SelfMadeHero 2017
SelfMadeHero Graphic Novels
Essential Graphic Novels 2016 Visual Narratives
2017 marks SelfMadeHero’s tenth anniversary. A list that began with the Manga Shakespeare series has, over the last decade, developed into a rich collection of books that are a testament to the richness and diversity of today’s graphic novel landscape. This year’s list encapsulates SelfMadeHero’s mission: to publish graphic novels and visual narratives that provoke, entertain, inspire, and inform. 2017 begins with the release of two extraordinary graphic biographies: Néjib’s Haddon Hall: When David Invented Bowie documents David Bowie’s formative years as a musician, while Catel Muller and José-Louis Bocquet’s Josephine Baker tells the astonishing story of the pioneering dancer and African-American darling of the Roaring Twenties. Reinhard Kleist’s long-awaited Nick Cave: Mercy on Me, released in the fall, is an enthralling portrait of an intense, uncompromising, and hypnotic artist. Our Art Masters series continues with Gauguin: The Other World, Fabrizio Dori’s portrait of a fearless artist and flawed human being, and Magritte: This is Not a Biography, in which Vincent Zabus and Thomas Campi take a playful look at the life of the surrealist painter René Magritte. Two remarkable debut graphic novels join our list of fiction: Herman by Trade by Chris W. Kim, a thought-provoking tale about a street cleaner whose talents as an illusionist find an outlet on the big screen, and Outburst, a compelling coming-of-age story by Pieter Coudyzer. Deborah Levy, the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Hot Milk, teams up with artist Andrzej Klimowski on the unforgettable, off-kilter Stardust Nation, and fact and fiction collide in Paolo Bacilieri’s FUN, at once a breathtakingly inventive literary crime story and a meticulously researched history of the crossword puzzle.
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The Smell of Starving Boys ■ ■ W O R D S BY LO O H U I P H A N G ■ ■ A R T BY F R E D E R I K P E E T E R S ■ ■ T R A N S L AT E D BY E D WA R D G AU V I N
S E LLING POINTS ■■ Set shortly after the American Civil War, The Smell of Starving Boys is a compelling Western filled with action, suspense, and
An intense Western that explores the clash between the old world and the new
adventure ■■ Frederik Peeters has won the Best Series prize at Angoulême and has received five nominations in the Best Book category at the same event ■■ An engaging narrative that explores the nature of colonialism and the gulf between traditional and modern cultures
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exas, 1872. With the Civil War over, exploration has resumed in the territories to the west of the Mississippi,
and geologist Stingley is looking to capitalize. Together with photographer Oscar Forrest, who catalogs the terrain,
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and their young assistant Milton, Stingley strikes out into
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territory that might one day support a new civilization. But this is no virgin land. As the frontiersmen move west, it becomes clear that the expedition won’t go unchallenged. Stingley has led them into a hostile region: the native Comanches’ last bastion of resistance. In a spectacular landscape, under the looming threat of attack, the boundaries between the civilized and natural worlds dissolve. As social conventions disappear and personal inhibitions go into retreat, an intimate relationship develops between Oscar and Milton. An intense Western, The Smell of Starving Boys explores the clash between two worlds: one defined by rationality and technology, the other by shamanism and nature.
Loo Hui Phang writes for comics, theater, and film. Born in Laos, she grew up in Normandy. Frederik Peeters is the author of Blue Pills, Pachyderme, and Aama, among other books. He lives in Geneva.
