School Magazine Artwork – Jun-Nov 2024

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All corrections for my PhD are done, so now I’m just waiting for graduation. I’ve also finished a short story I’m working on for a major publisher, which will be up in January 22nd, 2025. It will have to go live on their website first, which I will then post a link to.

Below are some artwork I did for School Magazine in the second half of 2024. I’ve also submitted a short comic story to them co-written by my niece, which was rejected. I have the first page here.

“Retreat”, a poem by Beverly McLoughland for Orbit Magazine, July 2024

“Control Z”, a play by Sue Murray for Orbit Magazine, September 2024

“Columbine Magic Trick”, a short story by Peter Friend for Blast Off! Magazine, October 2024

“The Last Wish”, a short comic by Queenie Chan & Kelly Tao.
This was a rejected pitch for School Magazine in late 2024.

Sample Art from “The Dreaming” v4

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Here are some sample art from the first 20 pages of “The Dreaming” v4. It’s a supernatural-thriller-romance story, yes, it has very strong psychological-horror romance elements.

Now that I’ve let it sit for a bit and done some editing, it’s 250 pages, but that may change after I lay down the pages for v5 and look at the thing as a whole. As you can see, I’m going all-out with the art!

School Magazine Artwork – Jan-May 2024

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I finally finished my PhD, and was exhausted for the month of May. My PhD is going to be marked and there may be a tonne of corrections, so it’s not over yet.

I did do a brief 1-hour talk about my topic of “Capitalism, Creative Labour and Webtoons“, which you can see here at http://www.queeniechan.com/phd. I’ll put it out there more once I get it marked and I’m officially a doctorate!

On the other hand, I’ve realised I’ve yet to upload my art for School Magazine this year! Can’t believe I forgot, but I had fun doing all of these!

“City Beat”, a play by Belinda Lees for TouchDown Magazine, February 2024
“Earth Can Wait”, a short story by John O’Brien for Orbit Magazine, February 2024
“Aliens at the Window”, a short story by Katie Aaron for TouchDown Magazine, April 2024
I was inspired by a certain popular manga for this story, I just couldn’t resist…
“Heading Home”, a play by Bill Condon for CountDown Magazine, April 2024
“The Tiger Trainer Trainers”, a poem by Jonathan Sellars for Orbit Magazine, May 2024

ALIA 2023 Graphic Novels Shortlist + Global Comix Interview

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Two exciting things! My latest “Women Who Were Kings” book “Catherine the Great” #4 was nominated for the Young Adult section in the ALIA (Australian Library & Info Association) Notable Australian Graphic Novels of 2023 Shortlist.

It’s always wonderful to see libraries embrace graphic novels, especially local graphic novels by Australia creators. For Aussie comic creators interested in getting their works into libraries through library suppliers, here’s my guide on how to do it. Don’t underestimate the importance of libraries to books and book culture–they and librarians (whether they’re public or school librarians) are very, very important!

Secondly, the comics site GlobalComix interviewed me for Women’s History Month on “The Dreaming” and a host of my other work, so many thanks to Jackson and Nen for doing that and the live broadcast.

For those who don’t know, GlobalComix is the successor to Amazon’s Comixology, where people can read and upload their own comics/manga/graphic novels. They have an app, and Image and Top Cow also publishes on there, so it’s a great place to check things out on.

Click here for the interview.