SelfMadeHero Spring 2020
Our mission at SelfMadeHero is simple: to publish ground-breaking and beautiful work by authors and artists from across the globe, from the quirky and humorous to the political and profound. We are proud to bring readers graphic novels and visual narratives that provoke, entertain, inspire and inform. For March, Jurga Vilė and Lina Itagaki bring us Siberian Haiku, an unforgettable story of courage, inspiration and human endurance that highlights the Soviet deportations from Lithuania in 1941, a longneglected episode from the darkest period of 20th-century history. Alongside this, the timely Thoreau and Me by Cédric Taling explores the causes and consequences of today’s climate breakdown through a forty-something painter who has begun to question his life choices. In April, surgeon and professor of medical history Jean-Noël Fabiani stitches together Medicine: A Graphic History, a fast-paced and rigorously detailed journey through the most significant and intriguing episodes from the history of medicine. The same month, Altitude, Jean-Marc Rochette’s autobiography charting his early years as both a climber and an artist is released, highlighting the exhilaration and terror invoked by confronting nature’s raw beauty. In The Summer of Her Life, released in May, Thomas Von Steinaecker and Barbara Yelin create a subtle and moving story about an elderly woman looking back on her adolescence, her passion for astrophysics, and a profound choice between love and a career abroad. Oenophile Benoist Simmat and artist Daniel Casanave also launch Wine: A Graphic History in May, a delectable, full-bodied exploration of the innovations that have accompanied the ancient art and science of wine, from oak-barrel ageing to the invention of the bottle.
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The Summer of Her Life ■ ■ W O R D S BY T H O M A S VO N S T E I N A E C K E R ■ ■ A R T BY B A R B A R A Y E L I N ■ ■ T R A N S L AT E D BY J O H N R E D D I C K
S E LLING POINTS ■■ A beautifully drawn, poetic graphic novel that asks – and seeks to answer – some of life’s big questions ■■ Barbara Yelin’s previous book, the Eisner-nominated Irmina, was
A contemplative and compelling tale about growing old and what it means to be happy
highly praised by The Observer, The Quietus and Pop Matters ■■ A moving story that confronts the underrepresented subject of life in a care home
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hile trying to cope with the daily realities of her existence in an old people’s home, Gerda
Wendt looks back on her childhood and adolescence, on
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her passion for astrophysics and the raised eyebrows it provoked, and on the tough choice that she had to make back in the summer of her life: the choice between love and a career abroad… Subtle and deep, moving and funny, sad and true, Gerda’s reflections seek to answer the question that keeps us all awake in the small hours: have I lived a happy life?
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lives and works in Munich.
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Wine A G R A P H I C H I S TO RY ■ ■ W O R D S BY B E N O I S T S I M M AT ■ ■ A R T BY DA N I E L C A S A N AV E ■ ■ T R A N S L AT E D BY E D WA R D G AU V I N S E LLING POINTS ■■ An informative and insightful graphic history of one of the world’s favourite alcoholic drinks ■■ A unique collaboration between a wine specialist and a graphic novelist, Wine: A Graphic History is at once authoritative and
A graphic history of wine, from ancient times to today
brilliantly readable ■■ A fascinating narrative that gives perspective to today’s globalised wine culture
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he history of wine is nothing less than the history of civilisation. It is the religious drink par excellence
— from the Ancient Greek god of wine, Dionysus, via the vineyard Noah planted after the Flood in the Old
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Testament, to Christ’s miracle at Cana. In the monasteries and churches of the Middle Ages, the syrupy drink of antiquity, unpalatable if undiluted, was transformed into the wine we know and love today. Oenophile Benoist Simmat and artist Daniel Casanave tell the story of wine from its origins in the Mediterranean to the globalised industry of the 21st century. Tracing the innovations that have accompanied this ancient art and science, from oak-barrel ageing to the invention of the bottle, Wine: A Graphic History will leave readers with a fresh and full-bodied view of our own drinking culture.
