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AVERY HILL PUBLISHING
Avery Hill Publishing is an independent publishing house that was
setup in South London in the long dark winter of 2012. We are currently
promoting use of the word ‘micropublisher’ to describe ourselves, as it
sounds boutique-y and glamorous. We publish comics, zines, fine art and
anything else that grabs our fancy under our two labels, AHArts and
AHComics. We also have three ongoing house publications: ‘Tiny Dancing’ – a miscellany of nonsense and genius, ‘Reads’ – a comics anthology featuring some of the best talent from the UK small press comics scene and ‘Fronts’
– an arts showcase that focuses on an artist whose work we admire,
featuring images and an interview with the creator regarding their
process.
Our canon includes psychogeographical mappings, drunk 19th century
scientists, time-travelling beagles, minimalist musings, kids running
amok in dance tents, and much more.
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SEAN AZZOPARDI
Sean is a London-based cartoonist and has been making and self
publishing comics for eleven years. He’s produced numerous mini comics
and books for his Phatcomics imprint, including acclaimed titles such as Ed, Twelve Hour Shift and Dark Matters. Away from self published titles he is working on Necessary Monsters (First comics) and has drawn a back up strip for indy smash Phonogram (Image). He has work in numerous anthologies and magazines, most recently the current Off Life and Ink + Paper.
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BARK
We are two cool kids who really care about the world. We
are setting up a mag called Bark which we hope to sell to raise money to
buy rain forest from the worldlandtrust.org. We will be launching
our comic at the zine fair, which includes loads of great artists. We
will also be selling original artwork from the zine and we have made
some exclusive comics and other goodies especially for the fair.
Check out the bark blog (bark-cc.tumblr.com) to see all the amazing artists involved.
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ANDY BARRON
Andy draws comics and cartoons based in the world of OM. OM is a
series of short wordless comics featuring an expanding cast of
characters. Andy will be showcasing a brand new comic at BCZF.
@omcomics
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SAMMY BORAS AND SARAH FOGG
Sammy and Sarah are friends who make comics. Sammy
specialises in comics, while Sarah specialises in illustration and
zines. As a team they produce a comic anthology once a year and a music
zine whenever they feel like it. They both work on the quarterly zine
What’s The Time, Mrs Woolf?
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BREAKFAST CHAMPION
CM Carter creates comics and illustrations under the
guise of Breakfast Champion. They draw influence from alternative comix,
low brow culture and dark humour. Their work can be seen in various
places including Off Life, Design Week Blog, Doodlers Anonymous and
Peculiar Bliss. As well as old fashioned pens and paper Breakfast
Champion works with digital media, silk screen and single malt.
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GARETH BROOKES
Gareth has been small press publishing since 2005,
beginning with collaborations with Banal Pig and later becoming involved
with groups such as The Alternative Press and The Comix Reader. Goodies
to be found artfully arranged on his table include The Black Project – a
Graphic Novel created entirely in the mediums of embroidery and linocut
relief print, the psychidelic sci-fi epic The Land of My Heart Chokes
on its Abundance, and a bountiful preponderance of original prints and
handmade zines.
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PAUL ASHLEY BROWN
Since 2008 has been self-publishing Browner-Knowle, his
collection of short, poetic melancholy narratives and comic-strips, as
well as other one-off zines, and has also been published in The Illustrated Ape, The Comix Reader, and Stripburger.
He can usually be found loitering in Park Street cafes, drinking
copious amounts of tea and drawing the denizens of Bristol very very
quickly, as they pass.
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LAURA CALLAGHAN
Laura is an Irish illustrator currently based in South East London.
Her work is largely hand painted using watercolour, indian ink and
isograph pen, depicting women in environments which are ostensibly
bright and beautiful but that cultivate a sense of mystery or unease.
She will be selling publications, art prints and cards and will be
debuting the third instalment of her ‘Fancy’ zine series.
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EMMA CARLISLE
Emma Carlisle is a freelance illustrator and makes stories, prints, hand painted badges and ceramics, based in Malvern UK
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Craig Conlan is a Scottish artist living in London. He has worked
as an illustrator for many years but has recently returned to his first
love- comics! His site, Craig’s Comic Land features a new story every
month, on the first of the month, with a rotating cast of characters.
Craig will be selling comics, prints and original art featuring Ghost
Cat, Hairy Mary and friends.
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DECADENCE COMICS
DECADENCE is a comic anthology and collective that publishes science
fiction stories. Their comics feature psychedelic altered states and
dystopian visions. Futures and alternative realities are projected while
an awareness of the past and present are retained. Decadence comics
attempt to break down reality and confront the idea of duality within
the Cosmos.
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DIRTY ROTTEN COMICS
Dirty Rotten Comics is an underground comics anthology
curated by Kirk Campbell and Gary Clap. We will be debuting our third
issue at the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair, featuring work from upcoming
UK artists and writers
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DRY COMICS
Dry Comics is a newly-founded publisher of minicomics
based in Cardiff. Debuting at BCZF will be ‘The Architect’ by Ioan
Morris, a poetry zine by Rhydian Parry, and an adaptation of Gemima
Salt’s short story ‘Treehouse’. They’ll also be selling other
comics/zines/illustrations by founder Ioan Morris.
