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Rosie Goldsmith in Conversation with Typex at Waterstones Covent Garden
Dutch writer and artist Typex will discuss his acclaimed graphic biography of Rembrandt at Waterstones Covent Garden on Thursday 20th June. The graphic novel, which depicts the artist’s colourful life and paintings, was commissioned with the support of the recently … Continue reading
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SelfMadeHero is Popping Up in Bloomsbury
SelfMadeHero is making its presence known in Bloomsbury as it creates a pop-up shop for two weeks. From Monday 17th June, we’re taking over the Continental Stores on Tavistock Place. There’ll be wonderful artwork, beautiful books and free coffee: what … Continue reading
How to Adapt Don Quixote into a Graphic Novel in Seven Easy Steps by Rob Davis
Forbidden Planet International have kindly let us crosspost this superb piece by Rob Davis on the process of adapting Don Quixote into graphic novel form. Enjoy! “Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he … Continue reading
New Award Celebrates the Best in Graphic Fiction
This summer, the Edinburgh International Book Festival has promised to focus on comics like never before. The programme will be announced in three weeks’ time – in the meantime, we’re keeping shtum – but we can report another exciting development. … Continue reading
Glyn Dillon to Speak at the London Literature Festival, Sunday 26th May
This Sunday, The Nao of Brown creator Glyn Dillon will be talking Brit comics with Stephen Collins (The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil) and Mary Talbot (Dotter of her Father’s Eyes) in a discussion chaired by graphic novel expert Paul Gravett. The event, … Continue reading
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The British Invasion Continues
Ahead of our trip to MoCCA Arts Festival in New York, Publishers Weekly talked of SelfMadeHero being at the vanguard of a ‘new British Invasion’. But as creators Glyn Dillon, Rob Davis, JAKe and Robert Sellers signed, sketched and talked … Continue reading
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New Release: The Man Who Laughs by Mark Stafford and David Hine
Today sees the release of Mark Stafford and David Hine’s much-anticipated adaptation of Victor Hugo’s The Man Who Laughs. Less well-known – and read – than Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris, The Man Who Laughs follows the story of … Continue reading
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