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SelfMadeHero 

Essential Graphic Novels 

March 2012 – February 2013

“SelfMadeHero, an independent publisher of graphic novels, 

stands out as a success story against the odds… In the last few 

years, the company has made remarkable progress, luring David B. 

away from the majors, offering a new UK home to Moebius 

and the Moomins, and publishing a broad range of 

new work by emerging international talents.” 

– Michel Faber, The Guardian 

This year we celebrate our fifth birthday – five years in which 

SelfMadeHero has emerged as a leading light of the graphic novel 

renaissance and the most successful publisher of “literary and nonfiction 

comics” in Britain. We now showcase leading authors and artists 

from around the world and are proud to publish a range of graphic 

novels, from the quirky and humorous, via classic adaptations, to the 

political, profound, and poetic. 

Our mission at SelfMadeHero is simple: to publish works that “provoke, 

entertain, inspire, and inform through the medium of the graphic novel”, 

and our list for 2012 includes works of fiction and non-fiction that do 

just that. 

Highlights for this autumn include A Chinese Life, a remarkable 

biography of Chinese State artist, Li Kunwu; the enigmatic comic 

parables of Miller & Pynchon by Leopold Maurer; The Nao of Brown, 

the eagerly anticipated début graphic novel by Glyn Dillon; the hilarious 

second part of Rob Davis’s acclaimed Don Quixote; and the awardwinning 

Pachyderme by Frederik Peeters, a David Lynch-style sci-fi 

tale, which includes a foreword by Moebius. 

We love to hear from our readers, so be sure to let us know what you 

think @selfmadehero

Rob Davis 

Don Quixote: volume ii 

The deluded Don Quixote battles cats, puppets and the famous Knight of the Mirrors 

Much darker than the first, the second volume of Don 

Quixote picks up the story where Volume I left off and 

takes us to Don Quixote’s death. Quixote plunges head 

first into the legendary Cave of Montesinos and seeks to 

disenchant his imaginary truelove Dulcinea del Toboso, 

who is imprisoned there. Meanwhile Sancho Panza is finally 

given an island to rule over by the Duke and Duchess who, 

like many characters Quixote and Sancho meet in Vol II, 

have read Vol I. But what will become of our knight errant 

and poor Sancho? 

£14.99 | Extent: 144pp colour illustrations throughout 

241mm x 165mm | Paperback with flaps | Graphic novel, Literary 

February 2013 | World 

ISBN 9781906838614 

Rob Davis is best known for reinventing Roy of the Rovers 

and for drawing Judge Dredd (Rebellion). He has written 

and illustrated Doctor Who (Panini) and recently adapted 

H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Dunwich Horror”, as well editing the 

collaborative comic anthology, Nelson. 

Also... Don Quixote: volume i 

The adventures of Don Quixote and his faithful squire Sancho 

“A thoroughly loyal adaptation, full of enthusiasm for stories and storytelling, 

and for that precious ‘place between reader and book… where Don Quixote 

tilts his lance’.” The Guardian 

£14.99 | 152pp colour illustrations throughout | 241mm x 165mm 

Paperback with flaps | Graphic novel, Literary | September 2011 | World 

ISBN 9781906838317 

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Paul ColliCut 

the Murder Mile 

Detective Daniel Stone tackles the curious case of “The Phoenix Flyer” 

1954, Arizona – Runner Todd “The Phoenix Flyer” 

Naylor is found dead in mysterious circumstances. 

P.I. Daniel Stone hopes for an “open and shut” case, 

but finds that Naylor’s death is part of a tangled 

web of conspiracies, cartels, and – worse still – 

Communists. 

As international runners Roger Bannister, John 

Landy and Wes Santee edge closer to the fourminute 

barrier, P.I. Stone faces his own race against 

time to track down Naylor’s killer before they too 

are killed. 

When the stakes are this high, what is the price 

of victory? 

Paul Collicutt studied Illustration at Brighton 

College of Art. He won the Parent’s Choice Gold 

Award in America for This Train. The Murder Mile is 

his first graphic novel for adult readers. It combines 

his love of painting with his keen interest in track 

and field. Paul is a club runner, a qualified athletics 

coach and Chairman of Phoenix Athletics Club. 

