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Ready to get loud? #NoisyValley: The Art of Protest by @mockduck is OUT NOW IN THE UK! Grab your copy now, wherever the most rebellious books are sold. 🔗 selfmadehero.com/books/noisy-va… @1stGraphicNovel #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #protest

Mindfulness for everyone! #ComicTherapy: Meditations for Reflection by Kay Medaglia is OUT NOW in North America! 🔗 selfmadehero.com/books/comic-th… #publishing #bandedessinee #graphicnovel #outnow #indiepublishing #selfmadehero #meditation #mentalhealth #MentalWellness

Emma Hayley Discusses Manga Shakespeare and the Power of Visual Adaptation at Craiova Shakespeare International Festival asianmoviepulse.com/2026/05/emma-h…

What's the buzz with #NoisyValley by @mockduck? It's this review from @BuzzMagWales! 🔗 buzzmag.co.uk/noisy-valley-m… #selfmadehero #indiecomics #protest #graphicnovel #publishing #bookreview #civilrights

Things loud enough yet? Tomorrow, @myfanwytristram's riotous odyssey takes her to Brighton's @beyondbookfest for COMIC STRIP with @AndyRileyish, @TheBadDr, @rhys_wootton, and @streakofpith! There's still time to BOOK NOW! 🔗 beyondthebookfestival.org/tickets #selfmadehero #indiecomics

Congratulations to the winner @jamiesmart and the Rickards' fellow nominees! @rachael_ @johngreenart (Further thanks to @streakofpith for sharing some of the photos featured above!)

On Monday evening we were proud and honoured to see @RickardSisters attend the 2026 @thenibbies ceremony. For #ThisSlavery to have been shortlisted for the first-ever Graphic Novel category is an accolade that well befits the book itself andits source material. 🎉🎊🎆

You know what else is extraordinary? The story and inspirations behind #NoisyValley: The Art of Protest - read our latest Q&A newsletter with author @mockduck to find out more! 🔗 selfmadehero.com/news/myfanwy-t… @1stGraphicNovel #selfmadehero #indiecomics #protest

Looking forward to hosting Monday’s @cartooncounty event @BrightonWstones with @AveryHillPubl’s Olivia Sullivan & @selfmadehero’s Myfanwy @mockduck Tristram re: their latest graphic novels Oracles & Noisy Valley; 6.30pm, 18th May. Book £5 tickets via waterstones.com/events/cartoon…

Reluctant muse and feminist champion… society heiress and rebel refugee… the last of the Surrealists... It's been 3 YEARS since the release of #ArmedwithMadness: The Surreal Leonora Carrington! 🔗 selfmadehero.com/books/armed-wi… @bryan_talbot #selfmadehero #leonoracarrington

More than one book birthday today - happy ONE YEAR to #MonarchsJourney, the interactive parable by #EisnerAward winner and #PulitzerPrize finalist @PKuperArt! 🔗 selfmadehero.com/books/monarch-… #selfmadehero #indiecomics #ruins #monarchbutterfly #conservation

"A biography to cherish." - @SandAGNGuide #onthisday 5 YEARS AGO, Pierre Christin and Sébastien Verdier’s #Orwell arrived to offer readers an intimate yet definitive portrait of our greatest political writer. 🔗 selfmadehero.com/books/orwell #selfmadehero #indiecomics #georgeorwell

Your right to protest is a truly pressing issue. How do the past stories of one unruly place tie into our contentious present? #NoisyValley: The Art of Protest - out in the UK TOMORROW! 🔗 selfmadehero.com/books/noisy-va… #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing

If you couldn't make it to last week's launch at @GoshComics (or even if you did), you can next catch #NoisyValley creator @mockduck at @cartooncounty's summer special at @BrightonWstones on May 18th! BOOK NOW on the Waterstones website! 🔗 waterstones.com/events/cartoon… #selfmadehero

What does time have in common with a group of protesters? They both keep marching on! How else could we be only TWO DAYS away from the UK release of #NoisyValley: The Art of Protest by @mockduck? 🔗 selfmadehero.com/books/noisy-va… #selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics #booklaunch

Things got appropriately loud at @GoshComics last week - we celebrated the launch of @mockduck's unruly new graphic novel #NoisyValley! Out in the UK on May 14th! 🔗 selfmadehero.com/books/noisy-va… #selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics #booklaunch

All the way back in March, the epic #ThisSlavery by @RickardSisters was nominated for Book of the Year: Graphic Novel by the #BritishBookAwards. At last, the ceremony is only ONE DAY AWAY! Good luck from us at #SelfMadeHero, to the Rickards and their fellow nominees!

Praise before publication? That's a very good sign! Check out this article from @M_Star_Online to read all about @mockduck's #NoisyValley and the legendary Greenham Common Peace Camp! 🔗 morningstaronline.co.uk/article/hallo-… #selfmadehero #protest #greenhamcommon #indiecomics #newbook

Incredible things happen when ordinary people come together. #NoisyValley: The Art of Protest by @mockduck is out in the UK in 1 WEEK! Join us tonight for the launch at @GoshComics! 🔗 goshlondon.com/pre-order-nois… #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #protest #graphicjournalism

"I can't revisit particular spreads of this book without crying." Thank you to Bookish Beck for this review of Barbara Yelin's #EmmieArbel: The Colour of Memory! 🔗 bookishbeck.com/2026/05/01/apr… #selfmadhero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #graphicmemoir