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In this episode we talk to Lord Hurk, the creator of Jinx Freeze, which came out in October 2021. We discuss tying lots of ideas together into one big story, the London small press scene, dreams… and lovingly-rendered biscuits. The post Signals From The Hill #41 – Lord Hurk on Jinx Freeze appeared first on Avery Hill Publishing.

In this episode we talk to Clio Isadora, the creator of Sour Pickles, which came out in October 2021.We talk about how Clio approaches making comics, the economic inequalities that affect people hoping to make a living in the arts, and how the pandemic has affected people in the industry. The post Signals From The Hill #40 – Clio Isadora on Sour Pickles appeared first on Avery Hill Publishing.

This month we talk to Molly Naylor and Lizzy Stewart, the creators of Lights, Planets, People! about their new book. We talk about how they adapted the graphic novel from an original play by Molly, their experience of collaborating, and what it’s like to work across a variety of different mediums and art-forms. The post Signals From The Hill #39 – Molly Naylor and Lizzy Stewart on Lights, Planets, People! appeared first on Avery Hill Publishing.

This month is a tough episode in that it marks the last episode of Signals From The Hill that will be hosted by this podcast’s founder and our Head Of Sales, Steve Walsh. The whole team chat with Steve about his time in comics, from childhood reads, to building the graphic novel section in Waterstones’ flagship store, his time running the small press section at Gosh! Comics and then coming to work for Avery Hill. Content Warning for friends of Steve. It contains some bad news about his health that, if you don’t already know the extent of, you might not want to find out in this way. So maybe don’t listen to this until you’ve had a chance to speak to Steve or someone close to him. [...] The post Signals From The Hill #38 – Steve Walsh appeared first on Avery Hill Publishing.

This month we talk to Warren Bernard, the Executive Director of SPX, all about the importance of that show and it’s related activities such as the Ignatz Awards, the Graphic Novel Gift Program and building the SPX Collection in the Library of Congress in Washington. We also talk about Warren’s appreciation of Tillie’s work and his role in the production of Alone In Space. The post Signals From The Hill #37 – Warren Bernard on A City Inside appeared first on Avery Hill Publishing.

This month we’re joined by Gina Gagliano, the Publishing Director of Random House Graphic and someone who worked in the Marketing department at First Second as Tillie Walden released books like Spinning and Are You Listening? with them. We talk to Gina about her discovering the work of Tillie Walden and Tillie’s development in her early books as well as Gina’s wider life and work in comics. The post Signals From The Hill #36 – Gina Gagliano On I Love This Part appeared first on Avery Hill Publishing.

This month we talk to Ricky Miller all about how Tillie Walden came to work with Avery Hill Publishing and the impact of her debut book, The End of Summer, on the wider comics industry and the direction of Avery Hill as an ongoing concern. The post Signals From The Hill #35 – Ricky Miller on The End of Summer appeared first on Avery Hill Publishing.

This month we talk to Hannah Berry, fresh from her stint as Comics Laureate for the UK.We discuss the work that Hannah did in the role, focusing particularly on the massive survey taken of comics creators and what that revealed. The post Signals From The Hill #34 – 2019-2021 Comics Laureate Hannah Berry appeared first on Avery Hill Publishing.

This month we talk to Andy Oliver from Broken Frontier about the expansive scope of the site and the many related projects that Broken Frontier organise and support. The post Signals From The Hill #33 – Andy Oliver from Broken Frontier appeared first on Avery Hill Publishing.

This month we gather the Avery Hill team together to chat about some of our favourite comics, books, TV shows and sculpture from 2020 and look forward to the new books we’ll be bringing out in 2021. The post Signals From The Hill #32 – 2020 Recap & 2021 Preview appeared first on Avery Hill Publishing.

This month we talk to Katriona Chapman about Follow Me In and Breakwater, the two books she has put together with Avery Hill. We also talk about drawing upon life experience in creating art, Kat’s wonderful use of colour and light in her work and how she gains inspiration from her fellow Avery Hill creators. The post Signals From The Hill #31 – Katriona Chapman appeared first on Avery Hill Publishing.

This month we talk to Patrick Wray all about his creative life and the process of putting together The Flood That Did Come, his recent release through Avery Hill Publishing. Our theme tune is an excerpt from ‘Against’ by Harlow Family Group and is used with kind permission. The post Signals From The Hill #30 – Patrick Wray appeared first on Avery Hill Publishing.

A monthly stroll through the world of Avery Hill Publishing, featuring the latest news on releases and offers and interviews with creators and other comics folk. This month we talk to Charlot Kristensen about her life as a creative, the comic scene in Ireland and the process of putting together What We Don’t Talk About, her new book from Avery Hill Publishing . Our theme tune is an excerpt from ‘Against’ by Harlow Family Group and is used with kind permission. The post Signals From The Hill #29 – Charlot Kristensen appeared first on Avery Hill Publishing.

This month we talk to Owen D. Pomery all about Victory Point, his new book from Avery Hill Publishing.We discuss his appreciation of space on the page, his different narrative styles across different project and how the work he makes has changed as he’s grown older. The post Signals From The Hill #28 – Owen D. Pomery appeared first on Avery Hill Publishing.

This month we talk to Stephen Holland from Page 45 in Nottingham about the origins and history of the shop and the challenges they faced opening a shop focused on books being served by an industry focused on periodicals. Our theme tune is an excerpt from ‘Against’ by Harlow Family Group and is used with kind permission. The post Signals From The Hill #27 – Stephen Holland From Page 45 appeared first on Avery Hill Publishing.

This month we talk to Jared Myland from OK Comics in Leeds all about how the shop got started, their strategies as a store in general and how they are bearing up with the demands of lockdown. The post Signals From The Hill #26 – Jared Myland From OK Comics appeared first on Avery Hill Publishing.

This month we turn our attention to one of our favourite shops, Gosh!, in Soho, London and talk to the manager and co-owner Andrew Salmond all about Gosh’s origins, history and their plans for the future. Our theme tune is an excerpt from ‘Against’ by Harlow Family Group and is used with kind permission, while the illustration of Gosh! is by David Ziggy Greene. The post Signals From The Hill #25 – Andrew Salmond From Gosh! Comics appeared first on Avery Hill Publishing.

This month we talk to Lizzy Stewart on the importance of creative hubs, the value in re-examining older work and her book, Walking Distance, a visual essay on society, womanhood and 80’s movies. The post Signals From The Hill #24 – Lizzy Stewart appeared first on Avery Hill Publishing.

This month we convene the first meeting of the Avery Hill Book Club and welcome Rob Clough, a comics critic whose work has appeared at places like The Comics Journal and Publishers Weekly as well as his own blog High-Low, and Kat Chapman, who self-publishes Katzine and has released Follow Me In through Avery Hill Publishing, to discuss Mimi and the Wolves by Alabaster Pizzo.As well as talking at length about Mimi and the Wolves we also round things off with a celebratory chat about the number of new and exciting publishers and presses that have emerged in recent years, including Shortbox, Diskette Press and a recently announced project that Rob is involved with, Fieldmouse Press. The post Signals From The Hill #23 – Mimi and the Wolves with Rob Clough & Kat Chapman appeared first on Avery Hill Publishing.

This month we talk to Ricky Miller, one of the co-founders and publishers at Avery Hill Publishing about the year so far in comics generally, and the books we’ve released or have coming out soon. We also have news on a bundle in our webstore of our fothcoming titles and some exciting information on the Summer Sale at Orbital Comics and the latest Bookplate Edition from Gosh Comics. The post Signals From The Hill #21 – Accidental Wylesol appeared first on Avery Hill Publishing.