In my third collaboration with Kookie Magazine, a magazine for girls aged 7-12+, I teamed up with aboriginal writer Gayle Kennedy to create a story about three young aboriginal girls. Main character Rosie, who has spina bifida and thus needs a wheelchair, and her cousins Daisy and Lily live a normal and active life, until something happens that has them fight for respect and their rights.
Award Shortlist: Hi all, my “Elizabeth I: Women Who Were Kings #3” was shortlisted for the 2021 Ledger Awards, which celebrates excellence in Australian comic arts. Congrats to the other shortlisted creators, and to the winner!
Manga Exhibition: I’m part of the National Cartoon Gallery and the Japanese Embassy’s “Manga Mania” exhibition in Coff’s Harbour. Running from 18th June to 15th August 2021, the exhibition features Australian and Japanese manga artists, and winning works from the 14th International Manga Awards. Check it out!
I did an interview for Inner West council, on women in gaming. Here, I talk about taking some of my skills and applying it to video game art. If you’re a comic book artist and am interested in wandering into video game art, this may be an interesting area for you to have a look into.
On International Women’s Day on the 8th March 2021, my graphic novel series “Women Who Were Kings“ was celebrated by women’s empowerment organisation SheSaw and the shopping centre World Square in the Sydney CBD. I was one of twelve women hand-picked to have a commemorative portrait done of me, and I also gave a talk/interview about my biographical series.
Many thanks to the organisers at SheSaw, the wonderful artists who created my portrait (one of a series), the people who attended my talk, and to those who bought my books! I also want to thank World Square and the City of Sydney for hosting my talk.
The portrait series is at World Square, at the corner of George and Goulburn St. It’s smack bang in the middle of the CBD so you can’t miss it, and it will be there for the rest of March 2021!
There is also a SheSaw app that you can download from the app store, that creates a virtual statue (augmented reality) of me in the middle of World Square.
To use it, download it and locate my statue using the app, and then stand at the designated spot (which happens to be in front of the SuperDry store at World Square), then use the camera. You’ll see a virtual “pin” of a statue pop up that describes some of my achievements.
The exhibition will continue through Women’s History Month in March 2021! Visit World Square at the corner of George and Goulburn St in the city of Sydney to check out the portraits!
Short Story: My short, 6-page story called “Mirrors” came out beautifully in print for the September 2020 issue of Kookie magazine. It’s a wonderful zine for girls aged 9-12, and my story carries a positive, uplifting story about self-doubt and confidence. Check it out!
Recorded Online Workshops: I did two pre-recorded online workshops for Kingston Library called “How to Draw a Manga Face“, and another for the Northern Beaches Zine festival called “How to use 3D software to create backgrounds for Comics“. Both are only up online for several months, so please check these out when you can!
Live-Panel: I’m also doing a live-panel on Sat 10th Oct @ 11am-12:30pm for the Northern Beaches zine festival, which you can book for here.