ISBN 9781906838621 

£14.99 

128pp colour illustrations throughout 

240mm x 170mm 

Paperback 

Graphic novel, Original Fiction 

January 2013 

World 

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ChaD FiFeR, ChRis laCkey & i.N.J. CulbaRD 

Deadbeats 

A Jazz Age Zombie tale – with tentacles 

On the run from the mob, a trio of 1920s Chicago 

jazz musicians take a job from an elderly reverend, 

playing for what they think is his wife’s funeral in 

the backwoods of Illinois. Unfortunately, the funeral 

is actually an elaborate cult ritual to raise the spirit 

of an evil sorcerer who swiftly begins raising the 

dead and terrorizing the innocent townsfolk. With 

monsters, moonshiners and mobsters on their trail, 

the friends must draw upon their various talents to 

stop this evil, save the townspeople and escape 

with their lives. 

ISBN 9781906838492 

ISBN 978-1-906838-49-2 

9 7 8 1 9 0 6 8 3 8 4 9 2 

Chad Fifer (writer) co-hosts the H.P. Lovecraft literary 

podcast, and is the author of the coming-of-age 

novel Children in Heat. 

Chris Lackey (writer) co-hosts the H.P. Lovecraft 

literary podcast, and is an animation and film director. 

£14.99 


240mm x 170mm 

Paperback 


November 2012 

World 

I.N.J. Culbard (illustrator) is an award-winning graphic 

novelist who regularly collaborates with Ian Edginton 

(Dark Horse, Marvel, 2000 AD) and has adapted H.P. 

Lovecraft’s At The Mountains of Madness and The 

Case of Charles Dexter Ward for SelfMadeHero. He 

is the illustrator on the Zombie mini-series The New 

Deadwardians with Dan Abnett (Vertigo). 

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JéRéMie DRes, tRaNslateD by eDwaRD GauviN 

we won’t see auschwitz 

A journey through Poland to discover what it means to be Jewish 

When his grandmother dies, Jérémie and his elder 

brother wanted to learn more about their family’s 

Polish roots. But Jérémie is less interested in finding 

out about how the Holocaust affected his family, 

and more interested to understand what it means 

to be Jewish and Polish today. They decide not to 

do the Holocaust trail... they won’t see Auschwitz. 

Through their journey, they discover a country that 

is still affected by its past. The brothers talk to lots 

of people, including progressive rabbis and young 

Jewish Orthodox artists. Using their grandmother’s 

stories, they piece together the threads of their 

family history. 

This semi-autobiographical work grew out of a 

search for identity; what emerged from it were a 

profound sense of optimism and a lust for life. 

Jérémie Dres lives in Paris. This is his first 

graphic novel. 

ISBN 9781906838638 

£14.99 

208pp black & white illustrations throughout 

240mm x 170mm 

Paperback 

Graphic novel, Non-fiction 

October 2012 

World excl. USA & Canada 

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Frederik Peeters, translated by edward Gauvin 

Pachyderme 

A modern masterpiece of surreal graphic fiction 

Our heroine, Carice, is visiting her husband – she has 

something important to tell him. He’s a diplomat, who’s 

lying in hospital following a car accident. Stuck in a traffic 

jam on her way to the hospital, she abandons her car and 

sets off on foot on a journey that turns into a surreal trip. 

Imagine a David Lynch film co-written by Chuck Palahniuk, 

Jean-Paul Sartre and Milan Kundera. This edition of 

Pachyderme has a foreword written by Moebius. 


Hardback | Graphic novel, Original Fiction 

October 2012 | World excl. USA & Canada 

ISBN 9781906838607 

Frederik Peeters has been nominated at Angoulême in the 

best book category five times. The publication and success of 

Blue Pills established him as one of the world’s most important 

graphic novel authors tackling difficult topics with sensitivity. 

He lives with his wife and daughter in Geneva. 