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EYEBALL COMIX
EyeBall Comix began in Bristol, the first issue was printed in 2010.
EyeBall produces toxic garbage in the underground/horror tradition and
has printed works by among others; James Quigley, Motohiro Hayakawa,
Kyle Platts, Aidan Cook and Brigid Deacon, alongside your main EyeBall
honkies; Paul Arscott, Barry Cook and Robscenity.
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HARVEY FINCH
Harvey is the creator of the swords and sorcery adventure – Logar The Barbarian, and more recently, Nadir – a pre-apocalyptic story set in South London.
@harveyfinch
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FLAPJACK COLLECTIVE
A collective of freshly graduated illustrators from the
Arts University Bournemouth. Made up of Louis Craig Carpenter, Maia
Fjord, Allie Oldfield, Hope Sloan and Florence Zealey. We’ll be selling
zines, comics, screen prints, t-shirts, postcards and the like.
Previously we’ve exhibited at Comica Festival in London. Come and say
hello, we don’t bite!
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FOLD COLLABORATIVE
Fold Collaborative is an independent
publication produced by 9 illustration graduates from Falmouth
University. We will be releasing fold issue 10 at BCZF along with other
printed things and goodies!
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FOOTPRINT
Footprint are a printer co-operative from Leeds. This
Risograph specialist, zine-happy, anti-capitalist, booty-shaking
collective have started doing a zine distro of the finest wares that
rattle off their machines and they’ll be bringing a tableful of it to
Bristol. They’ll also be happy to talk to punters about printing,
co-operatives and anything else they do.
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LORENA GARCIA
Lorena Garcia is a freelance illustrator, designer and artisan.
Currently based in London, she published the first issue of her zine Compendiums of Curiosities
last April, featuring botanical illustrations of poisonous flowers.
Lorena has a passion for knowledge and curiosities, specially regarding
Botany, History and Literature. She is the kind of person who believes
you can never have too many books, just not enough space.
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ISABEL GREENBERG
Isabel is a London based illustrator and writer. She is currently
working on her first graphic novel ‘The Encyclopedia of Early Earth’
which is due to be publushed in 2013 by Jonathan Cape in the UK, Random
House in Canada and Little Brown in the US. She studied illustration at
the University of Brighton and since graduating has worked for a variety
of clients including Nobrow Press, The National Trust, Seven Stories
Press, Solipsistic Pop and Wrap Magazine. In 2011 she won the Observer
Jonathan Cape Graphic short story prize.
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GRIND YOUR TEETH
Two parts of Bristol based collective Grind Your Teeth. Gwion
Christmas and Paul Mcquay are two illustrators brought together through a
love of pens and print.
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ALEX HAHN
Alex Hahn Publishing is an independent producer of
comics, zines and graphic novels. With products ranging from small, home
made editions to 100-page graphic novels and more. The charm of Alex’s
products is matched by the characters within them: The emasculated hero,
Heracles; the lovestruck cupcake known as Muffnut (doughnut/muffin) and
his muse, the Cruffin (croissant/muffin); a determined little space man
and, of course, Blop -everyone’s favourite Martian!
Visit Alex’s table for a wide selection of titles, prints, cards,
original artwork and other cool merchandise; free signing and a friendly
smile. Look out for a brand new book launching at the fair!!
@alexhahns_twits
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TERRY HOOPER-SCHARF
Terry Hooper-Scharf is a writer and comics journalist and has worked
in comics since the early 1980s for Fantagraphic Books, MU Press,
Blackbird Comics, Marvel UK, Fleetway and Egmont. He has been a major
supporter of the Small Press in both the UK and Europe and Black Tower
Comics and Books recently celebrated over 30 years of publishing.
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JAZZ DAD BOOKS
Jazz Dad Books is a small press publisher based in Bristol. Founded
in 2013 by Edward Cheverton. Jazz Dad Books focuses on producing small
runs of Zines, Comics and Artist’s books from a variety of Illustrators
and Artists. We will have titles from Nick Edwards, Disa Wallander,
Chris Harnan, Jayde Perkin, David Biskup, Rosie Brand and many more, as
well as prints, original art and the legendary Jazz Dad badge.
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GRAHAM JOHNSON
Mr G Johnson, sometimes known as Graham, is a Bristol based artist
currently mostly finishing his illustration degree and slowly drawing http://portinastormcomic.com, but sometimes does other stuff like raising a pet lizard (and drawing him).
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MAX K
Max K; organiser of the up & coming ‘SHAKE BRISTOL’,
comic & poster illustrator and creator of the saddest/raddest
mutants. Come say hi.
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JOSEPH P KELLY.
Joseph P Kelly is a comic book artist, illustrator and screen printer
based in London. His work is created using traditional pen and ink
techniques often adding colour digitally before reproducing through hand
made screen prints. He will be selling zines, hand made screen printed
posters and art works.
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STEPHEN KELLY
Stephen is a Scottish artist living in Bristol, working mostly in
publishing as an editorial illustrator for magazines like Classic Rock,
Total Guitar and Rock Sound. He will be selling his first foray into
comics at BCZF 2014, so please be nice.
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Good luck. hope you not only sell a few items but you meet some nice people. I'm praying for good weather. Let us all know how it went. Sorry I'm not there. One more time: GOOD LUCK !!
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