The heatwave is over. No deal is nigh. Food prices are set to rocket. But there are at least five reasons to be cheerful. Behold SelfMadeHero's autumn lineup!

The list kicks off in September with I Feel Machine, a landmark anthology of short fiction featuring work by Shaun Tan (The Arrival), Tillie Walden (Spinning), Box Brown (Tetris) and Erik Svetoft. Edited by British comics artists Julian Hanshaw and Krent Able, who make their own inimitable contributions, I Feel Machine explores the strange interplay between humanity and technology. By turns cautionary and celebratory, these visionary short stories offer an electrifying glimpse into our collective future.

Jeff Lemire has said of the book, "I Feel Machine is a truly glorious thing. Some of my favourite cartoonists in the world between two covers, exploring one of my favourite themes. The ultimate comics machine!"

Our Art Masters series continues in October with Typex's hotly anticipated graphic biography of the King of Pop Art. Andy: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol is a monumental work of graphic non-fiction. At 568 pages, it's a big book - but it rattles along, capturing Warhol's life with astonishing wit, originality and draughtsmanship. Handsomely produced, with silver edges and a fabulous postmodern cover design, Andy is a thing to behold.

"This is the best way to enjoy Lovecraft." So said Boing Boing upon the release of I.N.J. Culbard's graphic adaptation of The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. The same has been said of his takes on At the Mountains of Madness, The Shadow Out of Time and The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath. In October, Lovecraft: Four Classic Horror Stories collects all four adaptations into a single hardback volume. Wrapped in a stunningly designed dust jacket, this 520-page graphic novel is an object of beauty.

David Hine and Mark Stafford's adaptation of Victor Hugo's The Man Who Laughs was nominated for the British Comic Award. In October, the duo return with a breathtaking, unforgettable horror story, Lip Hook.

Few travellers take the road to the eponymous village of Lip Hook, but one foggy night, a car arrives. The driver is a dangerously beautiful woman, the passenger a man with a gunshot wound and a suitcase full of treasure. So begins a haunting, pacy tale of rural unease.

Rachael Ball's captivating and poignant graphic novel Wolf completes our autumn lineup. Published in October, it tells the story of a young boy, Hugo, whose life is upturned by a tragic accident. Hugo's new home comes with new neighbours, among them (according to the boy next door) a dangerous recluse who eats children: the Wolfman. Desperate to return to happier days, Hugo draws up plans for a time machine. But only the Wolfman has the parts he needs to complete his contraption.

Graphic novelist Kate Evans has said of the book, "Wolf is an ethereal, subtle, haunting fable. Rachael Ball has created a time machine, a nostalgic step back to a bygone age, but one which speaks to our present and future with eternal themes of love and loss."

So, there you have it: five glorious things to look forward to this autumn.

John Harris Dunning and Michael Kennedy's Tumult has been drawing praise from the great and good of the comics world, from Dave Gibbons to Charlie Adlard.

Dunning and Kennedy's stylish contemporary thriller, which was The Observer's Graphic Novel of the Month for July, has been compared to the work of Hitchcock and Patricia Highsmith - and, as Rachel Cooke remarked, it has a "slippery, shivery power".

Warren Ellis praised the "peculiarly chilly visual storytelling" on display in Tumult: "In a few panels I'm reminded of Charles Burns, Dylan Horrocks or Chris Reynolds, but the art keeps inventing, finding new tones within its own voice... It's a big book, 180 pages that slip and slide from literary fiction to Hitchcockian genre drama and back again.  It's not that it's not sure what it's doing - it's that it wants you to be unsure of what it's doing." 

Here's what others have said of the book:

"Tumult is a cracking read. It kept me turning the pages and hurtled along at a great pace… I couldn’t put it down"
— Charlie Adlard

"The story was tremendous, a real page-turner. And I loved Michael Kennedy’s artwork"
— Frank Quitely

"Tumult reads like an art house thriller. An ode to cinema, it has shades of Jim Jarmusch or a hipster Hitchcock, and some of the boldest, most original art I’ve seen in years"
— Christian Ward

"Incredible, inspiring, infinitely readable"
— Craig Thompson

"Tumult is the coolest indie movie on paper. Oblique, funny and beautiful work from two future comic stars!"
— Sean Phillips