Also... sandcastle translated by nora Mahony 

“A case of the mood and emotions of all concerned being documented, 

with a quiet, restrained perfection by writer and artist” – Richard Bruton, 

Forbidden Planet International blog 

£14.99 | Extent: 112pp black & white illustrations throughout | 240mm x 170mm 

Hardback | Graphic novel, Original Fiction | November 2011 

World (Distributed in the US/CAN by Abrams) 

ISBN 9781906838386 

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leoPolD MauReR, tRaNslateD by heleN MaCFaRlaNe 

Miller & Pynchon 

An odd couple discuss the meaning of life, love and werewolves 

What begins with a seemingly achievable task 

such as drawing a line of demarcation becomes 

something far greater for our two comical heroes, 

Miller and Pynchon. They embark on a more 

ambitious task – accurately measuring the Transit 

of Venus, through which the distance between the 

earth and the sun is calculated. As the magnitude 

of this new task dawns on them, so too does 

a creeping sense of their own insignificance. 

With each new measurement, the pair become 

increasingly interested in the direction their lives 

are taking. While the melancholic Pynchon ponders 

the death of his beloved wife, the more pragmatic 

Miller seems hell-bent on a course of escapism 

through sexual debauchery. 

Leopold Maurer was born in Vienna in 1969. He 

studied sociology at the University of Vienna and 

then went on to study illustration at the Academy of 

Arts and Design, Vienna. Since 1998 he has worked 

in a range of media including animation, illustration 

and comics. He lives and works in Vienna. 

ISBN 9781906838591 

£12.99 


205mm x 145mm 

Paperback 

Graphic novel, Humour 

September 2012 


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GlyN DilloN 

the Nao of brown 

A young woman’s struggle with love, life and murderous thoughts 

Nao Brown suffers from OCD, but not the handwashing, 

overly tidy type that people often refer to 

jokingly. Nao suffers from violent morbid obsessions, 

while her compulsions take the form of unseen 

mental rituals. Working part-time in a “designer” vinyl 

toy shop, while struggling to get her own illustration 

career off the ground, she’s still searching for that 

elusive love – the perfect love. And in meeting the 

man of her dreams, she realizes… dreams can be 

quite weird. Nao’s meditation practice is an attempt 

to quieten her mind and open her heart, and it’s 

through this that she comes to understand that 

things aren’t so black and white after all. In fact, 

they’re much more... brown. 

ISBN 9781906838423 

ISBN 978-1-906838-42-3 

52495 

9 7 8 1 9 0 6 8 3 8 4 2 3 

£16.99 


260mm x 190mm 

Hardback 


September 2012 


Glyn Dillon was born in 1971, the youngest of a 

family in which both his father and older brother are 

also artists. Glyn’s wide-ranging career started out 

in comics but moved on to mainly storyboard and 

concept design work for both film and television. 

He lives in North West London with his wife and 

two boys. 

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li kuNwu & PhiliPPe otié, tRaNslateD by eDwaRD GauviN 

a Chinese life 

A visionary account of life in the People’s Republic of China 

This remarkable book traces a personal journey 

through modern history, from the creation of the 

People’s Republic of China in 1949 to the present 

day. Working in close collaboration with writer 

Philippe Ôtié, artist Li Kunwu has created a timely 

and compelling memoir of state and self that is at 

once epic and intimate, comic and tragic, in scope. 

Already a modern classic, this distinctively stylish 

masterpiece of design chronicles the rise and legacy 

of Chairman Mao Zedong and his sweeping, often 

cataclysmic vision for the most populous country on 

the planet. Li Kunwu witnessed this extraordinary 

period at first hand, and here intertwines the 

experiences of his family and neighbours, his 

friends and rivals, his colleagues and compatriots, 

in a visionary account of “interesting times”. 

Li Kunwu (co-writer, illustrator) has had over 30 

comics works published as a State artist in China. 

ISBN 9781906838553 

ISBN 978-1-906838-55-3 

52750 

9 7 8 1 9 0 6 8 3 8 5 5 3 

Philippe Ôtié (co-writer) is a French diplomat, living 

and working in China. This is his first graphic novel. 

£16.99 


240mm x 170mm 

Paperback with flaps 


July 2012 


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DaviD PRuDhoMMe, tRaNslateD by NoRa MahoNy 

Rebetiko 

A day in the life of the persecuted Rebetiko musicians 

Athens, 1936. General Metaxas is cracking down 

on rebetis and their way of life. A small group of 

friends – Rebetiko musicians – wind their way 

through the Athenian backstreets, ouzeris and 

market squares dodging the police while settling 

disputes over hashish and women. 

