Tag Archives: was that normal

Was That Normal? captures the awkwardness of trying to get to know someone and dating

Posted on by Leave a comment

Philip is searching.
For meaning. For connection. For someone to share a moment with.
By day, he works from a rented room. By night, he drifts through cafés and bars, dodging awkward chats with his landlady and hoping for something more. When he meets Gina, a local musician, things begin to shift. But relationships are messy, and Philip’s discomfort grows as he stumbles through miscommunications, emotional misfires, and the looming presence of Gina’s intense ex.

Add in a crumbling tower, gong baths (whatever they are), and the quiet ache of modern life, and you have a story that’s tender, funny, and deeply human.

Story: Alex Potts
Art: Alex Potts

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

Bookshop
Amazon

Avery Hill Publishing provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
This post contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links and make a purchase, we’ll receive a percentage of the sale. Graphic Policy does purchase items from this site. Making purchases through these links helps support the site

Preview: Was That Normal?

Posted on by

Was That Normal?

by Alex Potts

Philip is searching.
For meaning. For connection. For someone to share a moment with.
By day, he works from a rented room. By night, he drifts through cafés and bars, dodging awkward chats with his landlady and hoping for something more. When he meets Gina, a local musician, things begin to shift. But relationships are messy, and Philip’s discomfort grows as he stumbles through miscommunications, emotional misfires, and the looming presence of Gina’s intense ex.

Add in a crumbling tower, gong baths (whatever they are), and the quiet ache of modern life, and you have a story that’s tender, funny, and deeply human.

A beautifully observed graphic novel about connection, confusion, and the spaces in between.

Was That Normal?

Avery Hill Publishing reveals what’s coming in Spring 2026

Posted on by

The thermometer has plunged in the past week, so: with the chill of winter approaching, it’s clearly time for spring! Avery Hill Publishing has revealed what’s coming in Spring 2026.

Avery Hill Publishing Spring 2026

Was That Normal?

by Alex Potts
Moving to a new town and having to figure out a new social life is tough. That’s what Alex Pott’s protagonist Phillip is faced with. This book takes us inside his head in a funny contemporary meditation on finding friends and relationships as an adult, and how absolutely, completely awkward it is to be a competent well-socialized human. Pick this one up if you’re reading Dan Clowes or Jason.

Oracles

by Olivia Sullivan
Who isn’t feeling some ennui about the present moment? Olivia Sullivan’s Oracles starts out living in that very moment — and then takes us through the process of giving it all up in a meditative exploration of the nature all around us. This absolutely lovely debut is a wonderful escape that we’re all needing right now! It’s perfect for readers who love comics by Linnea Sterte and Michael DeForge.

Infinite Wheatpaste: Universe. Sol. Remote

by L. Pidge
We were thrilled to publish the first volume of L. Pidge’s Ignatz-nominated Infinite Wheatpaste series last year, and here comes volume two: now with even more robots, a human-ape hybrid, and a newly minted goddess. I think these galaxy-spanning stories that feel comfortable and personal are absolutely charming!

Orlando

by Virginia Woolf and Jules Scheele
Orlando is our publisher Ricky Miller’s favorite Virginia Woolf novel, and we’re excited to be partnering with one of the UK’s most prestigious queer graphic novelists to transform it to comics format. And obviously this novel with an immortal protagonist full of gender play is a perfect fit for comics readers — we know that people are going to love reading this classic story in a brightly-colored, gorgeously illustrated new format.