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Magritte T H I S I S N OT A B I O G R A P H Y ■ ■ W O R D S BY V I N C E N T Z A B U S ■ ■ A R T BY T H O M A S C A M P 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 ■■ Offers a playful, fresh approach to the story of the great surrealist painter René Magritte, resulting in a lively, authoritative, and
The latest addition to the acclaimed Art Masters series
illuminating portrait of an artist ahead of his time ■■ Iconic and familiar to millions, Magritte’s work has baffled and dazzled generations of art lovers ■■ Magritte follows Rembrandt, Vincent, Pablo, Munch, Dalí, and Gauguin onto SelfMadeHero’s list of acclaimed graphic biographies of the world’s great artists
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GRAPHIC NOVEL • ntoxicated by the promise of a promotion, Charles
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Singular for once allows himself a small extravagance: he
buys a bowler hat. But there’s a problem: this is no ordinary hat. This particular chapeau melon once belonged to the
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surrealist painter René Magritte, and by donning it Charles
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has unwittingly stepped into the artist’s unbridled, offkilter world. What’s more, he can’t escape – at least, not until he has illuminated the secrets behind Magritte’s work. What follows is a hallucinatory journey through Magritte’s imaginative landscape, a place where facial features mutate, the crescent moon appears in unexpected places, and answers prove frustratingly elusive. In Magritte: This is not a Biography, Vincent Zabus and Thomas Campi have created a panoramic and revealing portrait of the great
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surrealist, employing a playfulness and wit reminiscent of
Munch
Magritte himself.
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Vincent Zabus is a Belgian comics writer. He is the author
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of two series for children, among other books. Thomas
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Campi is an Italian comic book artist. A graduate of the “Dossi Dossi” School of Art in Ferrara, he has illustrated three books written by Vincent Zabus.
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One Year Wiser A N I L LU S T R AT E D G U I D E TO M I N D F U L N E S S
■ ■ BY M I K E M E DAG L I A
An illustrated guide to the transformative practice of mindfulness S E LLING POINTS ■■ Mindfulness practice has been shown to improve the behavior, relieve the anxiety, and sharpen the focus of children, teens, and adults ■■ An invaluable resource for anyone looking to learn about mindfulness and meditation ■■ The latest book from Mike Medaglia, bestselling author of One Year Wiser, who has a large and growing social media following and whose Tumblr blog has seen individual posts receive in excess of 25,000 notes
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s we travel through the world, we are often faced with conflicts and challenges that cause
unhappiness, fear or anxiety. The practice of mindfulness has the power to transform this negativity into feelings of
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love, compassion, and positivity. In One Year Wiser: An Illustrated Guide to Mindfulness, illustrator and Zen Buddhist practitioner Mike Medaglia takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery. Exploring what mindfulness is and the benefits it can bring, you’ll
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discover a simple yet powerful truth: peace, contentment, and happiness are inside us already – all we need are the tools to access them.
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Drawing on the four seasons and our deep connection to the natural world, this smart, accessible, and beautifully illustrated graphic novel will help readers master the
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art of living mindfully. Harness the power of meditation, gratitude, and loving kindness – and live a healthier, happier life.
Mike Medaglia is a cartoonist, illustrator, and comics
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editor. A Zen Buddhist practitioner, he has drawn comics on the theme of meditation for The Huffington Post and The Elephant Journal. He posts regular illustrated meditations at oneyearwiser.com. He lives in Reading.
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Praise for One Year Wiser:
“An inspired, gorgeous book” – Real Simple
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary VO LU M E 2 ■ ■ BY M . R . JA M E S ■ ■ A DA P T E D BY J O H N R E P P I O N A N D L E A H M O O R E ■ ■ ART BY AL DAVISON, ABIGAIL LARSON, MEGHAN HETRICK & GEORGE KAMBADAIS S E LLING POINTS ■■ M.R. James’s classic tales of
M.R. James’s terrifying, atmospheric ghost stories – in graphic novel form
understated horror set the template for the twentiethcentury ghost story ■■ James’s tales are enduring classics and have influenced everyone from H.P. Lovecraft to Neil Gaiman, Guillermo Del Toro to Ruth Rendell ■■ These eerie and inventive
“A literary weird fictionist of the very first rank” – H.P. Lovecraft on M.R. James
supernatural tales will appeal to anyone with a love of horror and supernatural fiction, including that of H.P. Lovecraft
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url up by the fire and enter the sinister, supernatural world of Montague Rhodes James,
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the master of the English ghost story.