With music at its heart, the narrative builds to 

a joyous party at its climax in this multi awardwinning 

graphic novel. 

ISBN 9781906838515 

ISBN 978-1-906838-51-5 

9 7 8 1 9 0 6 8 3 8 5 1 5 

David Prudhomme was born in 1969 and lives in 

Bordeaux, France. He is a graduate of the Arts 

School of Angoulême and an award-winning 

graphic novelist. 

£14.99 


240mm x 166mm 

Hardback 


July 2012 


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aNDRé DiNiz aND MauRíCio hoRa, tRaNslateD by JethRo soutaR 

Picture a Favela 

A stark, yet life-affirming portrait of a Brazilian favela photographer 

André Diniz tells the extraordinary real-life 

story of Maurício Hora, who lives in one of the 

most notorious slums (favelas) in Rio, Brazil. 

Despite overwhelming odds, Hora has made an 

international name for himself as a celebrated 

photographer. We are led from his challenging 

childhood living with his drug-dealer father up to 

the present day. 

André Diniz (co-writer, illustrator) is a comics 

writer and illustrator. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 

1975, he has had more than 20 comic books 

published since 2000. Diniz has won 14 national 

awards, including four as a comic writer. 

Maurício Hora (co-writer) is an internationally 

exhibited photographer. 

ISBN 9781906838508 

ISBN 978-1-906838-50-8 

9 7 8 1 9 0 6 8 3 8 5 0 8 

£14.99 

120pp black and white illustrations 

Includes 10 pages full colour photography 

240mm x 170mm 

Hardback 


June 2012 


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i.N.J. CulbaRD 

the Case of Charles Dexter ward 

H.P. Lovecraft’s psychological thriller of alchemy and resurrection 

Providence, Rhode Island, 1928. A dangerous inmate 

disappears from a private hospital for the insane, his method 

of escape baffling the authorities. Only the patient’s final 

visitor, family physician Dr. Marinus Bicknell Willett holds 

the key to unlocking the case of Charles Dexter Ward. 

Written in 1927-8, the original novel was among the most 

ambitious tales that H.P. Lovecraft ever committed to 

paper. It has come to be regarded as one Lovecraft’s most 

successful attempts at cumulative horror fiction. 


Paperback with flaps | Graphic novel, Sci-fi & Horror | May 2012 


ISBN 9781906838355 

I.N.J. Culbard (illustrator) is an award-winning graphic novelist 

who regularly collaborates with Ian Edginton (Dark Horse, 

Marvel, 2000 AD). He is the illustrator of Deadbeats, an 

original Lovecraftian fiction by Chad Fifer and Chris Lackey. 

Also... at the Mountains of Madness 

“Using a bold brush line, Culbard stylizes faces, propelling the growing 

tension across each dynamically composed spread.” 

Paul Gravett, Times Literary Review 

ISBN 9781906838126 


Paperback with flaps | Graphic novel, Sci-fi & Horror | October 2011 


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Cally law with illustRatioNs by tove JaNssoN 

the Moomin adventure book 

A guide to the great outdoors for little adventurers 

Moomintroll (with a little help from his friends and family) 

shows us how to explore the world beyond our doorstep, 

inventing games, making toys, eating good food and having 

fun – Moomin-style! This handy manual, written by Cally 

Law, features Tove Jansson’s strip cartoons, illustrations 

and words of wisdom from her Moomin novels, so there 

will always be something to do, even on rainy days. 


Paperback | Children’s Novelty, Gift Book | May 2012 


Jacket 

Cally Law (writer) is a Sunday Times journalist who has 

worked for national newspapers in London and New 

York for many years. She lives in London and Cornwall 

and has an insatiable passion for outdoor living. 

ISBN 9781906838560 

ISBN 978-1-906838-56-0 

9 7 8 1 9 0 6 8 3 8 5 6 0 

Tove Jansson (extracts and illustrations) is the world 

famous creator of The Moomins. Additional line 

illustrations provided by Merlin Evans. 

Also... the Moomins Cookbook 

“Moomin marvellous, a new children’s cookbook is popularising 

Finnish cuisine with some help from some childhood favourites” – 

The Financial Times 


Hardback | Children’s novelty, Cookery | May 2010 | World 

Jacket 

ISBN 9781906838164 

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JeaN-PieRRe Filiu aND DaviD b., tRaNslateD by eDwaRD GauviN 

best of enemies 

A graphic history of US and Middle East Relations 1783–1953 

It was an American who first described the “Barbary” lands of 

the Mediterranean basin as “the Middle East” – a region by 

which America, ever since its own revolutionary foundation, 

has always measured its power. Acclaimed historian Jean- 

Pierre Filiu and award-winning artist David B. here tell the 

story of the blockades, broadsides, and betrayals of this 

foreign affair – a wary co-dependency that, from the Epic of 

Gilgamesh to the Eisenhower era, and from gold to oil, has 

continued to define our modern world. 

£14.99 | 120pp black and white illustrations throughout 

240mm x 170mm | Hardback | Graphic novel, Non-fiction 

May 2012 | World (Distributed in the US/CAN by Abrams) 

ISBN 

ISBN 978-1-906838-45-4 

9781906838454 

9 7 8 1 9 0 6 8 3 8 4 5 4 

Jean-Pierre Filiu (co-writer) is a world-renowned expert on 

the Middle East and the author of Mitterrand and Palestine, 

The Apocalypse in Islam, The Boundaries of Islam, and The 

Nine Lives of Al Qaeda. 

David B. (co-writer, illustrator) is the Eisner Award-nominated 

artist behind Epileptic. His many prizes include the Prix de 

Cheverny, the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Artist and the 

top prizes for Comics Writing and Best Comic Book at the 

Angoulême Festival. 

Also... black Paths 

DaviD b., tRaNslateD by NoRa MahoNy 

“The colourful panels look beautiful, and are reminiscent of B.’s masterful 

Epileptic in their vibrant savagery” – James Smart, The Guardian 

ISBN 9781906838331 

£14.99 | 128pp colour illustrations throughout | 240mm x 170mm | Hardback 

Graphic novel, Original Fiction | July 2011 


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Judith Vanistendael, tRanslated by noRa Mahony 

When david lost his Voice 

A heartfelt portrayal of a family preparing for life after David 

The moment his granddaughter Louise is born, David learns 

that he has cancer. 

But words were never his forte, and he’d rather keep quiet 

about his illness, the pain and the end that awaits him – much 

to the frustration of the women in his life. They wait, powerless, 

for the silent but inexorable end. 

“A book full of unexpected solaces, and a worthy addition to 

the canon of graphic gems” – Michel Faber, The Guardian 

£16.99 | 280pp colour illustrations throughout 

240mm x 170mm | Hardback | Graphic novel, Original Fiction 

April 2012 | World (Distributed in the US/CAN by Abrams) 

Judith Vanistendael studied comic art at the Sint-Lukas art 

school in Brussels, where she still lives. Her first graphic 

novel Dance by the Light of the Moon was nominated for 

the prestigious Angoulême Grand Prix. 

ISBN 

ISBN 978-1-906838-54-6 

9781906838546 

9 7 8 1 9 0 6 8 3 8 5 4 6 

Also... dance by the light of the Moon 

Judith Vanistendael, tRanslated by ina Rilke 

“A refreshing counterpoint to the hot air that gusts up whenever 

immigration is mentioned” - James Smart, The Guardian 

£14.99 | 152pp black & white illustrations throughout | 240mm x 170mm 

Paperback with flaps | Graphic novel, Original Fiction | October 2010 | World 

ISBN 9781906838171 

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PeteR sís 

the Conference of the birds 

An inspirational story about the pain and the beauty of the human journey 

The epic poem by the twelfth-century Persian 

mystic and poet Attar of Nishapur, is here re-told by 

the acclaimed author and illustrator Peter Sís in a 

dazzlingly new graphic form. 

Part allegorical quest, part spiritual meditation, Sís’s 

sumptuously re-imagined adaptation traces the 

adventures of a flock of birds, led by the hoopoe, 

their different species reflecting the range of human 

character. Disillusioned by the troubles of the world, 

they journey to the mountain of Kaf in search of 

their true king, Simorgh. 