"Unique, thrilling and illustrated with gusto"
— Michael Allred

"I was so keen to unravel the mystery I didn’t get up from the sofa till it was read. Only complaint is that I wanted more by the end of it"
— Frazer Irving

“Utterly compelling to an almost sinister extent”
— Jake Arnott

“An involving story and great graphic impact”
— Dave Gibbons

“When I'd finished reading Tumult, it felt like I’d met an interesting person on a train journey, and when I got off at my stop, I hoped to meet them again. We keep books on the shelf as company - some of them are best friends we visit often. Tumult is a journey I must travel again.”
— Simon Bisley

"An unsettling and suspense-filled drama"
— Broken Frontier

Our final release of the spring season, John Harris Dunning and Michael Kennedy's Tumult, is a stylish psychological thriller that demands to be read on the beach.

But first, you need to buy it - and what better place than Gosh! Comics, where it launches on Thursday 28th June. Join us there at 7pm for drinks, chatter and bibliotherapy.

Here's a blurb to whet your appetite:

Adam Whistler topples himself into emotional free fall by impulsively ending his seemingly perfect relationship. He meets the bewitching and troubled Morgan at a party and is instantly ensnared in her life. When he learns that people close to her are being killed, he's determined to protect her. Or is it Adam who needs protection... from Morgan?

Tumult is a stylish contemporary psychological thriller in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock and Patricia Highsmith.

Twenty-three-year-old artist Michael Kennedy brings his singular style and bold colour work to a script by John Harris Dunning that is taut, pacy and achingly cool.

Michael Kennedy is a cartoonist from Tamworth, Staffordshire. He is the artist on Spiritus from Vault Comics and has produced comics in the small press and independent scene. Tumult is his first graphic novel.

John Harris Dunning is the writer of graphic novel Salem Brownstone. He instigated and curated the Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK exhibition at the British Library, the most prestigious exhibition of comics to be held in Britain. He’s written for GQ, Esquire, Dazed, iD, The Guardian and Metro.

Prepare for launch.

Matt Fitch, Chris Baker and Mike Collins' extraordinary account of the moon landing, Apollo, is out now, and to celebrate we're having a launch party at Soho's Gosh! Comics. (The moon would have been a more eye-catching venue, I know, but it lacks atmosphere.)

The launch takes place on Thursday 14th June, from 7-9pm. There'll be palatable wine, charming company and three creators with pens in hand, happy to scribble in your copy of the graphic novel.

Buzz Aldrin once said, "Astronauts are not superhuman. They lead ordinary lives and have varied personalities." Apollo tells the breathtaking story of the mission itself; the moments of high drama and astonishing risk are captured in thrilling detail. But it is also a fascinating insight into the lives of three men who, in the most extraordinary of circumstances, are separated from their families and loved ones.

It's an incredible book, but don't just take our word for it.

Scientific American praised Fitch, Baker and Collins for their retelling of the "suspense-filled" story: "They convey surprising depth and emotion, as well as rich historical details of the era. The book explores the political tension around the space program at the time, the nerve-wracking anxiety experienced by the families of the crew, and the heart-stopping moments of the mission that proved to be such a milestone."

And here's Publishers Weekly: "The moon landing is one of the most well-documented events in human history, but it’s reimagined here in a way that makes it feel new again. Lovers of space-race lore will want to pick this up."

So, join us at Gosh! on Thursday 14th June to celebrate the launch of this handsome 160-page hardback. Lunar puns essential. Space suits optional.

Harold Pinter once said of the graphic artist Andrzej Klimowski, “He leads the field by a very long furlong, out on his own, making his own weather. He is Klimowski, unafraid”.

In this short video, filmmakers Stephen and Timothy Quay, author David Crowley and designer Jeff Willis discuss the work and influence of this most daring and brilliant of artists.

In the mid-1970s, Andrzej Klimowski’s fearlessly original artwork caught the eye of leading Polish theatre and film companies, for whom he designed some of the period’s most influential and iconic posters. The London-born artist, who moved to Poland at a time when many East Europeans dreamed of going West, went on to create posters for works by filmmakers and playwrights from Scorsese to Altman, Beckett to Brecht.

Drawing on folk art, Polish Surrealism and the work of his mentor at the Warsaw Academy, Henryk Tomaszewski, Klimowski uses techniques including photomontage and linocut to create posters that are filled with metaphor, drama and originality.

The Klimowski Poster Book is out now and available from all good book stores.