I will have lots more to say about this at a future point because the contributions of Dave White to our comics community over the last 14 years are immeasurable and need their own celebration at BF. But for today let’s allow Avery Hill and Dave to speak about what feels like a most momentous point in UK indie comics publishing.
Co-Publisher Dave White Steps Down at Avery Hill Publishing
London, England – May 4th, 2026 – After fourteen years at Avery Hill Publishing, the UK’s preeminent graphic novel publisher, Co-Publisher and Co-Founder Dave White will be stepping away, effective this month. Co-Publisher and Co-Founder Ricky Miller steps up as Publisher.
“Having seen Avery Hill through an incredible first decade and a half, the time is right for me to step away,” says White. “I’ve loved having the opportunity to support and champion the amazing creators I’ve worked with, as well as building long lasting relationships across the UK comics community, and I know Ricky, Kat and Gina will continue to bring UK graphic novels to new heights in the years going forward.”
Dave with AHP artist Ellice Weaver at ELCAF in 2017
White and Miller co-founded Avery Hill Publishing together in 2012, along with Michael Gosden. They were school friends, then in a band together, and then Miller contributed to White’s music blog. Next White decided that he wanted to turn his attention to physical media and started a zine compiling prose, illustration, poetry, and comics called Tiny Dancing, which he produced on the printer at his day job. As editor of Tiny Dancing (to which Miller contributed his comic, ‘Metroland’), White discovered future Avery Hill stars like Tim Bird, Owen Pomery and Simon Moreton. Having that physical object to share with comics stores and readers was irresistible, and White and Miller plunged into the world of comics publishing from there.
In recent years, White has edited graphic novels including Owen Pomery’s science fiction scarcity adventure The Hard Switch, Shanti Rai’s fantasy tale Sennen, and Tim Bird’s heartwarming autobiography and tribute to his mother, Adrift on a Painted Sea. “As an editor, and as part of the driving ethos of Avery Hill, I’ve always looked for those stories that I wanted to read and wasn’t seeing anywhere else—and that readers wouldn’t have an opportunity to experience if Avery Hill didn’t publish them,” says White.
Miller said “Dave and I have been friends since we were teenagers and Avery Hill is one of many projects we’ve worked on together. I have Dave to thank for getting me back into comics later in life, after we first bonded over titles like Cerebus at school. From there came Avery Hill; we’ve run it together for over a decade, something unimaginable from where we started.”
Miller will continue the publisher’s growing legacy, working to build the careers of new young UK cartoonists and champion the power of UK creators and comics around the world. “Avery Hill is a unique publisher; we’re always excited to publish strange and powerful graphic novels and to work to build the marketplace in new directions—with shorter formats, different genres, and to introduce debut authors. Our list is guided by the goal of supporting both comics creators and the many ways people come to reading comics.”
Upcoming from the publisher this year include a graphic novel adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s queer classic Orlando, by Jules Scheele and a first-ever fiction graphic novel from nonfiction comics luminary Darryl Cunningham, a science fiction adventure called John of the Night, and the concluding part of B Mure’s ecological hopepunk fantasy series, Ismyre.
“Although I’m sad to be stepping away, I’m excited that there are so many brilliant graphic novels ahead with Avery Hill,” said White. “I’m looking forward to being on the other side of the table and filling my bookshelf with more Avery Hill classics for years to come.”
About Avery Hill Publishing
Avery Hill is the UK’s most prestigious comics and graphic novel publisher. Dedicated to building the careers of emerging authors and championing the stories that comics creators want to tell, Avery Hill has been publishing thoughtful, high-quality, adventure-filled graphic novels by phenomenal authors like Tim Bird, Owen Pomery, Taki Soma, Lizzy Stewart, Donya Todd, Zoe Thorogood, and Tillie Walden for over a decade.