ISBN 9781906838522 

ISBN 978-1-906838-52-2 

9 7 8 1 9 0 6 8 3 8 5 2 2 

£16.99 


254mm x 178mm 

Hardback 

Graphic novel, literary adaptation, Poetry 

April 2012 


Peter Sís was born in Brno. He studied at the Royal 

College of Art, London. His film work is now in the 

permanent collection of MoMA, New York. 

He has received the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, 

Italy’s Bologna Ragazzi Award (twice), the Caldecott 

Honor (three times), and The New York Times Best 

Illustrated Book of the Year (seven times). 

He is a MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Fellow, and 

in 2012 he received the Hans Christian Andersen 

Award, the highest international recognition for 

illustration. 

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MaRGaux MotiN, tRaNslateD by eDwaRD GauviN 

but i Really wanted 

to be an anthropologist 

The highs and lows of life as an illustrator, 

mother, blogger and shoe-fanatic. 

Meet Margaux: thirty-something mother, selfconfessed 

geek, style-goddess and red wine 

drinker. We follow her real life, collected from 

her illustrated blog, as she makes her way as a 

freelance illustrator in Paris. Anyone who has ever 

worn inappropriate shoes to the supermarket or 

danced around the house in their underwear will 

be charmed by Motin’s irreverent humour. 

Margaux Motin is an illustrator and blogger living 

in Paris. She draws regularly for Elle France, 

Cosmopolitan France and Fluide Glamour 

magazine, as well as drawing for advertising 

and on her blog. She illustrated the covers for 

the French editions of Bridget Jones’ Diary. 

But I Really Wanted To Be An Anthropologist, 

originally titled J’aurais adoré être Ethnologue 

was her first published book, and was an instant 

bestseller in France. 

ISBN 9781906838461 

ISBN 978-1-906838-46-1 

9 7 8 1 9 0 6 8 3 8 4 6 1 

£14.99 


240mm x 170mm 

Hardback 

Graphic novel, Humour 

April 2012 


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eDiteD by DaN loCkwooD 

the lovecraft anthology: vol ii 

Nine nightmarish tales of terror from the master of the macabre 

This collection reveals the nightmare worlds of Lovecraft’s 

imagination, exploring themes of forbidden knowledge 

and insanity in tale after tale of unsettling horror. Building 

on the success of the first volume, it showcases the talents 

of a new roster of writers and artists including Pat Mills and 

Attila Futaki (“The Nameless City”), Ben Dickson and Mick 

McMahon (“The Picture in the House”), Jamie Delano and 

Steve Pugh (“Pickman’s Model”). 


Paperback with flaps | Graphic novel, Sci-fi & Horror | March 2012 


ISBN 9781906838430 

ISBN 978-1-906838-43-0 

51995 

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Contributors 

Jamie Delano | Steve Pugh | Chris Lackey | Adrian Salmon 

David Camus | Nicolas Fructus | Dwight L. MacPherson | Paul 

Peart-Smith | Chad Fifer | Bryan Baugh | Pat Mills | Attila Futaki 

| Benjamin Dickson | Mick McMahon | Simon Spurrier | Matt 

Timson | Dan Lockwood | Warwick Johnson Cadwell 

Also... the lovecraft anthology: vol i 

“An admirable, non-fawning homage to Lovecraft’s extraordinary oeuvre – 

vivid, variegated and, where appropriate, vile” – China Miéville 

Ian Edginton | D’Israeli | Dan Lockwood | Shane Ivan Oakley | Rob Davis 

I.N.J. Culbard | David Hine | Mark Stafford | Leah Moore | John Reppion 

Leigh Gallagher | David Hartman | Alice Duke 

ISBN 9781906838287 


Paperback with flaps | Graphic novel, Sci-fi & Horror | April 2011 


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eDiteD by osCaR zaRate 

it’s Dark in london 

Cult authors and artists tackle London’s sordid underbelly 

It’s Dark in London features the stories of cult 

authors such as Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman and 

David McKean along with London-based writers 

including Iain Sinclair, Tony Grisoni and Stella 

Duffy. This fusion produces a portrait of London 

that captures the city’s fundamental essence as 

an exquisite mixture of lofty towers and gutter 

sleaze, of suburban gentility and urban depravity, 

of private vices and public philanthropy. Concise 

graphic tales are interspersed with short pieces 

of poetry and prose in a concentrated take on the 

darker side of London life. 