Benoist Simmat is a journalist, essayist and scriptwriter, and the author of thirty books. A wine specialist, he is a long-time contributor to La Revue du Vin de France. Daniel Casanave is a comic book artist and writer. He lives in France.
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Medicine A G R A P H I C H I S TO RY ■ ■ W O R D S BY J E A N - N O Ë L FA B I A N I ■ ■ A R T BY P H I L I P P E B E R C OV I C I ■ ■ T R A N S L AT E D BY E D WA R D G AU V I N S E LLING POINTS ■■ A comprehensive and accessible guide to the history of medicine, from the Middle Ages to the present day ■■ A unique collaboration between
An engaging, informative and endlessly surprising graphic history of medicine
a comic book artist and an eminent surgeon and professor of medical history ■■ Sits neatly alongside a number of strong-selling works of graphic non-fiction, including Filmish
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GRAPHIC NOVEL • n the Middle Ages, surgery was left to barbers, owing to their skill
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with sharp instruments. During the French Revolution, doctors were
banned from hospitals. In the mid-19th century, the diverting effects
of laughing gas inadvertently led to the discovery of anaesthesia. Three decades later, Louis Pasteur made a crucial breakthrough in
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his research into vaccination because his assistant decided to go
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on holiday. In Medicine: A Graphic History, surgeon and professor of medical history Jean-Noël Fabiani stitches together the most significant and intriguing episodes from the story of medicine, from chance breakthroughs to hard-won scientific discoveries, featuring a vivid cast of history’s most dedicated and often heroic personalities. Spanning centuries and crossing continents, this fast-paced and rigorously detailed graphic novel guides us through one of the most wondrous strands of human history, covering everything from blood-letting to organ donation, plague to prosthetics, X-rays to Viagra.
Jean-Noël Fabiani is a doctor at the Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris, where he heads the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery. He is also a professor at the University Paris-Descartes, where he spent a decade teaching the history of medicine. Philippe Bercovici is a comic book artist from Nice, France. He has created numerous comics and graphic novels over the last 40 years.
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Altitude ■ ■ W O R D S BY O L I V I E R B O C Q U E T A N D J E A N - M A R C R O C H E T T E ■ ■ A R T BY J E A N - M A R C R O C H E T T E ■ ■ T R A N S L AT E D BY E D WA R D G AU V I N
S E LLING POINTS ■■ Appeals to fans of the Oscarwinning documentary Free Solo and the SXSW Audience Award-winning The Dawn Wall
An exhilarating graphic novel about the thrill and terror of mountaineering
■■ In 2018, Alex Honnold’s free solo ascent of El Capitan sparked major media attention and attracted widespread interest in the sport of climbing ■■ From the co-creator of Snowpiercer, a French graphic novel and major soon-to-be released Netflix series
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s a teenager, bivouacked on a mountainside beneath a sky filled with stars, Jean-Marc
Rochette had already begun measuring himself against
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some of Europe’s highest peaks. The summits of the Massif des Écrins represent both a challenge and an escape. However, the frozen slopes can swiftly turn from a playground to a merciless test of endurance where life hangs in the balance. In Altitude, Rochette tells the story of his formative years, both as a climber and as an artist. Part coming-of-age story, part love letter to the French Alps, this autobiographical graphic novel captures the exhilaration and terror invoked by confronting nature’s raw beauty and life’s many hurdles.
Jean-Marc Rochette is a French comic book artist and writer. Among his many credits is Snowpiercer, a graphic novel and major soon-to-be released Netflix series. Olivier Bocquet is the author of many graphic novels, and he has collaborated with artists including Julie Rocheleau, Gabriel Germain and Léonie Bischoff.
