Self Made Hero
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Self Made Hero are a British comics publishing firm, and imprint of Metro Media, who specialise in adapting works of literature.
They have two lines:
- Manga Shakespeare, produces works based on the Bard but with different settings - mainly Japan in the past and future
- Eye Classics, are adaptations of great works, like those of Poe and Kafka
For the moment these will be the main focus for publications, but director Emma Hayley has said they hope to publish original material in the future.[1]
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[edit] Manga Shakespeare
The adaptations of Shakespeare's plays were written by Richard Appignanesi (who previously worked on Icon Books' Beginners series), with the art largely been provided by British mangaka who have come to prominence via Tokyopop's Rising Stars of Manga (United Kingdom & Ireland) competition and their work for Sweatdrop Studios.
- Hamlet (art by Emma Vieceli, March 2007, ISBN 978-0-9552856-2-2)[2]
- Romeo and Juliet (art by Sonia Leong, March 2007, ISBN 978-0-9552856-0-8)[3]
- The Tempest (art by Paul Duffield, September 2007, ISBN 978-0-9552856-2-2)[4]
- Richard III (art by Patrick Warren, September 2007, ISBN 978-0-9552856-3-9)[5]
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (art by Kate Brown, February 2008, ISBN 978-0-9552856-4-6)[6]
[edit] Eye Classics
The creators are drawn from a British comic background (in particular Nevermore) but also include screenwriters and more traditional artists.
- Nevermore (anthology of adaptations of Poe's work, October 2007, ISBN 978-0-9552856-8-4):[7][8]
- "The Pit and the Pendulum" (by Jamie Delano, with art by Steve Pugh)
- "Murder in the Rue Morgue" (by Ian Edginton , with art byD'Israeli)
- "The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar" (by Jeremy Slater, with art by John McCrea)
- "The Black Cat" (by Leah Moore and John Reppion, with art by James Fletcher)
- "The Fall of the House of Usher" (by Dan Whitehead, with art by Shane Oakley)
- The Master and Margarita (originally by Mikhail Bulgakov, adapted by Andrzej Klimowski and Danusia Schejbal, 128 pages, May 2008, ISBN 978-0-9552856-7-7)[9]
- The Trial (originally by Franz Kafka, adapted by Chantal Montellier and David Zane Mairowitz, 128 pages, March 2008, ISBN 978-0-9552856-9-1)[10]
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (originally by Oscar Wilde, adapted by Ian Edginton, with art by I. N. J. Culbard, 128 pages, September 2008, ISBN 978-0-9558169-3-2)[11]
[edit] See also
- Classics Illustrated, a similar venture from the 1940s to 1960s
- Marvel Illustrated, Marvel Comics imprint adapting classic literature
- Graphic Classics[12]
- The Manga Bible, an adaptation by Siku
[edit] References
- Manga Hamlet by The Bard?, BBC Radio Cambs, March 9, 2007
- Shakespeare gets comic treatment, BBC, May 11, 2007
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Self Made Hero, Shakespeare & Manga, Newsarama, November 1, 2007
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- ^ Review of Nevermore, The Guardian, November 17, 2007
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- ^ The Picture of Dorian Gray profile at Self Made Hero
- ^ Comics, illustration, stories in GRAPHIC CLASSICS