The collection is edited by Oscar Zarate, a 

graphic novelist best known for his collaboration 

with Alan Moore on A Small Killing. 

Contributors 

Josh Appignanesi | Steve Bell | Dix | Stella Duffy 

Jonathan Edwards | Carl Flint | Neil Gaiman 

Melinda Gebbie | Graeme Gordon | Tony Grisoni 

Chris Hogg | Stewart Home | Ilya | Garry Marshall 

Dave McKean| Alan Moore | Christopher Petit 

Woodrow Phoenix | Warren Pleece | Alexei Sayle 

Iain Sinclair | Yana Stajno | Carol Swain | Chris 

Webster | Oscar Zarate 

ISBN 9781906838447 

ISBN 978-1-906838-44-7 

9 7 8 1 9 0 6 8 3 8 4 4 7 

£14.99 

136pp black and white illustrations and prose 

240mm x 165mm 


Graphic novel, Short Stories 

March 2012 

World 

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RiChaRD aPPiGNaNesi aND sŁava haRasyMowiCz 

the wolf Man 

The life of a tortured aristocrat – and Freud’s most famous case history 

Vienna 1910. Russian aristocrat Sergei Pankejeff 

asks for Sigmund Freud’s help. During analysis, 

Freud focuses on Pankejeff’s dream of a walnut 

tree full of white wolves. His interpretation of 

this dream would earn Pankejeff the enduring 

sobriquet “the Wolf Man”. We follow Pankejeff’s 

life as Freud and other analysts attempt to unravel 

the source of his crippling neurosis. 

“A dark, inky, trippy adaptation of Freud’s most 

famous case study” – The Times 

ISBN 9781906838065 

Richard Appignanesi (writer) is the author of 

Freud for Beginners, and the adapter of the Manga 

Shakespeare series. 

£14.99 

176pp duo-tone illustrations throughout 

240mm x 170mm 


Graphic novel, Freud 

March 2012 

World 

Słava Harasymowicz (artist) is featured regularly 

in The Guardian Weekend Magazine and the 

Independent on Sunday. She recently exhibited at 

London’s Freud Museum 

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Contact Details 

PUBLISHER 

SelfMadeHero 

5 Upper Wimpole Street 

London W1G 6BP 

t: +44 (0) 20 7487 4395 

Company registration No. 04712993 

Registered in England 

VAT Registration No. 820912845 

Emma Hayley 

Managing Director, SelfMadeHero 

emma@selfmadehero.com 

Doug Wallace 

Marketing Director, SelfMadeHero 

doug@selfmadehero.com 

Lizzie Kaye 

Editorial & Production Assistant, SelfMadeHero 

lizzie@selfmadehero.com 

Rights: rights@selfmadehero.com 

Press: press@selfmadehero.com 

DISTRIBUTION 

Grantham Book Services 

Trent Road, Grantham 

Lincs NG31 7XQ 

T: +44 (0)1476 541 000 

F: +44 (0)1476 541 060 

For orders only: 