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Siberian Haiku ■ ■ W O R D S BY J U R G A V I L Ė ■ ■ A R T BY L I N A I TAG A K I ■ ■ T R A N S L AT E D BY J U R A AV I Z I E N I S A N D J U R G A V I L Ė
S E LLING POINTS ■■ An unforgettable story that brings to life a crucially important period of Soviet Union history ■■ Based on the true story of writer Jurga Vilė’s father, who was exiled to Siberia as a child
An intense, poignant and informative glimpse into life in exile
■■ Siberian Haiku has won numerous awards in Europe and has become a bestseller in Lithuania
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Army. Eight-year-old Algiukas awakes to the sound of Russian soldiers pounding on the door. His family are given ten minutes to pack up their things. They are not told where they’re going or for how long. An airless freight train carries them from the fertile lands of rural Lithuania
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to the snowy plains of the Siberian taiga. There, in the distant, dismal
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North, they begin a life marked by endless hunger and unrelenting cold. And yet the darkness of exile is lightened for Algiukas by flights of imagination, by which this inquisitive, brave and adaptable child transforms hardship into adventure. Drawing on her own father’s exile in Siberia, writer Jurga Vilė brings to light a long-neglected episode from the darkest period of 20th-century history. Beautifully drawn by Lina Itagaki, Siberian Haiku adopts a child’s perspective to tell an unforgettable story of courage, inspiration and
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human endurance.
Jurga Vilė is a writer, translator and film programmer. She studied French at Vilnius University and visual arts at the Sorbonne. She currently lives in the south of Spain, where she teaches Lithuanian. Lina Itagaki studied English Language and Literature at the Vytautas Magnus University, where she took a particular interest in Japanese culture and language. She later studied international economics and business in Tokyo. She lives in Lithuania.
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Thoreau and Me ■ ■ BY C É D R I C TA L I N G ■ ■ T R A N S L AT E D BY E D WA R D G AU V I N
S E LLING POINTS ■■ Blending humour, philosophy and fiction, Thoreau and Me is a timely enquiry into the causes and consequences of the environmental crisis
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately…”
■■ As a portrait of eco-anxiety and climate grief, this is a hopeful, intelligent and original contribution to climate discourse ■■ Inspired by Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, an enduring classic that, according to The New Yorker, is “a cornerstone work of American non-fiction”
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GRAPHIC NOVEL • ORIGINAL édric, a forty-something painter living in Paris, has begun
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to question his life choices. Surrounded by uncertainty
– and worse, despair – in the face of consumerism and climate change, he discusses his plight with the spirit of Henry David Thoreau, proto-environmentalist and author of Walden; or, Life
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in the Woods. Although almost two centuries separate the two
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men, their viewpoints show the striking parallels between the commercialism of the 19th century and the capitalist alienation of today. Inspired by Thoreau’s return to nature, Cédric begins dreaming of his own retreat from urban life. Timely and original, Thoreau and Me explores the causes and consequences of today’s climate breakdown. Blending humour, philosophy and fiction at a time of unprecedented ecological and financial stress, Taling explores how we can learn to live with and
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respond to our own anxieties.
Cédric Taling is a painter and illustrator. He has worked as a screenwriter for Canal+ ID and as an animator for cinema and television. His paintings, which are inspired by comics art, blend American and Japanese graphic influences. He produced his first solo exhibition in 2007 and, in 2014, co-founded the contemporary art centre La Traverse d’Alfortville. Thoreau and
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Me is his debut graphic novel.
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The Mystic Lamb A D M I R E D A N D S TO L E N ■ ■ W O R D S BY H A R RY D E PA E P E ■ ■ A R T BY JA N VA N D E R V E K E N ■ ■ T R A N S L AT E D BY A L B E R T G O M P E R T S S E LLING POINTS ■■ Celebrates the famous 15th Century Belgian painter Jan Van Eyck. ■■ Explores the rich history of The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, a
An exceptional insight into Jan Van Eyck, one of the world's most influential painters
work of mythical proportions ■■ An easy-to-read book that explores everything you ever wanted to know about Van Eyck’s work without being too scientific
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lemish painter Jan Van Eyck is one of Belgium’s most significant artists, famous for his early contributions to
the Northern Renaissance movement of the 15th century. His
polyptych classic, the Ghent Altarpiece (or The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb), is considered a masterpiece of European art and one of the most influential paintings ever made. In The Mystic Lamb, the famous Flemish illustrator Jan Van der Veken and history professor Harry De Paepe, produce a series of works in honour of Van Eyck’s coveted treasure. The book discusses Jan Van Eyck and explores why his paintings were so exceptional, as well as the robbery of two parts of the work in 1934, which was never resolved. This is a humorous, easy-to-read collection of interesting anecdotes alongside illustrations telling you everything you ever wanted to know about Jan Van Eyck and The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb.
