Signals From The Hill #46 – Shanti Rai on ‘Sennen’

In this episode we talk to Shanti Rai, the creator of Sennen. We talk mythology, and anthropology and comic art… plus how chronic illness has affected Shanti’s creative processes.

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Signals From The Hill #45 – Tom Humberstone on ‘Suzanne’

In this episode we talk to Tom Humberstone, the creator of Suzanne, which came out last week. We do a deep dive into ideas about storytelling and writing, and find out about Tom’s early small press work creating (among other things) the well-loved UK comics anthology Solipsistic Pop.

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Signals from the Hill #44 – Taki Soma on ‘Sleeping While Standing’

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.

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Signals from the Hill #43 – George Wylesol on ‘2120’

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.https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53da3bdbe4b0e4d718260225/t/62a1e40da1964a75bd66a769/1654776924110/Signals+from+the+Hill+Wylesol.mp3

Signals From The Hill #42 – Karen Shangguan on Quiet Thoughts

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.

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Signals From The Hill #41 – Lord Hurk on Jinx Freeze

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.https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53da3bdbe4b0e4d718260225/t/61fa8a079e733d7445e9e68c/1643809390072/SFTH+Hurk+audio.mp3

Signals From The Hill #40 – Clio Isadora on Sour Pickles

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.

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Signals From The Hill #39 – Molly Naylor and Lizzy Stewart on Lights, Planets, People!

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.https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53da3bdbe4b0e4d718260225/t/6193b4ba16ab671c62c70bd1/1637070107917/SFTH+podcast+audio.mp3

Signals From The Hill #38 – Steve Walsh

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’ flagship store, his time running the small press section at Gosh! Comics and then coming to work for Avery Hill.

Content Warning for friends of Steve. It contains some bad news about his health that, if you don’t already know the extent of, you might not want to find out in this way. So maybe don’t listen to this until you’ve had a chance to speak to Steve or someone close to him.

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