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AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! At its heart the very best science fiction isn’t about alien civilisations, space exploration or future tech, it’s work that on a very personal level speaks…
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AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! No doubt Katriona Chapman’s Follow Me In from Avery Hill Publishing will be broadly classified as a graphic travelogue, part of that burgeoning strand of graphic…
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There’s a slight sense of caution when approaching Luke Healy’s Permanent Press for review. Healy’s second graphic novel, published this year by Avery Hill Publishing, ostensibly explores a central theme…
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Taking a job as a live-in photographer and nanny, Cecilia finds herself in a sprawling home working for a couple who seem obsessed on capturing their children’s exploits for posterity….
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! With a poetic, haunting line in the psychogeographical, Tim Bird has established himself as one of the most original voices in UK indie comics over the last several…
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! ‘Psychogeography’ is one of those words that burned and sparkled like a roman candle for a while but has now gone on to signify a certain kind of literary…
While one or two of Avery Hill’s big-hitting breakout stars have dominated “the conversation” of late, a few of the publisher’s other titles seem to have slipped under the radar a little….
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BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST ONGOING SERIES WINNER! From her early, beautifully tactile forays into self-publishing with books like Brockley Foxtrot and Five, to her role in co-founding artzine Tiny…
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BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST PUBLISHER WINNER! Existential angst, weary fatalism and a casual sense of nihilism… all qualities that have attracted me to the comics of Alex Potts over…
B. Mure is a creator who has maintained a steady presence on the UK small press circuit over the last few years with both their own self-published comics titles and…
Whether they’re bringing the first major work from new voices to an anticipative audience or taking mainstays of the small press scene to a broader readership, somewhere in the process…
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SMALL PRESS DAY IS COMING! In January of last year we told you all that Ellice Weaver was an artist to keep the closest of eyes on and we weren’t wrong!…
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ELCAF WEEK! One of the most eagerly awaited debuts of 2017, Something City – Ellice Weaver’s first graphic novel – is innovative, distinctive and the product of an artist with a singular…
ELCAF WEEK! So deftly crafted and deeply considered is Tillie Walden’s coming of age story A City Inside that those unfamiliar with the artist might fairly assume its wisdom to…
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When I selected Charlo Frade’s Goatherded as one of our weekly Staff Picks here at Broken Frontier this week I remarked that if there was one thing of which you could…
When you get as many small press books submitted for review as I do then it’s inevitable that sometimes more than the odd title will slip through the cracks, only…
Metroland has a very special place in Avery Hill Publishing history. It’s a link back to the South London outfit’s early days when the now Ignatz-winning and Eisner-nominated publisher were…
After Tim Bird’s much deserved 2015 British Comic Award win for Grey Area: From the City to the Sea, anticipation was high for this fourth issue of his psychogeographical musings. Bird’s work…
“There is a Beauty in What is Forgotten” – Chris Shepherd Talks About His Graphic Novel Love Letter to the City of LiverpoolNovember 14, 2024
“I Love Visual Storytelling: It Conjures Up Atmospheres and Feelings Difficult to Put Into Words” – Beatrijs Brouwer aka Beastly Worlds Talks New Projects and Inspirations Ahead of Her Thought Bubble DebutNovember 13, 2024
“Comics Are a Realm Where Multiple Dimensions of Time and Space Coexist on a Single Page” – Zhenyi Zheng on Experimenting with the Boundaries of the FormNovember 11, 2024
“If You Have a Story You Can’t Wait to Tell, then Just Start Making It” – Dave Cook Talks the Collected ‘Killtopia’ from Titan and Taking Your First Steps Into ComicsNovember 7, 2024
“I Talk about Capitalism, Mental Health, Corporate Greed and More” – Peruvian Creator Oscar Osorio Gives Us the Lowdown on His Comics Work Ahead of His Thought Bubble 2024 AppearanceOctober 31, 2024