Jan Van Der Veken is a Belgian illustrator. Born in Ghent, he studied graphic design and typography at the Sint-Lucas School of Architecture in Ghent. Harry De Paepe is a history teacher and the editor of the online Flemish political magazine Doorbraak.be. He is the co-author of Stiff Upper Lips (Uitgeverij Vrijdag, 2017).
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The Dance of Death ■ ■ BY M A R T I N R O W S O N
A darkly satirical 21st-century reimagining of Holbein’s classic series of woodcuts S E LLING POINTS ■■ In its uncompromising treatment of the establishment, Holbein’s 16th-century classic predated and inspired the work of modern
“Martin Rowson’s cartoons aren’t just all sorts of comic genius – their exposure of the wrongdoings of those with power make you want to have a revolution and thus pose a mortal danger to the status quo” – Owen Jones
cartoonists and remains in print ■■ Martin Rowson is one of Britain’s best known political cartoonists and has previously adapted classics including The Communist Manifesto, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman ■■ A modern reimagining of Holbein’s classic series of grisly images, which satirised the folly of greed and pride
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PUB MONTH: OCTOBER 2019 ans Holbein’s 16th-century masterpiece, The Dance
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of Death, reminds its readers that no one, no matter
their rank or position, can escape the great leveller, Death. In a
foreboding series of woodcuts, Death, depicted as a skeleton, intrudes on the lives of people from every level of society,
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from the sailor to the judge, the ploughman to the king. By
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highlighting our common fate, Holbein exposes the folly of greed and ambition, and in doing so brings a corrupt and callous elite crashing back down to earth. In this darkly satirical update, Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson sharpens and reshapes Holbein’s vision for the 21st century. Death seizes the City banker by his braces and offers a light to the oligarch; it joins the surgeon in theatre and the Hollywood star on the red carpet. Filled with wit and doom-laden drama,
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Martin Rowson’s The Dance of Death is a masterful reimagining of a book which, in its uncompromising treatment of the rich and powerful, paved the way for the great, levelling craft of political cartooning.
Martin Rowson is a multi-award-winning cartoonist and writer best known for his work in The Guardian. His books include adaptations of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy,
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Gentleman and The Communist Manifesto. He lives in London.
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Mikel ■ ■ W O R D S BY M A R K B E L L I D O ■ ■ A R T BY J U D I T H VA N I S T E N DA E L ■ ■ T R A N S L AT E D BY E R I C A M E N A
S E LLING POINTS ■■ A gripping, emotive graphic novel based on the dramatic life
A powerful, provocative and politically charged fictionalised memoir
of author Mark Bellido ■■ A timely exploration of the impact of violence, separatism and political turbulence on everyday life ■■ Judith Vanistendael’s previous graphic novel, When David Lost His Voice, was praised by The Guardian, Publishers Weekly, Salon.com and many others
Praise for When David Lost His Voice by Judith Vanistendael:
“An outstanding testimony... big, bleak, brilliant and stark” – The Economist
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ikel lives with his wife and two children in Costur, an idyllic Spanish town surrounded by hills. He has a job selling
confectionary, but Mikel is a dreamer, not a businessman, and money is tight. What’s more, the mundanity of small-town life is preventing him from fulfilling a life-long dream: to become a writer.
Seeking both drama and financial security, Mikel takes a job as a bodyguard. As a result, his family is uprooted to the Basque country, where Mikel is charged with protecting politicians from the armed separatist group ETA. It is a job that provides drama worthy of the page – but only at the cost of fear, uncertainty and family breakdown. In Mikel, author Mark Bellido draws on his own
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experiences to create a powerful and provocative story about a man who risks everything in the pursuit of a dream.
