British indie writer Avery Hill has introduced their raft of titles coming in Spring 2024. The 4 anticipated books launching from February 2024 embody Barking by Lucy Sullivan; Safer Places by Kit Anderson; Catalytic Conversions: Infinite Wheatpaste vol.1 by L. Pidge; and the latest addition to B. Mure‘s Ismyre collection Disciples of the Soil.
In their press launch they stated:
“As the thermometer starts ticking down in September, we’re already looking forward to a balmy, comics-filled spring—and we have titles in store for you which are about wizards, magic, underground deities, and the mental health system.”
Avery Hill Co-Publisher and Commissioning Editor Ricky Miller stated in regards to the Spring 2024 lineup:
“Continuing our tradition of discovering and nurturing new talent, Avery Hill presents three creators with debut graphic novels, and a fifth book from B. Mure, who we were the first to publish. This is the strongest line-up of stories Avery Hill has ever put together — if you like powerful writing, psychologically fascinating characters, amazing world-building, and epic scope, then we have it for you in Spring 2024!”
Check out the total solicits under.
BARKING, by Lucy Sullivan (February 27, 2024)
124 Pages, Hardcover, BW, 170 x 239mm
“A yr after the dying of her pal, Alix’s despair and grief nonetheless hound her on this personally-inspired graphic novel.
“Loopy . . . cuckoo . . . stark raving. . . .
“When the depression and grief Alix feels over the death of her friend overwhelm her, she’s institutionalized. But inside a psychiatric ward, things don’t get better for her—now she has nowhere to get away from her rapidly-spiraling thoughts. As Alix navigates disinterested attendants, group therapy, and isolation, she must build herself a new equilibrium and tame the black dog of her depression.
Inspired by her own struggles with mental health, Lucy Sullivan tells a powerful, emotional story about the problems that sometimes overwhelm us all—and the failures in the mental health system we depend on.”
SAFER PLACES, by Kit Anderson (March 26, 2024)
208 Pages, Softcover, Full Colour, 160 x 220mm
“A brand new assortment of tales about isolation, reminiscence, liminal areas, and small magic from one in every of comics’ up-and-coming voices.
“From street journeys to docs’ workplaces to the mysterious areas beneath the home, Kit Anderson’s quick tales discover the secrets and techniques and magic usually unseen in on a regular basis life.
“A stroll by means of the forest, a household transfer, a day in a traditional life Anderson’s depictions of those strange moments rework them with a double-take, revealing the strangeness, surreality, and transformation inside.
“With powerful and personal emotional writing and art, thoughtfully combining magic and life as we all know it—these stories establish Kit Anderson as a presence in short comics-format fiction.”
CATALYTIC CONVERSIONS: INFINITE WHEATPASTE (VOL. 1), by L. Pidge (May 30, 2024)
264 Pages, Softcover, Full Colour, 156mm x 239mm
“An epic graphic novel journey by means of area and time.
“Welcome to your journey into the Infinite Wheatpaste, the house of a universe-spanning sci-fi journey.
“Relationships . . . androids . . . automotive restore . . . time journey . . . gods—these interconnected tales set on the perimeters of human expertise share the little bits of life that really feel lower than actual.
“Abby and Lilah are a couple drifting apart. Jeff is a flaming star. Soe is a student who has a complicated relationship with her overbearing grandmother. Casimir is a man with a past and Abe is in his future; maybe in everyone’s future. Otis is a grief-stricken android on a road to enlightenment. Groob is fun-loving and salt of the earth. Some are slowly making their way to each other, but some are breaking apart.”
DISCIPLES OF THE SOIL, by B. Mure (July 9, 2024)
88 Pages, Softcover, Full Colour, 148mm x 210mm
“A graphic novel fantasy a couple of new rail line scheduled to be constructed throughout Ismyre that threatens to disrupt each the soundness of the land and the god who lies beneath the soil.
“When the Prime Minister announces a brand new rail line in Ismyre, there are protests: from the wizards, who’re involved in regards to the nation’s magic, from the naturalists, who concern the harm to the soil, crops, and animals, and from the Sisters of Our Lady Who Slumbers Under the Earth, who would like their big serpent deity to relaxation peacefully.
“As the railway proceeds, the troubles of the wizards and the naturalists come to cross . . . and the earth has begun to shake. . . .
“A new book in the creative, fantastical Ismyre series drawn in pencil and watercolor by Bristol-based creator B. Mure. Mure continues to expand the Ismyre universe, this time with a story of industry and ecology.”
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