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“It’s a Hobby that Got Out of Control” – To Mark Avery Hill’s 10th Anniversary Co-Publisher Ricky Miller Looks Back on 10 Landmark AHP Releases

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 2, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! It’s an amazing thing to be there at the beginning of an ongoing comics journey that leads to ever more exciting destinations. We have been following…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Metroland #4 – Miller and Scheele’s Contemporary Fantasy Mixes Music and Time Travel in a Revelatory Finale to the First Arc

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 28, 2019

“There’s magic in all music!” Defining Ricky Miller and Jules Scheele’s Metroland is not a simple task, stubbornly defying as it does any easy categorisation. This grand and sweeping (yet…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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“2017 Was Our Experimental Album” – Avery Hill Publishing Talk About an Award-Winning Year, Their Acclaimed Line-Up of Creative Talent and What We Can Look Forward to in 2018

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 7, 2018

BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST PUBLISHER!  There’s been an almost parallel evolution between acclaimed UK indie publisher Avery Hill Publishing and Broken Frontier over the last several years. Back in…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Avery Hill Publishing Announce Schedule for 2018 – Including Books from Tillie Walden, Katriona Chapman, Tim Bird, Luke Healy, Seekan Hui and Ricky Miller & Julia Scheele

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 30, 2017

What a year it’s been for Avery Hill Publishing. From the Ignatz-nominated Comic Book Slumber Party Deep Space Canine anthology to Something City, the hugely acclaimed debut graphic novel of Ellice…

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Why We Still Need a British Comic Awards – Avery Hill Publishing’s Ricky Miller Discusses the Lack of UK Awards Recognition and Just Why They Are so Vital to the Industry

  • by Ricky Miller
  • July 20, 2017

Today at Broken Frontier we welcome back Ricky Miller (below right with Avery Hill’s David White and Rachael Smith) – Co-Publisher of the acclaimed Avery Hill Publishing – to give…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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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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Covers Album: Ricky Miller – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Simon Bisley, Jaime Hernandez and Alan Davis

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 5, 2017

In ‘Covers Album’ each Wednesday we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers …but with a small twist. One must be chosen for…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Celebrating World Book Day UK 2017 – Top Graphic Novel Recommendations from Tillie Walden, Jock, Karrie Fransman, Donya Todd and Many More!

  • by EdieOP
  • March 2, 2017

World Book Day is celebrating its 20th year in the UK today. For two decades it has revered the wonder of stories and illustrations; a day where readers of all ages can…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Inside Look: Metroland – Ricky Miller Talks About Avery Hill’s Time-Travelling Music Epic and His Collaboration with Julia Scheele

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 6, 2017

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…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Celebrating 5 Years of ‘Small Pressganged’ at Broken Frontier – Creators and Publishers Pick Their Inspirational Artists!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 3, 2016

Can it really be five years ago today that we launched ‘Small Pressganged’ at Broken Frontier with a stated mission to “unearth the gems of the small press” and a promise…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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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…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Spotlight on… Avery Hill Publishing in 2015 with Ricky Miller, Dave White and Katriona Chapman

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 11, 2015

From have-a-go heroes of the DIY culture arena to one of the UK’s most respected indie comics publishers, Avery Hill Publishing have come a long way since I first reviewed…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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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…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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State of the Small Press Nation – Avery Hill Publishing’s Ricky Miller on the Challenges of Improving the Infrastructure of UK Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 29, 2014

Just before Christmas we began a major series of articles here in ‘Small Pressganged’ at Broken Frontier dealing with the current state of play of small press publishing in the…

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Metroland #1 – Ricky Miller and Julia Scheele Are Together in Electric Dreams in Avery Hill’s Time-Jumping Fantasy

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 11, 2014

With its heady mix of music industry drama, time-travel fantasy and borderline psychogeographical undertones, the basic premise of Avery Hill’s Metroland defies easy genre definitions. At its core are two…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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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…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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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 Creators

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 8, 2014

Yesterday at Broken Frontier we published the first instalment of a two-part interview with Ricky Miller and Dave White, the team behind Brit micropublishers Avery Hill Publishing. In day two…

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