Mark Bellido is a Belgian novelist and graphic novel writer. He spent four years protecting politicians from the Basque separatist group ETA, which provided the inspiration for Mikel. Judith Vanistendael is a comic book artist. Her graphic novels include WHEN LOST HIS VOICE ISBNDAVID 978-1-906838-54-6 978-1-906838-54-6
When David Lost His Voice and the semi-autobiographical Dance by the Light of the Moon, which was nominated twice for the prestigious Angoulême Grand Prix. She lives in Brussels, Belgium.
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The Book of Forks ■ ■ BY R O B DAV I S
The much-anticipated final volume of Rob Davis’s dark and inventive trilogy S E LLING POINTS ■■ A darkly compelling, fiercely original coming-of-age tale set in a bizarre, distorted teenage landscape ■■ Rob Davis won the British Comic Award and an Eisner Award
Praise for The Can Opener's Daughter:
“A dark, disorientating twist on the classic tale of kids against the world” – The Guardian
nomination for The Motherless Oven, the opening volume of the trilogy ■■ The gripping final instalment of a trilogy that has been praised by The Independent, The Guardian and many other publications
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PUB MONTH: OCTOBER 2019 GRAPHIC NOVEL • ORIGINAL he Motherless Oven and The Can Opener’s Daughter
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may have raised more questions than they answered,
but The Book of Forks explains everything.
Castro Smith finds himself imprisoned within the
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mysterious Power Station, writing his Book of Forks while
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navigating baffling daily meetings with Poly, a troubled young woman who may be his teacher, his doctor, his prison guard… or something else entirely. Meanwhile, back home, Vera and Scarper’s search for their missing friend takes them through the chaotic warzone of the Bear
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Park and into new and terrifying worlds. With The Book of Forks, Rob Davis completes his abstract adventure trilogy by stepping inside Castro’s disintegrating mind, to reveal the truth about the history of the world, the meaning of existence and the purpose of kitchen scales.
Rob Davis is the author of the British Comic Award-
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winning graphic novel The Motherless Oven and its acclaimed sequel, The Can Opener’s Daughter. His graphic novel adaptation of Don Quixote was nominated
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for an Eisner Award and a British Comic Award.
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Mozart in Paris ■ ■ BY F R A N T Z D U C H A Z E AU ■ ■ T R A N S L AT E D BY E D WA R D G AU V I N
S E LLING POINTS ■■ Mozart’s six-month stay in Paris was marked by tragedy and frustration, but it was crucial to the development of his career ■■ A compelling snapshot of the
A crucial episode from the life of the great composer
composer’s formative years that will appeal to Mozart aficionados as well as newcomers to classical music ■■ Follows in the footsteps of SelfMadeHero’s other successful graphic biographies, including Pablo and Vincent
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n 1778, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart leaves Salzburg for Paris.
The French capital promises to liberate the 22-year-old from
the suffocating grip of his father, and from a city that is unable to
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accommodate his genius. But there is no grand entrance for the
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former child prodigy. When Mozart arrives in Paris, he is cashstrapped and unknown and his French is poor. His mentor, the critic Baron von Grimm, introduces him to a number of Parisian nobles. But recognition is hard-won, and at times the French court appears indifferent to Mozart’s talents and disapproving of his spontaneity. Tracing the composer’s six-month stay in the city of lights, Mozart in Paris dramatises the confrontation between a sparkle-eyed genius and mundane reality. Frantz Duchazeau spotlights a frustrating yet
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formative period of the composer’s life — and in doing so creates a living, breathing portrait of a man whose music, as Einstein famously said, “was so pure that it seemed to have been ever-present in the universe, waiting to be discovered by the master.”
Frantz Duchazeau was born in Angoulême and settled in Paris in 1993. He contributed numerous short stories and a series, ‘Une PABLO 978-1-906838-94-2
Vie de Chiens’ (with Christian Godard), to Spirou. He is the author of a number of graphic novels, including Gilgamesh (with Gwen de Bonneval).
