Manga Shakespeare
| Private | |
| Industry | Publishing |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
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Key people
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Emma Hayley |
| Products | Graphic novels |
| Parent | Metro Media Ltd |
| Divisions | Manga Shakespeare Eye Classics Crime Classics Graphic Biography Gift Books |
| Website | www |
SelfMadeHero is a British graphic novel and manga publishing company, and imprint of Metro Media Ltd, who specialise in adapting works of literature. The company received the 2011 Kitschies Black Tentacle award.
They launched with two lines in 2007:
In 2009 SelfMadeHero expanded to include:
In 2010 SelfMadeHero expand to include:
For the moment the adaptations will be the main focus for publications, but director Emma Hayley has said they hope to publish original material in the future.
The adaptations of Shakespeare's plays were made by Richard Appignanesi (who previously worked on Icon Books' Introducing... series), with the art created by UK-based manga artist who have come to prominence via Tokyopop's Rising Stars of Manga (United Kingdom & Ireland) competition, their work for Sweatdrop Studios or London manga collective Umisen Yamisen.
The creators are drawn from a British comic background (in particular Nevermore) but also include screenwriters and more traditional artists.
The Crime Classics line began with set of four adaptations of the Arthur Conan Doyle stories, adapted by Ian Edginton, with art by I. N. J. Culbard:
Rachel Cooke reviewed A Study in Scarlet for The Observer and concluded:
It also includes an adaptation of The Hot Rock by Donald E. Westlake, the first in the series of books that feature John Dortmunder.
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