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“I Do Try and Create a Rhythm to the Pages and a Poetic Feel to the Comics” – Tim Bird on ‘The Great North Wood’ and Exploring Themes of Place, Time and Memory

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 20, 2018

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…

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Reads Vol.2, #4 – From Alfred Hitchcock to Ice Cream Horror, Avery Hill Publishing’s Anthology Series Concludes in Style

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 11, 2017

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…

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Celebrating Small Press Day 2016 – Ten Top UK Anthology Comics for Your Consideration!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 5, 2016

SMALL PRESS DAY IS COMING! Saturday July 9th sees the first Small Press Day in the UK and Ireland – an event that seeks to spotlight the exciting new voices…

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Reads Vol.2, #2 and #3 – From the Drunken Exploits of ‘The Megatherium Club’ to the Bizarre Imagination of EdieOP, Avery Hill’s Anthology Series is a Proven Winner

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 25, 2016

There are two standard approaches to the concept of the comics anthology and both have experienced conflicting fortunes in recent years. While the one-shot anthology compilation of complete, “told in one…

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Small Press Inside Look – A Creators’ Commentary on Avery Hill’s Acclaimed Anthology ‘Reads’ by Ricky Miller, EdieOP, Eleni Kalorkoti, Tim Bird, Owen D. Pomery and Luke Halsall

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 19, 2015

One of acclaimed micropublisher (and Broken Frontier 2014 Award nominees in the Best Publisher category) Avery Hill’s most overlooked projects, the anthology Reads is a wonderfully eclectic collection of complete stories and serials…

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Reads Vol. 2, #1 – The Triumphant Return of Avery Hill Publishing’s Flagship Anthology Includes Work from EdieOP, Owen D. Pomery and Tim Bird

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 8, 2014

In the two years since I first reviewed their flagship anthology title Reads, Avery Hill Publishing have gone from relatively unknown proponents of the DIY culture of comics creation to…

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Avery Hill Publishing – The ‘Small Pressganged’ Story So Far! Meet the Team at the AHP Summer Party at London’s Orbital Comics this Friday

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 7, 2014

Four eagerly anticipated titles from British micropublisher Avery Hill Publishing officially launch at London’s Orbital Comics this week on Friday 11th July. Those making it to Newport Street are promised an…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Avery Hill Publishing – the Editorial Team

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 7, 2014

British micropublisher Avery Hill Publishing are no longer the new kids on the small press block. In 2013 their comics output expanded rapidly. Critically acclaimed books like Jazz Greenhill’s The…

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Reads #4 – Volume 1 of Avery Hill’s Showcase Anthology Comes to an Eclectic End

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 18, 2014

Over the last few years Avery Hill’s Reads has served as the micropublisher’s showcase comic; a self-styled shop front featuring an ever eclectic mix of genres and approaches to the…

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Haunters Gonna Haunt – Supernatural Sitcom Laughs from MJ and Cameron Wallace

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 7, 2014

The basic idea behind Haunters Gonna Haunt is actually a rather neat one, taking the stock sitcom standard of unlikely housemates one step further with a suitably supernatural twist. Jumping…

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Reads #3

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 23, 2013

Avery Hill Publishing’s Reads is an anthology that is steadfastly unashamed of its old school, grassroots small press approach. As diverse a collection – in terms of both genres and…

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Reads #1-2 – Avery Hill Publishing’s Anthology is an Unpredictable Melting Pot of Creative Techniques and Subject Matter

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 13, 2012

Reads, the anthology title published by Avery Hill, has something of an old school small press feel to it – in the two issues currently available there’s a real sense…

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