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ABC of Typography ■ ■ W O R D S BY DAV I D R AU LT ■ ■ A R T BY S E Y H A N A R G U N , A S E Y N , F R A N Ç O I S AY R O L E S , H E R V É B O U R H I S , A L E X A N D R E C L É R I S S E , O L I V I E R D E LOY E L I B O N , D E L P H I N E PA N I Q U E , JA K E R AY N A L , A N N E S I M O N , S I N G E O N ■ ■ T R A N S L AT E D BY E D WA R D G AU V I N S E LLING POINTS ■■ A fascinating, surprising and endlessly insightful graphic guide to the history of typography ■■ A non‑fiction graphic novel for
A history of typography in comic book form
anyone interested in the history of design and visual culture ■■ Will appeal to anyone who enjoyed the bestselling book Just My Type and the acclaimed film Helvetica
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ypography confronts us everywhere: in books and newspapers, on road signs, product packaging and
political leaflets. It is ubiquitous to the point of mundanity.
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But while the typeface might be secondary to the
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message, it remains crucial to the way we respond. Fonts spark emotions; they evoke eras and ideologies. Some, like Edward Johnson’s for the London Underground, have become iconic. Others, like Comic Sans, are loathed. Each one has its own place in history. ABC of Typography traces 3,500 years of type, from Sumerian pictographs, through Roman calligraphy, to Gutenberg, the Bauhaus and beyond. Brimming with
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insight and anecdote, this witty and well-informed graphic guide explores the historical, technological and cultural shifts that have defined the look of the words we read, as well as introducing the artists who have marked typography’s long history.
David Rault is a graphic designer, photographer and writer. He is the author of numerous books about
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typography. He lives in Nuremberg, Germany.
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Isadora ■ ■ W O R D S BY J U L I E B I R M A N T ■ ■ A R T BY C L É M E N T O U B R E R I E ■ ■ T R A N S L AT E D BY E D WA R D G AU V I N
S E LLING POINTS ■■ An authoritative, compelling graphic biography of the
A graphic biography of the pioneering, free-spirited “Mother of Modern Dance”
revolutionary dancer and free spirit Isadora Duncan ■■ Julie Birmant and Clément Oubrerie previously collaborated on the bestselling graphic biography Pablo ■■ Follows in the footsteps of SelfMadeHero’s other successful graphic biographies,
“There was never a place for [Isadora Duncan] in the ranks of the terrible, slow army of the cautious. She ran ahead, where there were no paths” – Dorothy Parker
including Josephine Baker, Nick Cave: Mercy on Me, Kiki de Montparnasse and Vincent
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n 1899, performing in the drawing rooms of London’s elite, Isadora Duncan was already laying the foundations for
modern dance. The 22-year-old’s movements were visceral,
free-flowing
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expressive.
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she
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shattered the conventions of traditional ballet and, in doing
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so, enchanted high society. A year later, in Paris, she met the sculptor Auguste Rodin, whose work proved a revelation, and the influential dancer Loie Fuller, whose support marked the beginning of a dazzling on-stage career. In Isadora, Julie Birmant and Clément Oubrerie capture the astonishing life and scandalous times of the “Mother of Modern Dance”. This extraordinary graphic novel takes in her arrival in Europe, her rise to stardom and the development of a style of
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dance – inspired by natural forms and Greek sculpture – that would become her enduring legacy.
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include the Eisner-nominated graphic novel Aya: Life in Yop City (with Marguerite Abouet) and the biography Pablo (with Julie Birmant). He lives in Paris.