T: +44 (0)1476 541 080 

F: +44 (0)1476 541 061 

www.pubeasy.com 

SALES 

David Gooding 

Managing Director 

Abrams and Chronicle Books HEAD OFFICE 

The Market Building 

72-82 Rosebery Avenue 

London EC1R 4RW 

T: +44 (0)20 7713 2070 

F: +44 (0)20 7713 2061 

E: dgooding@abramsandchronicle.co.uk 

Margaret Byron 

Head of International Sales 

Abrams & Chronicle Books 

E: mbyron@abramsandchronicle.co.uk 

T: +44 (0)20 7713 2071 

M: +44 (0)7939662379 

Ewen Robertson 

Trade Sales Manager 


T: +44 (0)20 7713 2064 

M: +44 (0)7841 827636 

E: erobertson@abramsandchronicle.co.uk 

Graeme Eaves 

Key Accounts Manager 


T: + 44 (0) 20 7713 2078 

E: geaves@abramsandchronicle.co.uk 

Tim Loynes 

Special Sales Manager 


E: tloynes@abramsandchronicle.co.uk 

T: 020 7713 2072 

M: 07535 681508 

Andrew Whittaker 

London Sales Manager 


T: +44 (0)20 7713 2069 

M: +44 (0)78044 20839 

E: awhittaker@abramsandchronicle.co.uk 

South of England, South Wales, North Wales, Midlands, 

North of England, Scotland 

Publishers Group UK 

8 The Arena 

Mollison Avenue 

Enfield 

Middlesex EN3 7NL 

T: +44 (0)20 8804 0400 

F: +44 (0)20 8804 0044 

E: Deborah.Dyson@pguk.co.uk 

E: sales@pguk.co.uk 

www.pguk.co.uk 

IRELAND SALES 

Ireland 

John Fitzpatrick 

Siobhan Mullett 

58 New Vale Cottages 

Shankill 

County Dublin 

Ireland 

T: +353 1 2720020 

M: 00353 87 2469859 

F: +353 1 2820491 

E: fitzmullbooks@eircom.net

EUROPE SALES 

France and Belgium 

Guillaume Ferrand 

Gunnar Lie & Associates Ltd. 

3 Linkside 

New Malden 

Surrey KT3 4LA 

T: +44 (0)20 86051097 

F: +44 (0)20 86051098 

E: guillaume@gunnarlie.com 

Nordic Countries 

Katie McNeish 

McNeish Publishing Services 

3 New Coastguard Cottages 

Toot Rock 

Pett Level 

East Sussex TN35 4EW 

T: +44 (0)1424 813124 

M: +44 (0)7712 18 40 30 

E: kt@globescribe.demon.co.uk 

Germany, Austria, Switzerland 

Gabriele Kern Publishers’ Services 

Ziegenhainer Strasse 169 

D-60433 Frankfurt 

Germany 

T: +49 69 510 694 

F: +49 69 510 695 

M: +49 16 076 238 66 

E: gabriele.kern@publishersservices.de 

Eastern Europe, Russia and Greece 

Matt Parsons 

Nick Hammond 

Slobodan Crevar 

Bill Bailey 

Bill Bailey Publishers’ Representatives 

16 Devon Square 

Newton Abbot 

Devon TQ12 2HR 

T: 01626 331079 

F: 01626 331080 

E: info@billbaileypubreps.co.uk 

Italy, Spain & Portugal 

Penny Padovani 

Jenny Padovani (Spain & Portugal) 

N A La Chiesa 9 

52040 Pergo – Cortina 

Italy 

Tel/fax: +39 0575 614 338 

E: penny@padovanibooks.com 

E: jenny@padovanibooks.com 

REST OF WORLD SALES 

Turkey & Middle East 

Ray Potts 

Publishers International Marketing 

Polfages 

11420 Villautou (Aude) 

France 

T: +33 (0)4 68 60 48 90 

M: +44 (0)7813314319 

E: ray@pim-uk.com 

www.pim-uk.com 

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mauritius, 

Seychelles, Zambia, Malawi, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra 

Leone and Cameroon 

Anita Zih-De Haan 

A-Z Africa Services 

105b Prins Mauritssingel 

3043 PE Rotterdam 

The Netherlands 

T: +31 10 415 4250 

F: +31 10 415 1128 

E: anita.zih@azabs.nl 

South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Namibia 

and Botswana 

Peter Hyde Associates 

5/7 Speke Street 

(Corner Nelson Street) 

Observatory 

Cape Town 7935 

South Africa 

T: +27 (0)21 447 5300 

F: +27 (0)21 447 1430 

E: peter@peterhyde.co.za 

North Asia, Southeast Asia 

Chris Ashdown 

Publishers International Marketing 

‘Timberham’ 

1 Monkton Close 

Ferndown 

Dorset BH22 9LL 

T: +44 (0)1202 896210 

F: +44 (0)1202 897010 

E: chris@pim-uk.com 

www.pim-uk.com

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