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Vol. 2 comprises graphic adaptations of four spine-chilling stories by M.R. James: “Number 13”, “Count Magnus”, “Oh, Whistle, And I’ll Come To You, My Lad”, and “The Treasure of Abbot Thomas”. Filled with intrigue, suspense, and intellectual adventure, these captivating tales of terror plunge the reader into a world of creeping dread, where rationality
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is challenged and the mundane collides with the supernatural. Leah Moore and John Reppion’s subtly crafted adaptations breathe fresh life into these stories of restless phantoms and ill-advised academic exploration.
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Vol.1 Leah Moore and John Reppion have collaborated
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on Doctor Who: The Whispering Gallery, The Trial of
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Sherlock Holmes, and many other graphic novels. They live in Liverpool.
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Stardust Nation ■ ■ W O R D S BY D E B O R A H L E V Y ■ ■ A R T BY A N D R Z E J K L I M O W S K I
Unforgettable, off-kilter graphic fiction from the Booker-shortlisted novelist Deborah Levy S E LLING POINTS ■■ Brilliantly offbeat graphic fiction, funny, moving, and profound ■■ A unique collaboration between the Booker-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and an award-winning artist and graphic novelist ■■ Deborah Levy is one of the most original voices in contemporary
“Stardust Nation leaves a mark, an echo of something unsettling made more unsettling by pinpricks of realism. There is a kind of joy in this slippage, in giving up on realism and delineation” – The Guardian
British fiction and has a large and devoted following ■■ Stardust Nation is a sophisticated graphic novel that will appeal to readers of literary fiction
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or the high-flying, heavy drinking advertising boss Tom Banbury, the art of persuasion relies
on an infiltration of the consumer’s mind. In the case of his colleague and confidante Nikos Gazidis, the overdeveloped sense of empathy that suits him to the
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business has given rise to a strange psychiatric condition. Nick has unwittingly crashed into the consciousness of his boss. While Tom drinks to forget the troubles of his earthly life, Nick is forced to confront a past that is not his own: a childhood scarred by the small wars waged by an abusive father – and by the events that brought them to a close. When Nick enters the panicked silence of the Abbey, a fortress for the rich and unstable, his sister guards him from the visiting Tom Banbury. But can this peculiar bond be broken or has Nikos Gazidis taken an empathetic leap too far?
Deborah Levy writes fiction, plays, and poetry. Her novels Swimming Home and Hot Milk were shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Andrzej Klimowski studied at Saint Martin’s School of Art and at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. He is Emeritus Professor at the Royal College of Art.
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Nick Cave MERCY ON ME ■ ■ BY R E I N H A R D K L E I S T ■ ■ T R A N S L AT E D BY M I C H A E L WA A L E R
S E LLING POINTS ■■ Reinhard Kleist is the awardwinning author of The Boxer and Johnny Cash
An enthralling portrait of an intense, uncompromising, and hypnotic artist
■■ The project has been endorsed by Nick Cave, who has offered creative advice and biographical information to the author ■■ Traces Cave’s life from his early years in Australia, through the time he spent in London, Berlin and São Paulo, to the present day ■■ Reinhard Kleist is documenting the creation of the graphic novel at www.nickcave-comic.com
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RIGHTS: WORLD ENGLISH PUB MONTH: SEPTEMBER 2017 usician, novelist, poet, actor: Nick Cave is a
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output – always uncompromising, hypnotic, and intense
– is defined by an extraordinary gift for storytelling.
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In Nick Cave: Mercy on Me, Reinhard Kleist employs a
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cast of characters drawn from Cave’s music and writing to tell the story of a formidable artist and influencer. Kleist paints an expressive and enthralling portrait of Cave’s childhood in Australia; his early years fronting The Birthday Party; the sublime highs of his success with The Bad Seeds; and the crippling lows of his battle with heroin. Capturing everything from Cave’s frenzied performances in Berlin to the tender moments he spent with love and muse Anita Lane, Reinhard Kleist’s graphic biography, like Cave’s songs, is by turns electrifying, sentimental, morbid, and comic – but always engrossing.
Reinhard Kleist is an award-winning graphic novelist best known for his graphic biographies Johnny Cash: I See A Darkness, The Boxer, and An Olympic Dream. He lives in Berlin.
