In this episode we talk to Taki Soma, the creator of Sleeping While Standing which comes out in July 2022. We talk about why Taki loves editing, the balance of darkness and humour in her writing, and how she narrowly avoided a career in advertising.
In this episode we talk to George Wylesol, whose book ‘2120’ has just come out. We discuss how George arrived at his unique, dark and compelling style of storytelling, and his journey through the various books he’s published with Avery Hill.
In this episode we talk to Karen Shangguan, the creator of Quiet Thoughts, which came out in autumn 2021. We talk about how Karen makes her poetic, contemplative comics.
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.
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.
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.
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’… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »