait... and there's only 1 DAY TO GO! #BoneBroth by Alex Taylor - out tomorrow in the UK, and on October 28th in North America! 🔗 buff.ly/cDoY6iw #selfmadehero #indiecomics #firstgraphicnovelaward #debutbook

Let's see what's cooking! #BoneBroth by Alex Taylor is out in the UK in 2 DAYS! (North America: October 28th!) 🔗 buff.ly/cDoY6iw @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing

See their smiles? Their big, toothy grins? Their spine-tingling dance moves? Can't you tell they're excited for #BoneBroth being only 3 DAYS AWAY? 🍜🦴 🔗 buff.ly/cDoY6iw #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing

How do you make something as weird and wonderful as #MyDadFightsDemons? In our newest newsletter, we decided to ask @bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social and @abbiebsart.bsky.social all about it! 🔗https://buff.ly/QgRb4YH #selfmadehero #graphicnovel #indiecomics #publishing

It's the last day of the @waterstones.bsky.social pre-order sale! Get 25% OFF online with "OCTOBER25"! Where can you unwind, laugh, and feel inspired, all within a few panels? In #ComicTherapy: Meditations for Reflection by @kaymedaglia.bsky.social! #selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics #publishing

Sometimes it's all just a blur... How else could it already be just 1 WEEK until the UK release of #BoneBroth? 🔗 buff.ly/pZiASjO @firstgraphicnovel.bsky.social #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing

There's still time to get 25% OFF three of our upcoming graphic novels by using "OCTOBER25" online with @waterstones.bsky.social! @myfanwytristram.bsky.social's #NoisyValley: The Art of Protest - a beautifully illustrated work of graphic nonfiction exploring the importance of protest. #selfmadehero