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Outburst ■ ■ BY P I E T E R C O U DY Z E R ■ ■ T R A N S L AT E D BY P E T E R M E N N E N
A darkly compelling modern fairy tale S E LLING POINTS ■■ A masterpiece of magical realism, Outburst tells the story of a young boy who undergoes a disturbing metamorphosis ■■ Award-winning animator Pieter Coudyzer turns his extraordinary talent and unique imagination to comics ■■ A sensitive and beautifully imagined portrait of a boy who doesn’t fit in
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om is the bespectacled class nerd: clumsy, introverted, and relentlessly bullied. When he
leaves his lunchbox unguarded, he returns to find it
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inhabited by ants. When he gazes at the cute girl in class,
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she responds by sticking out her tongue. And when it is time to partner up on a canoeing trip, he is left to paddle on the river alone… At home, Tom finds solace in recordings of nature and the wild spaces of his imagination. But when he falls prey to a particularly cruel trick, this imaginative wilderness
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moment of crisis marks the beginning of a gradual
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and disturbing metamorphosis that forces Tom to confront adult life as a man transformed. Outburst is a compelling modern fairy tale and a masterpiece of magical realism – dark, imaginative, and beautifully drawn.
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Pieter Coudyzer is an award-winning artist. Winner of multiple animation awards, his short films include Tree and My Heart is Not Here. Outburst is his debut graphic novel. He lives in Ghent, Belgium.
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Herman by Trade ■ ■ BY C H R I S W. K I M
Herman: street cleaner, illusionist, movie star S E LLING POINTS ■■ A fiercely imaginative and impressively crafted debut graphic novel ■■ An inspiring story about abandoning the mundane in favor of a life of creativity ■■ A thought-provoking graphic novel that reflects on the timeless themes of art, identity, and the choices we make
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GRAPHIC NOVEL • ORIGINAL FICTION erman is an introverted and unambitious street cleaner, his life as predictable as it is dull. Or so
it seems to those he works with on the city’s waterfront.
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In fact, Herman is creative, curious, and complex. What’s more, he has a remarkable hidden talent: the ability to transform his appearance at will. An open casting call sees the city swept up into a frenzy of creative ambition. As a queue forms along the waterfront, Herman is emboldened to perform. But his decision to enter the audition room brings his creative and professional lives into conflict, and the consequences are irreversible. Beautifully drawn, Herman by Trade is a captivating graphic novel about art, identity, and making room for self-expression.
Chris W. Kim is a Toronto-based comics artist and illustrator. His work has featured in The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, and many other publications. Herman by Trade is his first graphic novel.
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FUN ■ ■ BY PAO LO B AC I L I E R I ■ ■ T R A N S L AT E D BY JA M I E R I C H A R D S
S E LLING POINTS ■■ A remarkable account of the origins and history of the crossword puzzle, filled with
An energetic, action-packed, and mostly true history of the crossword puzzle
stories of ingenuity, espionage, and intellectual adventure ■■ Interlaced with a spy story of Paolo Bacilieri’s own imagining, FUN is a lively, compelling, and fiercely original graphic novel ■■ A spectacularly drawn book that will appeal to anyone with an interest in comics, puzzles, and literary history
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espected novelist Pippo Quester is writing a history of the crossword puzzle. Together with
fan and protégé Zeno Porno – a Disney comics writer
– he unearths stories of pioneering editors, genius cruciverbalists, eminent compilers, and literary giants. As Professor Quester and Zeno explore the crossed destinies of comics and crosswords, the sudden appearance of Mafalda, an enigmatic student carrying a grudge and a handmade pistol, throws the two writers into a present-day puzzle of their own. Both
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playful literary crime story, Paolo Bacilieri’s FUN is a breathtakingly inventive graphic novel that explores the strange power of one of the world’s most popular pastimes.
Born in Verona in 1965, Paolo Bacilieri graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti in Bologna. His comic book series include Napoleone and Jan Dix. He lives in Milan.