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Art Masters
Basquiat ■ ■ W O R D S BY J U L I A N VO LOJ ■ ■ A R T BY S Ø R E N G LO S I M O DT M O S DA L
S E LLING POINTS ■■ The subject of numerous exhibitions, books and articles, the ground-breaking, provocative work of Jean-Michel Basquiat is
An insightful and compulsively readable graphic biography of Jean-Michel Basquiat
of perennial interest ■■ A thoroughly researched account of Basquiat’s life, from his childhood in Brooklyn, through his time as a young artist and his subsequent rise to fame, to his death at the age of 27 ■■ Today, Basquiat’s influence stretches far beyond the world of fine art into music, fashion, design and many other areas
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art scene of the late ’70s and early ’80s. Punk, jazz, graffiti, hip hop: his work drew heavily on the cultural trappings of Lower Manhattan, to which he fled – from Brooklyn – at
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the age of 15. This stunning graphic novel captures the
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dramatic life and exhilarating times of the archetypal New York artist, covering everything from the SAMO graffiti project to his first solo show and his early meetings with Andy Warhol, to the development of the addiction that would cost him his life. Today, Basquiat’s influence can be seen not only in fine art but in fashion, design and music. Now, his remarkable story is told in graphic novel form – and his work is shown
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Søren Glosimodt Mosdal is a Danish comics artist and newspaper illustrator. Born in Nairobi, he now lives in Copenhagen. Julian Voloj is the author of a number of graphic novels, including Ghetto Brother and The Joe Schuster Story. Born in Germany, he now lives with his
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Maggy Garrisson ■ ■ W O R D S BY L E W I S T R O N D H E I M S PECIFICATIONS Colour illustrations throughout
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fter months of being out of work, Maggy
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one burning question — exactly how much is she getting paid?
Lewis Trondheim is an award-winning French comics creator and publisher. His books include
“If I were a TV producer in search of a big new idea, I would immediately option Maggy Garrisson” – The Guardian
Poppies of Iraq and Slaloms. Trondheim was made a Knight of the Order of Arts and Literature in 2005. Stéphane Oiry is a comic book artist, animator and children’s book author. The creator of a number of graphic novels, he teaches
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Italian verse, he is plunged into the heart of the Parisian avant-garde. But as he gets swept up by such intoxicating company, Daniel questions how long before his newfound success collapses beneath him?
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Alessandro Tota is an award-wining comics writer. He is the author of numerous children’s books and graphic novels. Born in Italy, he lives in Paris. Pierre Van Hove is an illustrator and graphic artist, and the co-founder of production company Enfin.
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Cannabis A N A M E R I C A N H I S TO RY S PECIFICATIONS
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A rich, entertaining and surprising history of cannabis
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RIGHTS: t was while waging his violent colonial campaigns,
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“inferior races” and start a war on drugs. With its roots in “reefer madness” and misleading studies into the effects of cannabis, America’s complicated and racialised relationship with weed continues to this day.
Box Brown is an award-winning cartoonist. He is
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Black-and-white throughout audi Arabia offers few prospects for the bright young Mohammed El-Gharani. At the
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the US Army, he is flown to Guantánamo Bay. In
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Guantánamo Kid, Jérôme Tubiana and Alexandre Franc tell the eye-opening, heart-wrenching story of one of the Bay’s youngest detainees.
Jérôme Tubiana is a journalist and researcher. He has contributed to National Geographic, Foreign Affairs and The London Review of Books, among other publications. Alexandre Franc is a comic book artist and writer. His books include Agatha: The Real Life of Agatha Christie.
“An astounding account of human endurance and faith against overwhelming odds and terrible injustice” – Publishers Weekly
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Blossoms in Autumn ■ ■ W O R D S BY Z I D R O U S PECIFICATIONS Colour illustrations throughout
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ince retiring, 59-year-old widower Ulysses has fallen into the grip of loneliness.
62-year-old Ms Solenza is a former model who is also alone. The two inch slowly towards old age, until their lives collide and an emotional earthquake happens.
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A unique collaboration between creators Zidrou and Aimée de Jongh, Blossoms in Autumn is a masterful exploration of old age and falling in love.
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novel, The Return of the Honey Buzzard, won
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the Prix Saint-Michel. Zidrou (Benoît Drousie) numerous children’s books and adult graphic novels. Born in Brussels, he now lives in Spain.
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“Poignant and elegiac... Ball’s magical realist artwork sensitively captures a child’seye view of the world” – Times Literary Supplement
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Rachael Ball is a cartoonist, a teacher and the author of the graphic novel The Inflatable Woman. Her illustrations and cartoons have appeared in Deadline, the Times Educational Supplement, the Radio Times and many other publications.
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