Your journey to this completed Macbeth started quite a while ago, with Act 1, Scene 1 winning the Elsinore Award for Graphic Shakespeare in 2016, did that prize have an influence on your decision to keep going and create this book? Or was that the plan all along?
It was the hope, rather than the plan. I wouldn’t have started this project if I hadn’t seen the call for entries to the Graphic Shakespeare Competition, so I really credit them with the inspiration to start working on it. Actually winning the award kept hope kindled; someone out there thought my interpretation of Macbeth was a good idea. But, everything in it’s time. I had to do a lot of living and growing and creating before there was actually an opportunity (thank you Avery Hill!) to dedicate myself to finishing the project.
And what was it that made you […]
Pet Peeves comes after you’ve been Eisner Award nominated, you’ve worked on huge titles including those with DC, what was it that made you want to create this story now?Pet Peeves was meant to be a break from big projects at big companies. It was a chance to stretch my writing muscles and to tell a story with no edits, no one telling me what do. Honestly, it was supposed to be much shorter than it is, just a quick story to refresh and re-inspire me between jobs, but I found that the story I wanted to tell needed more space and it grew into the full book that it is today.
You talk about Pet Peeves being a really personal story, how much of Bobbie is based on real-life Nicole’s life and experiences?Nothing that happens to Bobbie in the books is directly from my life. More, the things […]
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Over on our campaign page you’ll find a video with all three creators talking about their books, there are sample pages from the books and also details of out what bonus items we have on offer. Some of the bonus items include original artwork and bundles of books/comics both print and digital.
Our spring 2023 books are:
Pet Peeves by Nicole Goux
Bobbie’s life is going nowhere fast. She’s working at a bar, wanting to play music but never having the time or energy. The only bright spot is her dog – always cheerful, always cuddly, and always there for her.
As the relentless day-in, day-out of work piles up, music and roommates and social plans begin to seem less and less important as Bobbie struggles to make rent and have any time to be creative. The only […]
We now have our autumn 2022 titles available to pre-order in the shop:
Suzanne – The Jazz Age Goddess of Tennis by Tom Humberstone
Sennen by Shanti RaiBoth have limited signed bookplate editions available while stocks last.Check them out in the shop here!
Hardcover, 212 pages, Full Colour
The incredible story of Suzanne Lenglen, a woman who changed the face of sport andsociety in the trailblazing jazz age, but who few even remember.
One of the greatest tennis players the world has ever seen was a woman few even remember. A championship player by the age of fifteen in a Europe overshadowed by impending war, Suzanne Lenglen broke records for ticket sales and match winning streaks, scandalised and entranced the public with her playing outfits, and became a pioneer, making friends and enemies throughout restrictive tennis society in the trailblazing jazz age.
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We now have all three of our spring/summer books back from the printers and we’re so happy with how they’ve turned out. These are all available to buy in our shop here!
Some reviews of George Wylesol’s 2120:“Fascinating… something that has a deep and dark mystery at its heart… something that will reveal its secrets slowly and perfectly through all of the 500 pages.” – Comicon
“Absolutely incredible. I’ve never seen this kind of thing tackled this way before; an eerie, compelling, crazy ride that you’ll want to revisit time and time again.” – No Use Crying Over Spilt Ink
Some reviews of Claire Scully’s Outer Wilderness:
“Every single page is pregnant with undiscovered meaning and frightening awe, which is exactly what I want from sci-fi landscape explorations. I couldn’t get enough of it, it was great!” – Ace Comicals Podcast
“A visual treat, packed with Scully’s strong, […]
We’re very excited to be able to announce two new titles for autumn 2022: Suzanne – The Jazz Age Goddess of Tennis by Tom Humberstone and Sennen by Shanti Rai!
Suzanne – The Jazz Age Goddess of Tennis
Tom HumberstoneOut 01/09/2022 (UK) – 08/09/2022 (North America) 208 pages, softcover, full colour throughout, 168 x 239mm
The incredible story of Suzanne Lenglen, a woman who changed the face of sport and society in the trailblazing Jazz Age, but who few even remember.One of the greatest tennis players the world has ever seen was a woman few even remember. A championship player by the age of fifteen in a Europe overshadowed by impending war, Suzanne Lenglen broke records for ticket sales and match winning streaks, scandalised and entranced the public with her playing outfits, and became a pioneer, making friends and enemies throughout restrictive tennis […]
A massive thank you to everyone who’s pledged to support our first ever Kickstarter campaign so far.We’re 64% funded now… if you haven’t yet backed the project, this would be a great time to do it! Have a look here.
This week we’ve been sharing more information about the third of our 2022 books – Outer Wilderness by Claire Scully. Regular readers of Avery Hill books will be familiar with Claire Scully’s ongoing series of stunningly-illustrated books exploring varied environments: Internal Wilderness, Desolation Wilderness, and now Outer Wilderness. Outer Wilderness is the third and final instalment of a journey that began with introspective self-imagined places, followed by a passage of experience and memory, and now looks further away to the edges of the universe and into the unknown.
Here’s an interview with Claire about the book, and some sample artwork.
What did you most enjoy about this third […]
A massive thank you to everyone who’s pledged to support our first ever Kickstarter campaign so far.We’re so close to half way funded… if you haven’t yet backed the project, this would be a great time to do it! Have a look here.
This week we’ve been sharing more information about the second of our 2022 books – Sleeping While Standing by Taki Soma. It’s a collection of funny and moving autobiographical stories, and we’re really excited about it. In the book Taki leads us through her early childhood in Japan in the 80s, to moving to Minnesota, the separation of her parents, childhood trauma, teenage angst, death, drugs, comics, health issues, love, fertility, pets and zombies; all of life is here in this book! Taki Soma is a HUGO award nominated artist, writer, and a colorist. She’s worked on projects such as Rapture, Sinergy, The Victories, United States […]
A huge thank you to everyone who’s pledged to support our first ever Kickstarter campaign so far! You can watch a fantastic video that the three creators made about their books by going to our Kickstarter campaign page here. This week we’ve been sharing more information about the first of our 2022 books – 2120 by George Wylesol. It’s an interactive book in which George continues exploring the the boundaries of what can be done with sequential storytelling. His last book Internet Crusader was highly acclaimed for its originality, being called “a masterpiece of intricate design” and “a revelation.” 2120 will be 500 pages long, paperback, full colour. Page size W:195 x H:271mm.
Here’s an interview with George about the book, and some sample artwork.
2120 is your third book with Avery Hill, and it’s clear to see that there are some thematic crossovers with your second book Internet […]
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