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Josephine Baker ■ ■ W O R D S BY J O S É - LO U I S B O C Q U E T ■ ■ A R T BY C AT E L M U L L E R ■ ■ T R A N S L AT E D BY E D WA R D G AU V I N A N D M E R C E D E S C L A I R E G I L L I O M
S E LLING POINTS ■■ The story of a remarkable woman who was at once a pioneering dancer, an icon of the Roaring
The glorious life and tumultuous times of Josephine Baker
Twenties, a key figure in the French Resistance, and an early champion of multiculturalism ■■ Written and illustrated by the creators of the acclaimed Kiki de Montparnasse ■■ Contains over a hundred pages of supplementary material, including a detailed chronology and biographical notes on Josephine Baker’s contemporaries
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GRAPHIC NOVEL • aris, 1925. Over the course of a single evening,
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the Mississippi-born dancer Josephine Baker
becomes the darling of the Roaring Twenties. Some
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audience members in the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
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are scandalized by the African-American’s performance in La Revue Nègre, but the city’s discerning cultural figures – among them Picasso and Cocteau – are enchanted by her bold and uninhibited style. In Josephine Baker, José-Luis Bocquet and Catel Muller capture the remarkable life and glorious times of a spirited, principled, and thoroughly modern woman – a star who dazzled audiences in the twenties, who aided the French
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Resistance during World War II, and who in later years adopted 12 children from different ethnic backgrounds to prove that racial harmony was possible.
Catel Muller is an award-winning comics artist. José-Louis
Kiki de Montparnasse
Bocquet is a novelist and comics writer. They previously
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collaborated on the award-winning graphic biography
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Kiki de Montparnasse, published by SelfMadeHero. They live in Paris.
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Gauguin T H E OT H E R W O R L D ■ ■ BY FA B R I Z I O D O R I ■ ■ T R A N S L AT E D BY E D WA R D G AU V I N
Paul Gauguin: a life of adventure, controversy, and creation S E LLING POINTS ■■ Part of SelfMadeHero’s bestselling Art Masters series, following Rembrandt, Vincent, Pablo, Munch, and Dalí ■■ Gauguin tells the story of a
“Pays tribute to the life and work of Gauguin without diminishing the artist’s sometimes unsympathetic character… [A] marvelous portrait” – Publishers Weekly
fearless artist and a flawed human being who was by turns a sailor, a stockbroker, and an outcast painter ■■ Contains three informative essays that contextualize Gauguin’s life and work
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n 1891, having fled Europe, Paul Gauguin reached the French Polynesian island of Tahiti. There he found a
landscape rich in color, a culture steeped in myth, and
a population seemingly unaffected by modernity. While Gauguin felt his art had been liberated by his Tahitian experience, his return to Paris two years later was less than triumphant. Gallery-goers were intrigued by his exoticism but unconvinced by his bold new primitivist style. Out of favor with the Impressionists, to say nothing of his wife, Gauguin returned to the South Sea island to
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live out his days.
Munch
Centering on the artist’s final years, Gauguin: The Other
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World is a revelatory biography of a man who was by
Pablo
turns a globe-trotting sailor, a brilliant stockbroker, and an
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outcast painter whose work would pave the way for a new
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generation of artists, among them Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, and Henri Matisse.
Fabrizio Dori is an illustrator and comics artist. A graduate of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, his work has been widely exhibited in Italy. He lives in Milan.
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Haddon Hall W H E N DAV I D I N V E N T E D B O W I E ■ ■ BY N É J I B ■ ■ T R A N S L AT E D BY E D WA R D G AU V I N
The story of David Bowie’s formative years S E LLING POINTS ■■ An informative and entertaining account of a pivotal period of Bowie’s career, charting his transformation from a struggling singer-songwriter into a fully
“It’s hard not to use a word like ‘groovy’ when it comes to describing Haddon Hall... This book is a delight” – Boing Boing
formed rock star ■■ Haddon Hall is where Bowie wrote most of the material for The Man Who Sold The World, Hunky Dory, and Ziggy Stardust ■■ Will appeal to anyone with an interest in the music and culture of the late 1960s and early ’70s
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BIOGRAPHY iggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, The Thin White Duke: David Bowie had an extraordinary talent for
reinvention. But at the beginning of his career, he made
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the most significant transformation of his life: from David to Bowie. In 1969, shortly after the release of his first hit single, David and his girlfriend Angie move into Haddon Hall, a sprawling Victorian house in the suburbs of London. Part commune, part creative hub, the house becomes home to a community of musicians, hippies, and hangers-on. As egos clash and parties get out of hand, David keeps writing: “Changes”, “Kooks”, “Life on Mars” – songs that will propel him to global fame. Charting Bowie’s personal life, the development of his music, and the transformation of his image, Haddon Hall is an evocative portrait of a young artist presiding over a musical revolution.
Néjib is a graphic designer and comics artist. Born in Tunisia, he now lives and works in Paris.
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The Can Opener’s Daughter ■ ■ BY R O B DAV I S S PECIFICATIONS
A gripping follow-up to Rob Davis’s award-winning The Motherless Oven
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rave Acre is a cruel world of opportunity and control. Vera’s mother is the Weather
Clock, the omnipotent and megalomaniacal Prime
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Minister of Chance. Her father is a can opener.
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Charting Vera’s unsettling childhood, the follow-
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up to Rob Davis’s British Comic Award-winning The Motherless Oven takes us from her home
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in Parliament to suicide school, and from the
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Bear Park to the black woods that lie beyond. In the present day, Vera and Castro Smith are determined to see their friend Scarper again – but is he still alive? And if so, can they save him? Can anyone outlive their deathday?
Rob Davis is the author of The Motherless Oven and The Complete Don Quixote, which were both nominated for Eisner Awards. He lives in Dorset, UK.
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Dalí ■ ■ I L LU S T R AT E D BY E D M O N D B AU D O I N ■ ■ T R A N S L AT E D BY E D WA R D G AU V I N
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Painter, surrealist, enigma: Salvador Dalí
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as he a madman, a genius, or an exhibitionist? There is no shortage of
labels for the surrealist painter Salvador Dalí, as
well known for his acts of public bravado as for his extraordinary work. Edmond Baudoin, one of the most original talents in contemporary French
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comics, sets out to discover the man behind the myth. What emerges is a heartfelt and inimitable account of two artistic worlds, each possessed of its own rare intensity, meeting for the first time. Commissioned by the Pompidou Centre in Paris, Dalí is a rigorously researched and absorbing portrait of a singular artist and an enigmatic man.
Edmond Baudoin is an award-winning graphic novelist whose career has spanned 40 years. He lives in Paris.
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The Return of the Honey Buzzard ■ ■ BY A I M É E D E J O N G H
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Hardcover he doors are about to swing shut on the Antonisse Bookshop, and Simon, its
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third‑generation owner, is facing some tough
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decisions. But when he witnesses a suicide, old
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memories intrude, guilt bubbles up, and his grip on reality loosens. A chance encounter with a young
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student, Regina, prompts Simon to open up about
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the past that haunts him. But will their budding friendship last long enough for him to come to terms with the present? Powerful, perceptive, and beautifully drawn, The Return of the Honey Buzzard is a compelling graphic novel about grief, love, our actions, and their consequences.
Aimée de Jongh is an award-winning animator, illustrator, and comics artist. She lives in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
The Trial of Roger Casement ■ ■ BY F I O N N UA L A D O R A N
The extraordinary life of Roger Casement: celebrated humanitarian and condemned Irish revolutionary
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Paperback with flaps n 1911, Roger Casement was knighted by King
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work. Five years later, he was hanged for treason.
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The Trial of Roger Casement charts the events that
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led a man renowned for his compassion to the noose. Fionnuala Doran’s absorbing graphic novel explores Casement’s downfall, from his efforts
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Ireland to his disastrous return home. Condemned as a revolutionary, his sexuality laid bare by the circulation of his private journals, Casement’s fate was all but sealed. And yet, on his final day in the courtroom, he delivered a brave, impassioned speech that would resonate long after his death.
Fionnuala Doran is a comics artist and a Lecturer in Comics, Graphic Novels, and Sequential Art at Teeside University. She lives in Glasgow, Scotland.
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